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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-19 / in Starts: 13-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1976	NLCS g1	Oct 9	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.73	-0.055	22.92	-0.98%	-0.65	SS
2	1976	NLCS g2	Oct 10	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	8	1.16	-0.009	33.48	-0.27%	0.22	SS
3	1976	NLCS g3	Oct 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.364	.250	.614	8	1.88	0.264	33.67	2.93%	1.15	SS
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	1977	NLCS g1	Oct 4	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1.32	0.049	41.30	1.09%	-0.01	SS
5	1977	NLCS g2	Oct 5	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	.60	-0.029	17.21	-0.50%	-0.23	SS
6	1977	NLCS g3	Oct 7	PHI		LAD	L,5-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	1.95	-0.074	80.77	-2.04%	0.11	SS
7	1977	NLCS g4	Oct 8	PHI		LAD	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	.72	-0.076	32.42	-2.13%	-0.73	SS
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	1978	NLCS g1	Oct 4	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	2	.54	0.028	16.75	0.60%	0.66	SS
9	1978	NLCS g2	Oct 5	PHI		LAD	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	.80	-0.059	22.88	-1.06%	-0.63	SS
10	1978	NLCS g3	Oct 6	PHI	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	.47	-0.027	8.27	-0.29%	-0.42	SS
11	1978	NLCS g4	Oct 7	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	2	1.27	0.053	48.73	1.25%	0.49	SS
1980 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1980	NLCS g1	Oct 7	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	.97	-0.031	30.21	-0.64%	-0.29	SS
13	1980	NLCS g2	Oct 8	PHI		HOU	L,4-7	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	7	1.19	0.058	40.10	1.14%	0.60	SS
14	1980	NLCS g3	Oct 10	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	7	2.30	-0.088	95.35	-2.11%	-0.57	SS
15	1980	NLCS g4	Oct 11	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.412	.286	.697	7	.89	-0.086	34.17	-1.78%	-0.80	SS
16	1980	NLCS g5	Oct 12	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.316	.725	7	1.39	0.047	116.00	2.43%	-0.03	SS
17	1980	WS g1	Oct 14	PHI		KCR	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.304	.385	.304	.689	8	.65	-0.012	33.99	-0.20%	-0.27	SS
18	1980	WS g2	Oct 15	PHI		KCR	W,6-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.379	.308	.687	8	.89	0.067	47.42	1.88%	0.62	SS
19	1980	WS g3	Oct 17	PHI	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.355	.412	.355	.767	8	2.25	-0.035	93.54	-0.66%	-0.08	SS
20	1980	WS g4	Oct 18	PHI	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.371	.421	.371	.792	8	.77	0.061	46.65	2.02%	1.20	SS
21	1980	WS g5	Oct 19	PHI	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.405	.359	.764	8	.97	-0.054	79.88	-2.67%	-0.31	SS
22	1980	WS g6	Oct 21	PHI		KCR	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.391	.372	.763	8	.51	-0.043	38.64	-1.79%	-0.38	SS
1981 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	1981	NLDS g1	Oct 7	PHI	@	MON	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.25	-0.077	19.58	-0.66%	-0.59	SS
24	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.80	-0.076	13.45	-0.72%	-0.70	SS
25	1981	NLDS g3	Oct 9	PHI		MON	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.300	.500	7	.91	-0.010	11.15	-0.11%	0.05	SS
26	1981	NLDS g4	Oct 10	PHI		MON	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	7	.72	-0.035	16.31	-0.44%	-0.33	SS
27	1981	NLDS g5	Oct 11	PHI		MON	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	7	1.07	-0.078	44.58	-2.04%	-0.63	SS
1984 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1984	NLCS g1	Oct 2	CHC		SDP	W,13-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	8	.18	-0.038	5.75	-0.65%	0.49	SS
29	1984	NLCS g2	Oct 3	CHC		SDP	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	8	.55	-0.006	18.36	-0.12%	-0.21	SS
30	1984	NLCS g3	Oct 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	.73	-0.060	17.89	-0.95%	-0.75	SS
31	1984	NLCS g4	Oct 6	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	8	.98	0.023	44.04	0.84%	0.30	SS
32	1984	NLCS g5	Oct 7	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	8	.47	-0.023	38.75	-1.23%	-0.43	SS
									129	118	11	30	4	0	0	6	9	3	5	0	2	0		3	4	1	.254	.307	.288	.595

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