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Boob
Fowler		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 11, 1900 in Usa, TX, WACO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1932   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 29 PIT NL $ 1,728,900   82 82 74 13 13 13 53 61 59 11 14 13 76 82 80
1931 30 PIT NL $ 1,728,900   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1932 31 PIT NL $ 1,728,900   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 8
1933 32 BOS AL $ 1,292,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1934 33 PIT NL $ 2,439,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 8
1935 34 PIT NL $ 2,439,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 8
1936 35 CIN NL $ 1,150,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 2 6 7 7
1937 36 CIN NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,439,000   82 82 74 13 13 13 53 61 59 11 14 13 76 82 80
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
1930 29 PIT NL 153 621 81 220 25 7 6 67 7 5 30 32 .354 .383 .446 .829 94.9 19.8
1931 30 PIT NL 156 599 86 208 22 8 6 89 7 3 34 34 .347 .379 .441 .820 88.6 16.2
1932 31 PIT NL 107 169 30 66 8 2 2 39 0 0 8 10 .391 .416 .497 .913 29.3 8.0
1933 32 BOS AL 120 391 39 116 10 3 3 51 2 2 22 24 .297 .336 .361 .696 43.5 5.0
    AAA   7 8 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .375 .444 .500 .944 1.6  
1934 33 PIT NL 106 241 30 72 9 1 2 25 1 0 9 17 .299 .324 .369 .693 23.2 2.3
1935 34 PIT NL 99 139 13 48 4 1 0 18 0 0 10 17 .345 .387 .388 .775 19.0 3.4
1936 35 CIN NL 91 212 29 58 10 1 0 18 0 0 8 19 .274 .303 .330 .633 18.7 1.9
1937 36 CIN NL 113 328 36 78 6 4 2 33 0 0 13 52 .238 .269 .299 .568 23.2 1.2
8 Years Sim 945 2700 344 866 94 27 21 340 17 10 134 205 .321 .352 .399 .751 340.3 57.8
1 Years AAA 7 8 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .375 .400 .500 .900 1.6  
162 Game Average 462 58 148 16 4 3 58 2 1 22 35 .321 .352 .399 .751 58.3  
Career Highs 156 621 86 220 25 8 6 89 7 5 34 52 .391 .416 .497 .913 94.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2134 276 695 79 17 15 270 13 9 108 163 .326 .357 .400 .757 286.2
vs LH   566 68 171 15 10 6 70 4 1 26 42 .302 .334 .396 .730 71.2
Home 462 1294 142 415 41 12 7 152 5 5 51 97 .321 .346 .387 .733 161.8
Away 483 1406 202 451 53 15 14 188 12 5 83 108 .321 .359 .410 .768 195.5
RISP   728 0 239 27 8 3 301 0 0 41 51 .328 .359 .400 .759 99.6
Pinch Hitting   242 34 88 11 2 2 67 1 0 13 19 .364 .393 .450 .843 39.2
Close/Late   385 46 123 12 2 6 61 0 0 18 37 .319 .347 .408 .755 51.8
Mar/Apr 136 396 57 139 22 3 4 53 5 1 15 24 .351 .374 .452 .826 60.7
May 156 457 68 136 10 6 4 53 2 1 32 32 .298 .346 .372 .718 57.3
June 155 394 54 141 14 1 4 64 1 0 23 26 .358 .392 .429 .821 61.6
July 154 429 42 124 10 4 2 50 2 3 19 38 .289 .318 .345 .663 44.8
August 193 592 66 175 17 10 4 55 2 2 24 53 .296 .321 .378 .700 68.2
Sep/Oct 151 432 57 151 21 3 3 65 5 3 21 32 .350 .379 .433 .812 64.7
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
1930 29 PIT NL SS 152 147 1304.7 240 641 39 140 .958 6.08   7.9
1931 30 PIT NL SS 155 150 1331.7 257 628 46 127 .951 5.98   5.1
1932 31 PIT NL SS 75 18 265.3 43 150 5 31 .975 6.55   1.2
1933 32 BOS AL 3B 85 83 730.0 56 201 14 23 .948 3.17   2.6
    SS 8 6 60.0 8 34 4 4 .913 6.30   0.3
1934 33 PIT NL SS 64 38 378.0 68 183 13 40 .951 5.98   2.6
    3B 27 9 103.0 9 20 6 4 .829 2.53   0.1
1935 34 PIT NL 3B 36 12 164.3 10 35 4 4 .918 2.46   0.4
    SS 32 1 75.7 14 37 2 9 .962 6.07   0.5
1936 35 CIN NL SS 50 41 379.0 65 171 5 43 .979 5.60   2.0
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1937 36 CIN NL SS 62 59 503.0 78 227 14 45 .956 5.46   1.8
    3B 51 29 291.3 22 86 0 12 1.000 3.34   0.8
  SS 598 460 4297.3 773 2071 128 439 .957 5.96   21.3
  3B 203 133 1295.7 98 342 24 43 .948 3.06   4.0
Career Totals   801 593 5593.0 871 2413 152 482 .956 5.28   25.4
Career Highs   155 150 1331.7 257 641 46 140 .979 6.55    
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
1932 31 PIT NL 14 20 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .350 .381 .400 .781
1933 32 BOS AL 5 11 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .273 .250 .273 .523
1934 33 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 21 33 3 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .303 .314 .333 .648
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
1930-3-.354
1931-4-.347
 Games
1931-4-156
 At-Bats
1930-9-621
 Hits
1930-1-220
1931-6-208
 Singles
1930-2-182
1931-3-172
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Charlie Hollocher (940)
  2. Joe Koppe (930)
  3. Joe Sewell (917)
  4. Bobby Adams (917)
  5. Howdy Groskloss (908)
  6. Denny Doyle (908)
  7. Estel Crabtree (900)
  8. Hal Rhyne (898)
  9. Dave Hilton (894)
  10. Ernest Riles (890)
History
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Red Ruffing (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1930, off Whit Wyatt (ATL)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/13/1930, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 7/12/1930
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (M) on 8/10/1931
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Detroit on 9/5/1931
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlanta on 4/6/1932
Injured on 5/7/1932 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/6/1933 to a 1-year deal worth $1,292,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/18/1934 to a 2-year deal worth $2,439,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/10/1936 to a 1-year deal worth $1,150,000 per year
10/2/1936: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,000,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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