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Hank Gowdy

Henry Morgan Gowdy

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: August 24, 1889 in Columbus, OH
High School: North HS (Columbus, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1910
Teams (by GP): Braves/Giants/Rustlers 1910-1930

Final Game: August 29, 1930
Died: August 1, 1966 in Columbus, OH
Buried: Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH
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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
1910 20 NYG NL 7 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 .214 .313 .286 .598 75 4 0 0 /3
1911 21 TOT NL 33 110 101 10 29 5 2 0 16 2 6 19 .287 .333 .376 .710 94 38 1 2 3/2
1911 21 NYG NL 4 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .500 1.000 178 2 0 0 /3
1911 21 BSN NL 29 104 97 9 28 4 2 0 16 2 4 19 .289 .324 .371 .695 89 36 1 2 3/2
1912 22 BSN NL 44 115 96 16 26 6 1 3 10 3 16 13 .271 .386 .448 .834 128 43 2 1 2/3
1913 23 BSN NL 3 8 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .600 .750 .800 1.550 342 4 0 0 /2
1914 24 BSN NL 128 426 366 42 89 17 6 3 46 14 48 40 .243 .337 .347 .684 101 127 4 8 *2/3
1915 25 BSN NL 118 365 316 27 78 15 3 2 30 10 4 41 34 .247 .339 .332 .671 104 105 3 5 *2
1916 26 BSN NL 118 393 349 32 88 14 1 1 34 8 0 24 33 .252 .311 .307 .618 95 107 6 14 *2
1917 27 BSN NL 49 176 154 12 33 7 0 0 14 2 15 13 .214 .288 .260 .548 73 40 1 6 2
1919 29 BSN NL 78 246 219 18 61 8 1 1 22 5 19 16 .279 .339 .338 .677 109 74 1 6 2/3
1920 30 BSN NL 80 241 214 14 52 11 2 0 18 6 1 20 15 .243 .314 .313 .627 85 67 2 5 2
1921 31 BSN NL 64 188 164 17 49 7 2 2 17 2 0 16 11 .299 .368 .402 .771 109 66 2 6 2
1922 32 BSN NL 92 254 221 23 70 11 1 1 27 2 1 24 13 .317 .391 .389 .780 106 86 3 6 2/3
1923 33 TOT NL 76 213 170 18 46 7 4 1 23 3 1 36 14 .271 .404 .376 .780 108 64 2 5 2
1923 33 BSN NL 23 66 48 5 6 1 1 0 5 1 1 15 5 .125 .354 .188 .541 49 9 2 1 2
1923 33 NYG NL 53 147 122 13 40 6 3 1 18 2 0 21 9 .328 .427 .451 .877 132 55 0 4 2
1924 34 NYG NL 87 219 191 25 62 9 1 4 37 1 0 26 11 .325 .411 .445 .856 131 85 2 0 2
1925 35 NYG NL 47 129 114 14 37 4 3 3 19 0 0 12 7 .325 .389 .491 .880 127 56 0 3 2
1929 39 BSN NL 10 16 16 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .438 .438 .438 .875 122 7 0 0 /2
1930 40 BSN NL 16 29 25 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .200 .310 .240 .550 37 6 1 0 2
17 Yrs 1050 3144 2735 270 738 124 27 21 322 59 7 311 247 .270 .351 .358 .709 104 979 30 67
162 Game Avg. 162 485 422 42 114 19 4 3 50 9 48 38 .270 .351 .358 .709 104 151 5 10
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
BSN (14 yrs) 852 2627 2290 216 595 103 20 13 246 55 7 248 217 .260 .339 .339 .679 99 777 28 60
NYG (5 yrs) 198 517 445 54 143 21 7 8 76 4 0 63 30 .321 .408 .454 .862 129 202 2 7

