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Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowa

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 155 lb.
School Sacramento CC

MLB Debut April 7, 1970
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born December 6, 1945 in Sacramento, CA (age 78)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 24 KCA AL  158  589   67  139  19   4   0   53  61  16   23   50  .236  .263  .282  .545    76   166  15   3   2   0  11  
 1971 25 KCA AL  162  695   92  175  22   7   0   36  61  16   49   63  .252  .309  .304  .612    89   211  12   2   3   9   2  
 1972 26 KCA AL  161  649   96  177  20  15   2   53  63  14   39   41  .273  .316  .359  .675   103   233  31   2   2   3   4  MVP-11
 1973 27 KCA AL  143  399   49   96  11   7   0   30  32   6   19   18  .241  .274  .303  .578    80   121  24   1   0   0   8  
 1974 28 KCA AL  162  723  112  218  30  16   3   53  88  20   28   37  .302  .327  .400  .726   104   289  22   2   2   0   9  MVP-5
 1975 29 KCA AL  161  636   88  193  19  16   1   66  44  10   20   33  .303  .323  .388  .712    97   247  11   7   5   2  10  
 1976 30 KCA AL  150  600   68  159   8  13   0   49  20   9   20   25  .265  .288  .322  .609    88   193  32   2   0   0   9  
 1977 31 KCA AL  157  676   97  203  13   7   2   60  44  10   30   39  .300  .328  .349  .677    89   236  10   5   0   0   4  
 1978 32 KCA AL  156  690   98  200  30   5   5   52  39   7   18   38  .290  .306  .370  .676    91   255   4   4   0   0   4  
 1979 33 KCA AL  161  580   70  140  18  11   0   50  14   5   60   25  .241  .312  .310  .622    84   180   8   1   0   0  10  
 1980 34 KCA AL  126  431   44   93   7   0   2   35  10   3   16   26  .216  .243  .246  .489    67   106   5   4   0   1   5  
 1981 35 KCA AL   98  346   51  103  10   5   0   36  14   3   18   16  .298  .331  .355  .686    92   123   5   2   2   0  10  
 1982 36 LAN NL  153  509   62  140  20   5   0   52   4   3   35   52  .275  .321  .334  .655    96   170  22   2   0   0   8  
 1983 37 LAN NL  153  520   56  136  22   4   0   37   4   0   29   20  .262  .300  .319  .619    88   166  13   1   3   0   4  
 1984 38 CHN NL   49  119   11   32   5   1   0   10   1   0    7    7  .269  .307  .328  .635    91    39   1   1   0   0   3  
 1985 39 SLN NL   17   46    4   13   2   1   0    3   2   0    2    1  .283  .312  .370  .682    99    17   1   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2167 8208 1065 2217 256 117  15  675 501 122  413  491  .270  .305  .335  .640        2752 216  39  19  15 101
 Per 600 PA           554   72  150  17   8   1   46  34   8   28   33                                 186  15   3   1   1   7
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With KCA     1795 7014  932 1896 207 106  15  573 490 119  340  411  .270  .304  .336  .640        2360 179  35  16  15  86
   With LAN      306 1029  118  276  42   9   0   89   8   3   64   72  .268  .310  .327  .637         336  35   3   3   0  12
   With CHN       49  119   11   32   5   1   0   10   1   0    7    7  .269  .307  .328  .635          39   1   1   0   0   3
   With SLN       17   46    4   13   2   1   0    3   2   0    2    1  .283  .312  .370  .682          17   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2247 8418  987 2191 262  99  15  525 318 105  474  569  .260  .300  .320  .620        2696 151  43  45  17 121
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1970 24 KCA AL  24   45   2.5   2   0   0  .000  11  158  138  .873    0    0  .000  SS   2e16      -35   
 1971 25 KCA AL  27   74   3.6   0   0   0  .000  10  188  172  .915    0    0  .000  SS   1e12       27   
 1972 26 KCA AL  33   81   4.2   0   0   0  .000   7  172  161  .936    0    0  .000  SS   1e10       64   
 1973 27 KCA AL  23   35   2.8   3   0   0  .000   9  154  144  .935    0    0  .000  SS   1e17       77   
 1974 28 KCA AL  34   99   4.8   1   0   0  .000  15  210  192  .914    0    0  .000  SS   1e12       90   
 1975 29 KCA AL  27   81   4.6   2   0   0  .000  19  177  154  .870    0    0  .000  SS   1e30        0   
 1976 30 KCA AL  25   55   3.1   1   0   0  .000  13  190  171  .900    0    0  .000  SS   1e19       25   
