Larry Bowa Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Larry Bowa Stats

Larry Bowa was born on Thursday, December 6, 1945, in Sacramento, California. Bowa was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 7, 1970, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Larry Bowa baseball stats page.

"Y'know everybody says I have good hands and everything, but the thing that makes a good shortstop is the footwork involved. If you have good footwork, if you can get to the ball, you can set up and get your body out of the way so you can make the throw. I think that's the most important thing." - Larry Bowa in Baseball and the Meaning of Life (Josh Leventhal, 09/25/2005, Voyageur Press, Page 83)

Birth Name:	Lawrence Robert Bowa (Twitter: @LarryBowa10)
Nickname:	Gnat
Born On:	12-06-1945 (Sagittarius)
Born In:	Sacramento, California
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	C.K. McClatchy High School (Sacramento, CA)
College:	Sacramento Community College
Bats:	Both	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-10	Weight:	155
First Game:	04-07-1970 (Age 24)
Last Game:	10-06-1985
Draft:	Undrafted Free Agent / Signing Bonus = $2,000

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Larry Bowa Larry Bowa Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1970	25	Phillies	145	547	50	137	17	6	0	0	34	21	1	48	6	3	0	8	.250	.277	.303
1971	26	Phillies	159	650	74	162	18	5	0	0	25	36	2	61	4	1	5	4	.249	.293	.292
1972	27	Phillies	152	579	67	145	11	13	1	0	31	32	1	51	18	2	2	8	.250	.291	.320
1973	28	Phillies	122	446	42	94	11	3	0	0	23	24	8	31	4	1	1	5	.211	.252	.249
1974	29	Phillies	162	669	97	184	19	10	1	0	36	23	0	52	20	4	1	11	.275	.298	.338
1975	30	Phillies	136	583	79	178	18	9	2	0	38	24	0	32	17	2	2	9	.305	.334	.377
1976	31	Phillies	156	624	71	155	15	9	0	0	49	32	3	31	11	5	0	11	.248	.283	.301
1977	32	Phillies	154	624	93	175	19	3	4	1	41	32	2	32	13	6	0	11	.280	.313	.340
1978	33	Phillies	156	654	78	192	31	5	3	0	43	24	1	40	11	2	1	6	.294	.319	.370
1979	34	Phillies	147	539	74	130	17	11	0	0	31	61	5	32	12	6	1	11	.241	.316	.314
1980	35	Phillies	147	540	57	144	16	4	2	0	39	24	7	28	7	3	3	9	.267	.300	.322
1981	36	Phillies	103	360	34	102	14	3	0	0	31	26	2	17	4	1	0	8	.283	.331	.339
1982	37	Cubs	142	499	50	123	15	7	0	0	29	39	5	38	9	1	1	10	.246	.302	.305
1983	38	Cubs	147	499	73	133	20	5	2	0	43	35	1	30	6	4	0	3	.267	.312	.339
1984	39	Cubs	133	391	33	87	14	2	0	0	17	28	5	24	3	1	0	4	.223	.274	.269
1985	40	Cubs	72	195	13	48	6	4	0	0	13	11	2	20	5	1	0	3	.246	.285	.318
1985	40	Mets	14	19	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	.105	.190	.158
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years			2,247	8,418	987	2,191	262	99	15	1	525	474	45	569	151	43	17	121	.260	.300	.320

Larry Bowa Larry Bowa Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1970 Phillies	2B	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1970 Phillies	SS	143	141	3,733	633	4.4	620	202	418	13	69	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	4.48
1971 Phillies	SS	157	156	4,229	843	5.4	832	272	560	11	97	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	5.31
1972 Phillies	SS	150	147	3,925	715	4.8	706	212	494	9	88	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	4.86
1973 Phillies	SS	122	118	3,102	564	4.6	552	191	361	12	87	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	4.80
1974 Phillies	SS	162	161	4,276	730	4.5	718	256	462	12	104	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	4.53
1975 Phillies	SS	135	135	3,588	655	4.9	630	227	403	25	82	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	4.74
1976 Phillies	SS	156	155	4,080	689	4.4	672	180	492	17	90	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	4.45
1977 Phillies	SS	154	154	4,037	753	4.9	740	222	518	13	94	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	4.95
1978 Phillies	SS	156	155	4,052	736	4.7	726	224	502	10	87	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	4.84
1979 Phillies	SS	146	146	3,814	683	4.7	677	229	448	6	80	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	4.79
1980 Phillies	SS	147	147	3,880	691	4.7	674	225	449	17	70	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	4.69
1981 Phillies	SS	102	100	2,532	437	4.3	426	117	309	11	50	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	4.54
1982 Cubs	SS	140	138	3,599	623	4.5	606	210	396	17	64	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	4.55
1983 Cubs	SS	145	141	3,580	705	4.9	694	230	464	11	102	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	5.23
1984 Cubs	SS	132	123	3,097	611	4.6	595	217	378	16	64	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	5.19
1985 Cubs	SS	66	60	1,548	297	4.5	288	91	197	9	34	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	5.02
1985 Mets	2B	4	3	72	16	4.0	16	9	7	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1985 Mets	SS	9	3	102	17	1.9	15	9	6	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.882	3.97
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
SS Totals		2,222	2,180	57,174	10,382	4.7	10,171	3,314	6,857	211	1,265	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	4.80
2B Totals		5	3	78	16	3.2	16	9	7	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	5.54
16 Years		2,227	2,183	57,252	10,398	4.7	10,187	3,323	6,864	211	1,267	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	4.80

