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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	PHI		MON	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 10	PHI		MON	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	PHI		CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
4	4	Apr 13	PHI		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 15	PHI	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
6	6	Apr 16	PHI	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 17	PHI	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 22	PHI		STL	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 23	PHI		STL	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
13	13	Apr 26	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 27	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19 (4)	May 3	PHI	@	SDP	W,8-7	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
16	20	May 4	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
17	21	May 5	PHI	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
18	22	May 6	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
19	23	May 7	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	57	13.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
20	24	May 10	PHI		SFG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	25	May 11	PHI		SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
22	26	May 12	PHI		SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	27	May 13	PHI		SDP	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	28	May 14	PHI		SDP	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
25	29	May 15	PHI		SDP	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
26	30	May 16	PHI		LAD	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	31	May 17	PHI		LAD	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
28	32	May 18	PHI		LAD	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	33	May 19	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
30	34	May 20	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
31	35	May 21	PHI	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
32	36	May 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
33	37	May 24	PHI	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	38	May 25	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
35	39	May 26	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
36	40	May 27	PHI		NYM	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	41	May 28	PHI		NYM	W,4-2	CG	44	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
38	42	May 29	PHI		NYM	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
39	43	May 30	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
40	44	May 31	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 1	PHI		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
42	46	Jun 3	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
43	47	Jun 4	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
44	48	Jun 5 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
45	49	Jun 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
46	50	Jun 6	PHI		HOU	W,9-5	CG	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
47	51	Jun 7	PHI		HOU	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
48	52	Jun 8	PHI		HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
49	53	Jun 9	PHI	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
50	54	Jun 10	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
51	55	Jun 11	PHI	@	ATL	W,13-10	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
52	56	Jun 12	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
53	57	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
54	58	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
55	59	Jun 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	60	Jun 17	PHI		ATL	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
57	61	Jun 18	PHI		ATL	W,8-5	CG	50	12.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
58	62	Jun 19	PHI		ATL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
59	63	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
60	64	Jun 21	PHI		CIN	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
61	65	Jun 22	PHI		CIN	W,15-9	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
62	66	Jun 24	PHI	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
63	67	Jun 25	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	68	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
65	69	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
66	70	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
67	71	Jun 29	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	72	Jun 30	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	73	Jul 1	PHI		PIT	W,7-6	CG	56	14.0	4	10	0	14	1	SS
70	74	Jul 2	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
71	75	Jul 3	PHI		PIT	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
72	76	Jul 4	PHI		NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
73	77	Jul 5	PHI		NYM	W,12-1	GS	28	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
74	78	Jul 6	PHI		NYM	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
75	79	Jul 7	PHI		NYM	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
76	80	Jul 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
77	81	Jul 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
78	82	Jul 10 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
79	83	Jul 10 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	84	Jul 12	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	SS
81	85	Jul 13	PHI		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
82	86	Jul 14	PHI		STL	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
83	87	Jul 15 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
84	88	Jul 15 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
85	89	Jul 16	PHI		CHC	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
86	90	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
87	91	Jul 21	PHI	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
88	92	Jul 22	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	93	Jul 23	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
90	94	Jul 24	PHI	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
91	95	Jul 25	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	49	12.0	2	10	0	12	0	SS
92	98 (2)	Jul 27	PHI	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
93	99	Jul 28	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
94	100	Jul 29	PHI		SFG	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
95	101	Jul 30	PHI		SFG	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	102	Jul 31	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	103	Aug 2	PHI		SDP	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
98	104	Aug 3	PHI		SDP	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
99	105	Aug 4	PHI		SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
100	106	Aug 5	PHI		LAD	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
101	107	Aug 6	PHI		LAD	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
102	108	Aug 7	PHI		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	109	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		MON	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
104	110	Aug 10 (2)	PHI		MON	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	111	Aug 11	PHI		MON	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
106	112	Aug 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
107	113	Aug 13	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	52	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
108	114	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
109	115	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
110	116	Aug 16	PHI	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
111	117	Aug 17	PHI	@	MON	L,0-13	GS	36	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
112	118	Aug 18	PHI	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
113	119	Aug 19	PHI		HOU	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
114	120	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
115	121	Aug 21	PHI		HOU	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
116	122	Aug 22	PHI	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
117	123	Aug 23	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
118	124	Aug 24	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
119	125	Aug 25	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
120	126	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
121	127	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
122	128	Aug 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-9	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
123	129	Aug 29	PHI		ATL	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
124	130	Aug 30	PHI		ATL	W,11-2	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	131	Aug 31	PHI		ATL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	132	Sep 2	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
127	133	Sep 3	PHI		CIN	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
128	134	Sep 4	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
129	135	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
130	136	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-1	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
131	137	Sep 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
132	138	Sep 7	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
133	139	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
134	140	Sep 9	PHI		STL	W,11-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
135	141	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
136	142	Sep 11	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
137	143	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
138	144	Sep 13	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
139	145	Sep 14	PHI		NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
140	146	Sep 15	PHI		NYM	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
141	147	Sep 16	PHI	@	STL	W,12-6	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
142	148	Sep 17	PHI	@	STL	W,8-4	GS	19	5.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
143	150 (1)	Sep 20	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
144	151	Sep 21	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
145	152	Sep 22	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
146	153	Sep 23	PHI	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
147	154	Sep 24	PHI	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
148	155	Sep 25	PHI	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
149	156	Sep 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
150	157	Sep 27	PHI	@	CHC	W,15-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
151	159 (1)	Sep 29	PHI		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
152	160	Sep 30	PHI		MON	W,9-4	GS	24	6.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
153	161	Oct 1	PHI		MON	L,5-6	GS	20	5.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
154	162	Oct 2	PHI		MON	W,5-3	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							154gm		1345.2	222	518	13	753	94