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Dick
Fowler		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 30, 1921 in Can, ON, TORONTO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 20 SEM AL   9 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7
1942 21 SEM AL   9 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7
1943 22 SEM AL   9 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7
1944 23 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7
1945 24 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7
1946 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
1947 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6
1948 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5
1949 28 SEM AL   9 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5
1950 29 BSN NL $ 600,000 9 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6
1951 30 BSN NL $ 600,000 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6
1952 31 BSN NL $ 600,000 9 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 5 5
1953 32 BSN NL $ 600,000 9 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 5
1954 33 BSN NL $ 600,000 8 1 2 1 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 1 2 1 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
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
1941 20 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1942 21 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1943 22 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1944 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1945 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1946 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1947 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1948 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1949 28 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1950 29 BSN NL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1951 30 BSN NL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1952 31 BSN NL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1953 32 BSN NL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1954 33 BSN NL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
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
1941 20 AA   6 5 .545 16 16 2 0 0 115.7 115 35 5 31 71 2.72 .257 .305 .337 .642  
1942 21 AAA   3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 31.0 33 17 8 11 9 4.94 .282 .344 .513 .857  
    AA   9 2 .818 17 15 2 1 0 109.7 88 23 4 43 89 1.89 .216 .290 .282 .572  
1943 22 AA   4 7 .364 14 14 1 0 0 97.0 103 29 1 26 65 2.69 .275 .322 .339 .660  
1944 23 SEM AL 1 1 .500 9 3 1 0 1 25.0 46 27 4 12 3 9.72 .404 .443 .649 1.092 0.0
    AAA   7 6 .538 17 17 1 1 0 102.3 113 32 4 31 44 2.81 .279 .330 .358 .688  
1945 24 SEM AL 3 4 .429 15 8 2 0 0 69.7 85 44 5 39 15 5.68 .315 .399 .441 .839 0.4
    AAA   11 6 .647 20 20 1 0 0 135.7 146 48 6 55 76 3.18 .270 .338 .372 .710  
1946 25 SEM AL 6 6 .500 46 7 4 0 2 102.3 105 57 11 47 22 5.01 .271 .345 .412 .758 5.6
1947 26 SEM AL 7 18 .280 27 27 11 0 0 201.0 234 114 33 71 50 5.10 .290 .348 .460 .808 6.8
1948 27 SEM AL 8 20 .286 34 34 16 2 0 250.0 315 160 31 105 53 5.76 .309 .371 .462 .833 9.5
1949 28 SEM AL 2 2 .500 24 0 0 0 0 33.7 47 25 8 8 8 6.68 .336 .367 .600 .967 0.5
1950 29 BSN NL 6 28 .176 38 36 12 1 0 246.3 296 173 23 126 54 6.32 .300 .377 .421 .798 2.9
1951 30 AAA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 0 1 2 3.38 .241 .267 .276 .543  
1952 31 AAA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 22.7 23 10 2 9 13 3.97 .256 .323 .356 .679  
1953 32 AAA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 14.7 17 4 0 10 7 2.46 .304 .409 .357 .766  
1954 33 A   0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 1 20.0 18 9 2 6 9 4.05 .254 .312 .394 .706  
7 Years Sim 33 79 .295 193 115 46 3 3 928.0 1128 600 115 408 205 5.82 .303 .369 .455 .824 25.7
6 Years AAA 21 13 .618 66 42 3 1 0 314.3 339 114 20 117 151 3.26 .274 .337 .377 .713  
3 Years AA 19 14 .576 47 45 5 1 0 322.3 306 87 10 100 225 2.43 .249 .305 .319 .624  
1 Years A 0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 1 20.0 18 9 2 6 9 4.05 .254 .312 .394 .706  
10 Years Minors 40 28 .588 125 87 8 2 1 656.6 663 210 32 223 385 2.88 .261 .321 .349 .670  
Season Average 4 11 .267 27 16 6 0 0 132.6 161 85 16 58 29 5.82 .303 .369 .455 .824  
Career Highs 8 28 .500 46 36 16 2 2 250.0 315 173 33 126 54 9.72 .404 .443 .649 1.092  
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   488 238 40 160 119   .271 .331 .395 .726
vs LH   640 362 75 248 86   .332 .408 .511 .919