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
1910 20 NYG NL 7 16 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .492 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /3
1911 21 NYG NL 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /3
1911 21 BSN NL 29 104 -2 -0 0 -3 -1 -6 -0.7 3 -3 -0.4 .478 .496 0.0 -0.4 -0 $ 3/2
1912 22 BSN NL 44 115 4 -0 0 -2 1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .507 .502 0.8 -0.1 8 $ 2/3
1913 23 BSN NL 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .569 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /2
1914 24 BSN NL 128 426 1 -1 0 0 7 8 0.8 12 19 2.0 .507 .505 2.1 0.7 19 $ *2/3
1915 25 BSN NL 118 365 3 2 0 1 6 11 1.3 10 22 2.3 .512 .508 2.3 0.8 21 $ *2
1916 26 BSN NL 118 393 -1 -1 0 4 7 9 1.1 11 20 2.3 .510 .507 1.8 1.4 16 $ *2
1917 27 BSN NL 49 176 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .497 .499 0.3 0.3 4 $ 2
1919 29 BSN NL 78 246 3 -0 0 2 3 8 0.8 7 14 1.5 .512 .506 1.3 0.6 12 $ 2/3
1920 30 BSN NL 80 241 -3 2 0 3 3 4 0.5 7 11 1.2 .506 .503 0.9 0.6 8 $ 2
1921 31 BSN NL 64 188 3 1 0 0 2 6 0.6 6 12 1.1 .510 .504 1.2 0.2 12 $ 2
1922 32 BSN NL 92 254 4 1 0 1 2 8 0.8 7 15 1.5 .508 .505 1.4 0.3 14 $ 2/3
1923 33 BSN NL 23 66 -2 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .491 .499 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 2
1923 33 NYG NL 53 147 7 1 0 1 1 10 0.9 4 14 1.4 .518 .506 1.3 0.2 13 $ 2
1924 34 NYG NL 87 219 10 1 0 1 2 13 1.3 6 20 2.0 .516 .508 1.9 0.2 19 $ 2
1925 35 NYG NL 47 129 5 0 0 1 1 7 0.7 4 11 1.0 .514 .504 1.0 0.2 10 $ 2
1929 39 BSN NL 10 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1930 40 BSN NL 16 29 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 2
17 Seasons 1050 3144 27 4 0 9 37 78 8.1 89 167 17.1 .508 .503 16.6 5.1 158 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BSN (14 yrs) 852 2627 6 2 0 6 33 48 5.1 74 122 12.6 .506 .502 12.3 4.5 116 $
NYG (5 yrs) 198 517 21 2 0 3 4 30 2.9 15 45 4.5 .515 .504 4.3 0.6 42 $

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
1910 20 NYG NL 16 11 1 2.4 88 .273 .214 .263 .313 .337 .286 .348 .598 .686 75 .323 -0.4 -0.0 .636 .286 .071 .0
1911 21 TOT NL 110 74 12 4.3 100 .354 .287 .275 .333 .353 .376 .379 .710 .732 94 .540 -1.2 -0.1 .653 .168 .089 .0
1911 21 NYG NL 6 3 1 8.9 97 .250 .250 .270 .500 .348 .500 .373 1.000 .721 178 .814 0.7 0.1 1.333 .750 .250
1911 21 BSN NL 104 71 11 4.1 100 .359 .289 .275 .324 .354 .371 .379 .695 .733 89 .518 -1.9 -0.2 .623 .144 .082 .0
1912 22 BSN NL 115 71 16 6.0 100 .288 .271 .280 .386 .350 .448 .382 .834 .732 128 .654 4.3 0.4 .914 .375 .177 3.0
1913 23 BSN NL 8 2 3 40.4 91 1.000 .600 .270 .750 .334 .800 .367 1.550 .701 342 .987 2.3 0.2 3.500 .800 .200
1914 24 BSN NL 426 285 42 4.0 86 .266 .243 .262 .337 .331 .347 .351 .684 .682 101 .554 1.6 0.2 .697 .273 .104 4.9
1915 25 BSN NL 365 247 36 3.9 80 .271 .247 .255 .339 .317 .332 .341 .671 .658 104 .580 3.4 0.4 .640 .234 .085 3.3
1916 26 BSN NL 393 275 33 3.2 74 .276 .252 .247 .311 .305 .307 .330 .618 .635 95 .479 -0.9 -0.1 .556 .146 .054 1.8
1917 27 BSN NL 176 127 11 2.3 74 .234 .214 .250 .288 .306 .260 .330 .548 .636 73 .342 -4.0 -0.5 .479 .156 .045 .0
1919 29 BSN NL 246 164 25 4.1 77 .297 .279 .257 .339 .311 .338 .338 .677 .648 109 .566 3.2 0.4 .627 .169 .059 1.7
1920 30 BSN NL 241 168 21 3.4 86 .261 .243 .269 .314 .322 .313 .358 .627 .680 85 .442 -3.1 -0.3 .577 .187 .070 .0
1921 31 BSN NL 188 121 24 5.3 101 .311 .299 .290 .368 .340 .402 .400 .771 .740 109 .565 2.9 0.3 .748 .213 .104 2.0
1922 32 BSN NL 254 158 33 5.6 108 .333 .317 .295 .391 .352 .389 .410 .780 .762 106 .557 3.8 0.4 .750 .186 .072 1.3
1923 33 TOT NL 213 130 27 5.6 106 .290 .271 .292 .404 .350 .376 .406 .780 .756 108 .573 4.3 0.4 .832 .329 .106 1.5
1923 33 BSN NL 66 44 3 1.8 103 .140 .125 .287 .354 .345 .188 .399 .541 .744 49 .149 -2.4 -0.2 .605 .375 .063 .0
1923 33 NYG NL 147 86 24 7.5 107 .348 .328 .293 .427 .352 .451 .408 .877 .760 132 .697 6.7 0.6 .951 .311 .123 1.3
1924 34 NYG NL 219 129 35 7.3 102 .330 .325 .287 .411 .343 .445 .400 .856 .743 131 .702 10.0 1.0 .884 .262 .120 1.6
1925 35 NYG NL 129 80 22 7.3 111 .327 .325 .295 .389 .352 .491 .421 .880 .774 127 .660 4.6 0.4 .883 .272 .167 .0
1929 39 BSN NL 16 9 3 8.9 116 .500 .438 .298 .438 .361 .438 .434 .875 .795 122 .708 0.5 0.0 .778 .000 .000
1930 40 BSN NL 29 20 2 2.7 124 .208 .200 .308 .310 .366 .240 .458 .550 .824 37 .190 -2.4 -0.2 .500 .160 .040
17 Yrs 3144 2071 346 4.5 90 .291 .270 .270 .351 .330 .358 .366 .709 .696 104 .557 28.8 2.8 .685 .221 .088 31.0
162 Game Avg. 485 320 53 4.5 90 .291 .270 .270 .351 .330 .358 .366 .709 .696 104 .557 4 0 .685 .221 .088 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BSN (14 yrs) 2627 1762 263 4.0 87 .283 .260 .266 .339 .326 .339 .359 .679 .685 99 .522 7.2 0.8 .647 .209 .079 21.0
NYG (5 yrs) 517 309 83 7.2 105 .332 .321 .290 .408 .348 .454 .406 .862 .754 129 .685 21.6 2.1 .897 .283 .133 5.3

