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Bob
Bowman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 10, 1931 in Usa, CA, LAYTONVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 5
1956 25 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 5
1957 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1958 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1959 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 7
1960 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 7
1961 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 7
1962 31 SDP NL $ 3,328,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1963 32 SDP NL $ 3,328,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6
1964 33 SDP NL $ 3,328,571   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 7 6 6
1965 34 SDP NL $ 3,250,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
1966 35 LAD NL $ 3,250,000   4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
1967 36 LAD NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,328,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 24 AA   134 533 71 126 22 2 22 56 7 4 57 106 .236 .310 .409 .719 69.9  
1956 25 AA   137 549 64 126 29 3 22 66 2 7 51 93 .230 .295 .413 .708 66.5  
1957 26 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AA   135 505 78 135 25 2 32 92 8 6 45 88 .267 .327 .515 .842 83.5  
1958 27 PIT NL 52 166 14 35 3 0 6 15 0 0 13 38 .211 .279 .337 .616 16.4 1.2
    AAA   106 399 71 115 15 6 24 73 5 2 32 66 .288 .341 .536 .877 70.5  
1959 28 PIT NL 144 456 68 139 25 5 7 46 0 0 30 81 .305 .352 .428 .779 63.8 14.7
1960 29 PIT NL 111 341 43 91 17 2 14 41 1 0 12 72 .267 .294 .452 .746 42.2 5.6
1961 30 PIT NL 119 373 50 120 22 3 14 53 0 0 31 66 .322 .379 .509 .888 66.2 14.5
1962 31 PIT NL 74 241 25 63 9 1 4 25 0 1 19 37 .261 .321 .357 .678 28.5 5.3
  SDP NL 70 147 18 43 9 2 2 21 0 0 20 26 .293 .382 .422 .804 24.2 6.1
  TOT   144 388 43 106 18 3 6 46 0 1 39 63 .273 .345 .381 .726 52.7 11.4
1963 32 SDP NL 106 333 46 103 13 0 6 51 1 2 31 47 .309 .375 .402 .777 46.4 9.5
1964 33 SDP NL 134 441 47 126 20 4 7 48 2 1 19 70 .286 .318 .397 .715 53.4 8.4
1965 34 SDP NL 35 93 11 27 4 0 2 7 0 0 10 14 .290 .356 .398 .754 12.9 2.6
1966 35 SDP NL 24 46 2 7 0 1 2 5 0 0 2 12 .152 .180 .326 .506 3.4 0.0
    AAA   56 204 28 50 6 2 14 40 2 1 11 52 .245 .284 .500 .784 29.6  
1967 36 LAD NL 65 151 12 31 2 0 3 10 0 0 7 45 .205 .250 .278 .528 10.3 0.2
11 Years Sim 935 2789 336 785 124 18 67 322 4 4 194 509 .281 .333 .411 .744 367.6 68.1
2 Years AAA 162 603 99 165 21 8 38 113 7 3 43 118 .274 .326 .524 .850 100.0  
3 Years AA 406 1587 213 387 76 7 76 214 17 17 153 287 .244 .320 .444 .764 219.9  
5 Years Minors 568 2190 312 552 97 15 114 327 24 20 196 405 .252 .322 .466 .788 319.9  
162 Game Average 483 58 136 21 3 11 55 0 0 33 88 .281 .333 .411 .744 63.7  
Career Highs 144 456 68 139 25 5 14 53 2 2 39 81 .322 .379 .509 .888 66.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1237 154 330 47 9 31 146 3 2 80 223 .267 .316 .395 .711 149.4
vs LH   1552 182 455 77 9 36 176 1 2 114 286 .293 .346 .424 .770 216.1
Home 470 1352 167 381 60 7 32 142 3 2 99 255 .282 .335 .408 .743 177.9
Away 465 1437 169 404 64 11 35 180 1 2 95 254 .281 .330 .414 .744 187.6
RISP   668 0 183 39 3 15 246 0 0 48 126 .274 .322 .409 .731 85.6
Pinch Hitting   153 13 38 6 0 5 23 0 0 7 32 .248 .288 .386 .674 16.4
Close/Late   334 22 95 12 4 9 43 0 0 24 59 .284 .338 .425 .763 46.0
Mar/Apr 163 469 55 117 22 3 15 55 0 0 23 97 .249 .289 .405 .694 53.1
May 180 536 73 168 26 4 14 65 0 0 36 71 .313 .359 .455 .814 82.0
June 157 502 61 142 20 2 13 59 2 2 37 102 .283 .338 .408 .747 66.4
July 139 394 48 116 12 3 9 49 2 1 22 83 .294 .336 .409 .745 51.6
August 145 428 50 112 18 4 7 42 0 1 41 75 .262 .329 .371 .701 52.0
Sep/Oct 151 460 49 130 26 2 9 52 0 0 35 81 .283 .340 .407 .746 60.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 27 PIT NL SS 52 51 423.7 65 177 7 33 .972 5.14   2.0
1959 28 PIT NL SS 128 113 980.7 138 384 13 74 .976 4.79   3.3
    CF 5 5 46.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.1
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1960 29 PIT NL LF 77 74 656.7 121 2 0 0 1.000 1.69   1.9
