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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1958 23 BOS AL 4 2 .667 3.84 16 10 3 2 0 0 65.2 58 32 28 3 36 1 38 1 0 1 290 104 1.431 7.9 0.4 4.9 5.2 1.06
1959 24 BOS AL 0 1 .000 15.00 5 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 16 15 15 2 9 0 4 0 0 0 50 27 2.778 16.0 2.0 9.0 4.0 0.44
1960 25 TOT AL 4 6 .400 5.11 28 8 9 1 1 2 61.2 67 42 35 2 33 1 32 1 0 2 276 75 1.622 9.8 0.3 4.8 4.7 0.97
1960 25 BOS AL 1 2 .333 5.14 17 2 6 0 0 2 21.0 20 12 12 1 13 0 18 1 0 2 94 78 1.571 8.6 0.4 5.6 7.7 1.38
1960 25 CLE AL 3 4 .429 5.09 11 6 3 1 1 0 40.2 47 30 23 1 20 1 14 0 0 0 182 74 1.648 10.4 0.2 4.4 3.1 0.70
1961 26 LAA AL 11 8 .579 3.73 41 21 6 4 1 0 157.0 154 75 65 18 63 3 88 1 0 3 683 121 1.382 8.8 1.0 3.6 5.0 1.40
1962 27 LAA AL 9 8 .529 4.40 34 25 4 1 0 1 139.0 154 82 68 12 40 0 52 2 0 3 610 87 1.396 10.0 0.8 2.6 3.4 1.30
1963 28 KCA AL 5 7 .417 4.45 41 11 14 2 1 3 111.1 115 60 55 14 47 5 67 3 0 2 488 88 1.455 9.3 1.1 3.8 5.4 1.43
1964 29 KCA AL 4 7 .364 4.10 50 9 14 2 1 0 118.2 135 63 54 12 31 4 45 4 1 3 523 94 1.399 10.2 0.9 2.4 3.4 1.45
7 Seasons 37 39 .487 4.35 215 86 51 12 4 6 662.1 699 369 320 63 259 14 326 12 1 14 2920 93 1.446 9.5 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .487 4.35 49 19 12 3 1 1 150 158 83 72 14 59 3 74 3 0 3 660 93 1.446 9.5 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26
BOS (3 yrs) 5 5 .500 5.17 38 14 10 2 0 2 95.2 94 59 55 6 58 1 60 2 0 3 434 77 1.589 8.8 0.6 5.5 5.6 1.03
KCA (2 yrs) 9 14 .391 4.27 91 20 28 4 2 3 230.0 250 123 109 26 78 9 112 7 1 5 1011 91 1.426 9.8 1.0 3.1 4.4 1.44
LAA (2 yrs) 20 16 .556 4.04 75 46 10 5 1 1 296.0 308 157 133 30 103 3 140 3 0 6 1293 104 1.389 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.3 1.36
CLE (1 yr) 3 4 .429 5.09 11 6 3 1 1 0 40.2 47 30 23 1 20 1 14 0 0 0 182 74 1.648 10.4 0.2 4.4 3.1 0.70

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 23 BOS AL 16 290 249 32 58 14 0 3 1 1 36 38 .233 .331 .325 .656 .263 81 8 1 3 1 1
1959 24 BOS AL 5 50 41 15 16 2 0 2 0 0 9 4 .390 .500 .585 1.085 .400 24 2 0 0 0 0
1960 25 TOT AL 28 276 236 42 67 14 1 2 1 4 33 32 .284 .370 .377 .747 .317 89 11 1 3 3 1
1960 25 BOS AL 17 94 77 12 20 4 0 1 0 2 13 18 .260 .366 .351 .716 .317 27 3 1 1 2 0
1960 25 CLE AL 11 182 159 30 47 10 1 1 1 2 20 14 .296 .372 .390 .762 .317 62 8 0 2 1 1
1961 26 LAA AL 41 683 603 75 154 24 3 18 2 5 63 88 .255 .323 .395 .718 .269 238 11 1 8 8 3
1962 27 LAA AL 34 586 534 82 154 22 9 12 1 3 40 52 .288 .337 .431 .767 .298 230 9 2 4 6 0
1963 28 KCA AL 41 487 427 60 115 14 3 14 3 1 47 67 .269 .344 .415 .758 .289 177 14 3 7 3 5
1964 29 KCA AL 50 523 474 63 135 19 5 12 2 1 31 45 .285 .331 .422 .753 .292 200 9 4 10 4 4
7 Seasons 215 2895 2564 369 699 109 21 63 10 15 259 326 .273 .339 .405 .744 .289 1039 64 12 35 25 14
162 Game Avg. 49 654 579 83 158 25 5 14 2 3 59 74 .273 .339 .405 .744 .289 235 14 3 8 6 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1958 23 BOS AL 16 10 3 2 5 0 1 7 3 .700 0 3 2 0 4 40% 48 79 27 14 5 1 3 5.4 5.3 5.0