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1914 24 BSN NL WS PHA W 4 16 11 3 6 3 1 1 3 1 0 5 1 .545 .688 1.273 1.960 14 0 0 0 0 0
1923 33 NYG NL WS NYY L 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 34 NYG NL WS WSH L 7 29 27 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .259 .310 .259 .570 7 1 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 14 50 42 7 13 3 1 1 4 1 0 8 3 .310 .420 .500 .920 21 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 14 50 42 7 13 3 1 1 4 1 0 8 3 .310 .420 .500 .920 21 1 0 0 0 0

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
1919 29 BSN NL 246 0.4% 6.5% 7.7% 4.1% 16% 0.84 13.7 219.0 10.0 82%
1920 30 BSN NL 241 0.0% 6.2% 8.3% 5.4% 25% 0.75 14.3 11.9 83%
1921 31 BSN NL 188 1.1% 5.9% 8.5% 5.9% 22% 0.69 14.9 82.0 9.6 80%
1922 32 BSN NL 254 0.4% 5.1% 9.5% 5.1% 19% 0.54 17.0 221.0 8.2 82%
1923 33 TOT NL 213 0.5% 6.6% 16.9% 5.6% 26% 0.39 12.1 170.0 7.4 73%
1923 33 BSN NL 66 0.0% 7.6% 22.7% 3.0% 33% 0.33 9.6 9.6 65%
1923 33 NYG NL 147 0.7% 6.1% 14.3% 6.8% 25% 0.43 13.6 122.0 6.8 76%
1924 34 NYG NL 219 1.8% 5.0% 11.9% 6.4% 23% 0.42 17.4 47.8 5.2 80%
1925 35 NYG NL 129 2.3% 5.4% 9.3% 7.8% 27% 0.58 16.3 38.0 6.0 81%
1929 39 BSN NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 5.3 88%
1930 40 BSN NL 29 0.0% 3.5% 10.3% 3.5% 20% 0.33 25.0 12.5 83%
17 Yrs 1535 1.4% 16.1% 20.3% 11.2% 23% 0.79 11.1 130.2 8.5 161%
MLB Averages 1.3% 14.5% 13.2% 9.9% 25% 1.10 10.3 113.3 8.7 133%

