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Matt Bowman

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 31, 1991 in Chevy Chase, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ).

High School: St. Albans School (Washington, DC)

School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2026 Contract Status: Not Updated

Agents: ZS Sports

Full Name: Matthew Chou Bowman

Pronunciation: \BO-man\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.38

231

240.2

194

WHIP

1.301

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	20		Princeton	IVY	NCAA					4.89	8.78		9			0		53.1	73	52	29		8		45					1.519	12.3		1.4	7.6	5.63
2012	21	0.7	Princeton	IVY	NCAA		4	2	.667	4.66	5.14	9	9			2	0	56.0	63	32	29	2	17	0	58	1	0	2	246	1.429	10.1	0.3	2.7	9.3	3.41
2012	21	-0.2	Brooklyn	NYPL	A-	NYM	2	2	.500	2.45	2.76	12	1	4	0	0	3	29.1	26	9	8	1	2	0	30	1	0	1	114	0.955	8.0	0.3	0.6	9.2	15.00
2013	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	NYM	10	4	.714	3.05	3.19	21	21	0	0	0	0	127.0	111	45	43	8	35	0	116	5	1	15	522	1.150	7.9	0.6	2.5	8.2	3.31
2013	22	-1.2	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	6	4	.600	3.18	3.36	16	16	0	0	0	0	96.1	83	36	34	8	31	0	90	4	1	13	398	1.183	7.8	0.7	2.9	8.4	2.90
2013	22	0.3	Savannah	SALL	A	NYM	4	0	1.000	2.64	2.64	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	28	9	9	0	4	0	26	1	0	2	124	1.043	8.2	0.0	1.2	7.6	6.50
2014	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYM	10	8	.556	3.21	4.01	24	23	0	0	0	0	134.2	140	60	48	8	36	1	124	4	0	3	570	1.307	9.4	0.5	2.4	8.3	3.44
2014	23	-3.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	3	2	.600	3.47	3.72	7	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	38	15	14	1	9	0	32	0	0	0	153	1.294	9.4	0.2	2.2	7.9	3.56
2014	23	-1.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	7	6	.538	3.11	4.12	17	17	0	0	0	0	98.1	102	45	34	7	27	1	92	4	0	3	417	1.312	9.3	0.6	2.5	8.4	3.41
2015	24	-2.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	7	16	.304	5.53	6.24	28	26	1	2	1	0	140.0	184	97	86	15	51	1	77	2	1	8	643	1.679	11.8	1.0	3.3	5.0	1.51
2016	25	-3.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	5	.286	3.46	4.12	59	0	12	0	0	0	67.2	59	31	26	4	20	2	52	1	0	0	281	1.167	7.8	0.5	2.7	6.9	2.60
2017	26	-2.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	3	6	.333	3.99	4.45	75	0	10	0	0	2	58.2	52	29	26	4	18	2	46	5	0	1	247	1.193	8.0	0.6	2.8	7.1	2.56
2018	27	0.4	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	0	1	.000	4.30	5.09	18	0	1	0	0	1	23.0	23	13	11	2	8	0	30	0	0	2	100	1.348	9.0	0.8	3.1	11.7	3.75
2018	27	-1.2	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	2	.000	6.26	6.26	22	0	5	0	0	0	23.0	29	16	16	4	11	3	26	1	0	1	109	1.739	11.3	1.6	4.3	10.2	2.36
2019	28	1.8	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1	1	.500	2.08	2.54	29	0	12	0	0	4	39.0	28	11	9	1	18	2	35	0	1	1	156	1.179	6.5	0.2	4.2	8.1	1.94
2019	28	-0.3	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	0	1.000	3.66	4.22	27	0	10	0	0	0	32.0	27	15	13	2	13	3	25	0	0	0	137	1.250	7.6	0.6	3.7	7.0	1.92