 1977 31 KCA AL  29   83   4.5   0   0   0  .000  10  182  167  .918    0    0  .000  SS   1e14       24   
 1978 32 KCA AL  35   82   4.4   1   0   0  .000   6  173  165  .954    0    0  .000  SS   1e10      -13   
 1979 33 KCA AL  38   59   3.4   0   0   0  .000   9  155  145  .935    0    0  .000  SS   1e7        -7   
 1980 34 KCA AL  45   26   2.0   1   0   0  .000   6   59   50  .847    0    0  .000  SS   2e19     -133   
 1981 35 KCA AL  16   40   4.1   5   2   0  .400   9  119   99  .832    0    0  .000  SS   2e19       16   
 1982 36 LAN NL  26   55   3.7   5   3   0  .600  16  163  117  .718    0    0  .000  SS   3e20       48   
 1983 37 LAN NL  28   52   3.5   4   0   0  .000   6  149  119  .799    0    0  .000  SS   3e14      -32   
 1984 38 CHN NL  33   11   3.5  11   3   0  .273   6   42   24  .571    0    0  .000  SS   3e22       92   
 1985 39 SLN NL  21    5   4.6   5   1   0  .200   4   16    7  .438    0    0  .000  SS   4e30      102   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons          890   3.7  41   9   0  .220 156 2307 2025  .878    0    0  .000                  15   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 30.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 100.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1970 24 KCA AL  SS   156   266   519   11  104   .986   153  1385.0   5.10  GG
 1971 25 KCA AL  SS   162   260   606   10  129   .989   162  1473.1   5.29  GG
 1972 26 KCA AL  SS   160   292   576    7  101   .992   158  1440.1   5.42  GG
 1973 27 KCA AL  SS   141   210   463    9  111   .987   124  1100.1   5.50
 1974 28 KCA AL  SS   162   264   620   15  128   .983   160  1473.1   5.40  GG
 1975 29 KCA AL  SS   161   343   445   19  103   .976   150  1378.0   5.15  GG
 1976 30 KCA AL  SS   148   266   575   13   98   .985   148  1337.1   5.66  GG
 1977 31 KCA AL  SS   157   273   558   10  117   .988   155  1391.0   5.38  GG
 1978 32 KCA AL  SS   155   362   495    6  105   .993   155  1393.0   5.54  GG
 1979 33 KCA AL  SS   161   291   546    9  127   .989   161  1451.1   5.19
 1980 34 KCA AL  SS    61    98   190    6   25   .980    54   498.1   5.20
 1981 35 KCA AL  SS    94   182   329    9   62   .983    86   787.2   5.84
 1982 36 LAN NL  SS   151   249   448   16   73   .978   139  1245.2   5.04
 1983 37 LAN NL  SS   150   200   431    6   67   .991   141  1254.2   4.53
 1984 38 CHN NL  SS    34    48    98    6   22   .961    29   272.2   4.82
 1985 39 SLN NL  SS    12    25    34    3   10   .952     8    79.0   6.72
                 2B     1     3     1    1    1   .800     1     8.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  2065  3629  6933  155 1382   .986  1983 17961.0   5.29
                 2B     1     3     1    1    1   .800     1     8.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1972 ALCS  KCA NYA   L    5  23  2  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  .043  .083  .043  0
 1976 ALCS  KCA BOA   W    4  18  2  7  0  1  0   3  1  1  .389  .421  .500  0
      WS    KCA CIN   L    5  20  2  5  0  0  0   0  1  1  .250  .286  .250  1
 1977 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    5  23  1  5  0  0  0   3  0  2  .217  .217  .217  0
 1978 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    5  23  1  7  2  0  0   1  0  0  .304  .304  .391  0
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    4  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .091  .091  .091  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1970  KCA   91-71   Mike Rodriguez
 1971  KCA   69-93   Mike Rodriguez
 1972  KCA  100-62   Mike Rodriguez
 1973  KCA   88-74   Mike Rodriguez
 1974  KCA   84-78   Mike Rodriguez
 1975  KCA   97-65   Mike Rodriguez, Gary Dewing
 1976  KCA   96-66   Gary Dewing
 1977  KCA  111-51   Gary Dewing
 1978  KCA   88-74   Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson
 1979  KCA   89-73   Thomas Toney
 1980  KCA   75-87   Thomas Toney
 1981  KCA   84-78   Thomas Toney
 1982  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1983  LAN   87-75   Billy Vanson
 1984  CHN   76-86   Alan Bosslet, Stan Berger
 1985  SLN   84-78   Mike Rescigno

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