1959 24 BOS AL 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 37 23 5 2 0 1 7.0 9.0 1.0
1960 25 TOT AL 28 8 3 4 1 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 1 1 4 50% 44 77 24 21 10 5 1 4.0 5.0 5.1
1960 25 BOS AL 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44 60 27 17 6 1 1 7.5 12.0 4.0
1960 25 CLE AL 11 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 1 1 3 50% 44 77 24 4 4 4 0 2.8 2.9 5.4
1961 26 LAA AL 41 21 9 7 5 2 4 11 10 .524 0 3 4 1 11 52% 51 80 26 25 8 6 8 5.0 4.6 6.2
1962 27 LAA AL 34 25 8 7 10 2 2 15 10 .600 2 4 1 0 11 44% 46 75 25 24 11 15 6 4.4 4.3 5.1
1963 28 KCA AL 41 11 3 5 3 1 0 4 7 .364 0 3 2 1 2 18% 47 81 17 12 2 1 5 3.5 2.8 6.0
1964 29 KCA AL 50 9 2 5 2 0 1 3 6 .333 1 1 2 1 4 44% 50 73 33 29 8 5 1 3.4 2.8 6.1
7 Seasons 215 86 28 31 27 5 8 43 43 .500 3 16 12 4 36 42% 47 81 17 130 46 33 25 4.5 4.2 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1958 23 BOS AL 16 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 1.075 1 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 5 0 5 0 8.3
1959 24 BOS AL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.573 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 7.0
1960 25 TOT AL 28 20 9 1 2 6 2 4 33% 7 1 22 6 27% 1.074 8 2 9 7 1 12 11 9 7 10 8 4 3.2
1960 25 BOS AL 17 15 6 0 1 5 2 3 40% 6 1 20 4 20% 8 0.872 6 2 6 6 0 9 10 5 4 9 5 4 2.6
1960 25 CLE AL 11 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 1.179 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 0 4.8
1961 26 LAA AL 41 20 6 2 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 22 7 32% 7 1.032 5 6 8 4 2 14 11 9 7 7 8 7 4.1
1962 27 LAA AL 34 9 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 11 6 55% 9 0.973 6 2 1 4 2 3 6 3 3 6 3 1 3.9
1963 28 KCA AL 41 30 14 2 2 3 3 0 100% 5 1 30 6 20% 8 1.107 12 7 11 5 8 17 16 14 15 9 15 4 4.5
1964 29 KCA AL 50 41 14 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 32 11 34% 8 0.839 9 10 21 2 5 34 17 24 21 8 24 8 4.7
7 Seasons 215 129 51 9 8 11 6 5 55% 20 8 121 37 31% 0.998 41 27 57 22 18 89 63 66 61 40 66 24 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1958 23 BOS AL 290 81% 1.0% 13.1% 12.4% 5.9% 29% 1.53 72% 61 8 13%
1959 24 BOS AL 50 74% 4.0% 8.0% 18.0% 8.0% 25% 3.60 70% 17 2 12%
1960 25 TOT AL 276 75% 0.7% 11.6% 12.0% 6.2% 25% 1.22 74% 78 11 14%
1960 25 BOS AL 94 76% 1.1% 19.2% 13.8% 5.3% 25% 1.53 64% 26 3 12%
1960 25 CLE AL 182 75% 0.6% 7.7% 11.0% 6.6% 26% 1.12 80% 52 8 15%
1961 26 LAA AL 683 74% 2.6% 12.9% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.18 74% 161 11 7%
1962 27 LAA AL 585 75% 2.1% 8.9% 6.8% 7.3% 28% 1.11 81% 111 9 8%
1963 28 KCA AL 487 68% 2.9% 13.8% 9.7% 6.4% 27% 1.29 72% 115 14 12%
1964 29 KCA AL 523 73% 2.3% 8.6% 5.9% 6.9% 27% 1.25 81% 101 9 9%
7 Seasons 2894 74% 2.2% 11.3% 9.0% 6.7% 28% 1.25 76% 644 64 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1958 23 BOS AL 290 58 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 12 8 1 67% 6 1 0 119 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
