Hank Gowdy

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: August 24, 1889 in Columbus, OH us

Died: August 1, 1966 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH

High School: North HS (Columbus, OH)

Debut: September 13, 1910 (Age 21-020d, 3,412th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 29, 1930 (Age 41-005d)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Harry Morgan Gowdy

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1914 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.6

2735

738

.270

270

RBI

321

OBP

.351

SLG

.358

OPS

.709

OPS+

104

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-38 / in Starts: 28-22
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	22 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 213 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	143 (63-47-33) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 213 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	142 (70-45-26)

Most Driven In
G Kelly	6
C Stengel	3
B Cunningham	2
T Jackson	2
S McInnis	2
J O'Connell	1
I Meusel	1
R Youngs	1

Most Driven In By
R Youngs	3
D Bancroft	3
R Powell	2
H Groh	2
A Nixon	1
Self	1
J Bentley	1
A Nehf	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	815	2 (1)	Apr 18	BSN		NYG	L,4-7	GS-9	4	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	8	.91	0.200	2.05	0.27%	3.09	C
2	816	3	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	9	2.37	0.079	4.97	0.10%	0.39	PH
3	817	4	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.778	1.000	1.778	8	1.36	0.021	2.58	0.02%	0.80	C
4	818	5	Apr 20	BSN		NYG	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.615	.571	1.187	8	.31	-0.021	.52	-0.02%	-0.53	C
5	819	8 (2)	Apr 26	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.200	.500	.400	.900	8	1.34	0.037	2.46	0.04%	0.32	C
6	820	9	Apr 27	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-3	2-GF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0		0		0	1	.200	.600	.400	1.000	8	.35	0.023	.61	0.02%	0.54	C
7	821	10	Apr 28	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.154	.522	.308	.829	8	.91	-0.048	1.60	-0.05%	-0.85	C
8	822	11	Apr 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.481	.250	.731	8	1.47	-0.120	2.64	-0.13%	-1.15	C
9	823	12	Apr 30	BSN	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.143	.438	.286	.723	8						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	824	14 (1)	May 2	BSN	@	PHI	W,11-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.378	.231	.609	8	1.07	-0.139	2.78	-0.22%	-1.69	C
11	825	18 (3)	May 7	BSN		BRO	L,11-12	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.368	.222	.591	8	6.07	-0.185	14.41	-0.26%	-0.59	PH
12	826	20 (1)	May 10	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.359	.214	.573	9	2.67	-0.067	4.98	-0.08%	-0.17	PH
13	827	30 (9)	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.107	.375	.214	.589	9	1.26	0.049	1.19	0.03%	0.27	PH
14	828	31	May 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.375	.214	.589	8						C
15	829	32	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.364	.219	.582	7	1.82	0.021	1.47	0.01%	0.51	C
16	830	33	May 28 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,4-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.378	.219	.597	8	1.59	0.046	1.17	0.02%	0.21	PH
17	831	34	May 28 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.347	.194	.541	7	.34	-0.035	.20	-0.01%	-0.74	C
18	832	35	May 29 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,10-7	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.105	.370	.184	.555	7	1.04	0.024	.60	0.01%	0.24	C
19	833	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.119	.373	.190	.563	7	2.00	-0.011	1.36	0.00%	0.48	C
20	834	38	May 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.116	.367	.186	.553	9	.25	-0.007	.14	0.00%	-0.17	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	835	43 (4)	Jun 4	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-9	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.136	.377	.205	.582	9						PH
22	836	44	Jun 5	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.359	.191	.551	7	1.03	-0.095	.22	-0.01%	-1.01	C
23	837	46 (1)	Jun 7	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.354	.188	.541	1	2.89	-0.070	.52	-0.01%	-0.31	PH
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Giants
24	838	49	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.348	.184	.532	5	2.82	-0.081	18.43	-0.32%	-0.53	PH
25	839	51 (1)	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.343	.180	.523	9	3.23	-0.090	19.43	-0.33%	-0.38	PH C
26	840	53 (1)	Jun 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.366	.192	.559	8	.40	0.027	2.42	0.10%	0.55	C
27	841	54	Jun 17	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.360	.196	.556	8	1.32	-0.141	7.57	-0.48%	-0.82	C
28	842	57 (2)	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.368	.196	.565	9	1.20	0.007	7.18	0.03%	0.25	PH
29	843	61 (3)	Jun 25	NYG		PHI	W,11-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.363	.233	.596	8	.87	-0.006	4.57	-0.02%	-0.28	C
30	844	62	Jun 26	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.358	.230	.588	9	.27	-0.008	1.39	-0.03%	-0.63	PH
31	845	63	Jun 27	NYG	@	BSN	W,15-8	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.366	.242	.608	9	2.30	0.069	11.99	0.22%	0.39	PH
32	846	64	Jun 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.361	.238	.600	8	.87	-0.024	4.42	-0.07%	-0.37	C
33	847	66 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.349	.227	.576	8	1.27	-0.097	5.90	-0.27%	-0.70	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	848	67	Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.345	.224	.569	9	1.45	-0.038	7.77	-0.12%	-0.11	PH
