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Dick Fowler

Richard John Fowler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 30, 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN(All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1941
Team: Athletics 1941-1952

Final Game: September 1, 1952
Died: May 22, 1972 in Oneonta, NY
Buried: Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, NY
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Standard Batting

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
1941 20 PHA AL 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 21 PHA AL 32 52 50 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .160 .176 .160 .336 -5 8 0 1 1 1
1945 24 PHA AL 11 18 18 3 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .667 1.111 223 12 1 0 0 /1
1946 25 PHA AL 32 73 71 1 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .183 .183 .197 .380 7 14 1 0 2 1
1947 26 PHA AL 36 86 82 3 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .171 .171 .183 .354 -2 15 3 0 4 1
1948 27 PHA AL 29 89 82 5 14 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 10 .171 .200 .220 .420 11 18 2 0 4 1
1949 28 PHA AL 31 86 77 5 18 2 0 0 11 0 1 7 10 .234 .298 .260 .557 50 20 3 0 2 1
1950 29 PHA AL 11 26 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .192 .192 .192 .385 -0 5 3 0 0 1
1951 30 PHA AL 22 47 42 2 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .190 .261 .262 .523 41 11 1 0 1 1
1952 31 PHA AL 18 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .063 .000 .063 -82 0 1 0 0 1
10 Yrs 226 502 472 22 88 10 1 1 32 0 2 15 69 .186 .213 .218 .431 18 103 15 1 14
162 Game Avg. 162 360 338 16 63 7 1 1 23 0 1 11 49 .186 .213 .218 .431 18 74 11 1 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 20 PHA AL 4 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .462 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1942 21 PHA AL 32 52 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1945 24 PHA AL 11 18 2 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 0 4 0.4 .540 .503 0.4 0.0 4 $ /1
1946 25 PHA AL 32 73 -8 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1947 26 PHA AL 36 86 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1948 27 PHA AL 29 89 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1949 28 PHA AL 31 86 -6 -1 -0 0 9 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1950 29 PHA AL 11 26 -4 0 -1 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1951 30 PHA AL 22 47 -4 -0 -0 0 5 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1952 31 PHA AL 18 16 -4 -0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
10 Seasons 226 502 -54 -1 -1 0 52 -4 -0.4 13 9 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 0.0 9 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1941 20 PHA AL 9 9 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .348 .000 .401 .000 .749 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1942 21 PHA AL 52 43 1 0.6 94 .200 .160 .264 .176 .339 .160 .370 .336 .709 -5 .030 -7.1 -0.8 .214 .000 .000
1945 24 PHA AL 18 11 5 12.2 87 .444 .444 .259 .444 .331 .667 .352 1.111 .684 223 .891 2.5 0.3 1.091 .222 .222
1946 25 PHA AL 73 61 3 1.3 94 .210 .183 .261 .183 .335 .197 .376 .380 .711 7 .108 -9.0 -1.0 .237 .014 .014
1947 26 PHA AL 86 75 3 1.1 98 .215 .171 .264 .171 .344 .183 .379 .354 .723 -2 .077 -11.7 -1.2 .211 .012 .012
1948 27 PHA AL 89 74 4 1.4 106 .183 .171 .274 .200 .360 .220 .396 .420 .756 11 .106 -11.1 -1.1 .300 .085 .049 .0
1949 28 PHA AL 86 65 6 2.4 104 .269 .234 .267 .298 .358 .260 .388 .557 .747 50 .242 -5.6 -0.6 .413 .104 .026
1950 29 PHA AL 26 24 1 1.1 112 .200 .192 .276 .192 .363 .192 .414 .385 .776 -0 .061 -4.0 -0.4 .208 .000 .000
1951 30 PHA AL 47 36 3 2.2 103 .222 .190 .269 .261 .350 .262 .394 .523 .744 41 .217 -3.5 -0.4 .429 .167 .071
1952 31 PHA AL 16 17 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .267 .063 .348 .000 .390 .063 .737 -82 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 502 415 26 1.7 100 .216 .186 .267 .213 .349 .218 .385 .431 .734 18 .146 -56.0 -5.7 .292 .059 .032 .0
162 Game Avg. 360 297 19 1.7 100 .216 .186 .267 .213 .349 .218 .385 .431 .734 18 .146 -56.0 -5.7 .292 .059 .032

