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Larry Bowa Larry Bowa

Full name: Lawrence Robert Bowa Born: December 6, 1945, Sacramento, California First Game: April 7, 1970; Final Game: October 6, 1985 Managed First Game: April 6, 1987 Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 155 Uncle of Nick Johnson NL Manager of the Year (2001) TSN NL Manager of the Year (2001) SS on TSN NL All-Star Team (1975 and 1978) NL Gold Glove as SS (1972 and 1978) Larry Bowa Collectibles! Larry Bowa Memorabilia! Larry Bowa Cards! Larry Bowa Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1970 PHI N Daily Splits  145   547   50  137  17   6   0   34   21   1   48   0   6   3   0   5   8   24  13  .250  .277  .303  -4.1 1970 PHI N
1971 PHI N Daily Splits  159   650   74  162  18   5   0   25   36   2   61   5   4   1   0   9   4   28  11  .249  .293  .292  -0.3 1971 PHI N
1972 PHI N Daily Splits  152   579   67  145  11  13   1   31   32   1   51   2  18   2   0   7   8   17   9  .250  .291  .320  -0.4 1972 PHI N
1973 PHI N Daily Splits  122   446   42   94  11   3   0   23   24   8   31   1   4   1   1  13   5   10   6  .211  .252  .249  -2.3 1973 PHI N
1974 PHI N Daily Splits  162   669   97  184  19  10   1   36   23   0   52   1  20   4   3  19  11   39  11  .275  .298  .338  -1.4 1974 PHI N
1975 PHI N Daily Splits  136   583   79  178  18   9   2   38   24   0   32   2  17   2   1  10   9   24   6  .305  .334  .377   0.1 1975 PHI N
1976 PHI N Daily Splits  156   624   71  155  15   9   0   49   32   3   31   0  11   5   0  10  11   30   8  .248  .283  .301  -2.4 1976 PHI N
1977 PHI N Daily Splits  154   624   93  175  19   3   4   41   32   2   32   0  13   6   0  11  11   32   3  .280  .313  .340   0.1 1977 PHI N
1978 PHI N Daily Splits  156   654   78  192  31   5   3   43   24   1   40   1  11   2   0  17   6   27   5  .294  .319  .370   1.8 1978 PHI N
1979 PHI N Daily Splits  147   539   74  130  17  11   0   31   61   5   32   1  12   6   0   6  11   20   9  .241  .316  .314  -1.1 1979 PHI N
1980 PHI N Daily Splits  147   540   57  144  16   4   2   39   24   7   28   3   7   3   0   7   9   21   6  .267  .300  .322  -2.5 1980 PHI N
1981 PHI N Daily Splits  103   360   34  102  14   3   0   31   26   2   17   0   4   1   0   8   8   16   7  .283  .331  .339  -0.2 1981 PHI N
1982 CHI N Daily Splits  142   499   50  123  15   7   0   29   39   5   38   1   9   1   0   5  10    8   3  .246  .302  .305  -3.0 1982 CHI N
1983 CHI N Daily Splits  147   499   73  133  20   5   2   43   35   1   30   0   6   4   1  12   3    7   3  .267  .312  .339   2.6 1983 CHI N
1984 CHI N Daily Splits  133   391   33   87  14   2   0   17   28   5   24   0   3   1   0   6   4   10   4  .223  .274  .269  -0.1 1984 CHI N
1985 CHI N Daily Splits   72   195   13   48   6   4   0   13   11   2   20   0   5   1   0   2   3    5   1  .246  .285  .318   0.0 1985 CHI N
1985 NY  N Daily Splits   14    19    2    2   1   0   0    2    2   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .105  .190  .158  -0.4 1985 NY  N
1985 TOT N                86   214   15   50   7   4   0   15   13   2   22   0   6   1   0   2   3    5   1  .234  .276  .304  -0.4 1985 TOT N
Total            Splits 2247  8418  987 2191 262  99  15  525  474  45  569  17 151  43   6 147 121  318 105  .260  .300  .320 -13.6 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 PHI N Daily Splits    5    17    0    3   1   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   1  .176  .176  .235 1981 PHI N

