Bob Bowman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: October 3, 1910 in Keystone, WV us

Died: September 4, 1972 in Bluefield, WV

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV

Debut: April 21, 1939 (Age 28-200d, 8,631st in major league history)
vs. CHC 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 25, 1942 (Age 31-234d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Robert James Bowman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

3.82

109

365.0

146

WHIP

1.367

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Team Record in Appearances: 28-22 / in Starts: 10-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 20

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,2-4	7-GF		99	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.93	12	5	4	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.088	1.47	0.15%	1.59	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	2	4	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,5-6	4-5		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.36	4	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	0.070	1.80	0.12%	0.87	4t -2- 2 out d2	5t 3 out d2
3	3	7	Apr 27	STL		PIT	W,6-5			3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.95	1												1					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	10	May 2	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.2	6	1	1	6	3	0	0	0.68	3.27	37	10	12	1	2	6	65			0	1	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.91	0.426	5.30	0.71%	2.79	1b start tie	9b --3 2 out a1
5	5	14	May 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	4	2	2	5	7	0	0	1.33	3.08	28	4	8	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.060	2.93	0.10%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
6	6	17	May 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	3.08	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.54	0.165	20.44	0.31%	0.42	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
7	7	18	May 12	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	5-6		1	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.14	3.21	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.156	6.14	-0.34%	-1.57	5b 123 2 out a4	6b 1-3 0 out a3
8	8	21	May 16	STL		NYG	W,7-6	GS-3		3	3.0	4	5	4	1	0	1	0	3.38	3.80	15	5	8	2	0	1	32			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.282	3.21	-0.64%	-3.41	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
9	9	25	May 21	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.50	35	22	2	0	1	9	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.19	0.355	4.67	0.84%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	10	29	May 25	STL		BSN	W,7-1	7-GF	S(2)	3	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	3.44	8	5	2	1	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.094	2.09	0.26%	1.51	7t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 6
11	11	33	May 28(2)	STL		CIN	L,4-8	GS-5	L(2-2)	2	5.0	7	6	5	4	3	1	0	3.57	3.81	24	7	3	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.248	5.68	-0.84%	-3.35	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
12	12	36	May 30(2)	STL		PIT	L,8-14	8-GF		1	2.0	3	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.04	3.99	11	2	2	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.27	-0.040	1.14	-0.10%	-2.31	8t -2- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	38	Jun 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	5-7		2	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.77	3.98	11	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.051	1.33	0.13%	1.52	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
14	14	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	5-6		2	2.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.18	4.20	9	6	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.128	1.36	-0.25%	-2.08	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
15	15	43	Jun 9	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	6-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.13	4.24	2	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	0.128	10.80	0.27%	0.94	6b 12- 1 out tie	6b 3 out tie
16	16	47	Jun 11(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS-7		1	7.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.76	4.28	27	7	10	1	0	3	68			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.175	2.73	0.28%	2.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	17	51	Jun 17	STL		NYG	L,5-7	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	4.2	9	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.37	4.24	26	3	9	0	1	9	21			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	2	0	1.42	-0.364	4.64	-0.72%	-2.87	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d1
18	18	57	Jun 25(2)	STL		BSN	L,0-2			7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.30	4.18	3												3					0
19	19	58	Jun 27	STL		CHC	W,5-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	4.15	3	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.075	3.66	0.17%	0.92	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
20	20	59	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,4-8	2-7		0	5.1	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.16	4.22	21	4	6	2	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.099	5.01	0.22%	1.10	2t 12- 2 out a1	7t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	61	Jul 1	STL		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.10	4.17	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.041	1.65	0.08%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	22	63	Jul 2(2)	STL		PIT	L,3-6	6-7		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.00	4.07	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.013	.23	0.02%	0.81	6t --- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
23	23	64	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	7-9	W(3-3)	0	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.88	4.11	10	3	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.78	0.064	3.77	0.08%	0.34	7b --- 0 out d1	9b 1-3 1 out a2
24	24	67	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	6-7		1	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.12	8	2	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.21	-0.028	.67	-0.06%	-1.16	6b -2- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d5
25	25	68	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	4.07	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.007	.59	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
26	26	74	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	L,3-7	GS-2	L(3-4)	8	1.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.18	4.13	6	1	3	0	2	0	43			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.127	1.47	-0.11%	-1.36	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out tie
