Sam Bowens

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: March 23, 1938 in Wilmington, NC us

Died: March 28, 2003 in Wilmington, NC

Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Wilmington, NC

High School: Williston HS (Wilmington, NC)

School: Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: September 7, 1963 (Age 25-168d, 12,155th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 26, 1969 (Age 31-125d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Samuel Edward Bowens

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1966 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

1287

287

.223

141

RBI

143

OBP

.283

SLG

.375

OPS

.657

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 45 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
BAL	41
WSA	4

Platoon
vs LHP	26
vs RHP	19

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	20

Outs
1	21
2	14
0	10

9 Opps
MIN	9
CLE	7
BOS	6
CHW	6
NYY	5
DET	5
WSA	3
CAL/LAA	3
BAL	1

35 Pitchers
Mudcat Grant	3
Jim Kaat	3
Sam McDowell	3
Denny McLain	2
Al Downing	2
John O'Donoghue	2
George Brunet	2
Jim Hannan	1
Dave Leonhard	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Hank Aguirre	1
Galen Cisco	1
Pete Richert	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Ron Perranoski	1
Gary Peters	1
Johnny Klippstein	1
Earl Wilson	1
Sonny Siebert	1
Ed Connolly	1
Pete Charton	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Fred Talbot	1
Whitey Ford	1
John Buzhardt	1
Phil Regan	1
Bill Spanswick	1
Dave Wickersham	1
Bob Heffner	1
Hal Reniff	1
Tommy John	1
Gerry Arrigo	1
Don Mossi	1
Dick Stigman	1
Don Rudolph	1

9 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	23
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
RFK Stad (WAS)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	33
8	1
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	7
-2-	3
12-	2

59 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	33
1 on	10
2 on	2
Any on	12

Inning
2	6
3	5
4	8
5	3
6	4
7	6
8	5
9	7
Extra	1

1-3	11
4-6	15
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	4
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	13
-1	3
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	20
Tied	13
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	32
LF	9
PH	4

OrderPos
5th	17
6th	13
7th	5
9th	4
2nd	3
3rd	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1963-09-28	BAL		DET	Phil Regan	behind 1-3	b 3	1	1--	2	2	9	0.223	53%		Home Run; B. Johnson Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1964-05-03 (1)	BAL		CLE	Mudcat Grant	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	9	0.194	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Siebern Scores
3	3	2	1	1964-05-22	BAL		MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 2-4	b 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.109	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	2	1964-05-22	BAL		MIN	Gerry Arrigo	behind 4-5	b 9	2	---	1	7	9	0.490	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	1964-06-13	BAL	@	BOS	Earl Wilson	behind 0-4	t 3	0	---	1	7	9	0.064	19%		Home Run
6	6	5	1	1964-06-14 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Bill Spanswick	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	---	1	3	9	0.009	99%		Home Run
7	7	6	1	1964-06-17	BAL		CHW	Don Mossi	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---	1	2	7	0.048	94%		Home Run
8	8	7	1	1964-07-09 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 1-1	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.421	82%		Home Run (CF-RF)
9	9	8	1	1964-07-13	BAL	@	DET	Dave Wickersham	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1	6	9	0.065	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	9	1	1964-07-19	BAL		DET	Denny McLain	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	9	0.101	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	10	1	1964-07-23	BAL		CLE	Sam McDowell	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1--	2	5	9	0.094	94%		Home Run; N. Siebern Scores
12	12	11	1	1964-07-24 (2)	BAL		WSA	Don Rudolph	ahead 6-2	b 8	1	---	1	6	9	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	12	1	1964-07-29	BAL	@	MIN	Mudcat Grant	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	6	9	0.194	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); N. Siebern Scores/unER; S. Bowens Scores/unER
14	14	13	1	1964-08-08	BAL	@	NYY	Hal Reniff	tied 5-5	t 10	2	---	1	5	9	0.419	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	14	1	1964-08-11	BAL		BOS	Bob Heffner	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--	2	6	9	0.258	67%		Home Run; B. Robinson Scores
16	16	15	1	1964-08-12	BAL		BOS	Ed Connolly	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.059	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	16	2	1964-08-12	BAL		BOS	Pete Charton	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.020	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	17	1	1964-08-21	BAL	@	CHW	Juan Pizarro	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	9	0.123	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	18	1	1964-08-28 (2)	BAL		CHW	Fred Talbot	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	12-	3	5	9	0.085	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Aparicio Scores; N. Siebern Scores
20	20	19	1	1964-09-02	BAL	@	MIN	Dick Stigman	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.112	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	20	1	1964-09-10	BAL	@	WSA	Jim Hannan	ahead 6-2	t 4	1	12-	3	5	9	0.069	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Powell Scores; B. Robinson Scores
22	22	21	1	1964-09-14	BAL		MIN	Mudcat Grant	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	1	6	9	0.252	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	22	1	1964-09-20 (2)	BAL		LAA	George Brunet	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.114	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1965-05-31 (2)	BAL		MIN	Johnny Klippstein	tied 4-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.373	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1965-06-16	BAL	@	NYY	Al Downing	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.103	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1965-06-28	BAL		DET	Denny McLain	behind 1-4	b 9	2	-2-	2	8	7	0.027	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Adair Scores
27	27	4	1	1965-09-06 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	6	7	0.143	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	5	1	1965-09-07 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	Al Downing	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	-2-	2	6	7	0.116	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Blefary Scores
29	29	6	1	1965-09-14 (1)	BAL		DET	Hank Aguirre	behind 1-3	b 6	1	1--	2	6	9	0.299	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Robinson Scores
30	30	7	1	1965-10-03	BAL	@	CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 1-1	t 9	2	---	1	6	9	0.422	83%		Home Run
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1966-06-08 (1)	BAL		WSA	Pete Richert	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	5	7	0.113	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	2	1	1966-06-23	BAL	@	NYY	Pedro Ramos	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	---	1	5	7	0.037	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1966-06-25	BAL	@	CAL	George Brunet	tied 0-0	t 9	1	---	1	5	7	0.397	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	4	1	1966-07-01 (1)	BAL		MIN	Jim Kaat	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.115	85%		Home Run
35	35	5	1	1966-07-23	BAL		CHW	Tommy John	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	5	9	0.153	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	6	1	1966-08-03	BAL	@	CLE	Sonny Siebert	behind 1-5	t 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.055	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1967-05-17	BAL	@	BOS	Galen Cisco	tied 6-6	t 7	0	---	1	9	PH	0.210	71%		Home Run
38	38	2	1	1967-07-06	BAL	@	CHW	John Buzhardt	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	---	1	7	9	0.128	74%		Home Run
39	39	3	1	1967-08-07	BAL		CLE	John O'Donoghue	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	-2-	2	7	9	0.062	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Johnson Scores
40	40	4	1	1967-09-09	BAL		MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 1-3	b 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.112	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	1967-10-01	BAL	@	CLE	John O'Donoghue	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.114	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1968-04-15	WSA		CAL	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 6-0	b 7	2	---	1	2	9	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	2	1	1968-05-22	WSA		CHW	Gary Peters	tied 0-0	b 6	1	1--	2	5	9	0.300	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Howard Scores
44	44	3	1	1968-05-24 (2)	WSA	@	BAL	Dave Leonhard	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	9	0.170	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	4	1	1968-06-07 (1)	WSA		MIN	Ron Perranoski	behind 2-4	b 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.106	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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