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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 16	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
2	8	Apr 17	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
3	13 (4)	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
4	17 (3)	Apr 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	26	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	22 (4)	May 5 susp	CHC		SDP	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
6	25 (2)	May 8	CHC	@	SFG	W,1-0		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
7	26	May 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
8	27	May 10	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
9	30 (2)	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
10	31	May 15	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	32	May 17	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
12	33	May 18	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	35 (1)	May 20	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
14	36	May 21	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	37	May 22	CHC		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
16	38	May 24	CHC		HOU	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
17	40 (1)	May 26	CHC		HOU	W,10-8	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	41	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
19	44 (2)	May 31	CHC	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	45	Jun 1	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
21	46	Jun 2	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
22	47	Jun 4	CHC		ATL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
23	48	Jun 5	CHC		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
24	49	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	12.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
25	50	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
26	51	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
27	52	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	56 (3)	Jun 13	CHC	@	MON	L,7-9	GS	41	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	58 (1)	Jun 15	CHC		STL	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
30	67 (8)	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	68	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
32	69	Jun 27	CHC		NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	2	5	1	SS
33	70	Jun 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
34	71	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
35	72	Jun 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	73	Jul 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	31	7.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
37	74	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
38	75	Jul 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
39	79 (3)	Jul 7	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
40	80	Jul 8	CHC		SDP	L,4-8	GS	21	4.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
41	81	Jul 9	CHC		SDP	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
42	82	Jul 10	CHC		SDP	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	83	Jul 11	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
44	84	Jul 12	CHC		LAD	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
45	85	Jul 13	CHC		LAD	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
46	86	Jul 14	CHC		LAD	W,10-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
47	87	Jul 18	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS	30	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	SS
48	88	Jul 19	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	89	Jul 20	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
50	90	Jul 21	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
51	91	Jul 22	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
52	92	Jul 23	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	93	Jul 24	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
54	94	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
55	95	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
56	99 (3)	Jul 31	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	100	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,9-8	CG	59	14.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
58	101	Aug 2	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
59	102	Aug 3	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
60	103	Aug 4	CHC		NYM	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
61	104	Aug 5	CHC		NYM	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	105	Aug 8	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
63	106	Aug 9	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS	39	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	107	Aug 10	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
65	108	Aug 11	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	109	Aug 12	CHC		MON	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to New York Mets
67	121	Aug 23 (2)	NYM		SDP	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
68	123 (1)	Aug 25	NYM		SDP	W,9-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
69	126 (2)	Aug 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-6	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	127	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
71	128	Aug 31	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	129	Sep 1	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
73	134 (4)	Sep 7	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	140 (5)	Sep 13 (2)	NYM	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
75	147 (6)	Sep 20	NYM		PIT	L,5-7	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
76	151 (3)	Sep 24	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
77	155 (3)	Sep 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
78	159 (3)	Oct 3	NYM	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	162 (2)	Oct 6	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
							79gm		574.0	109	210	11	330	39