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Ernie Bowman

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Pinch Runner

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: July 28, 1935 in Johnson City, TN us

Died: August 4, 2019 in Johnson City, TN

Buried: Snyder's Memorial Gardens, Gray, TN

High School: Science Hill HS (Johnson City, TN)

School: East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN)

Debut: April 12, 1961 (Age 25-258d, 11,813th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1963 (Age 28-063d)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Ernest Ferrell Bowman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

205

.190

RBI

OBP

.200

SLG

.244

OPS

.444

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	45-36 / in Starts: 14-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 131 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	89 (46-30-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 131 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	77 (40-24-12)

Most Driven In
F Alou	4
T Haller	0
J Davenport	0
O Cepeda	0
E Bailey	0

Most Driven In By
C Hiller	2
H Kuenn	2
O Cepeda	1
F Alou	1
J Davenport	1
J Alou	1
J Duffalo	0
W Mays	0

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	85	2 (1)	Apr 10	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						SS
2	86	7 (4)	Apr 17	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	9-GF(13)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	3.09	0.238	8.80	0.41%	0.55	3B
3	87	17 (9)	Apr 26	SFG		MLN	L,2-9	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	.07	-0.002	.21	0.00%	0.41	SS
4	88	18	Apr 27	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	7						3B
5	89	19	Apr 28	SFG		MLN	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9						PR
May		Gtm	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
6	90	21 (1)	May 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1						2B
7	91	22	May 2	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1						PR 2B
8	92	23	May 3	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	.05	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.17	2B
9	93	24	May 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,17-4	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	SS
10	94	25	May 5 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	1						2B
11	95	28 (2)	May 8	SFG	@	MLN	W,12-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	SS
12	96	30 (1)	May 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	4						PR
13	97	32 (1)	May 12	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	1						PR
14	98	33	May 14	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	7	.47	-0.016	1.84	-0.04%	-0.66	2B
15	99	36 (2)	May 17	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9						2B
16	100	39 (2)	May 19 (2)	SFG		PHI	W,6-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	7	.73	-0.016	3.09	-0.04%	-0.33	2B
17	101	40	May 21	SFG		PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	2						PR 2B
18	102	47 (6)	May 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	2						2B
19	103	48	May 31	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	1						SS
Jun		Gtm	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
20	104	52 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	6						3B
21	105	53	Jun 5 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	2.90	-0.098	14.66	-0.30%	-0.39	PR
22	106	57 (3)	Jun 9	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	8	.88	-0.043	2.97	-0.09%	-0.32	SS
23	107	58	Jun 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	1	.09	-0.002	.34	-0.01%	-0.43	PR 2B
24	108	63 (4)	Jun 15	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	8						SS
25	109	65 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	8	1.28	-0.034	5.45	-0.09%	-0.29	SS
26	110	68 (2)	Jun 19	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	7	.03	-0.001	.16	0.00%	-0.39	3B
27	111	75 (6)	Jun 28	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 3B
28	112	77 (1)	Jun 30	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	5						2B
Jul		Gtm	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
29	113	78	Jul 1	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357	5	3.23	-0.078	15.39	-0.22%	-0.20	PR SS
30	114	79	Jul 2	SFG		MLN	W,1-0	8-GF(16)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	7	2.31	-0.051	9.31	-0.12%	-0.17	SS
31	115	80	Jul 3	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	8	.66	-0.047	2.88	-0.12%	-0.74	SS
32	116	81	Jul 4	SFG		MLN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.208	.375	8	.68	-0.065	2.76	-0.16%	-0.62	SS
33	117	82	Jul 5	SFG		STL	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.192	.185	.231	.416	8	1.25	0.068	5.13	0.17%	0.57	SS
34	118	83	Jul 6	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.226	.267	.492	8	.58	-0.031	2.46	-0.08%	-0.12	SS
35	119	84	Jul 7 (1)	SFG		STL	W,4-3	GS-13	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.229	.265	.493	8	1.79	-0.104	8.84	-0.31%	-0.66	SS
36	120	85	Jul 7 (2)	SFG		STL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.205	.237	.442	8	.82	-0.081	4.22	-0.25%	-0.73	SS 3B
37	121	88 (2)	Jul 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.205	.237	.442	9						PR
38	122	90 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.190	.220	.410	8	.94	-0.068	2.39	-0.10%	-0.54	SS
39	123	93 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.190	.220	.410	8						SS
40	124	95 (1)	Jul 18	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.190	.220	.410	1						PR SS
