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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHI		MON	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	PHI		MON	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
3	3	Apr 13	PHI		MON	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
4	4	Apr 15	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
5	5	Apr 16	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 18	PHI	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 19	PHI	@	MON	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 20	PHI	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 21	PHI		NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 22	PHI		NYM	W,14-8	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
11	11	Apr 23	PHI		NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
12	12	Apr 25	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
13	13	Apr 26	PHI		STL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 27	PHI		STL	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
17	17	May 2	PHI		LAD	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
18	18	May 3	PHI		LAD	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
19	19	May 4	PHI		LAD	L,10-12	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	20	May 5	PHI		ATL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
21	21	May 6	PHI		ATL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
22	22	May 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
23	23	May 10	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
24	24	May 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
25	25	May 13	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-7	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 14	PHI	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 16	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
28	28	May 17	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 19	PHI		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,6-7	GS	28	6.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
32	34 (2)	May 24	PHI		HOU	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	35	May 25	PHI		HOU	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
34	36	May 26	PHI		PIT	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	37	May 27	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	56	13.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
36	38	May 28	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
37	39	May 29	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	40	May 30	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	41	May 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42	Jun 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	43	Jun 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	44	Jun 3	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	1	2	0	3	2	SS
43	45	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
44	46	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	47	Jun 7	PHI		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
46	48	Jun 8	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
47	49	Jun 9	PHI		SFG	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
48	50	Jun 10	PHI		SFG	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
49	51	Jun 11	PHI		SFG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
50	52	Jun 13	PHI		SDP	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
51	53	Jun 14	PHI		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
52	54	Jun 15	PHI		SDP	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
53	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
54	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
55	57	Jun 18	PHI	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
56	58	Jun 19	PHI	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
57	59	Jun 20	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
58	60	Jun 21	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
59	61	Jun 22	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
60	62	Jun 24	PHI		MON	L,6-7	CG	51	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
61	63	Jun 25	PHI		MON	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	64	Jun 26	PHI		MON	L,0-1	GS	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	72 (7)	Jul 3 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	73	Jul 3 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-1	GS	25	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
65	74	Jul 4	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.1	1	5	0	6	0	SS
66	75	Jul 5	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
67	76	Jul 6	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
68	77	Jul 10	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
69	78	Jul 11	PHI		CHC	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
70	79	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
71	80	Jul 13	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
72	81	Jul 14	PHI		PIT	L,11-13	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
73	82	Jul 15	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
74	84 (1)	Jul 17	PHI	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
75	85	Jul 18	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
76	86	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
77	87	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	88	Jul 20	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
79	89	Jul 21	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
80	90	Jul 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
81	91	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
82	92	Jul 25 (1)	PHI		ATL	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	2	9	1	12	3	SS
83	93	Jul 25 (2)	PHI		ATL	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	94	Jul 26	PHI		ATL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
85	95	Jul 27	PHI		ATL	W,17-4	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
86	96	Jul 28	PHI		HOU	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
87	97	Jul 29	PHI		HOU	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	98	Jul 30	PHI		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	99	Aug 1	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
90	102 (2)	Aug 6	PHI		STL	L,0-14	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
91	103	Aug 7	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
92	104	Aug 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
93	105	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
94	106	Aug 10 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
95	107	Aug 10 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
96	108	Aug 11 susp	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	64	15.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
97	109	Aug 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
98	110	Aug 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	111	Aug 14	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
100	112	Aug 15	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-0	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
101	113	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYM	W,11-6	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
102	114	Aug 17 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-4	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
103	115	Aug 17 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
104	116	Aug 19	PHI		SDP	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	117	Aug 20	PHI		SDP	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	SS
106	118	Aug 21	PHI		SDP	W,9-8	CG	73	17.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
107	119	Aug 22	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
108	120	Aug 23	PHI		SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
109	121	Aug 24	PHI		SFG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
110	122	Aug 25	PHI		LAD	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
111	123	Aug 26	PHI		LAD	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
112	124	Aug 27	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
113	125	Aug 29	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
114	126	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
115	127	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
116	128	Aug 31	PHI	@	SDP	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	129	Sep 1	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
118	130	Sep 2	PHI	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	52	13.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
119	131	Sep 3	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
120	132	Sep 4	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
121	133	Sep 5	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
122	134	Sep 6	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
123	135	Sep 7	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	136	Sep 8	PHI		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
125	137	Sep 9	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	55	14.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
126	138	Sep 10	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
127	139	Sep 11	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
128	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-7	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
129	141	Sep 12 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
130	142	Sep 13	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
131	143	Sep 14	PHI		STL	W,8-4	GS	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
132	144	Sep 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
133	145	Sep 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
134	148 (2)	Sep 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
135	149	Sep 22	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
136	150	Sep 23	PHI	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
137	151	Sep 24	PHI		NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
138	152	Sep 25	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
139	153	Sep 26	PHI		MON	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
140	154	Sep 27	PHI		MON	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
141	155	Sep 28	PHI		MON	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
142	156	Sep 29	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	59	15.0	8	2	0	10	2	SS
143	157	Sep 30	PHI		CHC	W,14-2	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
144	158	Oct 1	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
145	159	Oct 2	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	GS	30	7.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
146	160	Oct 3	PHI	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
147	161	Oct 4	PHI	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	43	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
							147gm		1293.1	225	449	17	691	70