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 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
1954 31 CIN NL 12 10 .545 3.83 40 29 9 8 1 0 227.2 256 112 97 20 85 93 4 0 3 998 109 1.498 10.1 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.09
1955 32 CIN NL 11 10 .524 3.90 46 28 9 8 3 2 207.2 198 96 90 20 63 3 94 1 0 6 867 108 1.257 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.1 1.49
1956 33 CIN NL 11 11 .500 4.05 45 23 9 8 0 1 177.2 191 92 80 15 35 3 86 0 0 2 738 98 1.272 9.7 0.8 1.8 4.4 2.46
1957 34 CIN NL 3 0 1.000 6.47 33 7 10 1 0 0 87.2 111 65 63 11 24 2 45 2 0 2 392 63 1.540 11.4 1.1 2.5 4.6 1.88
1959 36 LAD NL 3 4 .429 5.31 36 0 17 0 0 2 61.0 70 39 36 8 23 7 47 0 1 0 271 80 1.525 10.3 1.2 3.4 6.9 2.04
1961 38 LAA AL 5 8 .385 3.64 53 3 32 0 0 11 89.0 68 42 36 12 29 3 78 0 0 1 361 124 1.090 6.9 1.2 2.9 7.9 2.69
1962 39 LAA AL 4 3 .571 2.81 48 0 17 0 0 5 77.0 67 25 24 6 25 3 38 1 0 1 319 137 1.195 7.8 0.7 2.9 4.4 1.52
1963 40 LAA AL 5 3 .625 2.42 57 0 30 0 0 10 89.1 70 26 24 5 19 8 53 0 0 1 345 141 0.996 7.1 0.5 1.9 5.3 2.79
1964 41 LAA AL 0 2 .000 10.29 4 0 1 0 0 1 7.0 8 8 8 2 5 2 5 1 0 0 34 32 1.857 10.3 2.6 6.4 6.4 1.00
9 Seasons 54 51 .514 4.03 362 90 134 25 4 32 1024.0 1039 505 458 99 308 31 539 9 1 16 4325 101 1.315 9.1 0.9 2.7 4.7 1.75
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .514 4.03 54 14 20 4 1 5 154 156 76 69 15 46 81 1 0 2 651 101 1.315 9.1 0.9 2.7 4.7 1.75
LAA (4 yrs) 14 16 .467 3.16 162 3 80 0 0 27 262.1 213 101 92 25 78 16 174 2 0 3 1059 124 1.109 7.3 0.9 2.7 6.0 2.23
CIN (4 yrs) 37 31 .544 4.24 164 87 37 25 4 3 700.2 756 365 330 66 207 8 318 7 0 13 2995 97 1.374 9.7 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.54
LAD (1 yr) 3 4 .429 5.31 36 0 17 0 0 2 61.0 70 39 36 8 23 7 47 0 1 0 271 80 1.525 10.3 1.2 3.4 6.9 2.04
NL (5 yrs) 40 35 .533 4.32 200 87 54 25 4 5 761.2 826 404 366 74 230 15 365 7 1 13 3266 95 1.386 9.8 0.9 2.7 4.3 1.59
AL (4 yrs) 14 16 .467 3.16 162 3 80 0 0 27 262.1 213 101 92 25 78 16 174 2 0 3 1059 124 1.109 7.3 0.9 2.7 6.0 2.23

