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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 9	CHC		NYM	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	CHC		NYM	L,5-9	GS	35	7.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
9	9	Apr 15	CHC		STL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
10	10	Apr 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	55	11.1	5	2	0	7	0	SS
11	11	Apr 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 20	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
14	14	Apr 21	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	L,10-12	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
16	16	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	17	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
19	20 (1)	Apr 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
20	21	Apr 30	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
22	23	May 2	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-10	GS	33	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	24	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
24	25	May 4	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
25	30 (4)	May 11	CHC		ATL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
26	31	May 12	CHC		ATL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
27	32	May 13	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
28	33	May 14	CHC	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
29	34	May 15	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
30	35	May 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
31	36	May 18	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
32	37	May 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
33	38	May 20	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
34	39	May 21	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
35	40	May 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
36	41	May 23 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	2	4	0	6	2	SS
37	42	May 23 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
38	43	May 24	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
39	44	May 25	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	45	May 26	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
41	46	May 28	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
42	47	May 29	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	48	13.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
43	48	May 30	CHC		LAD	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
44	49	May 31	CHC		SDP	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	50	Jun 1	CHC		SDP	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
46	51	Jun 2	CHC		SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
47	52	Jun 4	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
48	53	Jun 5	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
49	54	Jun 6	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	55	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
51	56	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
52	57	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
53	58	Jun 11	CHC	@	MON	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
54	59	Jun 12	CHC	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
55	60	Jun 13	CHC	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	42	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	61	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	W,12-11	CG	44	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
57	62	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
58	63	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
59	64	Jun 17	CHC		MON	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
60	65	Jun 18	CHC		MON	L,0-4	GS	31	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	66	Jun 19	CHC		MON	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	67	Jun 20	CHC		MON	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
63	68	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
64	69	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
65	70	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
66	71	Jun 25	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
67	72	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
68	73	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
69	74	Jun 27	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
70	75	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
71	76	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	77	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
74	79	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
75	80	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
76	81	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
77	82	Jul 5	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
78	83	Jul 6	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
79	84	Jul 7	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	85	Jul 8	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
81	86	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	W,12-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
82	87	Jul 10 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
83	88	Jul 10 susp	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
84	89	Jul 11	CHC		CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	90	Jul 15	CHC		ATL	L,4-11	GS	35	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
86	91	Jul 16	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
87	92	Jul 17	CHC		ATL	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
88	93	Jul 18	CHC		ATL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
89	94	Jul 19	CHC		HOU	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
90	95	Jul 20	CHC		HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
91	96	Jul 21	CHC		HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
92	97	Jul 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
93	98	Jul 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
94	99	Jul 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	100	Jul 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
96	102 (1)	Jul 28	CHC		MON	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
97	103	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
98	104	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
99	105	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	106	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
101	107	Aug 3	CHC		NYM	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
102	108	Aug 4	CHC		NYM	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
103	109	Aug 5	CHC		NYM	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
104	110	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
105	111	Aug 7	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
106	112	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
107	113	Aug 9	CHC	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
108	114	Aug 10	CHC	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
109	115	Aug 11	CHC	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	116	Aug 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
111	117	Aug 13	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
112	118	Aug 14	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
113	119	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
114	120	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
115	121	Aug 17 susp	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	86	21.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
116	122	Aug 18	CHC		LAD	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
117	123	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
118	124	Aug 20	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
119	125	Aug 21	CHC		SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
120	126	Aug 22	CHC		SDP	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
121	127	Aug 23	CHC		SFG	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
122	128	Aug 24	CHC		SFG	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
123	129	Aug 25	CHC		SFG	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
124	130	Aug 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
125	131	Aug 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-7	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
126	132	Aug 29	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
127	133	Aug 31	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	134	Sep 1	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
129	135	Sep 3	CHC	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
130	136	Sep 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
131	137	Sep 5	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
132	138	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
133	139	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	140	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
135	141	Sep 10	CHC		MON	L,2-7	GS	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
136	142	Sep 11	CHC		MON	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
137	144 (1)	Sep 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
138	145	Sep 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-15	GS	32	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	146	Sep 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
140	147	Sep 17	CHC	@	MON	W,3-1	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
							140gm		1199.2	210	396	17	623	64