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Larry Bowa
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Birthdate: 12/6/1945
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 155 lbs.
Place of Birth: Sacramento, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1980 TOPPS BB CARD

Larry Bowa, one of the top shortstops of all-time, retired with a handful of fielding records. The aggressive, hard-playing Bowa set since broken records for fielding percentage (.991 in 1979) and for fewest errors (nine in 1972) and retired with the best career fielding pct. by a shortstop in major league history (.980) Bowa was selected to five All-Star teams, won Gold Gloves in 1972 and 1978, and his relentless hustling helped his teams win five divisional titles. He collected 2,191 hits in a career that spanned 16 major league seasons and ranks as one of baseball's best base runners... stealing on average better than 3 bases out of every 4 attempts. Bowa stole 20 or more in nine different years, including a career-best 39 in '74, and gathered 318 in his career. Larry Bowa's career: .260 BA, 2247 Games, 8418 at bats, 984 runs, 262 Ds, 99 Ts, 15 HR, 569 Ks, 474 Ws, and a .301 on/base/pct.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1970 PHI (NL) 145 547 50 137 17 6 0 34 21 48 24 13 1 0 6 3 .250 .277 SLG
1971 PHI (NL) 159 650 74 162 18 5 0 25 36 61 28 11 2 5 4 1 .249 .293 SLG
1972 PHI (NL) 152 579 67 145 11 13 1 31 32 51 17 9 1 2 18 2 .250 .291 SLG
1973 PHI (NL) 122 446 42 94 11 3 0 23 24 31 10 6 8 1 4 1 .211 .252 SLG
1974 PHI (NL) 162 669 97 184 19 10 1 36 23 52 39 11 0 1 20 4 .275 .298 SLG
1975 PHI (NL) 136 583 79 178 18 9 2 38 24 32 24 6 0 2 17 2 .305 .334 SLG
1976 PHI (NL) 156 624 71 155 15 9 0 49 32 31 30 8 3 0 11 5 .248 .283 SLG
1977 PHI (NL) 154 624 93 175 19 3 4 41 32 32 32 3 2 0 13 6 .280 .313 SLG
1978 PHI (NL) 156 654 78 192 31 5 3 43 24 40 27 5 1 1 11 2 .294 .319 SLG
1979 PHI (NL) 147 539 74 130 17 11 0 31 61 32 20 9 5 1 12 6 .241 .316 SLG
1980 PHI (NL) 147 540 57 144 16 4 2 39 24 28 21 6 7 3 7 3 .267 .300 SLG
1981 PHI (NL) 103 360 34 102 14 3 0 31 26 17 16 7 2 0 4 1 .283 .331 SLG
1982 CHC (NL) 142 499 50 123 15 7 0 29 39 38 8 3 5 1 9 1 .246 .302 SLG
1983 CHC (NL) 147 499 73 133 20 5 2 43 35 30 7 3 1 0 6 4 .267 .312 SLG
1984 CHC (NL) 133 391 33 87 14 2 0 17 28 24 10 4 5 0 3 1 .223 .274 SLG
1985 NYM (NL) 14 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .105 .190 SLG
1985 CHC (NL) 72 195 13 48 6 4 0 13 11 20 5 1 2 0 5 1 .246 .285 SLG
17 years   2247 8418 987 2191 262 99 15 525 474 569 318 105 45 17 151 43 .260 .300 .SLG



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