Larry Bowa Larry Bowa Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1970 Phillies	24	13	.649	0	3	n/a	0.0	11.4	16.1	-	-	-
1971 Phillies	28	11	.718	0	2	n/a	0.0	10.7	26.0	-	-	-
1972 Phillies	17	9	.654	0	3	n/a	579.0	11.4	18.7	-	-	-
1973 Phillies	10	6	.625	1	1	n/a	0.0	14.4	19.4	-	-	-
1974 Phillies	39	11	.780	0	1	n/a	669.0	12.9	18.6	-	-	-
1975 Phillies	24	6	.800	1	0	n/a	291.5	18.2	15.3	-	-	-
1976 Phillies	30	8	.789	0	0	n/a	0.0	20.1	12.7	-	-	-
1977 Phillies	32	3	.914	0	0	n/a	156.0	19.5	15.2	-	-	-
1978 Phillies	27	5	.844	0	0	n/a	218.0	16.4	15.2	-	-	-
1979 Phillies	20	9	.690	0	0	n/a	0.0	16.8	17.4	-	-	-
1980 Phillies	21	6	.778	0	0	n/a	270.0	19.3	13.8	-	-	-
1981 Phillies	16	7	.696	1	0	n/a	0.0	21.2	11.6	-	-	-
1982 Cubs	8	3	.727	2	2	n/a	0.0	13.1	17.2	-	-	-
1983 Cubs	7	3	.700	4	0	n/a	249.5	16.6	11.6	-	-	-
1984 Cubs	10	4	.714	2	3	n/a	0.0	16.3	23.0	-	-	-
1985 Cubs	5	1	.833	2	5	n/a	0.0	9.8	15.0	-	-	-
1985 Mets	0	0	.000	1	3	n/a	0.0	9.5	9.5	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	318	105	.752	14	23	n/a	561.2	14.8	16.0	-	-	-

Larry Bowa Larry Bowa Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1970 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$12,000.00	-	-
1971 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$12,750.00	-	-
1972 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$13,500.00	-	-
1973 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$55,000.00	-	-
1974 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$75,000.00	Stats	-
1975 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$100,000.00	Stats	-
1976 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$120,000.00	Stats	-
1977 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$150,000.00	-	-
1978 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$225,000.00	Stats	-
1979 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$225,000.00	Stats	-
1980 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$350,000.00	-	Stats
1981 Philadelphia Phillies	10	$350,000.00	-	-
1982 Chicago Cubs	1	$500,000.00	-	-
1983 Chicago Cubs	1	$500,000.00	-	-
1984 Chicago Cubs	1	$500,000.00	-	-
1985 Chicago Cubs	1	$525,000.00	-	-
1985 New York Mets	2	" "	-	-
Larry Bowa Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that Larry Bowa stepped up to the plate on April 10, 1971, faced off against Bill Stoneman of the Montreal Expos, and hit a sharp single to right field in the bottom of the first inning at Veterans Stadium - the first hit in ballpark history?

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Larry Bowa | The Sporting News | July 22, 1978
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Did you know that Larry Bowa once held the Major League record for best fielding average in a single season by a National League shortstop? In 1979, Gnat played one-hundred forty-six games at short, handled six-hundred eighty-three chances, committed only six errors, and finished with a record setting .991 fielding average. Tony Fernandez broke the record ten years later, with a .992 fielding average in 1989. In 1999, ten years later again, Rey Ordonez had a .994 fielding average, setting a new fielding record that remains in the record book today.

Did you know that Larry Bowa was the best fielding shortstop in the National League in 1971 (.987), 1972 (.987), 1974 (.984), 1978 (.986), 1979 (.991), and 1983 (.984)? His six years leading the league were a National League fielding record for most seasons leading the senior circuit until Ozzie Smith tied him in 1987, then set the current mark at seven when The Wizard led again in 1991.

Did you know that Larry Bowa won a Gold Glove in 1972, the third by a Philadelphia Phillies shortstop behind Bobby Wine (1963) and Ruben Amaro (1964)? When Gnat won his second Gold Glove in 1978, he became the first Phillies' shortstop to win a Gold Glove at short more than once. The six year seperation (1972 / 1978), is the most by any National League shortstop since Rawlings started giving the award in 1957.

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Phillies Centennial Team | Wall of Fame Plaque | Citizens Bank Park
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The Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame is a collection of plaques, mounted on a brick wall in the Ashburn Alley section of Citizens Bank Park. From 1978 to 2003, the Phillies inducted one figure from their franchise history and one notable person from the Philadelphia Athletics (A's) organization each year, with the exception of 1983, when the Phillies inducted their Centennial Team. Their Centennial Team commemorates the best players of the first 100 years in franchise history and Mcgraw made the team which includes: Richie Ashburn (OF), Bob Boone (C), Larry Bowa (SS), Steve Carlton (LHP), Del Ennis (OF), Dallas Green (MGR), Jim Konstanty (RHP), Garry Maddox (OF), Tug McGraw (LHP), Robin Roberts (RHP), Pete Rose (1B), Mike Schmidt (3B) and Manny Trillo (2B).

After hanging up his playing-cleats in 1985, Larry Bowa began a career in baseball that is nothing short of impressive: 1986 - Manager of the Las Vegas Stars (Pacific Coast League), 1987 through 1988 - Manager of the San Diego Padres, 1989 through 1996 - coach for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1997 through 1999 - third base coach for the Anaheim Angels, 2000 - third base coach for the Seattle Mariners, 2001 through 2004 - Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, 2005 - analyst for ESPN and XM Radio, 2006 through 2007 - third base coach for the New York Yankees, 2008 through 2010 - third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2011 through 2013 - studio analyst for MLB Network (MLB Tonight), 2013 - bench coach for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, and in 2014 - bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies!