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Larry Bowa

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 155lb (178cm, 70kg)

Born: December 6, 1945 in Sacramento, CA us

High School: McClatchy HS (Sacramento, CA)

School: Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1970 (Age 24-122d, 12,953rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 39-304d)
vs. MON 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Lawrence Robert Bowa

Nicknames: Gnat, Bo or Pee Wee

Pronunciation: \BO-ah\

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Relatives: Uncle of Nick Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.8

8418

2191

.260

987

RBI

525

318

OBP

.300

SLG

.320

OPS

.620

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	PHI		NYM	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	PHI		NYM	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 9	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 14 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
7	7	Apr 14 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
8	8	Apr 15	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 16	PHI		STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 17	PHI		STL	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 18	PHI		STL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 19	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 20	PHI		CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	13.0	0	8	0	8	2	SS
14	14	Apr 21	PHI		CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 23	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	38	8.1	1	3	0	4	2	SS
16	16	Apr 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
17	17	Apr 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
18	18	Apr 26	PHI	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
19	19	Apr 27	PHI	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
20	20	Apr 28	PHI	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
21	21	Apr 30	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,8-13	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
23	23	May 3	PHI		LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 4	PHI		LAD	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 5	PHI		LAD	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
26	26	May 6	PHI		SDP	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 7	PHI		SDP	L,3-5	CG	55	13.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
28	28	May 8	PHI		SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 10	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
30	30	May 11	PHI		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 12	PHI		PIT	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
32	32	May 14	PHI		MON	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
33	33	May 15	PHI		MON	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 16	PHI		MON	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
35	35	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
36	36	May 19 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
37	37	May 19 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
38	38	May 20	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 21	PHI	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
40	40	May 22	PHI	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
41	41	May 24	PHI		MON	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
42	42	May 25 (1)	PHI		MON	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
43	43	May 25 (2)	PHI		MON	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
44	44	May 26	PHI		MON	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
45	45	May 27	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-9	GS	31	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
46	46	May 28	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
47	47	May 29	PHI	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	3	3	0	6	0	SS
48	48	May 31	PHI		SFG	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	PHI		SFG	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
50	50	Jun 2	PHI		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
51	51	Jun 3	PHI		ATL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
52	52	Jun 4	PHI		ATL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
53	53	Jun 5	PHI		ATL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
54	54	Jun 7	PHI		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
55	55	Jun 8	PHI		CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	56	Jun 9	PHI		CIN	L,7-14	CG	54	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
57	57	Jun 10	PHI	@	HOU	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
58	58	Jun 11	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	59	Jun 12	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	60	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	62	Jun 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	63	Jun 17	PHI		HOU	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
64	64	Jun 18	PHI		HOU	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
65	65	Jun 19	PHI		HOU	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
66	66	Jun 20	PHI		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
67	67	Jun 21	PHI		NYM	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
68	68	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
69	69	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
70	70	Jun 24	PHI	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
71	71	Jun 25	PHI	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	72	Jun 26	PHI	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
73	73	Jun 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
74	74	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
75	75	Jun 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	76	Jul 2	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
77	77	Jul 3	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
78	78	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	79	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
80	80	Jul 5	PHI		SDP	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
81	81	Jul 6	PHI		SDP	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
82	82	Jul 7	PHI		SDP	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
83	83	Jul 8	PHI		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
84	84	Jul 9	PHI		LAD	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
85	85	Jul 10	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
86	86	Jul 12	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
87	87	Jul 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
88	88	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
89	89	Jul 14 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
90	90	Jul 16	PHI	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	SS
91	91	Jul 17	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-15	GS	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
92	92	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	8	0	11	0	SS
93	93	Jul 19	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
94	94	Jul 20	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	95	Jul 21	PHI	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
96	96	Jul 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
97	97	Jul 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
98	98	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
99	99	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
100	100	Jul 28	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
101	101	Jul 29	PHI		PIT	W,13-1	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
102	102	Jul 30	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
103	103	Jul 31	PHI		STL	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	104	Aug 1	PHI		MON	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
105	105	Aug 2	PHI		MON	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
106	106	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	3	4	0	7	1	SS
107	107	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
108	108	Aug 4 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-11	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
109	109	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
110	110	Aug 6	PHI		CHC	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
111	111	Aug 7	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
112	112	Aug 8	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
113	113	Aug 9	PHI		ATL	L,2-3	CG	50	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	114	Aug 10	PHI		ATL	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
115	115	Aug 11	PHI		ATL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
116	116	Aug 12	PHI		SFG	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
117	117	Aug 13	PHI		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
118	118	Aug 14	PHI		SFG	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
119	119	Aug 16	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
120	120	Aug 17	PHI	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	59	11.2	6	4	0	10	0	SS
121	121	Aug 18	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
122	122	Aug 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-15	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
123	123	Aug 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
124	124	Aug 21	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
125	125	Aug 23	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
126	126	Aug 24	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	127	Aug 25	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
128	128	Aug 26	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
129	129	Aug 27	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
130	130	Aug 28	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
131	131	Aug 30	PHI		HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
132	132	Aug 31	PHI		HOU	W,10-6	GS	28	7.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	133	Sep 1	PHI		HOU	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
134	134	Sep 2 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
135	135	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
136	136	Sep 3	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
137	137	Sep 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	138	Sep 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
139	139	Sep 7	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
140	140	Sep 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
141	141	Sep 9	PHI	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
142	142	Sep 10	PHI	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
143	143	Sep 11	PHI		PIT	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
144	144	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
145	145	Sep 13	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	75	17.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
146	146	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
147	147	Sep 15	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
148	148	Sep 17	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
149	149	Sep 18	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
150	150	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
151	151	Sep 20	PHI	@	MON	W,10-2	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
152	152	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
153	153	Sep 22 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
154	154	Sep 24	PHI		NYM	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
155	155	Sep 25 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
156	156	Sep 25 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
157	157	Sep 27	PHI	@	MON	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
158	158	Sep 28	PHI	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
159	159	Sep 29	PHI	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
160	160	Sep 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
161	161	Oct 1	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
162	162	Oct 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							162gm		1425.1	256	462	12	730	104