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

Born: July 3, 1922 in Converse, 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 6 867 107 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 97 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

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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
1954 31 CIN NL 40 82 60 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 19 .100 .229 .100 .329 -11 6 0 1 12 0 1
1955 32 CIN NL 46 74 60 6 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 13 .200 .254 .200 .454 21 12 1 0 7 2 0 1
1956 33 CIN NL 45 60 48 1 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 11 .146 .236 .167 .403 9 8 1 1 5 1 0 1
1957 34 CIN NL 33 22 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .176 .263 .176 .440 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1959 36 LAD NL 36 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -57 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 38 LAA AL 53 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -60 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1962 39 LAA AL 48 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .273 .606 68 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 40 LAA AL 57 12 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .222 .300 .222 .522 54 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 41 LAA AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 362 292 231 16 35 1 0 0 20 0 0 23 62 .152 .232 .156 .388 5 36 2 2 33 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 131 103 7 16 0 0 0 9 0 0 10 28 .152 .232 .156 .388 5 16 1 1 15 1
LAA (4 yrs) 162 41 34 5 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .176 .222 .176 .399 10 6 0 0 5 0 0
CIN (4 yrs) 164 238 185 11 28 1 0 0 16 0 0 21 47 .151 .242 .157 .398 7 29 2 2 27 3 0
LAD (1 yr) 36 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -57 1 0 0 1 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 200 251 197 11 29 1 0 0 16 0 0 21 51 .147 .233 .152 .385 4 30 2 2 28 3 0
AL (4 yrs) 162 41 34 5 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .176 .222 .176 .399 10 6 0 0 5 0 0

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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 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 NL--12--7th

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 - 14 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1090), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

Before 1949 Season: Sent from the New York Giants to Atlanta (Southern Association) in an unknown transaction.

Before 1950 Season: Sent from Atlanta (Southern Association) to the Boston Braves in an unknown transaction.

October 6, 1953: Sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Milwaukee Braves as part of a conditional deal.

June 23, 1958: Sent by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete an earlier deal made on June 15, 1958. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent players to be named later, Steve Bilko and Johnny Klippstein to the Los Angeles Dodgers for players to be named later and Don Newcombe. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent Art Fowler (June 23, 1958) and Charlie Rabe (June 23, 1958) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

May 26, 1961: Purchased by the Los Angeles Angels from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

September 8, 1962: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

Before 1963 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

May 15, 1964: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

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