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 PHI N Daily Splits    3     8    1    1   1   0   0    1    3   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .364  .250 1976 PHI N
1977 PHI N Daily Splits    4    17    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   2   2    0   0  .118  .167  .118 1977 PHI N
1978 PHI N Daily Splits    4    18    2    6   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .368  .333 1978 PHI N
1980 PHI N Daily Splits    5    19    2    6   0   0   0    0    3   3    3   0   1   0   0   0   0    1   0  .316  .409  .316 1980 PHI N
1984 CHI N Daily Splits    5    15    1    3   1   0   0    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .200  .250  .267 1984 CHI N
Total            Splits   21    77    8   18   2   0   0    3    9   3    5   0   1   0   0   2   3    1   0  .234  .314  .260 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1980 PHI N Daily Splits    6    24    3    9   1   0   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    3   0  .375  .375  .417 1980 PHI N

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1974 NL   
1975 NL    Daily Splits    1     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     - 1975 NL   
1976 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1976 NL   
1978 NL    Daily Splits    1     3    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .667  .667  .667 1978 NL   
1979 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1979 NL   
Total            Splits    5     8    2    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .250  .400  .250 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1970 PHI N Daily  SS  143  141  124  1244.1   202  418   13   69   0  .979
1970 PHI N        2B    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1971 PHI N Daily  SS  157  156  152  1409.2   272  560   11   97   0  .987
1972 PHI N Daily  SS  150  147  136  1308.1   212  494    9   88   0  .987
1973 PHI N Daily  SS  122  118  107  1034     191  361   12   87   0  .979
1974 PHI N Daily  SS  162  161  155  1425.1   256  462   12  104   0  .984
1975 PHI N Daily  SS  135  135  130  1196     227  403   25   82   0  .962
1976 PHI N Daily  SS  156  155  143  1360     180  492   17   90   0  .975
1977 PHI N Daily  SS  154  154  140  1345.2   222  518   13   94   0  .983
1978 PHI N Daily  SS  156  155  144  1350.2   224  502   10   87   0  .986
1979 PHI N Daily  SS  146  146  133  1271.1   229  448    6   80   0  .991
1980 PHI N Daily  SS  147  147  129  1293.1   225  449   17   70   0  .975
1981 PHI N Daily  SS  102  100   80   844     117  309   11   50   0  .975
1982 CHI N Daily  SS  140  138  127  1199.2   210  396   17   64   0  .973
1983 CHI N Daily  SS  145  141  122  1193.1   230  464   11  102   0  .984
1984 CHI N Daily  SS  132  123   88  1032.1   217  378   16   64   0  .974
1985 CHI N Daily  SS   66   60   42   516      91  197    9   34   0  .970
1985 NY  N Daily  SS    9    3    3    34       9    6    2    3   0  .882
1985 NY  N        2B    4    3    1    24       9    7    0    2   0 1.000
1985 TOT N        SS   75   63   45   550     100  203   11   37   0  .965
Total             SS 2222 2180 1955 19058    3314 6857  211 1265   0  .980
Total             2B    5    3    1    26       9    7    0    2   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1981 PHI N Daily  SS    5    5    5    44      13    9    1    1   0  .957

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1976 PHI N Daily  SS    3    3    3    26.1     2   11    0    1   0 1.000
1977 PHI N Daily  SS    4    4    4    35       0   17    0    2   0 1.000
1978 PHI N Daily  SS    4    4    4    36.2     5   15    0    4   0 1.000
1980 PHI N Daily  SS    5    5    5    49.1     4   11    1    4   0  .938
1984 CHI N Daily  SS    5    5    3    40       7   16    0    6   0 1.000
Total             SS   21   21   19   187.1    18   70    1   17   0  .989
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1980 PHI N Daily  SS    6    6    6    53.2     5   18    0    7   0 1.000

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1974 NL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     6       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1975 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     3       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1976 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     3       2    1    0    1   0 1.000
1978 NL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     6       2    4    0    0   0 1.000
1979 NL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     5.2     1    3    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS    5    3    0    23.2     9    8    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1987 SD  N  162   65   97  .401   668   763                  6
1988 SD  N   46   16   30  .348   126   186          5-27    5  3
2001 PHI N  162   86   76  .531   746   719                  2
2002 PHI N  161   80   81  .497   710   724                  3
2003 PHI N  162   86   76  .531   791   697                  3
2004 PHI N  160   85   75  .531   827   773         10- 1    2  2
Total       853  418  435  .490  3868  3862
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (October 12, 1965).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs in exchange for
Ivan DeJesus (January 27, 1982).

Released by Chicago Cubs (August 13, 1985).

Signed by New York Mets (August 20, 1985).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).

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