Home 16 37 .302 102 55 16 3 1 456.3 560 311 64 211 104 6.13 .305 .376 .475 .851
Away 17 42 .288 91 60 30 0 2 471.6 568 289 51 197 101 5.51 .301 .367 .436 .803
Mar/Apr 3 9 .250 17 12 4 0 0 94.7 112 62 14 32 22 5.89 .300 .356 .483 .838
May 5 14 .263 24 19 7 0 0 140.3 172 90 14 53 20 5.77 .304 .364 .427 .791
June 6 13 .316 27 21 9 1 0 161.0 198 103 16 78 37 5.76 .307 .382 .440 .822
July 3 11 .214 24 18 7 1 1 134.6 159 85 23 58 38 5.68 .294 .362 .466 .828
August 6 18 .250 51 22 11 0 0 188.0 237 130 25 76 47 6.22 .304 .366 .465 .831
Sep/Oct 10 14 .417 50 23 8 1 2 209.3 250 130 23 111 41 5.59 .304 .387 .458 .845
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
1942 21 AA   6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1944 23 SEM AL 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0
1945 24 SEM AL 15 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.7 0.0
1946 25 SEM AL 46 24 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0
1947 26 SEM AL 27 63 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .159 .182 .159 .341 0.8 0.0
1948 27 SEM AL 34 87 7 21 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 15 .241 .250 .287 .537 5.9 0.0
1949 28 SEM AL 24 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
1950 29 BSN NL 38 79 1 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .165 .173 .165 .337 1.4 0.0
7 Years Sim 193 285 12 51 1 0 1 19 0 0 4 38 .179 .189 .193 .382 7.0 0.2
1 Years AA 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
162 Game Average 239 10 42 0 0 0 15 0 0 3 31 .179 .189 .193 .382 5.9  
Career Highs 46 87 7 21 1 0 1 10 0 0 2 15 .400 .400 .400 .800 5.9  
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   192 8 33 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 29 .172 .187 .172 .359 2.6
vs LH   93 4 18 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 9 .194 .194 .237 .430 3.0
Home 102 127 5 23 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 18 .181 .191 .213 .403 3.4
Away 87 158 7 28 0 0 0 14 0 0 2 20 .177 .188 .177 .365 2.2
RISP   64 0 9 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 9 .141 .136 .188 .324 0.2
Close/Late   29 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .172 .172 .172 .345 0.2
Mar/Apr 17 27 2 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 .185 .207 .185 .392 0.7
May 19 44 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .250 .500 2.3
June 21 55 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 .164 .164 .164 .327 0.1
July 18 47 3 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 11 .213 .229 .277 .506 2.7
August 39 49 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .163 .160 .184 .344 0.3
Sep/Oct 50 63 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .127 .154 .127 .281 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 23 SEM AL P 9 3 25.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1945 24 SEM AL P 15 8 69.7 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1946 25 SEM AL P 46 7 102.3 7 22 0 3 1.000 2.55    
1947 26 SEM AL P 27 27 201.0 7 41 4 2 .923 2.15    
1948 27 SEM AL P 34 34 250.0 17 46 4 3 .940 2.27    
1949 28 SEM AL P 24 0 33.7 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.94    
1950 29 BSN NL P 38 36 246.3 23 51 0 5 1.000 2.70    
Career Totals   193 115 928.0 61 190 8 15 .969 2.43    
Career Highs   46 36 250.0 23 51 4 5 1.000 2.94    
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
1944 23 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1947-7-18
1948-7-20
1950-1-28
 Complete Games
1947-8-11
1948-4-16
1950-8-12
 Shutouts
1948-6-2
 Hits Allowed
1948-5-315
1950-8-296
 Homeruns Allowed
1947-3-33
1948-9-31
 Walks per 9IP
1947-9-3.2
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Jim Wilson (958)
  2. Bob Gillespie (934)
  3. Grant Bowler (933)
  4. Bob Brown (926)
  5. Cal McLish (925)
  6. Juan Eichelberger (925)
  7. Steve Roser (921)
  8. Hal Brown (920)
  9. Cliff Chambers (919)
  10. Bob Turley (914)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by Seattle in 1941
Injured on 4/8/1941 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 6/21/1943 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/2/1944 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 8/3/1944
Had first career hit on 9/5/1944, off Bucky Jacobs (TAM)
Injured on 6/27/1946 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/27/1947 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/23/1948, off Joe Page (DET)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1949
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
 
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