27	27	78	Jul 19	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	7-GF	S(4)	3	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.06	4.10	9	2	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.240	3.61	0.26%	1.36	7b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
28	28	82	Jul 23(1)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	3.63	3.72	31	7	9	0	1	3	91			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.252	.57	0.27%	4.73	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a12
29	29	86	Jul 27	STL		NYG	W,9-4	7-GF	S(5)	3	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.53	3.76	12	7	1	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.122	.89	0.10%	1.61	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 5
30	30	90	Jul 30(2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(5-4)	2	9.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.39	3.67	36	20	2	0	1	10	59			0	1	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.312	.91	0.16%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	31	94	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,9-8	9-GF(13)	W(6-4)	4	5.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.22	3.62	21	3	8	0	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.49	0.614	3.44	0.51%	2.65	9t --- 0 out d1	13t end tie
32	32	98	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,5-3	8-8	H(1)	4	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.21	3.64	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	-0.168	9.29	-0.22%	-1.07	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t 123 1 out a1
33	33	103	Aug 15	STL		CHC	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	W(7-4)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.63	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	0.451	7.81	0.53%	1.88	10t 1-3 0 out tie	10t end tie
34	34	104	Aug 16(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	8-9	W(8-4)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	3.62	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.98	-0.142	6.61	-0.19%	0.73	8b 1-3 1 out d1	9b --3 1 out a1
35	35	107	Aug 18	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-4)	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.90	3.49	34	12	14	1	3	5	76			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.569	4.20	0.99%	4.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
36	36	110	Aug 20(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	6-6	BS(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	3.49	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.26	0.012	18.40	0.06%	0.20	6b 1-3 1 out a1	6b 3 out tie
37	37	112	Aug 22	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	4-6		1	3.0	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2.81	3.45	14	4	4	0	1	3		2	2	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.032	.81	-0.08%	0.07	4b -23 0 out d3	6b 3 out d6
38	38	113	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.77	3.49	8	4	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.013	.40	0.03%	1.05	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d4
39	39	116	Aug 26(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-4	GS-8	W(10-4)	2	7.1	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.89	3.41	32	3	14	1	0	8	49			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.62	0.175	2.35	0.40%	-0.12	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a6
40	40	120	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.40	7	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.067	1.91	0.15%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	41	121	Sep 2	STL		PIT	L,3-11	GS-7	L(10-5)	3	6.1	6	6	4	2	1	1	0	2.98	3.48	28	11	9	1	2	5	40			0	0	1	25	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.11	-0.233	3.60	-0.46%	-1.23	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
42	42	125	Sep 4(2)	STL		CIN	T,6-6	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.96	3.47	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.110	16.43	0.58%	0.53	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
43	43	132	Sep 10(2)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-4	5-GF	W(11-5)	5	5.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.85	3.42	21	11	0	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.083	2.28	0.29%	2.45	5b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
44	44	134	Sep 12	STL		PHI	W,4-3	7-GF	W(12-5)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.79	3.36	9	4	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.389	8.67	1.17%	1.98	7t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
45	45	137	Sep 15	STL		BSN	W,1-0	GS-12		2	11.0	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.60	3.30	42	14	16	1	3	9	80			1	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.823	6.33	1.99%	5.20	1t start tie	12t -2- 0 out tie
46	46	140	Sep 17(2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	9-GF	S(6)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	3.30	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.114	15.09	0.26%	0.34	9t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
47	47	144	Sep 20	STL		BRO	W,10-4	GS-7	W(13-5)	2	6.2	6	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.65	3.28	29	7	7	0	0	6	51			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.125	6.78	0.51%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
48	48	146	Sep 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	3.27	6	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	0.504	18.15	2.01%	2.07	8t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
49	49	149	Sep 26(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	3-5		3	3.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.57	3.30	12	4	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	.82	0.103	5.13	0.39%	1.53	3b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d2
50	50	152	Sep 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.61	3.37	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.058	2.51	-0.32%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
51	51	153	Sep 30(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	9-GF	S(8)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	3.37	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.93	0.176	.00	0.00%	0.78	9b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
							28-22		W-L:13-5,Sv:8,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.2	169.1	141	54	49	60	78	8	1	2.60	3.37	691	1.17		5%	8%	129	55	35	14%	6	6	2	607	27	2	6	12	8	7	1.14	5.159	3.79	10.07%	37.08

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