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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CHC		MON	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	CHC		MON	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
4	4	Apr 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS	33	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 12	CHC	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
10	10	Apr 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	CHC		SFG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
14	14	Apr 23	CHC		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
15	15	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
16	16	Apr 26	CHC		SDP	L,8-10	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	CHC		SDP	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	CHC		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	CHC		LAD	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CHC		LAD	L,2-3	CG	27	5.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	22	May 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
23	23	May 4	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 6	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 7	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
26	26	May 8	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
27	27	May 9	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	6	0	9	2	SS
28	28	May 10	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 12	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	10	0	11	2	SS
30	30	May 13	CHC		PHI	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
31	31	May 15	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	40	10.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
32	32	May 17	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
33	33	May 18	CHC		ATL	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
34	34	May 20	CHC		CIN	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
35	35	May 21	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	GS	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
36	36	May 22	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 23	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
38	38	May 24	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
39	39	May 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
40	40	May 26	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
41	41	May 27	CHC	@	ATL	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
42	43 (1)	May 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	44	May 30	CHC		HOU	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
44	45	May 31	CHC		HOU	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48 (2)	Jun 3	CHC		PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	49	Jun 4	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
47	50	Jun 5	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
48	51	Jun 7	CHC		NYM	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
49	52	Jun 8	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
50	53	Jun 9	CHC		NYM	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
51	54	Jun 10	CHC		STL	W,7-0	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	55	Jun 11	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
53	56	Jun 12	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
54	58 (1)	Jun 14	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	1	2	1	4	0	SS
55	59	Jun 15	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
56	60	Jun 17	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
57	61	Jun 18	CHC	@	STL	W,10-1	GS	25	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
58	62	Jun 19	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
59	63	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
60	64	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	20	4.1	1	3	0	4	1	PH SS
61	65	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
62	66	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
63	67	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
64	68	Jun 24	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
65	69	Jun 25	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
66	70	Jun 26	CHC	@	MON	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
67	71	Jun 27	CHC	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
68	72	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
69	73	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
70	74	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Jul 1	CHC		MON	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
72	76	Jul 2	CHC		MON	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
73	77	Jul 3	CHC		MON	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
74	78	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		MON	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
75	79	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		MON	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
76	80	Jul 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
77	81	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
78	82	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	84 (1)	Jul 11	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	85	Jul 12	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
81	86	Jul 13	CHC	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
82	87	Jul 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
83	88	Jul 15	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
84	89	Jul 16	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
85	90	Jul 17	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-0	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
86	91	Jul 19	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
87	94 (2)	Jul 22	CHC		SDP	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
88	95	Jul 23	CHC		SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
89	96	Jul 24	CHC		SDP	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
90	97	Jul 25	CHC		LAD	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
91	98	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
92	99	Jul 27	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
93	100	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
94	101	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
95	103 (1)	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	104	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
97	105	Aug 2	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
98	106	Aug 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
99	107	Aug 4	CHC	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	108	Aug 5	CHC		NYM	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
101	109	Aug 6	CHC		NYM	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
102	111 (1)	Aug 9	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
103	112	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,5-9	CG	62	13.0	6	6	0	12	1	SS
104	113	Aug 11	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
105	114	Aug 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
106	118 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
107	120 (1)	Aug 18	CHC		ATL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
108	121	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
109	122	Aug 20	CHC		ATL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
110	123	Aug 21	CHC		ATL	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	124	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
112	125	Aug 23	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
113	126	Aug 24	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
114	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
115	128	Aug 27	CHC	@	HOU	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
116	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
117	130	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
118	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	9	0	9	2	SS
119	132	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	133	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	134	Sep 2	CHC		HOU	L,5-6	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	135	Sep 3	CHC		HOU	W,9-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
123	136	Sep 4	CHC		HOU	W,9-7	GS	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
124	137	Sep 5	CHC	@	MON	L,3-7	GS	28	7.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
125	138	Sep 6	CHC	@	MON	L,2-8	GS	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
126	139	Sep 7	CHC	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
127	140	Sep 9	CHC		STL	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
128	141	Sep 10	CHC		STL	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
129	142	Sep 11	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
130	143	Sep 12	CHC		MON	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
131	144	Sep 13	CHC		MON	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
132	145	Sep 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
133	146	Sep 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
134	147	Sep 16	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
135	148	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
136	149	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
137	150	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
138	151	Sep 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
139	152	Sep 21	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
140	153	Sep 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
141	154	Sep 23	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
142	155	Sep 24	CHC		NYM	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
143	156	Sep 25	CHC		NYM	W,11-7	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
144	157	Sep 26	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
145	158	Sep 27	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	GS	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							145gm		1193.1	230	464	11	705	102