1959 24 BOS AL 50 16 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 5 3 2 60% 0 0 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 25 TOT AL 276 67 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 21 16 0 76% 7 2 1 127 1 4 20% 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 0
1960 25 BOS AL 94 20 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 9 7 0 78% 2 2 0 40 0 2 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1960 25 CLE AL 182 47 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 12 9 0 75% 5 0 1 87 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 26 LAA AL 667 154 18 0 22 14 4 16 2 38 21 10 55% 17 3 1 267 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 16
1962 27 LAA AL 585 154 12 0 14 9 3 6 6 32 16 3 50% 14 3 1 213 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 0
1963 28 KCA AL 487 115 14 0 7 11 3 11 3 24 12 3 50% 8 2 0 216 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1964 29 KCA AL 523 135 12 0 16 9 3 8 4 39 21 3 54% 8 3 0 194 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Seasons 2878 699 63 0 78 48 15 44 19 171 97 22 57% 60 14 4 1158 10 15 40% 9 12 1 3 0 0 8 0 66 16
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1958 23 4 2 .667 3.84 16 10 3 2 0 0 65.2 58 32 28 3 36 1 38 1 0 1 290 104 1.431 7.9 0.4 4.9 5.2 1.06 104
1959 24 4 3 .571 5.18 21 12 4 2 0 0 74.2 74 47 43 5 45 1 42 1 0 1 340 77 1.594 8.9 0.6 5.4 5.1 0.93 77
1960 25 8 9 .471 5.15 49 20 13 3 1 2 136.1 141 89 78 7 78 2 74 2 0 3 616 76 1.606 9.3 0.5 5.1 4.9 0.95 76
1961 26 19 17 .528 4.39 90 41 19 7 2 2 293.1 295 164 143 25 141 5 162 3 0 6 1299 97 1.486 9.1 0.8 4.3 5.0 1.15 97
1962 27 28 25 .528 4.39 124 66 23 8 2 3 432.1 449 246 211 37 181 5 214 5 0 9 1909 94 1.457 9.3 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.18 94
1963 28 33 32 .508 4.40 165 77 37 10 3 6 543.2 564 306 266 51 228 10 281 8 0 11 2397 92 1.457 9.3 0.8 3.8 4.7 1.23 92
1964 29 37 39 .487 4.35 215 86 51 12 4 6 662.1 699 369 320 63 259 14 326 12 1 14 2920 93 1.446 9.5 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26 93

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1958 23 4 3 .571 3.84 68.0 61 32 29 3 38 39 1 1.456 8.1 5.0 5.2 1.03 0.4 16
1959 24 0 1 .000 15.00 9.0 16 17 15 2 9 4 0 2.778 16.0 9.0 4.0 0.44 2.0 5
1960 25 2 4 .333 5.52 62.0 70 42 38 2 34 32 1 1.677 10.2 4.9 4.6 0.94 0.3 28
1961 26 10 7 .588 3.23 159.0 146 63 57 17 60 89 1 1.296 8.3 3.4 5.0 1.48 1.0 41
1962 27 6 9 .400 4.63 136.0 158 78 70 12 41 51 2 1.463 10.5 2.7 3.4 1.24 0.8 34
1963 28 5 6 .455 4.63 107.0 116 61 55 14 47 64 3 1.523 9.8 4.0 5.4 1.36 1.2 41
1964 29 5 7 .417 4.38 115.0 138 62 56 12 32 44 4 1.478 10.8 2.5 3.4 1.38 0.9 50
7 Seasons 32 37 .464 4.39 656.0 705 355 320 62 261 323 12 1.473 9.7 4.4 1.24 0.9 215

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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