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1941 20 PHA AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1942 21 PHA AL 52 0.0% 19.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 25.0 77%
1945 24 PHA AL 18 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 38% 9.0 100%
1946 25 PHA AL 73 0.0% 12.3% 0.0% 1.4% 8% 7.9 23.7 85%
1947 26 PHA AL 86 0.0% 19.8% 0.0% 1.2% 7% 4.8 41.0 76%
1948 27 PHA AL 89 1.1% 11.2% 3.4% 2.3% 14% 3.33 8.2 82.0 10.3 1.35 80%
1949 28 PHA AL 86 0.0% 11.6% 8.1% 2.3% 11% 1.43 7.7 7.0 1.80 78%
1950 29 PHA AL 26 0.0% 3.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 26.0 13.0 1.75 96%
1951 30 PHA AL 47 0.0% 12.8% 8.5% 6.4% 38% 1.50 7.0 21.0 1.33 77%
1952 31 PHA AL 16 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 0.0% 3.00 5.0 3.33 75%
10 Yrs 502 0.2% 13.8% 3.0% 2.4% 14% 4.60 6.8 472.0 14.8 1.64 80%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.4% 9.4% 6.1% 26% 1.00 9.4 59.7 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 20 PHA AL -2.6 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 21 PHA AL -7.2 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 24 PHA AL 2.5 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 PHA AL -9.0 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 PHA AL -11.8 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 PHA AL -11.1 -1.1 58 -0.5 0.6 -1.2 .99 -0.6 0.0 -5.8 -0.6 0.96 -6.6 0
1949 28 PHA AL -5.6 -0.6 73 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 1.16 -0.4 0.2 -1.9 -0.2 1.05 -3.5 0
1950 29 PHA AL -4.0 -0.4 26 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .90 -0.3 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.89 -3.5 0
1951 30 PHA AL -3.5 -0.4 47 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 1.06 -0.4 -0.0 -6.3 -0.6 1.02 -5.1 0
1952 31 PHA AL -3.9 -0.4 17 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 1.00 -0.4 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 1.01 -4.3 0
10 Yrs -56.2 -5.7 221 -1.9 2.6 -4.5 1.05 -2.0 0.2 -21.8 -2.2 1.00 -23.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 27 PHA AL 0 0 25% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1949 28 PHA AL 1 0 20% 28 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 17% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1950 29 PHA AL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1951 30 PHA AL 2 0 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 31 PHA AL 0 0 0% 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3 0 20% 65 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 24% 11 9 2 2 1 1 4 3 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 27 PHA AL 89 21% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 200% 9 2 22% 12 3 25% 37 6 16% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1949 28 PHA AL 86 38% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 19 3 16% 14 2 14% 60 9 15% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 0
1950 29 PHA AL 26 15% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 3 60% 6 0 0% 17 2 12% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1951 30 PHA AL 47 24% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 9 3 33% 40 2 5% 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 0
1952 31 PHA AL 16 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
10 Yrs 264 28% 88 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 9 14 156% 47 15 32% 45 8 18% 166 19 11% 12 6 50% 10 3 30% 0
MLB Averages 51% 270% 30% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 20 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1942 21 36 61 59 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .136 .150 .136 .286 -20 8 0 1 1
1943 22 36 61 59 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .136 .150 .136 .286 -20 8 0 1 1
1944 23 36 61 59 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .136 .150 .136 .286 -20 8 0 1 1
1945 24 47 79 77 4 16 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 .208 .218 .260 .478 35 20 1 1 1
1946 25 79 152 148 5 29 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 .196 .201 .230 .431 21 34 2 1 3
1947 26 115 238 230 8 43 4 1 0 9 0 0 0 39 .187 .190 .213 .404 13 49 5 1 7
1948 27 144 327 312 13 57 5 1 1 17 0 0 3 49 .183 .193 .215 .408 12 67 7 1 11
1949 28 175 413 389 18 75 7 1 1 28 0 1 10 59 .193 .215 .224 .439 20 87 10 1 13
1950 29 186 439 415 20 80 7 1 1 30 0 1 10 60 .193 .214 .222 .435 19 92 13 1 13
1951 30 208 486 457 22 88 10 1 1 32 0 1 14 66 .193 .218 .225 .444 21 103 14 1 14
1952 31 226 502 472 22 88 10 1 1 32 0 2 15 69 .186 .213 .218 .431 18 103 15 1 14

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1941 20 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1942 21 34 53 51 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 .137 .154 .137 .291 1 32
1945 24 12 20 20 4 9 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .450 .450 .650 1.100 6 11
1946 25 33 78 76 1 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 .197 .197 .211 .408 3 32
1947 26 37 91 87 4 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 18 .184 .184 .195 .379 3 36
1948 27 30 91 84 4 13 1 0 1 7 0 3 10 .155 .184 .202 .386 3 29
1949 28 32 90 81 5 19 2 0 0 12 0 7 10 .235 .295 .259 .555 6 31
1950 29 11 27 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .185 .185 .185 .370 1 11
1951 30 23 50 45 2 9 3 0 0 2 0 4 6 .200 .265 .267 .532 3 22
1952 31 19 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 18
10 Yrs 235 526 496 23 93 10 1 1 33 0 15 71 .188 .213 .218 .431 26 226
162 Game Avg. 162 363 342 16 64 7 1 1 23 0 10 49 .188 .213 .218 .431 18 226

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL  born 1921-03-30 (4th)
1942 AL  born 1921-03-30 (10th)

                                         

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