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John Sowders
John Sowders
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0"

Born: December 10, 1866 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1887
Final Game: October 4, 1890
Died: July 29, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN
Relatives: Brother of Bill Sowders and Brother of Len Sowders
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB 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 20 5.333 33.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.00
1889 22 KCC AA 6 16 .273 4.82 25 23 2 20 0 1 185.0 204 181 99 9 105 104 0 0 17 865 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 9 0 13 1486 116 1.680 10.4 0.1 4.7 2.7 0.57
3 Seasons 25 32 .439 4.29 65 60 5 48 1 1 497.0 573 427 237 12 271 195 9 0 34 2378 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 5 0 18 1294 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 9 0 13 1486 116 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 0 0 17 865 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 20 5.333 33.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.00

Standard Batting

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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
1887 20 IND NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /O1
1889 22 KCC AA 28 93 87 11 19 3 0 0 6 1 4 20 .218 .269 .253 .522 46 22 2 1/O
1890 23 BWW PL 40 142 132 14 25 3 0 1 20 0 10 12 .189 .246 .235 .481 26 31 0 1/O
3 Seasons 69 237 221 25 44 6 0 1 26 1 14 33 .199 .253 .240 .493 32 53 2
162 Game Avg. 162 556 519 59 103 14 0 2 61 2 33 77 .199 .253 .240 .493 32 124 5
BWW (1 yr) 40 142 132 14 25 3 0 1 20 0 10 12 .189 .246 .235 .481 26 31 0
KCC (1 yr) 28 93 87 11 19 3 0 0 6 1 4 20 .218 .269 .253 .522 46 22 2
IND (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1887 IND NL 20 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.90 0-0-1
1887 IND NL 20 P 1 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.90
1889 KCC AA 22 P 25 38 5 27 6 0 .842 1.28 .911 1.84
1889 KCC AA 22 OF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 .933 1.97 3-0-0
1890 BWW PL 23 P 39 89 7 75 7 1 .921 2.10 .911 2.42
1890 BWW PL 23 OF 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 2.07 0-0-3
3 Seasons P 65 129 12 102 15 1 .884 1.75 .912 2.19
3 Seasons OF 7 5 3 1 1 0 .800 0.57 .920 2.00 3-0-4
3 Seasons TOT 72 134 15 103 16 1 .881 1.64 .793 2.17 3-0-4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (2nd)

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 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1890 PL  358 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 PL  .087 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1890 PL  16 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1890 PL  1486 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1887 NL  1 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1890 PL  116 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1887 NL  born 1866-12-10 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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