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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	PHI		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 8	PHI		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 9	PHI		STL	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 12	PHI		MON	L,7-8	GS	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
6	6	Apr 15	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
7	7	Apr 16	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 22 (1)	PHI	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 22 (2)	PHI	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 23	PHI	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	PHI		CHC	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
13	13	Apr 25	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
14	14	Apr 26	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	15	Apr 28	PHI		SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
16	16	Apr 29	PHI		SDP	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
17	17	Apr 30	PHI		SDP	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	PHI	@	CIN	W,12-1	GS	24	7.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
19	19	May 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-12	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
20	20	May 5	PHI		NYM	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	21	May 6	PHI		NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
22	22	May 7	PHI		NYM	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
23	23	May 9	PHI		HOU	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 10	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 11	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 12	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
27	29 (2)	May 15	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	30	May 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
29	31	May 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
30	32	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
31	33	May 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	5	0	8	1	SS
32	34	May 20	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-4	CG	44	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
33	35	May 21	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	40	9.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
34	36	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.2	2	6	1	9	2	SS
35	37	May 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	38	May 26	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	39	May 27	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
38	40	May 28	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	41	May 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	55	14.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	42	May 30	PHI		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
41	43	May 31	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 2	PHI		LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
43	45	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
44	46	Jun 4	PHI		LAD	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
45	47	Jun 5	PHI		SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
46	48	Jun 6	PHI		SFG	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
47	49	Jun 7	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
48	50	Jun 9	PHI		ATL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
49	51	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
50	52	Jun 11	PHI		ATL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
51	53	Jun 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
52	54	Jun 13	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	55	Jun 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 15	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
55	57	Jun 16	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	58	Jun 17	PHI	@	SDP	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
57	59	Jun 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
58	60	Jun 20	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	61	Jun 22	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
60	62	Jun 23 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	63	Jun 23 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
62	64	Jun 24	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
63	65	Jun 25	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
64	66	Jun 26	PHI	@	MON	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	67	Jun 27	PHI	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
66	68	Jun 28	PHI	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
67	69	Jun 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
68	70	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
69	71	Jun 30 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	72	Jul 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
71	73	Jul 2	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
72	74	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
73	75	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
74	76	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
75	77	Jul 6	PHI		MON	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	78	Jul 7	PHI		MON	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
77	79	Jul 8 (1)	PHI		MON	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
78	80	Jul 8 (2)	PHI		MON	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
79	81	Jul 9	PHI		MON	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	82	Jul 14	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
81	83	Jul 15	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
82	84	Jul 16	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
83	85	Jul 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
84	86	Jul 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
85	87	Jul 19	PHI		CIN	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
86	88	Jul 20	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
87	89	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
88	90	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		HOU	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
89	91	Jul 22	PHI		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	92	Jul 23	PHI		HOU	W,13-2	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	93	Jul 24	PHI		ATL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
92	94	Jul 25	PHI		ATL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
93	95	Jul 26	PHI		ATL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	96	Jul 28 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,12-2	GS	31	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
95	97	Jul 28 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
96	98	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
97	99	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	100	Jul 31	PHI		NYM	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	101	Aug 1	PHI		NYM	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
100	102	Aug 2	PHI		NYM	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
101	103	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
102	104	Aug 4 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
103	105	Aug 6 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
104	106	Aug 6 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
105	107	Aug 7	PHI	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
106	108	Aug 8 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
107	109	Aug 8 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
108	110	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
109	111	Aug 10	PHI		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	112	Aug 11	PHI		PIT	W,15-4	GS	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	113	Aug 12	PHI		PIT	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
112	114	Aug 13	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
113	115	Aug 15	PHI		LAD	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
114	116	Aug 16	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
115	117	Aug 17	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
116	118	Aug 18	PHI		SFG	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
117	119	Aug 19	PHI		SFG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
118	120	Aug 20	PHI		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
119	121	Aug 21	PHI		SDP	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
120	122	Aug 22	PHI		SDP	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
121	123	Aug 23	PHI		SDP	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
122	124	Aug 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
123	127 (2)	Aug 27	PHI	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
124	128	Aug 28	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
125	130 (1)	Aug 30	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	131	Sep 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
127	132	Sep 2	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
128	133	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
129	134	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
130	135	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
131	136	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,10-2	GS	31	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
132	137	Sep 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
133	138	Sep 7	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
134	139	Sep 8 (1)	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
135	140	Sep 8 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
136	141	Sep 9	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
137	142	Sep 10	PHI		STL	L,6-8	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	143	Sep 11	PHI		PIT	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
139	144	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
140	145	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
141	146	Sep 14	PHI		CHC	W,11-5	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
142	147	Sep 15	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
143	148	Sep 16	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
144	149	Sep 17	PHI		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
145	150	Sep 19	PHI	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
146	151	Sep 20	PHI	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
147	152	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
148	153	Sep 23 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
149	154	Sep 24	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
150	155	Sep 25	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	41	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
151	156	Sep 26 (1)	PHI		MON	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
152	157	Sep 26 (2)	PHI		MON	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
153	158	Sep 27	PHI		MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
154	159	Sep 29 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
155	160	Sep 29 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
156	161	Sep 30	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
							156gm		1350.2	224	502	10	736	87