Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowa
Born: December 6, 1945
Sacramento, CA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 2B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 155
College: Sacramento City College
Career: 1970-1985
Minor League Statistics
Larry Bowa compiled a career batting average of .260 with 15 home runs and 525 RBI in his 2247-game career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1970 season and last took the field during the 1985 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1970 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 145 | 577 | 547 | 50 | 137 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 48 | .250 | .277 | .303 | .580 | 166 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
1971 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 159 | 696 | 650 | 74 | 162 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 36 | 61 | .249 | .293 | .292 | .586 | 190 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
1972 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 152 | 633 | 579 | 67 | 145 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 32 | 51 | .250 | .291 | .320 | .611 | 185 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
1973 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 122 | 476 | 446 | 42 | 94 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 31 | .211 | .252 | .249 | .501 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
1974 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 162 | 717 | 669 | 97 | 184 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 39 | 11 | 23 | 52 | .275 | .298 | .338 | .636 | 226 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
1975 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 136 | 628 | 583 | 79 | 178 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 32 | .305 | .334 | .377 | .711 | 220 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 156 | 672 | 624 | 71 | 155 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 30 | 8 | 32 | 31 | .248 | .283 | .301 | .584 | 188 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
1977 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 154 | 675 | 624 | 93 | 175 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 32 | 32 | .280 | .313 | .340 | .652 | 212 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
1978 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 156 | 692 | 654 | 78 | 192 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 40 | .294 | .319 | .370 | .689 | 242 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
1979 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 147 | 619 | 539 | 74 | 130 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 61 | 32 | .241 | .316 | .314 | .630 | 169 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 147 | 577 | 540 | 57 | 144 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 28 | .267 | .300 | .322 | .622 | 174 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 103 | 391 | 360 | 34 | 102 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 17 | .283 | .331 | .339 | .670 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
1982 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 142 | 549 | 499 | 50 | 123 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 38 | .246 | .302 | .305 | .606 | 152 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
1983 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 147 | 544 | 499 | 73 | 133 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 30 | .267 | .312 | .339 | .651 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
1984 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 133 | 423 | 391 | 33 | 87 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 24 | .223 | .274 | .269 | .542 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
1985 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 72 | 212 | 195 | 13 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | .246 | .285 | .318 | .603 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 14 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2247 | 9103 | 8418 | 987 | 2191 | 262 | 99 | 15 | 525 | 318 | 105 | 474 | 569 | .260 | .300 | .320 | .620 | 2696 | 121 | 17 | 151 | 43 | 45 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1970 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 143 | 141 | 1244.0 | 202 | 418 | 13 | 69 | .979 | 4.486 | 4.336 |
1970 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1971 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 157 | 156 | 1410.0 | 272 | 560 | 11 | 97 | .987 | 5.311 | 5.299 |
1972 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 150 | 147 | 1308.0 | 212 | 494 | 9 | 88 | .987 | 4.858 | 4.707 |
1973 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 122 | 118 | 1034.0 | 191 | 361 | 12 | 87 | .979 | 4.805 | 4.525 |
1974 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 162 | 161 | 1425.3 | 256 | 462 | 12 | 104 | .984 | 4.534 | 4.432 |
1975 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 135 | 135 | 1196.0 | 227 | 403 | 25 | 82 | .962 | 4.741 | 4.667 |
1976 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 156 | 155 | 1360.0 | 180 | 492 | 17 | 90 | .975 | 4.447 | 4.308 |
1977 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 154 | 154 | 1345.7 | 222 | 518 | 13 | 94 | .983 | 4.949 | 4.805 |
1978 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 156 | 155 | 1350.7 | 224 | 502 | 10 | 87 | .986 | 4.838 | 4.654 |
1979 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 146 | 147 | 1270.3 | 229 | 448 | 6 | 80 | .991 | 4.796 | 4.637 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 147 | 147 | 1293.3 | 225 | 449 | 17 | 70 | .975 | 4.690 | 4.585 |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 102 | 100 | 844.7 | 117 | 309 | 11 | 50 | .975 | 4.539 | 4.176 |
1982 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 140 | 138 | 1199.7 | 210 | 396 | 17 | 64 | .973 | 4.546 | 4.329 |
1983 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 145 | 141 | 1193.3 | 230 | 464 | 11 | 102 | .984 | 5.234 | 4.786 |
1984 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 132 | 123 | 1032.3 | 217 | 378 | 16 | 64 | .974 | 5.187 | 4.508 |
1985 | NL | Chicago Cubs | SS | 66 | 60 | 516.0 | 91 | 197 | 9 | 34 | .970 | 5.023 | 4.364 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | SS | 9 | 3 | 34.0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .882 | 3.971 | 1.667 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 2B | 4 | 3 | 24.0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 4.000 |
Totals | 2227 | 2184 | 19083.3 | 3323 | 6864 | 211 | 1267 | .980 | 4.804 | 4.574 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1976 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 | .364 | .250 | .614 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | 4 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .368 | .333 | .702 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | 5 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .316 | .409 | .316 | .725 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | WS | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .417 | .792 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NEDIV | 5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 129 | 118 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .254 | .307 | .288 | .595 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1976 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | SS | 3 | 3 | 26.3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.443 | 4.333 |
1977 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | SS | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.371 | 4.250 |
1978 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | SS | 4 | 4 | 36.7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.909 | 5.000 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NLCS | SS | 5 | 5 | 49.3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .938 | 2.736 | 3.000 |
1980 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | WS | SS | 6 | 6 | 53.7 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.833 |
1981 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | NEDIV | SS | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 4.500 | 4.400 |
1984 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | SS | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.175 | 4.600 |
Totals | 32 | 32 | 285.0 | 36 | 97 | 2 | 25 | .985 | 4.200 | 4.156 |
Awards
1972 - NL Gold Glove SS
1975 - NL TSN All-Star SS
1978 - NL TSN All-Star SS
1978 - NL Gold Glove SS
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