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Roger
Bowman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 18, 1927 in Usa, NY, AMSTERDAM
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 21 MON NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1950 22 MON NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1951 23 MON NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1952 24 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1953 25 MON NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1954 26 CIN NL $ 3,721,429 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 27 CIN NL $ 3,721,429 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1956 28 CIN NL $ 3,907,143 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1957 29 SEM AL $ 5,200,000 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1958 30 SEM AL   4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1959 31 NYG NL $ 700,007 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1960 32 NYG NL $ 700,007 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1961 33 NYG NL $ 700,007 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1962 34 NYG NL $ 700,007 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 35 NYG NL   2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,200,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 21 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 22 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 23 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 24 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 25 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 26 CIN NL $ 3,721,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 27 CIN NL $ 3,721,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 28 CIN NL $ 3,907,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 29 SEM AL $ 5,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 30 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 31 NYG NL $ 700,007   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 32 NYG NL $ 700,007   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 33 NYG NL $ 700,007   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 34 NYG NL $ 700,007   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 35 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1949 21 MON NL 0 2 .000 9 2 0 0 1 19.0 29 19 6 10 10 9.00 .349 .423 .614 1.037 0.0
    AAA   3 4 .429 47 4 1 1 1 66.3 49 23 8 46 74 3.12 .202 .330 .318 .648  
1950 22 MON NL 2 5 .286 40 0 0 0 5 48.3 47 26 8 31 25 4.84 .260 .364 .470 .834 2.4
    AAA   1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 30.3 32 9 2 15 22 2.67 .281 .364 .386 .750  
1951 23 MON NL 1 3 .250 49 0 0 0 9 56.3 67 27 5 27 31 4.31 .295 .378 .392 .770 4.2
    AAA   2 3 .400 12 12 2 1 0 79.7 68 30 7 38 67 3.39 .228 .315 .342 .658  
1952 24 MON NL 15 10 .600 31 31 0 0 0 200.7 206 114 20 87 118 5.11 .270 .345 .427 .772 6.3
1953 25 MON NL 13 6 .684 35 24 2 0 2 183.0 163 79 16 74 127 3.89 .236 .309 .367 .676 12.6
1954 26 CIN NL 15 15 .500 41 41 5 0 0 277.3 239 127 27 109 184 4.12 .231 .309 .373 .683 18.9
1955 27 CIN NL 17 11 .607 38 38 5 1 0 270.0 232 107 25 104 159 3.57 .233 .309 .353 .662 20.2
1956 28 CIN NL 7 22 .241 39 39 1 0 0 248.3 256 144 35 116 172 5.22 .268 .347 .435 .781 4.5
1957 29 SEM AL 14 7 .667 69 22 1 0 3 200.3 184 87 26 65 124 3.91 .246 .310 .403 .713 13.4
1958 30 SEM AL 10 5 .667 98 0 0 0 10 109.7 117 65 20 44 78 5.33 .270 .338 .445 .783 7.6
1959 31 NYG NL 7 3 .700 74 0 0 0 15 83.3 78 35 11 39 59 3.78 .251 .338 .402 .740 9.5
1960 32 NYG NL 10 8 .556 88 0 0 0 16 98.7 89 37 12 50 76 3.38 .237 .333 .387 .720 12.1
1961 33 NYG NL 8 4 .667 63 0 0 0 11 79.7 64 32 7 36 71 3.62 .218 .305 .324 .630 9.8
1962 34 NYG NL 4 10 .286 59 0 0 0 6 60.7 66 35 11 45 52 5.19 .272 .385 .494 .879 0.0
1963 35 AAA   1 3 .250 24 11 0 0 0 53.3 33 16 4 17 54 2.70 .176 .244 .266 .510  
14 Years Sim 123 111 .526 733 197 14 1 78 1935.3 1837 934 229 837 1286 4.34 .250 .330 .400 .730 121.6
4 Years AAA 7 12 .368 88 32 3 2 1 229.7 182 78 21 116 217 3.06 .216 .311 .324 .635  
Season Average 8 7 .533 52 14 1 0 5 138.2 131 66 16 59 91 4.34 .250 .330 .400 .730  
Career Highs 17 22 .700 98 41 5 1 16 277.3 256 144 35 116 184 9.00 .349 .423 .614 1.037  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1325 669 161 574 879   .258 .332 .407 .740
vs LH   512 265 68 263 407   .233 .315 .384 .699
Home 61 54 .530 368 97 7 0 38 966.6 903 460 113 442 645 4.28 .248 .329 .397 .726
Away 62 57 .521 365 100 7 1 43 968.6 934 474 116 395 641 4.40 .253 .325 .404 .729
Mar/Apr 20 21 .488 103 31 1 0 5 287.3 267 142 40 135 195 4.45 .245 .328 .406 .734
May 22 20 .524 135 35 2 1 16 351.3 353 170 27 161 230 4.36 .261 .339 .378 .718
June 18 19 .486 122 30 2 0 11 305.0 285 144 32 153 202 4.25 .249 .337 .395 .732
July 20 16 .556 132 31 2 0 21 321.6 306 166 51 121 223 4.65 .251 .319 .433 .752
August 25 20 .556 123 39 3 0 15 376.6 335 156 38 161 231 3.73 .240 .319 .379 .698
Sep/Oct 18 15 .545 118 31 4 0 13 293.3 291 156 41 106 205 4.79 .256 .319 .418 .737
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
1949 21 MON NL 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1950 22 MON NL 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1951 23 MON NL 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1952 24 MON NL 31 68 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .059 .086 .074 .159 -2.6 0.0
1953 25 MON NL 35 57 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .140 .169 .140 .310 0.5 0.0
1954 26 CIN NL 41 80 5 8 1 0 0 8 1 0 3 20 .100 .131 .113 .243 -0.3 0.0
1955 27 CIN NL 38 89 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .191 .198 .213 .411 3.5 0.0
1956 28 CIN NL 39 77 2 12 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 25 .156 .173 .208 .381 2.3 0.0
