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Bill Sowders
William Jefferson Sowders (Little Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 24, 1888
Final Game June 19, 1890
Born November 29, 1864 in Louisville, KY
Died February 2, 1951 in Indianapolis, IN
Brother of John Sowders and Brother of Len Sowders

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 23 BSN NL  19  15  36  35  34   2   1  0  317.0  278  155   73   3   73  132   9  14  1311       0  2.07  2.89  139 1.107
 1889 24 TOT NL   7   7  20  15  12   0   5  2   94.7  147   90   67   4   52   43   2   7   388       0  6.37  3.94   62 2.102
         BSN NL   1   2   7   4   3   0   3  2   42.0   53   35   24   3   23   10   2   2   177       0  5.14  4.18   81 1.810
         PIT NL   6   5  13  11   9   0   2  0   52.7   94   55   43   1   29   33   0   5   211       0  7.35  3.74   51 2.335
 1890 25 PIT NL   3   8  15  11   9   0   4  0  106.0  117   77   52   1   24   30   2   7   490       0  4.42  3.28   74 1.330
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .492  29  30  71  61  55   2  10  2  517.7  542  322  192   8  149  205  13  28  2189       0  3.34  3.16   95 1.335
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  15  36  31  28   1   5  1  266.7  279  165   98   4   76  105   6  14  1127   0   0  3.34  3.16   95 1.335
 Career High     19  15  36  35  34   2   5  2  317.0  278  155   73   4   73  132   9  14  1311   0   0  2.07  3.94  139 1.107

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 23 BSN NL  36  122   14   18   2  0   0    6   1      3  24  .148  .168  .164    4   20               0    
 1889 24 TOT NL  22   65    6   17   1  0   0    5   0      4  12  .262  .304  .277   67   18               0    
         BSN NL   7   17    2    4   0  0   0    1   0      1   2  .235  .278  .235   41    4               0    
         PIT NL  15   48    4   13   1  0   0    4   0      3  10  .271  .314  .292   76   14               0    
 1890 25 PIT NL  17   50    3    9   0  0   0    4   1      2   7  .180  .212  .180   21    9               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       75  237   23   44   3  0   0   15   2  0   9  43  .186  .215  .198   26   47   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        512   50   95   6  0   0   32   4  0  19  93  .186  .215  .198   26  102   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36  122   14   18   2  0   0    6   1  0   4  24                          20   0   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 23 BSN NL  125  104    3   0.8    75| .148  .250| .168  .298| .164  .342| .332  .641|   4  .065 -13.3  -1.6     
 1889 24 TOT NL   69   48    5   2.7    91| .262  .266| .304  .337| .277  .364| .581  .700|  67  .305  -2.8  -0.2     
         BSN NL   18   13    1   2.0   100| .235  .280| .278  .352| .235  .382| .513  .734|  41  .201  -1.4  -0.1     
         PIT NL   51   35    4   3.0    88| .271  .262| .314  .331| .292  .357| .606  .688|  76  .341  -1.4  -0.1     
 1890 25 PIT NL   52   41    2   1.3    78| .180  .245| .212  .319| .180  .331| .392  .651|  21  .114  -4.9  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       246  193   10   1.4    80| .186  .254| .215  .313| .198  .346| .413  .659|  26  .139 -21.0  -2.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1888 23 BSN NL   P   36     23   69    8    1  .920  .895  2.56  2.23  2.61  2.36   35  317.0
 1889 24 TOT NL   P   20     11   30    3    0  .932  .905  2.05  1.93  3.90  2.22   15   94.7
         BSN NL   P    7      3   11    0    0 1.000  .903  2.00  1.93  3.00  2.23    4   42.0
         PIT NL   P   13      8   19    3    0  .900  .906  2.08  1.93  4.61  2.22   11   52.7
                 OF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.95                            0    2    0
 1890 25 PIT NL   P   15      7    9    3    0  .842  .899  1.07  2.01  1.36  2.24   11  106.0
                 OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .909  2.50  1.90                            0    2    0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1889 24 PIT NL  OF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.95                            0    2    0
 1890 25 PIT NL  OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .909  2.50  1.90                            0    2    0

 1888 23 BSN NL   P   36     23   69    8    1  .920  .895  2.56  2.23  2.61  2.36   35  317.0
 1889 24 TOT NL   P   20     11   30    3    0  .932  .905  2.05  1.93  3.90  2.22   15   94.7
         BSN NL   P    7      3   11    0    0 1.000  .903  2.00  1.93  3.00  2.23    4   42.0
         PIT NL   P   13      8   19    3    0  .900  .906  2.08  1.93  4.61  2.22   11   52.7
 1890 25 PIT NL   P   15      7    9    3    0  .842  .899  1.07  2.01  1.36  2.24   11  106.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P*  71     41  108   14    1  .914  .898  2.10  2.10               61  517.7
                 OF    4      7    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.75  1.93                            0    4    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total        75     48  108   14    1  .918  .899  2.08  2.09

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1888 NL-2.07-5

Wins
1888 NL-19-9

Won-Loss %
1888 NL-.559-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1888 NL-1.107-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1888 NL-7.89-10

Saves
1889 NL-2-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1888 NL-73-9

Hit Batsmen
1890 NL-2-10

Batters Faced
1890 NL-490-6

Games Finished
1888 NL-1-10
1889 NL-5-4
1890 NL-4-6

Adjusted ERA+
1888 NL-139-5

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1125) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
July 20, 1889: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Boston Beaneaters for $1,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1888 NL-2.07-5	Wins 1888 NL-19-9	Won-Loss % 1888 NL-.559-10	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1888 NL-1.107-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1888 NL-7.89-10	Saves 1889 NL-2-1
Bases On Balls Allow. 1888 NL-73-9	Hit Batsmen 1890 NL-2-10	Batters Faced 1890 NL-490-6	Games Finished 1888 NL-1-10 1889 NL-5-4 1890 NL-4-6	Adjusted ERA+ 1888 NL-139-5