Larry Bowa

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 155lb (178cm, 70kg)

Born: December 6, 1945 in Sacramento, CA us

High School: McClatchy HS (Sacramento, CA)

School: Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1970 (Age 24-122d, 12,953rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 39-304d)
vs. MON 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Lawrence Robert Bowa

Nicknames: Gnat, Bo or Pee Wee

Pronunciation: \BO-ah\

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Relatives: Uncle of Nick Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.8

8418

2191

.260

987

RBI

525

318

OBP

.300

SLG

.320

OPS

.620

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 9	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	PHI		PIT	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
8	8	Apr 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	3	2	1	6	2	SS
9	9	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	12 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
12	13	Apr 22	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
13	14	Apr 24	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	15	Apr 25	PHI	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
15	16	Apr 26	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
16	17	Apr 27	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
17	18	Apr 28	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
18	19	Apr 29	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS
20	21	May 2	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	23 (1)	May 3 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
22	24	May 5	PHI		SDP	L,8-11	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	25	May 6	PHI		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
24	26	May 7	PHI		SDP	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
25	27	May 8	PHI		LAD	L,4-8	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	28	May 9	PHI		LAD	L,4-9	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
27	29	May 10	PHI		LAD	L,0-7	GS	32	7.2	0	4	0	4	1	SS
28	32 (2)	May 13	PHI		MON	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
29	33	May 15	PHI		NYM	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
30	34	May 16	PHI		NYM	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
31	35	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
32	36	May 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
33	37	May 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	56	13.2	4	4	0	8	0	SS
34	38	May 21	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
35	39	May 22	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
36	40	May 23	PHI		STL	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	41	May 24	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
38	42	May 26	PHI	@	MON	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	43	May 27	PHI	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
40	44	May 28	PHI	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
41	45	May 29	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
42	46	May 30	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
43	47	May 31	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	48	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	34	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
45	49	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	2	SS
46	50	Jun 5	PHI	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	50	10.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
47	51	Jun 6	PHI	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
48	52	Jun 7	PHI	@	HOU	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	53	Jun 9	PHI		ATL	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	54	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
51	55	Jun 11	PHI		ATL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
52	56	Jun 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
53	57	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
54	58	Jun 14	PHI		CIN	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	59	Jun 16	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
56	60	Jun 17	PHI		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
57	61	Jun 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-13	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	62	Jun 20	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
59	63	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		MON	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
60	64	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
61	65	Jun 23	PHI		MON	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
62	66	Jun 24	PHI		MON	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
63	67	Jun 25	PHI		MON	W,3-2	GS	40	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 2B
64	68	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
65	69	Jun 27	PHI	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	70	Jun 28 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
67	71	Jun 28 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	72	Jun 30	PHI	@	MON	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	73	Jul 1 (1)	PHI	@	MON	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
70	74	Jul 1 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
71	75	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,6-1	GS	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
72	76	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
73	77	Jul 3	PHI		NYM	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
74	78	Jul 4	PHI		NYM	L,2-7	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
75	79	Jul 5	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	80	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
77	81	Jul 7	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
78	82	Jul 8	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	83	Jul 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
80	84	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
81	85	Jul 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
82	86	Jul 16	PHI	@	SDP	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
83	87	Jul 17	PHI	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	88	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
85	89	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	90	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
87	91	Jul 20	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
88	92	Jul 21	PHI	@	SFG	W,9-6	GS	5	1.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
89	99 (6)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,3-8	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	101 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	PHI		SFG	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
91	102	Aug 1 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
92	103	Aug 2	PHI		SFG	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
93	104	Aug 3	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
94	105	Aug 4	PHI		STL	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	106	Aug 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
96	107	Aug 6 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
97	108	Aug 6 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
98	113 (4)	Aug 11	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
99	114	Aug 12	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
100	115	Aug 13	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
101	116	Aug 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	SS
102	117	Aug 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	59	13.1	0	5	0	5	0	SS
103	118	Aug 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
104	119	Aug 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
105	120	Aug 18	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
106	121	Aug 19	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	122	Aug 20	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
108	123	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
109	124	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		HOU	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	125	Aug 22	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
111	126	Aug 23	PHI		HOU	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
112	127	Aug 25	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
113	128	Aug 26	PHI		CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
114	129	Aug 27	PHI		CIN	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
115	130	Aug 28	PHI		ATL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
116	131	Aug 29	PHI		ATL	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
117	132	Aug 30	PHI		ATL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	133	Sep 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	48	13.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
119	134	Sep 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-17	GS	40	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
120	135	Sep 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
121	136	Sep 4 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
122	137	Sep 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
123	138	Sep 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
124	139	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
125	140	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	6	7	0	13	0	SS
126	141	Sep 8	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
127	142	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
128	143	Sep 9 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	144	Sep 10	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	57	13.1	1	6	0	7	2	SS
130	148 (3)	Sep 15	PHI		PIT	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
131	149	Sep 16	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
132	150	Sep 17	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
133	151	Sep 18	PHI	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
134	152	Sep 19	PHI	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
135	153	Sep 20	PHI	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	47	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
136	154	Sep 22	PHI		NYM	L,6-7	GS	28	6.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
137	155	Sep 23	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
138	156	Sep 25	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
139	157	Sep 26	PHI		CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
140	158	Sep 27	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
141	159	Sep 29	PHI		MON	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
142	160	Sep 30	PHI		MON	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
143	161	Oct 1	PHI		MON	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
							144gm		1247.0	202	418	13	633	69