1957 29 SEM AL 69 44 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 .068 .160 .091 .251 0.2 0.0
1958 30 SEM AL 98 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1959 31 NYG NL 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1961 33 NYG NL 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1962 34 NYG NL 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
13 Years Sim 645 428 22 53 9 0 0 25 1 0 15 132 .124 .152 .145 .297 3.0 0.0
162 Game Average 107 5 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 33 .124 .152 .145 .297 0.8  
Career Highs 98 89 7 17 4 0 0 8 1 0 5 25 .200 .200 .213 .411 3.5  
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   247 14 34 6 0 0 15 1 0 7 73 .138 .160 .162 .321 0.4
vs LH   181 8 19 3 0 0 10 0 0 8 59 .105 .141 .122 .263 -2.7
Home 239 193 10 24 6 0 0 12 0 0 7 62 .124 .154 .155 .310 -0.5
Away 270 235 12 29 3 0 0 13 1 0 8 70 .123 .150 .136 .286 -1.7
RISP   108 0 13 4 0 0 23 0 0 2 32 .120 .130 .157 .288 -1.1
Close/Late   23 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .087 .083 .174 .257 -0.6
Mar/Apr 57 74 4 9 4 0 0 7 1 0 2 25 .122 .143 .176 .319 0.0
May 52 77 6 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 28 .156 .207 .156 .363 1.5
June 68 54 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .130 .127 .130 .257 -1.0
July 53 65 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .154 .167 .169 .336 0.3
August 54 94 2 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 27 .085 .111 .106 .217 -2.8
Sep/Oct 31 64 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 16 .109 .159 .141 .300 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1949 21 MON NL P 9 2 19.0 3 4 1 0 .875 3.32    
1950 22 MON NL P 40 0 48.3 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.61    
1951 23 MON NL P 49 0 56.3 4 18 0 1 1.000 3.52    
1952 24 MON NL P 31 31 200.7 12 40 0 3 1.000 2.33    
1953 25 MON NL P 35 24 183.0 9 24 0 2 1.000 1.62    
1954 26 CIN NL P 41 41 277.3 20 52 0 6 1.000 2.34    
1955 27 CIN NL P 38 38 270.0 19 38 2 6 .966 1.90    
1956 28 CIN NL P 39 39 248.3 23 45 0 6 1.000 2.46    
1957 29 SEM AL P 69 22 200.3 12 36 1 3 .980 2.16    
1958 30 SEM AL P 98 0 109.7 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.48    
1959 31 NYG NL P 74 0 83.3 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.73    
1960 32 NYG NL P 88 0 98.7 7 22 2 4 .935 2.65    
1961 33 NYG NL P 63 0 79.7 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.15    
1962 34 NYG NL P 59 0 60.7 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.93    
Career Totals   733 197 1935.3 126 342 6 35 .987 2.18    
Career Highs   98 41 277.3 23 52 2 6 1.000 3.52    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1949 21 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 1 1 5.42 .200 .333 .600 .933
1951 23 MON NL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 2 8.3 8 10 0 7 6 10.80 .250 .385 .344 .728
1952 24 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
1953 25 MON NL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 1 12.7 10 7 1 3 10 4.98 .217 .265 .283 .548
1957 29 SEM AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 4 2 1 3 3 3.18 .182 .280 .318 .598
1959 31 NYG NL 1 1 .500 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 5 3 4 3 19.31 .462 .588 1.231 1.819
1960 32 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 0 1 13.53 .333 .333 .833 1.167
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 25 1 0 0 3 32.0 33 29 8 18 24 8.16 .262 .354 .500 .854
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
1951 23 MON NL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1953 25 MON NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 29 SEM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1959 31 NYG NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1955-9-3.57
 Losses
1954-10-15
1956-1-22
 Winning Pct
1953-7-.684
1957-5-.667
 Saves
1951-7-9
1958-8-10
1959-5-15
1960-4-16
1961-7-11
 Games Pitched
1957-7-69
1958-3-98
1959-5-74
1960-1-88
1961-10-63
CAR-22-733
 Games Started
1954-7-41
Shutouts
1955-8-1
 Homeruns Allowed
1956-8-35
 Strikeouts
1954-9-184
 Walks Allowed
1956-8-116
 Hits per 9IP
1953-7-8.0
1954-7-7.8
1955-9-7.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-6-5.3
1953-7-6.2
1954-9-6.0
WHiP
1953-7-1.30
1954-6-1.25
1955-7-1.24
 OAVG
1953-7-.236
1954-7-.231
1955-9-.233
 OOBP
1953-6-.309
1954-8-.309
 OSLG
1953-10-.367
1955-8-.353
 OOPS
1953-10-.676
1954-9-.683
1955-7-.662
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 48    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  7. Jack Hallett (900)
  8. Dick Lemay (898)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Montreal in 1949
Had first career hit on 9/30/1949, off Kent Peterson (PIT)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
Earned first career win on 6/13/1950
Injured on 8/28/1952 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 6/8/1953 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Cincinnati on 3/3/1954 (Going to CIN: P Roger Bowman. Going to MON: 2B Bill Sommers, LF Hank Foiles)
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/14/1955 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7-8 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/31/1956 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/6/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $5,200,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1958
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/10/1959 to a 4-year deal worth $700,007 per year
Injured on 3/21/1959 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 3/10/1962 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1963 to a minor league deal
 
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