Ted Bowsfield
Edward Oliver Bowsfield
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 10, 1935 in Vernon, BC, CAN
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1958
Final Game: October 4, 1964
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 23 BOS AL 17 26 26 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .154 .154 .154 .308 -17 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 24 BOS AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 25 TOT AL 28 18 14 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -5 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1960 25 BOS AL 17 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1960 25 CLE AL 11 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 26 LAA AL 46 55 51 5 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 19 .137 .170 .196 .366 -6 10 1 0 2 0 0 1
1962 27 LAA AL 44 47 37 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 15 .162 .279 .189 .468 31 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
1963 28 KCA AL 43 28 23 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .043 .154 .087 .241 -32 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 29 KCA AL 52 25 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .095 .174 .095 .269 -24 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
7 Seasons 235 200 173 19 22 3 1 0 8 0 0 14 66 .127 .193 .156 .349 -5 27 1 0 13 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 138 119 13 15 2 1 0 6 0 0 10 45 .127 .193 .156 .349 -5 19 1 0 9 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 39 33 31 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .161 .161 .161 .323 -13 5 0 0 2 0 0
KCA (2 yrs) 95 53 44 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 .068 .163 .091 .254 -28 4 0 0 4 0 0
LAA (2 yrs) 90 102 88 12 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 8 34 .148 .219 .193 .412 10 17 1 0 6 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 11 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1958 23 BOS AL 26 22 1 1.2 103 .235 .154 .268 .154 .338 .154 .408 .308 .746 -17 .090 -4.3 -0.4 .182 .000 .000
1959 24 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .265 .000 .337 .000 .405 .000 .742 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1960 25 TOT AL 18 15 0 0.0 100 .200 .143 .262 .200 .335 .143 .401 .343 .736 -5 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .250 .071 .000
1960 25 BOS AL 6 5 0 0.0 104 .333 .250 .267 .250 .341 .250 .408 .500 .749 35 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
1960 25 CLE AL 12 10 0 0.0 99 .143 .100 .260 .182 .333 .100 .398 .282 .731 -20 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .100 .000
1961 26 LAA AL 55 47 2 1.1 113 .219 .137 .276 .170 .353 .196 .430 .366 .783 -6 .071 -8.4 -0.8 .267 .098 .059
1962 27 LAA AL 47 35 3 2.3 100 .273 .162 .260 .279 .331 .189 .404 .468 .736 31 .224 -3.4 -0.3 .419 .189 .027
1963 28 KCA AL 28 24 1 1.1 99 .071 .043 .262 .154 .329 .087 .405 .241 .734 -32 .083 -4.2 -0.4 .227 .174 .043
1964 29 KCA AL 25 21 1 1.3 99 .167 .095 .260 .174 .329 .095 .404 .269 .733 -24 .100 -3.6 -0.4 .211 .095 .000
7 Seasons 200 165 8 1.3 104 .206 .127 .266 .193 .338 .156 .412 .349 .750 -5 .095 -26.4 -2.5 .270 .110 .029
162 Game Avg. 138 114 6 1.3 104 .206 .127 .266 .193 .338 .156 .412 .349 .750 -5 .095 -26.4 -2.5 .270 .110 .029
BOS (3 yrs) 33 28 1 1.0 103 .250 .161 .268 .161 .338 .161 .408 .323 .746 -13 .059 -5.0 -0.4 .192 .000 .000
KCA (2 yrs) 53 45 2 1.2 99 .115 .068 .261 .163 .329 .091 .404 .254 .734 -28 .091 -7.8 -0.8 .220 .136 .023
LAA (2 yrs) 102 82 5 1.6 107 .241 .148 .269 .219 .343 .193 .419 .412 .763 10 .130 -11.8 -1.1 .329 .136 .045
CLE (1 yr) 12 10 0 0.0 99 .143 .100 .260 .182 .333 .100 .398 .282 .731 -20 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .100 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 23 BOS AL 26 0.0% 34.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.9 26.0 1.60 65%
1959 24 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1960 25 TOT AL 18 0.0% 22.2% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.5 7.0 4.50 56%
1960 25 BOS AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 2.0 50%
1960 25 CLE AL 12 0.0% 25.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.3 2.50 58%
1961 26 LAA AL 55 0.0% 34.6% 3.6% 3.6% 29% 9.50 2.7 25.5 5.50 58%
1962 27 LAA AL 47 0.0% 31.9% 12.8% 2.1% 17% 2.50 2.5 37.0 3.00 47%
1963 28 KCA AL 28 0.0% 32.1% 10.7% 3.6% 100% 3.00 2.6 11.5 1.67 50%
1964 29 KCA AL 25 0.0% 36.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 4.50 2.3 3.00 48%
7 Seasons 200 0.0% 33.0% 7.0% 2.0% 18% 4.71 2.6 21.6 2.92 54%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 23 BOS AL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 24 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 TOT AL 0 0 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 25 BOS AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 25 CLE AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 LAA AL 0 0 56% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 43% 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
1962 27 LAA AL 2 0 58% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 9 6 3 0 0 0 3 3 0
1963 28 KCA AL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 29 KCA AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 2 0 53% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 41% 16 10 6 1 1 0 10 5 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 23 BOS AL 26 38% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 17 1 6% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1959 24 BOS AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 TOT AL 18 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 14 2 14% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1960 25 BOS AL 6 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 2 29% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1960 25 CLE AL 12 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 LAA AL 52 27% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 1 17% 9 4 44% 28 2 7% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 2
1962 27 LAA AL 44 45% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 8 0 0% 6 1 17% 18 1 6% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 3
1963 28 KCA AL 28 18% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 20 2 10% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1964 29 KCA AL 25 12% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 13 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 194 28% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 68% 35 1 3% 33 10 30% 110 8 7% 13 8 62% 9 2 22% 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 23 17 26 26 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .154 .154 .154 .308 -17 4 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 22 27 27 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .148 .148 .148 .296 -20 4 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 50 45 41 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .146 .167 .146 .313 -14 6 0 0 3 0 0
1961 26 96 100 92 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 33 .141 .168 .174 .342 -10 16 1 0 5 0 0
1962 27 140 147 129 16 19 2 1 0 6 0 0 9 48 .147 .203 .178 .381 2 23 1 0 9 0 0
1963 28 183 175 152 18 20 3 1 0 8 0 0 12 57 .132 .195 .164 .360 -3 25 1 0 11 0 0
1964 29 235 200 173 19 22 3 1 0 8 0 0 14 66 .127 .193 .156 .349 -5 27 1 0 13 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 23 18 27 27 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 17
1959 24 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1960 25 29 19 17 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 .235 .316 .235 .551 1 28
1961 26 46 50 49 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 19 .102 .120 .163 .283 1 46
1962 27 44 47 39 8 8 1 0 0 1 0 8 15 .205 .340 .231 .571 3 44
1963 28 43 30 24 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 9 .083 .267 .167 .433 1 43
1964 29 52 27 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .174 .296 .174 .470 1 52
7 Seasons 237 201 180 23 23 4 1 0 11 0 21 66 .128 .219 .161 .380 8 235
162 Game Avg. 162 137 123 16 16 3 1 0 8 0 14 45 .128 .219 .161 .380 5 235

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