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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	41	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
3	3	Apr 17	PHI		STL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 18	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 19	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 21	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 23	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	54	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
8	8	Apr 25	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 27	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
11	11	Apr 28	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 29	PHI	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	13	Apr 30 (1)	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
14	14	Apr 30 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	9	0	10	3	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PHI	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
16	16	May 2	PHI	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 3	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
18	18	May 5	PHI		SFG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
19	19	May 6	PHI		SFG	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	20	May 7	PHI		SFG	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	21	May 10	PHI		SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
22	22	May 11	PHI		SDP	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
23	23	May 12	PHI		LAD	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
24	24	May 13	PHI		LAD	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	25	May 15	PHI		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 16	PHI		CHC	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
27	27	May 17	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
28	28	May 19	PHI		NYM	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	29	May 20 (1)	PHI		NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
30	30	May 20 (2)	PHI		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	31	May 21	PHI		NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 22	PHI	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
33	33	May 23	PHI	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 24	PHI	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
35	35	May 26	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
36	36	May 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	50	12.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
37	37	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
38	38	May 29 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
39	39	May 29 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
40	40	May 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
42	42	Jun 2	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	69	17.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
43	43	Jun 3	PHI		CIN	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
44	44	Jun 4	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
45	45	Jun 6	PHI		HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
46	46	Jun 7	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
47	47	Jun 8	PHI		HOU	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
48	48	Jun 9	PHI		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
49	49	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
50	50	Jun 11	PHI		ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
51	51	Jun 13 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
52	52	Jun 13 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
53	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
56	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	57	Jun 21	PHI	@	ATL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
58	58	Jun 23	PHI	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 24	PHI	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	60	Jun 25	PHI	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
61	61	Jun 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
62	63 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	64	Jun 28	PHI		NYM	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYM	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
65	66	Jun 30	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 1 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
67	68	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	69	Jul 2	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
69	70	Jul 3	PHI		SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
70	71	Jul 4	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
71	72	Jul 6	PHI		SFG	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
72	73	Jul 7 (1)	PHI		SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
73	74	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		SDP	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	75	Jul 8	PHI		SDP	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
75	76	Jul 9	PHI		SDP	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
76	77	Jul 10 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
77	78	Jul 10 (2)	PHI		LAD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	79	Jul 11	PHI		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
79	80	Jul 12	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	10	0	13	2	SS
80	81	Jul 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
81	82	Jul 15	PHI	@	SFG	W,11-4	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
82	83	Jul 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
83	84	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
84	85	Jul 19	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
85	87 (1)	Jul 22	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
86	88	Jul 23	PHI	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
87	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
88	90	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
89	91	Jul 28	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
90	92	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
91	93	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
92	94	Jul 30	PHI		PIT	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
93	95	Jul 31	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	96	Aug 1 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	68	17.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
95	97	Aug 1 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
96	98	Aug 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
97	99	Aug 3	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
98	100	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	101	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
101	103	Aug 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
102	104	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
103	105	Aug 11	PHI		MON	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	106	Aug 12	PHI		MON	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
105	107	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		MON	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
106	108	Aug 13 (2)	PHI		MON	L,3-8	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
107	109	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
108	110	Aug 16	PHI		CIN	L,2-8	GS	36	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
109	111	Aug 17	PHI		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	112	Aug 18	PHI		HOU	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
111	113	Aug 19	PHI		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
112	114	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
113	115	Aug 21	PHI		ATL	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
114	116	Aug 22	PHI		ATL	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
115	117	Aug 23	PHI		ATL	L,6-9	GS	24	5.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
116	118	Aug 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
117	119	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	120	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
119	121	Aug 29	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
120	122	Aug 30	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	124 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	ATL	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
122	125	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
123	126	Sep 2 (1)	PHI	@	ATL	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
124	127	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
125	128	Sep 3	PHI	@	ATL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
126	129	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
127	130	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
128	131	Sep 6	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	132	Sep 7	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
130	133	Sep 8	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
131	134	Sep 9	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
132	135	Sep 10	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	136	Sep 11	PHI		NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
134	139 (2)	Sep 15	PHI		MON	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
135	140	Sep 16	PHI		MON	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
136	141	Sep 17	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
137	142	Sep 19	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	30	6.2	3	4	0	7	2	PR SS
138	143	Sep 20	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
139	144	Sep 21	PHI	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
140	145	Sep 22	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
141	146	Sep 23	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
142	147	Sep 24	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
143	148	Sep 26	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
144	149	Sep 27	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
145	150	Sep 28	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
146	151	Sep 30 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
147	153 (1)	Oct 1	PHI	@	MON	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
148	154	Oct 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
149	155	Oct 3	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
150	156	Oct 4	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
							150gm		1308.1	212	494	9	715	88