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Larry
Bowa		  
Nickname: Gnat
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 160
 
Born: December 6, 1945 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1975   
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
1970 24 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1971 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1972 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1973 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1974 28 STL NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1975 29 SEM AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1976 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1977 31 SEM AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1978 32 SEM AL $ 400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
1979 33 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
1980 34 CLN NL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
1981 35 COL NL $ 400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
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
1970 24 STL NL 61 178 23 42 9 1 1 9 14 1 16 14 .236 .297 .315 .612 19.2 2.3
    AAA   81 350 45 101 13 5 4 26 15 4 17 21 .289 .322 .389 .710 43.1  
1971 25 STL NL 68 141 23 37 8 2 0 8 12 0 2 6 .262 .271 .348 .618 14.4 1.8
1972 26 STL NL 75 199 25 42 6 0 2 13 16 4 15 6 .211 .266 .271 .538 14.9 0.3
1973 27 STL NL 43 53 14 14 1 0 1 4 4 1 2 2 .264 .291 .340 .631 5.8 0.8
1974 28 STL NL 93 258 36 77 14 1 5 28 20 7 7 5 .298 .316 .419 .734 32.5 6.0
1975 29 SEM AL 106 341 39 89 14 6 1 37 22 4 12 15 .261 .284 .346 .630 34.7 3.5
1976 30 SEM AL 112 339 36 78 13 2 2 34 21 2 12 13 .230 .255 .298 .553 24.8 0.6
1977 31 SEM AL 20 52 7 8 2 0 0 3 7 1 6 3 .154 .241 .192 .434 2.7 0.0
    AAA   111 387 55 114 14 3 1 33 16 6 22 18 .295 .333 .354 .687 44.9  
1978 32 AAA   137 504 38 117 15 2 2 62 8 4 26 31 .232 .270 .282 .552 36.6  
1979 33 SEM AL 34 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .130 .130 .130 .261 0.1 0.0
1980 34 CLN NL 115 329 18 50 8 1 1 11 1 3 17 44 .152 .193 .191 .384 2.8 0.0
1981 35 A   137 562 44 101 17 2 1 31 6 2 47 88 .180 .243 .222 .465 28.4  
10 Years Sim 727 1913 222 440 75 13 13 147 119 23 89 109 .230 .263 .303 .566 151.8 15.3
3 Years AAA 329 1241 138 332 42 10 7 121 39 14 65 70 .268 .303 .334 .638 124.6  
1 Years A 137 562 44 101 17 2 1 31 6 2 47 88 .180 .243 .222 .465 28.4  
4 Years Minors 466 1803 182 433 59 12 8 152 45 16 112 158 .240 .284 .300 .584 153.0  
162 Game Average 426 49 98 16 2 2 32 26 5 19 24 .230 .263 .303 .566 33.8  
Career Highs 115 341 39 89 14 6 5 37 22 7 17 44 .298 .316 .419 .734 34.7  
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   1463 175 337 57 12 9 118 91 18 64 84 .230 .261 .304 .565 120.3
vs LH   450 47 103 18 1 4 29 28 5 25 25 .229 .268 .300 .568 38.4
Home 373 987 116 237 38 10 8 73 64 10 44 54 .240 .271 .323 .595 91.1
Away 354 926 106 203 37 3 5 74 55 13 45 55 .219 .254 .282 .536 67.6
RISP   415 0 101 16 4 3 121 0 0 21 27 .243 .274 .323 .596 36.0
Pinch Hitting   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Close/Late   170 38 36 4 3 0 5 0 0 8 8 .212 .247 .271 .518 10.4
Mar/Apr 117 289 31 55 13 3 1 22 14 2 15 14 .190 .230 .266 .496 17.4
May 115 264 27 66 9 0 3 25 15 4 8 8 .250 .271 .318 .589 22.9
June 87 206 31 42 4 2 1 14 16 4 9 11 .204 .235 .257 .492 12.8
July 105 267 42 67 15 2 3 24 22 3 16 16 .251 .292 .356 .648 29.9
August 156 452 49 112 16 4 4 28 26 3 21 29 .248 .281 .327 .609 43.7
Sep/Oct 146 435 42 98 18 2 1 34 26 7 20 31 .225 .257 .283 .539 31.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 24 STL NL 2B 56 54 465.3 114 225 7 45 .980 6.56 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 3 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 25 STL NL 2B 32 22 210.7 54 107 4 25 .976 6.88 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    SS 17 15 126.0 22 68 1 12 .989 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 26 STL NL SS 45 36 350.0 43 175 7 30 .969 5.61 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 10 9 83.0 4 20 1 1 .960 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 4 3 29.0 6 18 1 4 .960 7.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1973 27 STL NL SS 19 13 122.7 15 63 4 7 .951 5.72 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 10 2 26.7 6 14 2 1 .909 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1974 28 STL NL 2B 74 70 586.3 137 263 9 61 .978 6.14 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 13 7 69.7 13 24 1 5 .974 4.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 29 SEM AL SS 103 100 831.7 133 372 15 76 .971 5.46 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    2B 4 3 27.7 2 19 2 1 .913 6.83 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1976 30 SEM AL SS 107 104 856.3 116 361 19 73 .962 5.01 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 1 1 1 .500 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 31 SEM AL SS 19 19 147.3 23 60 2 12 .976 5.07 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 1 0 1.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 SEM AL SS 23 1 60.3 11 27 0 4 1.000 5.67 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 11 0 19.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 34 CLN NL 2B 111 106 839.0 173 358 9 79 .983 5.70 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    3B 6 0 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 350 295 2570.3 376 1153 49 219 .969 5.35 0 0 .000 0 14.3
  2B 296 260 2192.0 492 1009 35 217 .977 6.16 0 0 .000 0 10.5
  3B 27 9 112.7 5 26 1 1 .969 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   676 564 4877.9 876 2188 85 437 .973 5.65 0 0 .000 0 25.1
Career Highs   119 106 861.3 173 391 20 79 1.000 6.74 0 0 .000 0  
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
1971 25 STL NL 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1975 29 SEM AL 12 36 6 10 2 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 .278 .297 .500 .797
1976 30 SEM AL 8 27 5 9 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .333 .333 .370 .704
Career Post-Season Batting 24 65 14 20 3 0 2 4 7 0 1 3 .308 .318 .446 .764
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.
Triples
1975-6-6
 Stolen Bases
1972-10-16
1974-9-20
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Tim Johnson (965)
  4. Fernando Gonzalez (957)
  5. Jimmy Jordan (956)
  6. Rennie Stennett (952)
  7. Dan Monzon (950)
  8. Bobby Valentine (949)
  9. Dick Culler (947)
  10. Sergio Ferrer (945)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1970
Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1970, off Grant Jackson (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 9/11/1970, off Bill Gogolewski (OAK)
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Seattle on 2/21/1975 (Going to STL: P Steve Arlin. Going to SEM: 2B Larry Bowa)
3/3/1975: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
9/22/1976: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1979
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/10/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 2/14/1981 (Going to COL: 2B Larry Bowa, C Bob Didier, P Mike Jones, RF Bill Russell. Going to CLN: SS Frank Taveras)
 
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