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
1910 20 7 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 .214 .313 .286 .598 75 4 0 0
1911 21 40 126 115 11 32 6 2 0 18 3 8 22 .278 .331 .365 .696 91 42 1 2
1912 22 84 241 211 27 58 12 3 3 28 6 24 35 .275 .357 .403 .760 108 85 3 3
1913 23 87 249 216 27 61 13 3 3 30 6 0 27 37 .282 .370 .412 .782 115 89 3 3
1914 24 215 675 582 69 150 30 9 6 76 20 0 75 77 .258 .349 .371 .721 106 216 7 11
1915 25 333 1040 898 96 228 45 12 8 106 30 4 116 111 .254 .346 .357 .703 106 321 10 16
1916 26 451 1433 1247 128 316 59 13 9 140 38 4 140 144 .253 .336 .343 .680 103 428 16 30
1917 27 500 1609 1401 140 349 66 13 9 154 40 4 155 157 .249 .331 .334 .665 100 468 17 36
1918 28 500 1609 1401 140 349 66 13 9 154 40 4 155 157 .249 .331 .334 .665 100 468 17 36
1919 29 578 1855 1620 158 410 74 14 10 176 45 4 174 173 .253 .332 .335 .667 101 542 18 42
1920 30 658 2096 1834 172 462 85 16 10 194 51 5 194 188 .252 .330 .332 .662 99 609 20 47
1921 31 722 2284 1998 189 511 92 18 12 211 53 5 210 199 .256 .333 .338 .671 100 675 22 53
1922 32 814 2538 2219 212 581 103 19 13 238 55 6 234 212 .262 .339 .343 .682 101 761 25 59
1923 33 890 2751 2389 230 627 110 23 14 261 58 7 270 226 .262 .344 .345 .689 101 825 27 64
1924 34 977 2970 2580 255 689 119 24 18 298 59 7 296 237 .267 .349 .353 .702 104 910 29 64
1925 35 1024 3099 2694 269 726 123 27 21 317 59 7 308 244 .269 .351 .359 .709 105 966 29 67
1926 36 1024 3099 2694 269 726 123 27 21 317 59 7 308 244 .269 .351 .359 .709 105 966 29 67
1927 37 1024 3099 2694 269 726 123 27 21 317 59 7 308 244 .269 .351 .359 .709 105 966 29 67
1928 38 1024 3099 2694 269 726 123 27 21 317 59 7 308 244 .269 .351 .359 .709 105 966 29 67
1929 39 1034 3115 2710 270 733 123 27 21 320 59 7 308 246 .270 .351 .359 .710 105 973 29 67
1930 40 1050 3144 2735 270 738 124 27 21 322 59 7 311 247 .270 .351 .358 .709 104 979 30 67

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
1910 20 7 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 .214 .313 .286 .598 1 7
1911 21 34 113 104 10 29 5 2 0 16 2 6 20 .279 .324 .365 .690 12 33
1912 22 47 119 100 16 26 6 1 3 10 3 16 14 .260 .373 .430 .803 16 44
1913 23 3 8 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 .600 .750 .800 1.550 3 3
1914 24 133 452 387 49 99 19 7 3 53 16 53 42 .256 .351 .364 .716 49 128
1915 25 123 396 339 34 92 18 4 2 38 12 48 35 .271 .368 .366 .734 45 118
1916 26 123 433 381 46 110 18 1 1 48 10 30 34 .289 .352 .349 .701 46 118
1917 27 51 191 166 16 40 8 0 0 19 2 18 14 .241 .319 .289 .608 16 49
1919 29 90 299 265 27 82 11 1 1 33 7 26 19 .309 .373 .370 .743 37 78
1920 30 84 260 230 17 60 13 2 0 22 7 23 16 .261 .333 .335 .668 25 80
1921 31 68 199 174 18 52 7 2 2 18 2 17 12 .299 .368 .397 .764 25 64
1922 32 96 261 228 23 70 11 1 1 27 2 24 14 .307 .380 .377 .758 32 92
1923 33 80 221 177 17 47 7 4 1 22 3 37 15 .266 .398 .367 .765 25 76
1924 34 92 230 201 26 65 9 1 4 38 1 27 12 .323 .409 .438 .847 36 87
1925 35 50 134 119 14 37 4 3 3 18 0 12 7 .311 .374 .471 .845 21 47
1929 39 11 16 16 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .438 .438 .438 .875 3 10
1930 40 17 28 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 .160 .250 .200 .450 1 16
17 Yrs 1109 3376 2931 315 826 139 29 21 370 68 344 262 .282 .363 .371 .734 393 1050
162 Game Avg. 162 493 428 46 121 20 4 3 54 10 50 38 .282 .363 .371 .734 57 1050
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1939 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1942 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1947 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1948 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1949 BBWAA ( 6.5%)
1950 BBWAA ( 3.6%)
1951 BBWAA (11.5%)
1952 BBWAA (14.5%)
1953 BBWAA (22.0%)
1954 BBWAA (20.2%)
1955 BBWAA (35.9%)
1956 BBWAA (25.4%)
1958 BBWAA (16.9%)
1960 BBWAA (14.1%)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1916 NL  1.4 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1925 NL  born 1889-08-24 (10th)
1929 NL  born 1889-08-24 (4th)
1930 NL  born 1889-08-24 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1910 NL  born 1889-08-24 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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