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Name Team Age
Bobby Bowa Retired (1972, Age 33) Died (2008, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20
(1960)		 LF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 5 years (33 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- D+ C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C  C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B  D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A  C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 12/6/1938
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
D- (10.8 %) F  (0.4 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1960 Minors 29.00 2 / 3 4 / 6 5 / 5 3 / 4 3 / 3 4 / 4 4 / 4 25 / 29
1960 Majors 4.90 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 4 / 4
1961 Minors 20.00 1 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 4 1 / 1 2 / 2 11 / 20
1961 Majors 1.29 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1962 Minors 19.00 1 / 1 2 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 1 4 / 6 5 / 5 0 / 0 14 / 19
1963 Minors 8.00 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 3 / 8
1963 Majors 3.78 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1964 Minors 32.00 2 / 6 0 / 3 2 / 5 3 / 3 1 / 3 4 / 6 4 / 6 16 / 32
1965 Minors 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4
1965 Majors 5.88 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 5
1966 Majors 5.33 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 5
1967 Majors 6.80 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 6
1968 Majors 8.39 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 8
1969 Minors 22.00 0 / 1 1 / 5 0 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 3 6 / 22
1969 Majors 1.90 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1970 Minors 16.00 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 16
1970 Majors 3.70 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3
1971 Minors 17.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 17
1972 Minors 29.00 0 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 5 3 / 29
Total 0 0 0 9 / 30 9 / 38 15 / 37 12 / 29 14 / 33 17 / 34 14 / 31 90 / 232
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Bobby Bowa has retired from the Chicago Meat Packers
1971-03-25The Chicago Meat Packers have designated Bobby Bowa for assignment.
1970-09-20The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team.
1969-07-04The Chicago Meat Packers have designated Bobby Bowa for assignment.
1969-06-14The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bumpus Ford to the major league team.
1969-03-25The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Ralph McCormick to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have designated Bobby Bowa for assignment.
1965-07-15The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team.
1965-06-24The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Bobby Bowa down to the minors.
1965-04-01The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Francisco Gonzalez to the minors.
1964-04-01The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Frank Schindler to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Bobby Bowa to the minors.
1964-03-25The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team.
1964-03-25The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bill Bigelow to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Fred Odwell to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have designated Hideki Okajima for assignment. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Bobby Bowa to the minors. The Chicago Meat Packers have designated Buddy Brimley for assignment.
1963-07-28The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team.
1963-06-21The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Bobby Bowa to the minors.
1963-05-12The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have designated Ray Abbott for assignment.
1962-04-26The Chicago Meat Packers have renamed scooter mcgrudder to Bobby Bowa.
1962-04-26The Chicago Meat Packers have acquired scooter mcgrudder from the waiver wire. The Chicago Meat Packers have waived Al Clarkson.
1962-04-04The New York Mets have waived scooter mcgrudder.
1961-05-01The New York Mets have promoted Roberto Kelly to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent scooter mcgrudder to the minors.
1961-04-09The New York Mets have promoted scooter mcgrudder to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent Cecil Reniff to the minors.
1961-04-08The New York Mets have renamed Bobby Bowa to scooter mcgrudder.
1960-07-30The New York Mets have promoted Dave Kirk to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent Bobby Bowa to the minors.
1960-07-16The New York Mets have promoted Bobby Bowa to the major league team.