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Hank Gowdy
Henry Morgan Gowdy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: August 24, 1889 in Columbus, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1910
Final Game: August 29, 1930
Died: August 1, 1966 in Columbus, OH
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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
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 93 38 1 2 3/2
1911 21 NYG NL 4 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .500 1.000 177 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 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 .684 100 127 4 8 *2/3
1915 25 BSN NL 118 365 316 27 78 15 3 2 30 10 4 41 34 .247 .339 .332 .671 105 105 3 5 *2
1916 26 BSN NL 118 393 349 32 88 14 1 1 34 8 24 33 .252 .311 .307 .618 94 107 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 78 245 219 18 61 8 1 1 22 5 19 16 .279 .339 .338 .677 107 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 83 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 .780 105 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 .780 109 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 .877 133 55 0 4 2
1924 34 NYG NL 87 219 191 25 62 9 1 4 37 1 0 26 11 .325 .411 .445 .856 132 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 .875 121 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 Seasons 1050 3143 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 2626 2290 216 595 103 20 13 246 55 7 248 217 .260 .339 .339 .679 98 777 28 60
NYG (5 yrs) 198 517 445 54 143 21 7 8 76 4 0 63 30 .321 .408 .454 .862 130 202 2 7

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1910 NYG NL 20 1B 5 35 30 3 2 1 .943 6.60 .986 10.08
1911 TOT NL 21 1B 28 288 267 12 9 9 .969 9.96 .985 9.90
1911 NYG NL 21 1B 2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 .986 9.90
1911 BSN NL 21 1B 26 266 245 12 9 9 .966 9.88 .985 9.90
1911 BSN NL 21 C 1 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 .967 5.60 0
1912 BSN NL 22 C 22 121 82 30 9 5 .926 5.09 .970 5.38 5
1912 BSN NL 22 1B 7 60 56 4 0 2 1.000 8.57 .988 9.99
1913 BSN NL 23 C 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 .967 5.10 1
1914 BSN NL 24 C 115 647 475 151 21 11 .968 5.44 .970 5.13 10
1914 BSN NL 24 1B 9 65 59 5 1 5 .985 7.11 .988 10.10
1915 BSN NL 25 C 114 624 460 148 16 11 .974 5.33 .975 5.25 6
1916 BSN NL 26 C 116 705 533 158 14 19 .980 5.96 .974 5.42 10
1917 BSN NL 27 C 49 288 204 75 9 3 .969 5.69 .975 5.16 1
1919 BSN NL 29 C 74 343 230 105 8 11 .977 4.53 .972 4.78 3
1919 BSN NL 29 1B 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 .990 10.80
1920 BSN NL 30 C 74 342 231 104 7 12 .980 4.53 .968 4.59 2
1921 BSN NL 31 C 53 216 162 50 4 3 .981 4.00 .971 4.11 3
1922 BSN NL 32 C 72 275 204 63 8 7 .971 3.71 .974 4.04 2
1922 BSN NL 32 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .983 10.20
1923 TOT NL 33 C 58 197 164 30 3 1 .985 3.34 .976 4.09 1
1923 BSN NL 33 C 15 56 43 12 1 0 .982 3.67 .975 4.09 1
1923 NYG NL 33 C 43 141 121 18 2 1 .986 3.23 .976 4.09 0
1924 NYG NL 34 C 78 279 223 51 5 8 .982 3.51 .981 4.11 1
1925 NYG NL 35 C 41 150 124 26 0 1 1.000 3.66 .969 3.90 1
1929 BSN NL 39 C 9 13 11 2 0 1 1.000 1.44 .977 3.57 0
1930 BSN NL 40 C 15 36 31 4 1 0 .972 2.33 .975 4.05 0
16 Seasons C 893 4254 3149 1000 105 93 .975 4.65 .973 4.72 46
6 Seasons 1B 51 464 428 24 12 17 .974 8.86 .986 9.99
17 Seasons TOT 944 4718 3577 1024 117 110 .975 4.87 .949 5.01 46
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1360), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (937), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Al Spohrer (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 23, 1910: Purchased by the New York Giants from Dallas (Texas).

July 22, 1911: Traded by the New York Giants with Al Bridwell to the Boston Rustlers for Buck Herzog.

June 7, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Mule Watson to the New York Giants for Jesse Barnes and Earl Smith.

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