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Bob Bowman
Robert James Bowman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 21, 1939
Final Game May 25, 1942
Born October 3, 1910 in Keystone, WV
Died September 4, 1972 in Bluefield, WV

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 28 STL NL  13   5  51  15   4   2  19  9  169.3  141   54   49   8   60   78   1   3   692       1  2.60  4.11  158 1.187 MVP-30
 1940 29 STL NL   7   5  28  17   7   0   3  0  114.3  118   66   55   9   43   43   4   4   499       0  4.33  4.00   92 1.408
 1941 30 NYG NL   6   7  29   6   2   0  12  1   80.3  100   55   51  10   36   25   1   2   372       0  5.71  3.71   65 1.693
 1942 31 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     4       0  0.00  3.21  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .605  26  17 109  38  13   2  35 10  365.0  360  175  155  27  139  146   6   9  1567       1  3.82  3.99  104 1.367
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   7  50  17   6   0  16  4  168.7  166   80   71  12   64   67   2   4   724   0   0  3.82  3.99  104 1.367
 Career High     13   7  51  17   7   2  19  9  169.3  141   66   55  10   60   78   4   4   692   0   1  2.60  4.11  158 1.187

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 28 STL NL  51   47    2    4   1  0   0    1   0      4  29  .085  .157  .106  -30    5   5           0   0 MVP-30
 1940 29 STL NL  28   33    2    2   0  0   0    2   0      4  17  .061  .162  .061  -38    2   2           0   0
 1941 30 NYG NL  29   21    1    1   0  0   1    1   0      2  15  .048  .130  .190  -11    4   3           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      109  101    5    7   1  0   1    4   0  0  10  61  .069  .153  .109  -29   11  10   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        150    7   10   1  0   1    6   0  0  15  91  .069  .153  .109  -29   16  15   0   0   0   1
 Career High     51   47    2    4   1  0   1    2   0  0   4  29                           5   5   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 28 STL NL   56   48    1   0.6   108| .085  .287| .157  .354| .106  .411| .263  .765| -30  .021  -9.0  -0.9     
 1940 29 STL NL   39   33    0   0.0   103| .061  .279| .162  .344| .061  .401| .223  .745| -38  .000  -6.5  -0.7     
 1941 30 NYG NL   26   24    1   1.1    96| .048  .268| .130  .339| .190  .378| .320  .717| -11  .083  -3.4  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       121  105    2   0.5   104| .069  .281| .153  .348| .109  .401| .262  .748| -29  .019 -18.9  -1.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 28 STL NL P 51 4 30 2 0 .944 .960 0.67 1.09 1.81 2.19 15 169.3 1940 29 STL NL P 28 2 23 1 0 .962 .962 0.89 1.10 1.97 2.22 17 114.3 1941 30 NYG NL P 29 4 20 0 0 1.000 .964 0.83 1.09 2.69 2.23 6 80.3 1942 31 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 28 STL NL P 51 4 30 2 0 .944 .960 0.67 1.09 1.81 2.19 15 169.3 1940 29 STL NL P 28 2 23 1 0 .962 .962 0.89 1.10 1.97 2.22 17 114.3 1941 30 NYG NL P 29 4 20 0 0 1.000 .964 0.83 1.09 2.69 2.23 6 80.3 1942 31 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 109 10 73 3 0 .965 .962 0.76 1.09 2.05 2.21 38 365.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 109 10 73 3 0 .965 .962 0.76 1.09 2.05 2.21 38 365
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-NL-30-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

ERA
1939 NL-2.60-2

Won-Loss %
1939 NL-.722-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1939 NL-1.187-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1939 NL-7.49-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1939 NL-4.15-5

Games
1939 NL-51-3

Saves
1939 NL-9-1

Shutouts
1939 NL-2-8

Games Finished
1939 NL-19-7

Adjusted ERA+
1939 NL-158-2

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1250) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (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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Transactions 

December 5, 1940: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 3, 1941: Traded by the New York Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Leiber.


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