Art Fowler
John Arthur Fowler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 3, 1922 in Converse, SC
High School: Spartanburg (Spartanburg, SC)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Final Game: May 4, 1964
Died: January 29, 2007 in Spartanburg, SC
Relatives: Brother of Jesse Fowler
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 CIN NL 31 P 40 29 227.2 47 10 35 2 4 .957 1.78 1.13 .960 2.07 0.87
1955 CIN NL 32 P 46 28 207.2 42 12 30 0 1 1.000 1.82 0.91 .948 2.04 0.83
1956 CIN NL 33 P 45 23 177.2 48 12 35 1 0 .979 2.38 1.04 .965 2.05 0.83
1957 CIN NL 34 P 33 7 87.2 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.61 .960 2.06 0.82
1959 LAD NL 36 P 36 0 61.0 15 2 12 1 0 .933 2.07 0.39 .953 1.99 0.82
1961 LAA AL 38 P 53 3 89.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.11 0.21 .955 2.05 0.83
1962 LAA AL 39 P 48 0 77.0 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.99 0.35 .959 2.08 0.79
1963 LAA AL 40 P 57 0 89.1 14 4 9 1 0 .929 1.31 0.23 .957 1.98 0.79
1964 LAA AL 41 P 4 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.75 .967 1.93 0.72
9 Seasons P 362 90 1024.0 217 55 157 5 6 .977 1.86 0.59 .958 2.05 0.82
9 Seasons TOT 362 90 1024.0 217 55 157 5 6 .977 1.86 0.59 .935 2.05 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 CIN NL 31 40 29 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 32 46 28 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 33 45 23 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CIN NL 34 33 7 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 36 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 38 53 3 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 39 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 40 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAA AL 41 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 362 90 362 362 362 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 31 1023 82% 22% 39 92% 1 10 0 7 35 21 10 3 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 3 100%
1955 CIN NL 32 895 82% 27% 39 92% 2 10 4 4 34 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1956 CIN NL 33 755 84% 26% 40 90% 1 12 0 10 36 32 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 70%
1957 CIN NL 34 399 82% 23% 18 94% 1 5 0 5 17 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1959 LAD NL 36 280 75% 22% 16 81% 1 2 0 2 13 13 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1961 LAA AL 38 366 70% 18% 9 78% 0 4 0 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1962 LAA AL 39 309 80% 21% 14 93% 0 5 0 3 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1963 LAA AL 40 352 80% 23% 12 83% 0 4 1 3 9 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33%
1964 LAA AL 41 34 68% 24% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 4413 81% 24% 189 90% 6 53 5 38 165 129 17 6 2 2 2 3 6 4 6 0 33 70%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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