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
1954 31 CIN NL 40 1006 901 112 256 33 8 20 3 5 85 93 .284 .346 .405 .751 .296 365 18 4 8 8
1955 32 CIN NL 46 868 794 96 198 25 10 20 11 5 63 94 .249 .303 .382 .685 .259 303 16 1 3 7 3
1956 33 CIN NL 45 738 687 92 191 34 6 15 6 6 35 86 .278 .311 .410 .721 .298 282 12 0 11 5 3
1957 34 CIN NL 33 391 357 65 111 12 4 11 4 1 24 45 .311 .356 .459 .815 .330 164 5 2 6 2 2
1959 36 LAD NL 36 271 238 39 70 7 4 8 4 1 23 47 .294 .350 .458 .808 .330 109 6 0 5 5 7
1961 38 LAA AL 53 362 326 42 68 11 1 12 4 3 29 78 .209 .272 .359 .631 .235 117 3 0 5 2 3
1962 39 LAA AL 48 309 276 25 67 8 2 6 1 0 25 38 .243 .306 .351 .657 .261 97 4 1 5 2 3
1963 40 LAA AL 57 348 322 26 70 13 1 5 1 3 19 53 .217 .258 .311 .569 .243 100 8 0 3 4 8
1964 41 LAA AL 4 34 27 8 8 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 .296 .424 .593 1.017 .300 16 1 1 1 0 2
9 Seasons 362 4327 3928 505 1039 145 36 99 34 24 308 539 .265 .317 .395 .712 .283 1553 73 9 47 35 31
162 Game Avg. 54 651 591 76 156 22 5 15 5 4 46 81 .265 .317 .395 .712 .283 234 11 1 7 5
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
1954 31 CIN NL 40 29 11 8 10 1 3 15 14 .517 0 7 8 1 17 59% 49 74 26 22 8 12 6 4.2 3.9 6.6
1955 32 CIN NL 46 28 10 10 8 2 3 13 15 .464 0 7 8 3 15 54% 51 82 26 29 6 18 6 4.1 4.1 6.2
1956 33 CIN NL 45 23 8 10 5 1 2 10 13 .435 1 3 8 0 11 48% 48 78 16 30 14 15 6 4.3 4.4 5.9
1957 34 CIN NL 33 7 2 0 5 1 0 5 2 .714 0 3 1 0 2 29% 45 70 23 13 7 2 5 7.0 6.3 5.4
1961 38 LAA AL 53 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 1 33% 45 57 37 10 4 2 1 3.7 3.7 5.6
5 Seasons 217 90 31 30 29 5 8 43 47 .478 2 20 25 4 46 51% 49 82 16 104 39 49 24 4.4 4.2 6.2
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
1954 31 CIN NL 40 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 2 25% 7 1.091 2 1 7 2 1 8 4 7 9 1 9 1 9.7
1955 32 CIN NL 46 18 9 1 0 3 2 1 67% 4 0 16 7 44% 7 1.036 4 5 9 6 0 12 8 10 9 5 9 2 5.7
1956 33 CIN NL 45 22 9 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 14 6 43% 7 1.011 5 5 12 2 2 18 8 14 12 6 12 7 5.8
1957 34 CIN NL 33 26 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 6 0.609 2 4 19 0 2 24 7 19 19 4 20 5 5.7
1959 36 LAD NL 36 36 17 3 4 5 2 3 40% 6 1 30 11 37% 8 1.175 13 6 17 9 7 20 15 21 18 8 19 9 5.1
1961 38 LAA AL 53 50 32 5 6 16 11 5 69% 17 1 43 13 30% 8 1.182 22 12 16 17 11 22 25 25 24 15 25 16 4.3
1962 39 LAA AL 48 48 17 4 3 7 5 2 71% 12 5 34 7 21% 7 0.977 15 9 22 14 5 27 17 29 27 12 28 16 4.8
1963 40 LAA AL 57 57 30 5 3 13 10 3 77% 18 4 63 19 30% 8 1.218 25 16 15 21 6 30 30 27 28 10 33 10 4.7
1964 41 LAA AL 4 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 1.828 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 5.3
9 Seasons 362 272 134 23 21 45 32 14 71% 59 12 224 73 33% 1.043 91 58 118 72 37 161 115 155 149 62 158 66 5.2