    CF 4 3 28.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 5 1 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    SS 3 0 8.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.20   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 30 PIT NL LF 76 72 638.7 136 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   1.7
    CF 13 11 99.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    SS 7 6 52.0 8 25 1 5 .971 5.71   0.5
    RF 12 0 17.3 4 0 1 0 .800 2.08    
1962 31 PIT NL LF 40 37 379.0 76 2 0 1 1.000 1.85   1.4
    CF 14 13 134.5 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.0
    RF 6 3 32.5 7 0 1 0 .875 1.94   0.0
    SS 4 1 14.6 1 6 1 1 .875 4.32   0.1
  SDP NL LF 38 35 243.6 49 2 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.7
    CF 14 12 86.5 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.0
    RF 6 2 20.9 5 0 1 0 .833 2.15   0.0
    SS 3 0 9.4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.79   0.0
  TOT   LF 78 72 622.6 125 4 0 1 1.000 1.86   2.1
      CF 28 25 221.0 63 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
      RF 12 5 53.4 12 0 2 0 .857 2.02   0.0
      SS 7 1 24.0 2 10 1 1 .923 4.50   0.1
1963 32 SDP NL SS 54 44 403.0 64 177 4 28 .984 5.38   3.4
    LF 32 31 254.0 60 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   1.0
    CF 11 6 61.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.36    
    RF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1964 33 SDP NL SS 68 67 556.3 85 222 3 35 .990 4.97   2.7
    CF 36 33 287.0 72 5 0 2 1.000 2.41   1.5
    LF 19 14 124.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    RF 13 10 90.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.40    
1965 34 SDP NL CF 13 12 99.3 27 2 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.4
    LF 8 8 62.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    SS 3 3 26.0 4 8 0 3 1.000 4.15   0.1
1966 35 SDP NL CF 9 9 70.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.96   0.3
    LF 6 2 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 36 LAD NL CF 22 16 147.0 31 2 0 2 1.000 2.02   0.6
    LF 14 14 106.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    RF 12 10 79.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.82    
    SS 4 0 7.7 1 6 0 1 1.000 8.22   0.1
  LF 312 287 2492.9 505 7 0 1 1.000 1.85   6.8
  SS 328 285 2485.0 371 1013 29 180 .979 5.01   12.1
  CF 141 120 1058.3 274 12 0 4 1.000 2.43   2.9
  RF 57 28 273.4 53 0 4 0 .930 1.74   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   839 720 6310.9 1203 1032 33 185 .985 3.19   21.9
Career Highs   136 124 1057.3 202 384 13 74 1.000 5.14    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1961 30 PIT NL 6 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .045 .160 .045 .205
1962 31 SDP NL 7 28 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .357 .643
1963 32 SDP NL 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
1964 33 SDP NL 5 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 19 70 4 14 2 0 0 4 1 0 3 9 .200 .233 .229 .461
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1959-8-.300*
 Singles
1959-10-102
 Triples
1959-10-5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1955
Had first career hit on 8/3/1958, off Ryne Duren (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/24/1958, off Jim O'toole (MON)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Montreal on 4/25/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1961, hitting .789 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 7/1/1962 (Going to SDP: RF Bob Bowman, SS Maury Wills. Going to PIT: P Zach Monroe)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/13/1963
Injured on 8/16/1963 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 8 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/14/1965 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/9/1965 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
Traded from San Diego to Los Angeles on 7/1/1966 (Going to LAD: LF Bob Bowman, C Dick Bertell. Going to SDP: P Lindy Mcdaniel)
Released by Los Angeles on 10/20/1967
 
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