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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:41AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
1941 20 PHA AL 1 2 .333 3.38 4 3 1 1 0 0 24.0 26 11 9 4 8 8 0 0 0 101 126 1.417 9.8 1.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
1942 21 PHA AL 6 11 .353 4.95 31 17 13 4 0 1 140.0 159 90 77 13 45 38 0 0 3 605 77 1.457 10.2 0.8 2.9 2.4 0.84
1945 24 PHA AL 1 2 .333 4.82 7 3 3 2 1 0 37.1 41 21 20 1 18 21 0 0 2 167 71 1.580 9.9 0.2 4.3 5.1 1.17
1946 25 PHA AL 9 16 .360 3.28 32 28 3 14 1 0 205.2 213 101 75 16 75 89 2 0 2 900 107 1.400 9.3 0.7 3.3 3.9 1.19
1947 26 PHA AL 12 11 .522 2.81 36 31 2 16 3 0 227.1 210 77 71 12 85 75 3 0 0 943 136 1.298 8.3 0.5 3.4 3.0 0.88
1948 27 PHA AL 15 8 .652 3.78 29 26 2 16 2 2 204.2 221 93 86 17 76 50 4 1 0 879 115 1.451 9.7 0.7 3.3 2.2 0.66
1949 28 PHA AL 15 11 .577 3.75 31 28 3 15 4 1 213.2 210 108 89 13 115 43 2 0 2 929 110 1.521 8.8 0.5 4.8 1.8 0.37
1950 29 PHA AL 1 5 .167 6.48 11 9 1 2 0 0 66.2 75 52 48 7 56 15 3 0 1 315 70 1.965 10.1 0.9 7.6 2.0 0.27
1951 30 PHA AL 5 11 .313 5.62 22 22 0 4 0 0 125.0 141 89 78 11 72 29 1 0 0 568 76 1.704 10.2 0.8 5.2 2.1 0.40
1952 31 PHA AL 1 2 .333 6.44 18 3 8 1 0 0 58.2 71 43 42 4 28 14 4 0 2 273 62 1.688 10.9 0.6 4.3 2.1 0.50
10 Seasons 66 79 .455 4.11 221 170 36 75 11 4 1303.0 1367 685 595 98 578 382 19 1 12 5680 97 1.493 9.4 0.7 4.0 2.6 0.66
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .455 4.11 38 30 6 13 2 1 227 238 119 103 17 101 66 3 0 2 988 97 1.493 9.4 0.7 4.0 2.6 0.66

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1941 20 PHA AL 24.0 3 11 15 0 1.0 4 0.4 $
1942 21 PHA AL 140.0 17 90 73 -3 1.0 -17 -1.1 $
1945 24 PHA AL 37.1 3 21 18 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
1946 25 PHA AL 205.2 28 101 109 -4 1.0 8 1.5 $
1947 26 PHA AL 227.1 31 77 123 4 1.0 46 4.8 $
1948 27 PHA AL 204.2 26 93 126 0 1.0 33 3.3 $
1949 28 PHA AL 213.2 28 108 132 3 1.0 24 1.9 $
1950 29 PHA AL 66.2 9 52 45 -1 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
1951 30 PHA AL 125.0 22 89 76 1 1.0 -13 -1.1 $
1952 31 PHA AL 58.2 3 43 32 0 1.0 -11 -0.8 $
10 Seasons 1303.0 170 685 749 0 1.0 64 7.9 $

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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
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 -3 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 20 PHA AL 9 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
1942 21 PHA AL 52 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1945 24 PHA AL 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ /1
1946 25 PHA AL 73 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1947 26 PHA AL 86 -11 0 0 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1948 27 PHA AL 89 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1949 28 PHA AL 86 -6 -1 0 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1950 29 PHA AL 26 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 30 PHA AL 47 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1952 31 PHA AL 16 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
10 Seasons 502 -56 -1 0 0 0 37 11 -9 -1.0 -9 -0.9 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1941 PHA AL 20 P 4 3 1 24.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.50 1.00 .960 2.14 2.10
1942 PHA AL 21 P 31 17 4 140.0 29 8 18 3 2 .897 1.67 0.84 .957 2.31 2.30
1945 PHA AL 24 P 7 3 2 37.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.71 .956 2.24 2.23
1946 PHA AL 25 P 32 28 14 205.2 45 13 29 3 2 .933 1.84 1.31 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 PHA AL 26 P 36 31 16 227.1 45 14 29 2 1 .956 1.70 1.19 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 PHA AL 27 P 29 26 16 204.2 41 10 30 1 4 .976 1.76 1.38 .963 2.02 1.99
1949 PHA AL 28 P 31 28 15 213.2 62 15 46 1 5 .984 2.57 1.97 .962 2.12 2.09
1950 PHA AL 29 P 11 9 2 66.2 18 6 11 1 2 .944 2.30 1.55 .950 2.02 1.99 3 2 40% 0
1951 PHA AL 30 P 22 22 4 125.0 29 11 16 2 3 .931 1.94 1.23 .953 2.07 2.06 2 8 80% 0
1952 PHA AL 31 P 18 3 1 58.2 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.91 1.06 .966 2.10 2.10 2 1 33% 0
10 Seasons P 221 170 75 1303.0 297 83 201 13 20 .956 1.96 1.29 .957 2.07 2.06 7 11 61% 0
10 Seasons TOT 221 170 75 1303.0 297 83 201 13 20 .956 1.96 1.29 .957 2.07 2.06 7 11 61% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1947 AL  4.8 (5th)
1948 AL  3.3 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL  2.81 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  15 (10th)
1949 AL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 AL  .652 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 AL  1.298 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  8.314 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  3.365 (10th)
1948 AL  3.342 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 AL  227.3 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1947 AL  31 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 AL  16 (8th)
1948 AL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 AL  3 (5th)
1948 AL  2 (9th)
1949 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  13 (9th)
1946 AL  16 (5th)
1948 AL  15 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 AL  210 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 AL  16 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 AL  943 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 AL  136 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  26 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  2.9 (3rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1949 AL  1.97 (4th)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 32 (750), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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