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%
1954 31 CIN NL 1007 43% 2.0% 9.2% 8.5% 6.1% 24% 0.70 79% 214 18 8%
1955 32 CIN NL 868 39% 2.3% 10.8% 7.3% 6.3% 28% 0.92 79% 155 16 10%
1956 33 CIN NL 738 41% 2.0% 11.7% 4.7% 7.5% 29% 0.93 80% 116 12 10%
1957 34 CIN NL 391 37% 2.8% 11.5% 6.1% 6.9% 24% 0.80 77% 75 5 7%
1959 36 LAD NL 271 35% 3.0% 17.3% 8.5% 7.0% 27% 0.81 69% 68 6 9%
1961 38 LAA AL 362 35% 3.3% 21.6% 8.0% 6.6% 35% 0.67 66% 53 3 6%
1962 39 LAA AL 307 35% 1.9% 12.3% 8.1% 5.2% 24% 0.64 76% 60 4 7%
1963 40 LAA AL 348 34% 1.4% 15.2% 5.5% 5.5% 27% 0.70 77% 74 8 11%
1964 41 LAA AL 34 38% 5.9% 14.7% 14.7% 11.8% 50% 1.50 59% 6 1 17%
9 Seasons 4326 39% 2.3% 12.5% 7.1% 6.5% 27% 0.79 77% 821 73 9%
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
1954 31 CIN NL 1007 256 20 0 24 12 8 14 6 42 21 6 50% 12 3 3 413 3 5 38% 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1955 32 CIN NL 868 198 20 0 15 13 7 8 12 41 20 4 49% 11 6 2 297 11 5 69% 9 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 0
1956 33 CIN NL 737 191 15 0 12 10 5 8 7 34 17 4 50% 10 2 2 264 6 6 50% 4 6 2 0 0 0 3 1 12 1
1957 34 CIN NL 391 111 11 0 7 7 4 4 7 16 14 0 88% 0 2 1 156 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 36 LAD NL 271 70 8 1 15 4 4 4 4 33 15 8 45% 2 0 4 106 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1961 38 LAA AL 358 68 12 0 7 7 5 8 4 18 11 4 61% 4 1 3 121 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
1962 39 LAA AL 306 67 6 0 12 5 1 4 2 19 7 2 37% 1 1 1 110 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1963 40 LAA AL 343 70 5 1 21 4 1 3 2 26 9 2 35% 5 1 1 125 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5
1964 41 LAA AL 34 8 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 4315 1039 99 2 116 63 36 53 46 232 115 30 50% 46 16 17 1601 34 24 59% 29 23 5 0 0 1 6 1 93 11
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+
1954 31 12 10 .545 3.83 40 29 9 8 1 0 227.2 256 112 97 20 85 93 4 0 3 998 109 1.498 10.1 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.09 109
1955 32 23 20 .535 3.87 86 57 18 16 4 2 435.1 454 208 187 40 148 3 187 5 0 9 1865 109 1.383 9.4 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26 109
1956 33 34 31 .523 3.92 131 80 27 24 4 3 613.0 645 300 267 55 183 6 273 5 0 11 2603 105 1.351 9.5 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.49 105
1957 34 37 31 .544 4.24 164 87 37 25 4 3 700.2 756 365 330 66 207 8 318 7 0 13 2995 97 1.374 9.7 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.54 97
1958 35 37 31 .544 4.24 164 87 37 25 4 3 700.2 756 365 330 66 207 8 318 7 0 13 2995 97 1.374 9.7 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.54 97
1959 36 40 35 .533 4.32 200 87 54 25 4 5 761.2 826 404 366 74 230 15 365 7 1 13 3266 95 1.386 9.8 0.9 2.7 4.3 1.59 95
1960 37 40 35 .533 4.32 200 87 54 25 4 5 761.2 826 404 366 74 230 15 365 7 1 13 3266 95 1.386 9.8 0.9 2.7 4.3 1.59 95
1961 38 45 43 .511 4.25 253 90 86 25 4 16 850.2 894 446 402 86 259 18 443 7 1 14 3627 98 1.355 9.5 0.9 2.7 4.7 1.71 98
1962 39 49 46 .516 4.13 301 90 103 25 4 21 927.2 961 471 426 92 284 21 481 8 1 15 3946 100 1.342 9.3 0.9 2.8 4.7 1.69 100
1963 40 54 49 .524 3.98 358 90 133 25 4 31 1017.0 1031 497 450 97 303 29 534 8 1 16 4291 102 1.312 9.1 0.9 2.7 4.7 1.76 102
1964 41 54 51 .514 4.03 362 90 134 25 4 32 1024.0 1039 505 458 99 308 31 539 9 1 16 4325 101 1.315 9.1 0.9 2.7 4.7 1.75 101

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1954 31 13 12 .520 3.71 233.0 260 107 96 20 86 95 4 1.485 10.0 3.3 3.7 1.10 0.8 40
1955 32 12 11 .522 3.68 215.0 202 98 88 20 64 97 1 1.237 8.5 2.7 4.1 1.52 0.8 46
1956 33 9 10 .474 4.17 179.0 199 92 83 16 36 87 0 1.313 10.0 1.8 4.4 2.42 0.8 45
1957 34 3 6 .333 6.30 90.0 114 70 63 11 25 46 2 1.544 11.4 2.5 4.6 1.84 1.1 33
1959 36 3 4 .429 5.00 63.0 71 39 35 8 23 49 0 1.492 10.1 3.3 7.0 2.13 1.1 36
1961 38 5 4 .556 3.24 89.0 65 36 32 11 28 78 0 1.045 6.6 2.8 7.9 2.79 1.1 53
1962 39 5 3 .625 3.00 75.0 68 28 25 6 25 37 1 1.240 8.2 3.0 4.4 1.48 0.7 48
1963 40 6 3 .667 3.04 83.0 75 31 28 5 20 49 0 1.145 8.1 2.2 5.3 2.45 0.5 57
1964 41 0 0 13.50 6.0 9 10 9 2 6 4 1 2.500 13.5 9.0 6.0 0.67 3.0 4
9 Seasons 56 53 .514 4.00 1033.0 1063 511 459 99 313 542 9 1.332 9.3 4.7 1.73 0.9 362

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 NL--1.257--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--2.730--9th
1956 NL--1.773--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL--46--10th
1961 AL--53--7th
1963 AL--57--8th

Saves s c a p y
1961 AL--11--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1954 NL--227.7--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL--3--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 NL--85--8th

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL--256--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 NL--2.457--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL--.791--10th
1955 NL--.867--8th
1956 NL--.760--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--97--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 NL--6--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1954 NL--998--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1961 AL--32--8th
1963 AL--30--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1961 AL--born 1922-07-03--6th
1962 AL--born 1922-07-03--3rd
1963 AL--born 1922-07-03--2nd
1964 AL--born 1922-07-03--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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