2023	32	5.1	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	4	1	.800	3.99	4.60	49	0	19	0	0	5	58.2	51	30	26	5	30	0	58	3	0	3	257	1.381	7.8	0.8	4.6	8.9	1.93
2023	32	3.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		9.00	9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	3	0	0	1	20	2.000	13.5	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.50
2024	33		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	SEA	3	0	1.000	1.87	2.41	27	0	5	0	0	1	33.2	24	9	7	4	9	0	41	0	1	0	131	0.980	6.4	1.1	2.4	11.0	4.56
2024	33		4 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL-MIN-SEA	1	0	1.000	4.40	4.40	25	1	6	0	0	0	30.2	26	15	15	5	13	1	24	2	0	0	132	1.272	7.6	1.5	3.8	7.0	1.85
2024	33	5.5	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	2	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	8	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	11	0	0	0	41	1.100	9.0	1.8	0.9	9.9	11.00
2024	33	6.0	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	1	0	1.000	1.31	2.18	17	0	5	0	0	1	20.2	14	5	3	2	7	0	24	0	1	0	80	1.016	6.1	0.9	3.0	10.5	3.43
2024	33	6.0	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	10	0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	18.0	6.00
2024	33	3.9	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	0		8.10	8.10	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	6	6	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	1.500	10.8	1.4	2.7	5.4	2.00
2024	33	4.0	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		2.35	2.35	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	2	2	2	1	4	0	6	2	0	0	31	0.783	2.3	1.2	4.7	7.0	1.50
2024	33	4.0	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.000	13.5	13.5	13.5	0.0	0.00
2024	33	4.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	0	1.000	3.45	3.45	15	1	4	0	0	0	15.2	15	6	6	2	6	1	14	0	0	0	66	1.340	8.6	1.1	3.4	8.0	2.33
2025	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	BAL	3	4	.429	3.93	4.66	31	1	13	0	0	1	36.2	34	19	16	6	9	0	35	2	0	2	154	1.173	8.3	1.5	2.2	8.6	3.89
2025	34	6.7	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	1	2	.333	4.10	4.78	22	0	9	0	0	1	26.1	26	14	12	5	6	0	24	0	0	1	110	1.215	8.9	1.7	2.1	8.2	4.00
2025	34	6.9	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	2	2	.500	3.48	4.35	9	1	4	0	0	0	10.1	8	5	4	1	3	0	11	2	0	1	44	1.065	7.0	0.9	2.6	9.6	3.67
2025	34	4.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	1	.000	6.20	6.57	20	0	8	0	0	0	24.2	31	18	17	4	6	0	18	2	0	1	114	1.500	11.3	1.5	2.2	6.6	3.00
2026	35		2 Teams	IL	AAA	MIN-TOR	1	2	.333	3.41	3.41	22	2	5	0	0	4	29.0	24	11	11	2	8	0	33	2	1	0	119	1.103	7.4	0.6	2.5	10.2	4.13
2026	35	7.7	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	1	1	.500	1.69	1.69	14	2	3	0	0	3	21.1	18	4	4	1	6	0	25	2	1	0	89	1.125	7.6	0.4	2.5	10.5	4.17
2026	35	7.7	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	1	.000	8.22	8.22	8	0	2	0	0	1	7.2	6	7	7	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	30	1.043	7.0	1.2	2.3	9.4	4.00
2026	35	6.3	Israel	WBC	WBC		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		8	14	.364	4.38	4.79	231	1	52	0	0	2	240.2	230	128	117	24	83	12	194	11	0	4	1040	1.301	8.6	0.9	3.1	7.3	2.34
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		41	39	.513	3.66	4.20	261	74	60	2	1	19	651.0	645	304	265	52	206	4	579	19	5	35	2766	1.307	8.9	0.7	2.8	8.0	2.81
College (2 seasons)					College		4	2		4.77	6.91	9	18			2	0	109.1	136	84	58	2	25	0	103	1	0	2	246	1.473	11.2		2.1	8.5	4.12
Other (1 season)					Other		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
All Levels (13 Seasons)							53	55		3.94	4.63	503	93	112	2	3	21	1004.0	1012	516	440	78	315	16	877	31	5	41	4062	1.322	9.1		2.8	7.9	2.78

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		22	27	.449	4.09	4.66	211	35	56	2	1	16	396.1	406	205	180	36	142	3	341	9	4	16	1713	1.383	9.2	0.8	3.2	7.7	2.40
AA (1 season)					Minors		7	6	.538	3.11	4.12	17	17	0	0	0	0	98.1	102	45	34	7	27	1	92	4	0	3	417	1.312	9.3	0.6	2.5	8.4	3.41
A+ (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	3.18	3.36	16	16	0	0	0	0	96.1	83	36	34	8	31	0	90	4	1	13	398	1.183	7.8	0.7	2.9	8.4	2.90
A (1 season)					Minors		4	0	1.000	2.64	2.64	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	28	9	9	0	4	0	26	1	0	2	124	1.043	8.2	0.0	1.2	7.6	6.50
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	2	.500	2.45	2.76	12	1	4	0	0	3	29.1	26	9	8	1	2	0	30	1	0	1	114	0.955	8.0	0.3	0.6	9.2	15.00