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John Sowders
John Sowders

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0"

Debut June 28, 1887
Final Game October 4, 1890
Born December 10, 1866 in Louisville, KY
Died July 29, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN

Brother of Bill Sowders and Brother of Len Sowders

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 20 IND NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0   11   13    7   0    5    0   0   4    27       0 21.00  4.13   20 5.333
 1889 22 KCC AA   6  16  25  23  20   0   2  1  185.0  204  181   99   9  105  104   0  17   865       0  4.82  4.15   86 1.670
 1890 23 BWW PL  19  16  39  37  28   1   2  0  309.0  358  233  131   3  161   91   9  13  1486       0  3.82  4.44  116 1.680
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .439  25  32  65  60  48   1   5  1  497.0  573  427  237  12  271  195   9  34  2378       0  4.29  4.33  101 1.698
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  17  35  32  26   0   2  0  270.3  311  232  128   6  147  106   4  18  1293   0   0  4.29  4.33  101 1.698
 Career High     19  16  39  37  28   1   2  1  309.0  358  233  131   9  161  104   9  17  1486   0   0  3.82  4.44  116 1.670

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 20 IND NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1889 22 KCC AA  28   87   11   19   3  0   0    6   1      4  20  .218  .269  .253   46   22               2    
 1890 23 BWW PL  40  132   14   25   3  0   1   20   0     10  12  .189  .246  .235   26   31               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       69  221   25   44   6  0   1   26   1  0  14  33  .199  .253  .240   32   53   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        519   59  103  14  0   2   61   2  0  33  77  .199  .253  .240   32  124   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High     40  132   14   25   3  0   1   20   1  0  10  20                          31   0   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 20 IND NL    2    2    0   0.0    94| .000  .270| .000  .328| .000  .384| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1889 22 KCC AA   93   68    6   2.3    96| .218  .274| .269  .346| .253  .371| .522  .718|  46  .255  -6.4  -0.7     
 1890 23 BWW PL  142  107    8   2.0   110| .189  .288| .246  .368| .235  .401| .481  .769|  26  .161 -14.8  -1.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       237  177   14   2.1   104| .199  .282| .253  .359| .240  .389| .493  .748|  32  .191 -21.7  -2.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1887 20 IND NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.90 0 0 1 P 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1889 22 KCC AA P 25 5 27 6 0 .842 .904 1.28 1.84 1.56 2.13 23 185.0 OF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 0.67 1.97 3 0 0 1890 23 BWW PL P 39 7 75 7 1 .921 .912 2.10 2.42 2.39 2.80 37 309.0 OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.07 0 0 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 20 IND NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.90 0 0 1 1889 22 KCC AA OF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 0.67 1.97 3 0 0 1890 23 BWW PL OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.07 0 0 3 1887 20 IND NL P 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1889 22 KCC AA P 25 5 27 6 0 .842 .904 1.28 1.84 1.56 2.13 23 185.0 1890 23 BWW PL P 39 7 75 7 1 .921 .912 2.10 2.42 2.39 2.80 37 309.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 65 12 102 15 1 .884 .910 1.75 2.19 60 497.0 OF 7 3 1 1 0 .800 .909 0.57 2.00 3 0 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 72 15 103 16 1 .881 .910 1.64 2.17
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.

Wins
1890 PL-19-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1889 AA-5.06-4

Saves
1889 AA-1-2

Games Started
1890 PL-37-9

Shutouts
1890 PL-1-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1890 PL-161-10

Hits Allowed
1890 PL-358-10

Losses
1890 PL-16-10

Batters Faced
1890 PL-1486-10

Games Finished
1887 NL-1-10

Adjusted ERA+
1890 PL-116-8

Youngest Player
1887 NL-20-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1497) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1314) (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.


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