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Name Team Age
Larry Bowa Retired (1967, Age 36) Died (2014, Age 84)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 57
(1951)		 SS L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jimmy Wynn League 0 11 years (154 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C  C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 11/28/1930
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 4 4
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (C)
C+ (44.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1951 PIT-PHI 98 347 32 72 10 4 1 24 49 44 0 0 10 .574 .306 .268 .207
1952 PHI-CLE 95 293 33 78 10 3 3 34 32 42 10 6 13 .697 .345 .352 .266
1953 CLE 94 330 42 76 17 5 5 39 43 41 3 3 10 .679 .321 .358 .230
1954 CLE 149 549 64 154 29 11 5 50 62 87 13 5 7 .754 .353 .401 .281
1955 CLE 147 589 79 146 27 2 15 45 50 92 13 7 5 .685 .308 .377 .248
1956 CLE 154 575 85 161 33 6 7 66 58 67 9 4 5 .741 .346 .395 .280
1957 CLE 123 387 47 101 17 3 9 60 66 58 11 2 5 .759 .369 .390 .261
1958 CLE 127 275 36 73 13 4 6 27 32 42 6 0 1 .751 .344 .407 .265
1959 CLE 117 157 12 48 8 0 4 16 15 21 6 1 1 .799 .366 .433 .306
1960 CLE 101 152 30 50 9 2 5 29 19 29 5 1 5 .919 .406 .513 .329
1961 CLE-CHN 135 472 86 133 19 5 23 85 60 65 15 2 6 .853 .363 .489 .282
1962 CHN 136 484 99 149 21 7 18 87 61 60 11 6 8 .876 .384 .492 .308
1963 CHN 129 462 101 143 38 7 18 74 56 59 13 4 3 .923 .384 .539 .310
1964 CHN 131 456 77 148 23 9 11 89 60 53 16 5 5 .892 .405 .487 .325
1965 CHN 104 395 71 121 27 2 9 45 38 46 12 3 4 .823 .370 .453 .306
1966 CHN 133 466 65 130 18 4 5 48 54 67 9 3 4 .722 .356 .367 .279
1967 CHN 112 355 41 83 10 0 8 38 43 53 7 2 3 .651 .321 .330 .234
Total 2085 6744 1000 1866 329 74 152 856 798 926 159 54 95 .770 .355 .415 .277
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Larry Bowa has retired from the Chicago Colts
1961-03-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Condors and the Chicago Colts. The Chicago Colts receive Jimmy Neef, Sean Quinn, Jay Dawley, Larry Bowa, Gideon Owens, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 5 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1961 Round 4 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1961 Round 1 (CHA), Draft Pick - 1961 Round 3 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1962 Round 3 (PHI) from the Cleveland Condors in exchange for Wally Furcal, Draft Pick - 1963 Round 1 (CHN).
1957-05-23The Cleveland Condors have promoted Larry Bowa to the major league team.
1953-06-22The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Larry Bowa to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Doug McDougald to the minors.
1953-05-20The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Harry Maurer to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Larry Bowa to the minors.
1953-05-13The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Larry Bowa to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Gino Alcaraz to the minors.
1953-04-01The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Jim Carey to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Larry Bowa to the minors.
1952-07-18The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Anthony Michalak to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Mark Hunt to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Larry Bowa to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Red Hague to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Jason Nelson to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent William Drohan to the minors.
1952-06-21The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Harry Maurer to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Larry Bowa to the minors.
1952-06-01The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Larry Bowa to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Desi Long to the minors.
1952-04-22A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia domiNATEors and the Cleveland Clamdiggers. The Cleveland Clamdiggers receive Larry Bowa, Harry Maurer, Steve Beecher from the Philadelphia domiNATEors in exchange for Marty Scoffic.
1952-04-22The Philadelphia domiNATEors have promoted Travis Chapman to the major league team. The Philadelphia domiNATEors have sent Larry Bowa to the minors.
1952-04-04The Philadelphia domiNATEors have promoted Larry Bowa to the major league team. The Philadelphia domiNATEors have sent Harry Maurer to the minors.
1951-08-08The Philadelphia domiNATEors have promoted Placido Palanco to the major league team. The Philadelphia domiNATEors have sent Larry Bowa to the minors.
1951-04-11The Philadelphia domiNATEors have renamed Ed Fohl to Larry Bowa.
1951-04-06The Philadelphia domiNATEors have promoted Ed Fohl to the major league team.
1951-04-04A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia domiNATEors and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates receive I wish i was Dykstra, Denny Jackson, George Burkart from the Philadelphia domiNATEors in exchange for Ed Fohl.