41	125	98 (2)	Jul 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.182	.209	.391	1	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.77	2B
42	126	99	Jul 23	SFG		NYM	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.188	.213	.400	8	.28	-0.028	.39	-0.02%	-0.65	SS
43	127	100	Jul 24	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.196	.220	.416	8	1.42	-0.042	1.97	-0.04%	-0.13	SS
44	128	101	Jul 25	SFG		NYM	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.200	.222	.422	8	.28	-0.017	.44	-0.02%	-0.23	SS
45	129	102	Jul 26	SFG		PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.190	.211	.400	8	.86	-0.045	1.63	-0.05%	-0.43	SS
46	130	107 (4)	Jul 31	SFG		PHI	L,3-7	8-GF(14)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.180	.200	.380	1	1.45	-0.105	6.62	-0.29%	-0.49	2B
Aug		Gtm	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
47	131	108	Aug 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,11-12	8-GF(10)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.180	.177	.197	.374	3	1.70	0.058	7.11	0.15%	0.24	PR 2B
48	132	110 (1)	Aug 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.177	.197	.374	9						SS
49	133	111	Aug 5	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-6	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.172	.190	.362	8	1.92	-0.126	7.79	-0.31%	-0.82	PR SS
50	134	112	Aug 6	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.197	.194	.227	.421	8	.71	0.044	2.50	0.09%	0.06	SS
51	135	113	Aug 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.200	.232	.432	8	1.31	0.005	4.91	0.01%	0.05	SS
52	136	114	Aug 9	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.203	.233	.436	8	.99	-0.074	3.43	-0.15%	-0.81	SS
53	137	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.221	.215	.247	.462	8	.51	0.065	2.24	0.17%	2.23	SS
54	138	116	Aug 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.217	.259	.476	8	.80	-0.016	3.38	-0.04%	-0.50	SS
55	139	117	Aug 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.207	.247	.454	8	1.20	-0.101	6.15	-0.31%	-0.70	SS
56	140	118	Aug 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.202	.241	.444	8	.94	-0.046	4.74	-0.14%	-0.35	SS
57	141	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.202	.239	.441	8	2.13	-0.246	10.24	-0.71%	-1.02	SS
58	142	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.204	.240	.444	8	.83	-0.009	4.67	-0.03%	-0.61	SS
59	143	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	STL	L,0-13	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.212	.208	.242	.450	8	.51	-0.046	3.35	-0.18%	-0.47	SS
60	144	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.208	.240	.448	8	1.64	-0.071	8.91	-0.23%	-0.50	SS 2B
61	145	123	Aug 19	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.200	.231	.431	8	2.51	-0.295	8.53	-0.60%	-1.67	SS 3B
62	146	125 (1)	Aug 21	SFG		MLN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.193	.223	.416	8	1.15	-0.123	2.05	-0.13%	-1.03	2B
63	147	126	Aug 22	SFG		MLN	W,8-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.193	.223	.416	1						3B
64	148	127	Aug 23	SFG		CIN	W,11-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.193	.223	.416	3						3B
65	149	129 (1)	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.191	.221	.413	8	.63	-0.017	2.06	-0.03%	-0.20	SS
66	150	130	Aug 26	SFG		STL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.185	.214	.399	8	1.97	-0.195	5.13	-0.31%	-1.62	SS
67	151	133 (2)	Aug 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.185	.214	.399	1						3B
68	152	135 (1)	Aug 31	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-3	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.185	.214	.399	2						2B
Sept		Gtm	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
69	153	142 (6)	Sep 6	SFG		LAD	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.183	.212	.395	9	1.66	-0.036	.32	0.00%	-0.33	PH
70	154	143	Sep 7	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.183	.212	.395	3						2B
71	155	144	Sep 8	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.183	.212	.395	2						2B
72	156	145	Sep 10	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.183	.212	.395	9						SS
73	157	146	Sep 11	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.185	.213	.399	8	.99	-0.043	.01	0.00%	-0.30	2B
74	158	148 (1)	Sep 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.185	.213	.399	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
75	159	152 (3)	Sep 17	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-3	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.184	.211	.395	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PR 2B
76	160	154 (1)	Sep 20	SFG		NYM	W,6-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.184	.211	.395	2						2B
77	161	156 (1)	Sep 22	SFG		NYM	W,13-4	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.184	.181	.208	.389	1	.05	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.51	3B
78	162	157	Sep 24	SFG		PHI	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.181	.208	.389	2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
79	163	158	Sep 25	SFG		PHI	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.181	.208	.389	7						3B
80	164	161 (2)	Sep 28	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.181	.208	.389	1						2B
81	165	162	Sep 29	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.181	.208	.389	1						2B
							45-36		131	125	10	23	3	0	0	4	0	0	15	0	4	2	4	2	1	2	.184	.181	.208	.389		1.11	-1.944	4.23	-4.54%	-15.60

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