Bob Bowman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: October 3, 1910 in Keystone, WV us

Died: September 4, 1972 in Bluefield, WV

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV

Debut: April 21, 1939 (Age 28-200d, 8,631st in major league history)
vs. CHC 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 25, 1942 (Age 31-234d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Robert James Bowman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

3.82

109

365.0

146

WHIP

1.367

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-16 / in Starts: 9-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 7

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	52	7	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	6-8	BL(0-1)	99	1.2	3	4	4	2	0	1	1	21.60	16.20	11	3	2	1	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	-0.479	5.32	-0.60%	-2.23	6b -2- 2 out a1	8b 1-- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	53	12	May 3	STL		BSN	L,2-4	8-GF		6	2.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	9.82	9.27	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.018	1.01	-0.02%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
3	54	14	May 5	STL		BRO	L,6-9	8-9	BL(0-2)	1	0.2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	10.38	9.69	6	1	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.84	-0.505	8.73	-0.55%	-1.70	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t -2- 0 out d1
4	55	19	May 11	STL		CIN	L,5-12	3-6		5	3.0	5	5	1	4	4	1	0	7.36	9.27	19	1	5	0	0	5		2	2	3	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	.28	-0.181	.48	-0.19%	-5.19	3t 1-3 2 out d3	6t 1-- 2 out d8
5	56	21	May 12(2)	STL		CIN	L,4-13	7-8		0	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	1	7.71	9.21	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.010	.05	-0.01%	-0.97	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
6	57	24	May 15	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	2-4		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.17	7.80	9	3	4	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	-0.045	.14	-0.02%	-0.50	2b -23 2 out d4	4b 3 out d6
7	58	29	May 25(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	4-4		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	7.42	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.061	.70	0.03%	1.48	4b 12- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d3
8	59	32	May 27	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-3)	1	6.0	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	5.30	6.16	28	6	10	1	0	6	44			0	0	0	23	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.06	-0.148	.66	-0.06%	-1.16	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	60	37	Jun 2(2)	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	1	0	4.23	5.27	34						70						33	1	0			0
10	61	41	Jun 8(1)	STL		NYG	L,2-4	GS-4		5	4.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.98	5.14	17	5	3	1	1	4	49			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.083	.39	0.01%	1.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
11	62	43	Jun 9(1)	STL		NYG	L,9-11	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	5.02	6	2	3	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.089	.16	0.01%	1.41	7t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
12	63	46	Jun 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	10	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.16	4.66	38	10	13	3	3	9	61			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.403	.07	0.01%	2.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	64	51	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS-1		3	0.0	3	4	4	0	0	0	1	4.01	4.73	4	0	0	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.244	.19	-0.03%	-3.00	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d2
14	65	54	Jun 23(1)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-7	GS-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.039	.18	0.01%	0.36	1b start a 1	1b --- 2 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	66	78	Jul 19(2)	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(3-3)	25	9.0	6	3	3	6	3	1	0	3.78	4.89	36						60						29	1	0			0
16	67	83	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	9-GF(10)		6	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.69	4.95	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.201	.09	0.00%	0.77	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end tie
17	68	88	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.59	4.74	39	10	19	0	6	7	60			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.02	0.050	.02	0.00%	1.09	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	69	101	Aug 10	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	L(4-4)	11	7.0	8	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.75	4.69	31	10	7	3	0	7	46			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.158	.02	0.00%	-1.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
19	70	106	Aug 16(1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	GS-2		5	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.16	4.67	11	1	3	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.291	.05	-0.01%	-3.42	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
20	71	109	Aug 18(2)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.66	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.065	.14	0.00%	0.61	7t -23 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
21	72	114	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.90	4.63	38	9	17	0	7	6	63			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.371	.28	0.05%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	73	119	Aug 27	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-4)	3	7.1	6	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.89	4.39	29	6	10	0	1	6	59			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.126	.11	0.01%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	74	123	Sep 1(2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG(11)		4	11.0	12	5	5	3	1	0	1	3.91	4.34	45	12	18	3	1	10	51			0	0	0	40	5	0	1	1	0	0	1.68	0.191	.10	0.01%	0.33	1b start a 3	11b 3 out tie
24	75	130	Sep 8(1)	STL		PIT	L,14-16	GS-1		6	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	4.15	4.62	7	2	0	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.260	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d3
25	76	134	Sep 12(1)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-17	GS-2	L(6-5)	3	1.2	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.58	11	2	3	0	1	5	24			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.50	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
26	77	139	Sep 15(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(7-5)	2	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.43	34						70						34	2	0			0
27	78	145	Sep 19(2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	GS-2		3	2.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.33	4.43	11	3	2	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start a 2	2b 3 out tie
28	79	152	Sep 26(1)	STL		CIN	L,3-4	8-GF		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.25	4.39	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.093	.00	0.00%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							10-16		W-L:7-5,BSv:2	3.6	114.1	118	64	54	43	43	8	4	4.25	4.39	499	0.77		5%	10%	92	49	12	33%	4	4	0	442	17	0	3	5	0	9	1.13	-0.974	.46	-1.33%	-13.03

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