John Sowders

John Sowders

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: December 10, 1866 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1887
Teams (by GP): Ward'sWonders/Cowboys/Hoosiers 1887-1890

Final Game: October 4, 1890
Died: July 29, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
Relatives: Brother of Bill Sowders and Brother of Len Sowders
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1887	20	IND	NL	0	0		21.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	13	7	0	5	0	0	0	4	27	22	5.333	33.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00

1888	21	STP,MNE	A	22	17	.564	1.65	42	41		39	2		366.0	294	169	67		98	276	12		35			1.071	7.2		2.4	6.8	2.82	STP,MNE · WA
1889	22	STP	N/A	11	2	.846		14	13		13	0		118.0	99	58			56	74						1.314	7.6		4.3	5.6	1.32	STP · WA
1889	22	KCC	AA	6	16	.273	4.82	25	23	2	20	0	1	185.0	204	181	99	9	105	104	7		21	864	86	1.670	9.9	0.4	5.1	5.1	0.99
1890	23	BWW	PL	19	16	.543	3.82	39	37	2	28	1	0	309.0	358	233	131	3	161	91	11	1	12	1461	117	1.680	10.4	0.1	4.7	2.7	0.57
1891	24	KCY	N/A	17	18	.486	2.36	39	32		25	3		286.0	304	217	75		130	124	16		9			1.517	9.6		4.1	3.9	0.95	KCY · WA
1892	25	SPO,BIR	B	16	9	.640	1.50	31	28		21	1		227.2	221	138	38		81	93	6		7			1.327	8.7		3.2	3.7	1.15	SPO,BIR · PNWL,SOUA
1894	27	MNE	N/A	1	0	1.000	5.90	6	2		1	0		29.0	45	38	19		16	7	0		0			2.103	14.0		5.0	2.2	0.44	MNE · WL
3 Yrs				25	32	.439	4.29	65	60	5	48	1	1	497.0	573	427	237	12	271	195	18	1	37	2352	101	1.698	10.4	0.2	4.9	3.5	0.72
162 Game Avg.				14	17	.439	4.29	35	33	3	26	1	1	270	312	232	129	7	147	106	10	1	20	1279	101	1.698	10.4	0.2	4.9	3.5	0.72

BWW (1 yr)				19	16	.543	3.82	39	37	2	28	1	0	309.0	358	233	131	3	161	91	11	1	12	1461	117	1.680	10.4	0.1	4.7	2.7	0.57
KCC (1 yr)				6	16	.273	4.82	25	23	2	20	0	1	185.0	204	181	99	9	105	104	7		21	864	86	1.670	9.9	0.4	5.1	5.1	0.99
IND (1 yr)				0	0		21.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	13	7	0	5	0	0	0	4	27	22	5.333	33.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1887	20	IND	NL	3.0	1	0	13	39.00	6.25	0.42	0.00	102.0	5.95	-11	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-11	.076	.497	$

1889	22	KCC	AA	185.0	25	23	181	8.81	6.06	-0.33	0.00	108.0	6.90	-36	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-26	.392	.483	$
1890	23	BWW	PL	309.0	39	37	233	6.79	6.83	-0.22	0.00	105.0	7.40	22	1.7	1.0	-0.3	3.0	48	.543	.510	$
3 Seasons				497.0	65	60	427	7.73	6.54	-0.26	0.00	106.1	7.21	-25	-1.4	1.0	-0.5	0.6	11	.478	.497	$

BWW (1 yr)				309.0	39	37	233	6.79	6.83	-0.22	0.00	105.0	7.40	22	1.7	1.0	-0.3	3.0	48	.543	.510	$
KCC (1 yr)				185.0	25	23	181	8.81	6.06	-0.33	0.00	108.0	6.90	-36	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-26	.392	.483	$
IND (1 yr)				3.0	1	0	13	39.00	6.25	0.42	0.00	102.0	5.95	-11	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-11	.076	.497	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1887	20	0	0		21.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	13	7	0	5	0	0	0	4	27	22	5.333	33.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00	22
1888	21	0	0		21.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	13	7	0	5	0	0	0	4	27	22	5.333	33.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00	22
1889	22	6	16	.273	5.07	26	23	3	20	0	1	188.0	215	194	106	9	110	104	7	0	25	891	82	1.729	10.3	0.4	5.3	5.0	0.95	82
1890	23	25	32	.439	4.29	65	60	5	48	1	1	497.0	573	427	237	12	271	195	18	1	37	2352	101	1.698	10.4	0.2	4.9	3.5	0.72	101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1887	20	0	0		10.50	6.0	12	8	7	0	5	0	0	2.833	18.0	7.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1889	22	16	9	.640	2.97	233.0	194	86	77	9	100	131	7	1.262	7.5	3.9	5.1	1.31	0.3	25
1890	23	37	10	.787	2.06	428.0	343	109	98	3	154	126	11	1.161	7.2	3.2	2.6	0.82	0.1	39
3 Yrs		53	19	.736	2.46	667.0	549	203	182	12	259	257	18	1.211	7.4		3.5	0.99	0.2	65

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1890 PL 3.0 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1890 PL 19 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1889 AA 5.060 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1889 AA 1 (3rd)
Games Started s c a p y 1890 PL 37 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1890 PL 1 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1890 PL 161 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 1890 PL 358 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 PL 0.087 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1890 PL 16 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1887 NL 1 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1890 PL 117 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1890 PL 17 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1890 PL 1.3 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1887 NL born 1866-12-10 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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