35	849	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.341	.221	.561	9	.83	-0.026	4.30	-0.08%	-0.36	PH
36	850	69	Jul 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.348	.225	.573	8	.88	-0.096	4.49	-0.30%	-0.51	C
37	851	74 (4)	Jul 9	NYG		CIN	W,13-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.354	.240	.594	8	.98	0.122	7.01	0.52%	1.21	C
38	852	76 (1)	Jul 11	NYG		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.360	.269	.629	8	.30	0.022	2.38	0.10%	0.77	C
39	853	78 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.359	.272	.631	8	.97	0.074	7.62	0.35%	0.49	C
40	854	81 (2)	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	L,5-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.362	.277	.639	8	1.08	0.083	6.33	0.29%	0.61	C
41	855	83 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.370	.282	.653	8	.37	0.009	2.27	0.04%	0.09	C
42	856	85 (1)	Jul 18	NYG		STL	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.367	.279	.646	9	.75	-0.019	4.37	-0.07%	-0.18	PH
43	857	86	Jul 19	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.372	.281	.653	8	1.09	0.000	6.35	0.00%	-0.07	C
44	858	87	Jul 20	NYG		STL	W,10-9	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.377	.281	.658	7	4.01	-0.012	23.11	-0.04%	0.17	PH
45	859	89 (1)	Jul 22	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.379	.278	.657	8	.96	0.052	5.64	0.18%	0.89	C
46	860	91 (1)	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,10-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.379	.278	.657	8						C
47	861	92	Jul 28 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.375	.277	.652	8	.97	0.093	5.93	0.34%	0.24	C
48	862	96 (3)	Jul 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,17-2	GS-9	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.216	.392	.309	.701	8	.41	0.045	3.85	0.26%	0.86	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	863	98 (1)	Aug 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.383	.300	.683	8	1.17	-0.091	10.79	-0.51%	-0.62	C
50	864	102 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.386	.317	.704	8	.59	-0.022	5.03	-0.11%	-0.48	C
51	865	104 (1)	Aug 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.382	.315	.697	8	.88	0.084	5.57	0.32%	0.45	C
52	866	106 (1)	Aug 9	NYG	@	STL	L,12-13	GS-9	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.390	.348	.738	8	1.23	0.098	4.64	0.22%	1.10	C
53	867	112 (5)	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.386	.353	.740	8	1.53	-0.090	7.43	-0.26%	-0.95	C
54	868	113	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.383	.350	.733	8	.52	0.041	3.30	0.16%	-0.33	C
55	869	114	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.230	.377	.344	.722	8	1.15	0.069	5.63	0.20%	0.59	C
56	870	118 (3)	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,5-9	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.379	.347	.726	8	1.19	0.032	10.39	0.17%	0.44	C
57	871	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-7	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		1	0	.244	.385	.354	.739	8	.55	0.066	4.00	0.29%	1.76	C
58	872	122 (2)	Aug 25	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	.246	.388	.354	.741	8	.72	0.070	5.89	0.35%	0.61	C
59	873	123	Aug 26	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.391	.359	.750	9	1.78	0.080	15.32	0.41%	0.39	PH
60	874	124	Aug 27	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.395	.359	.754	9	.79	0.035	6.61	0.18%	0.39	PH
61	875	125	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.395	.359	.754	8						C
62	876	126	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.398	.370	.768	8	1.21	0.168	10.01	0.83%	1.34	C
63	877	127	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.259	.394	.367	.761	8	.37	0.002	2.88	0.01%	0.21	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	878	131 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.394	.367	.761	8						C
65	879	133 (1)	Sep 6	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.391	.364	.754	8	.56	0.052	4.78	0.27%	0.16	C
66	880	134	Sep 7	NYG		PHI	L,6-10	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.395	.370	.765	8	1.28	0.097	10.70	0.49%	0.68	C
67	881	137 (2)	Sep 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.392	.367	.759	8	.82	0.009	6.78	0.04%	-0.23	C
68	882	140 (2)	Sep 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.400	.364	.764	8	2.43	0.037	18.01	0.16%	0.26	C
69	883	142 (1)	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,13-6	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.397	.368	.765	8	.32	-0.023	2.71	-0.12%	0.64	C
70	884	143	Sep 18	NYG	@	STL	W,10-4	GS-9	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.397	.375	.772	8	.22	0.049	1.31	0.17%	0.54	C
71	885	145 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.267	.404	.373	.777	8	.71	0.048	2.48	0.10%	1.01	C
72	886	146	Sep 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.406	.372	.778	8	.45	0.008	1.20	0.01%	0.17	C
73	887	147	Sep 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.406	.372	.778	8						C
74	888	148	Sep 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.403	.375	.778	8	.91	-0.085	7.80	-0.44%	-1.03	C
75	889	150 (1)	Sep 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.401	.373	.774	8	1.30	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
76	890	151	Sep 30	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.404	.376	.780	8	2.36	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.21	C
							38-38		213	170	18	46	7	4	1	24	36	5	14	2	3		7		3	1	.271	.404	.376	.780		1.01	0.433	4.65	2.97%	8.33

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