Art Fowler

Full Name: John Arthur Fowler	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: April 17, 1954
Birthdate: July 3, 1922	Final Game: May 4, 1964
Birthplace: Converse, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: January 29, 2007
Deathplace: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 3, 1922 in Converse, South Carolina, Art Fowler (John Arthur Fowler) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 9 year career. Fowler broke into the bigs on April 17, 1954 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.83 ERA in 227.2 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Art Fowler's best season was 1963, when he posted a 2.42 ERA, notched 10 saves and struck out 53 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	CIN	N	40	29	12	10	3.83	93	112	97	8	1	0	227.2	256	20	85	3	3	4
1955	CIN	N	46	28	11	10	3.90	94	96	90	8	3	2	207.2	198	20	63	3	6	1
1956	CIN	N	45	23	11	11	4.05	86	92	80	8	0	1	177.2	191	15	35	3	2	0
1957	CIN	N	33	7	3	0	6.47	45	65	63	1	0	0	87.2	111	11	24	2	2	2
1959	LA	N	36	0	3	4	5.31	47	39	36	0	0	2	61	70	8	23	7	0	0
1961	LA	A	53	3	5	8	3.64	78	42	36	0	0	11	89	68	12	29	3	1	0
1962	LA	A	48	0	4	3	2.81	38	25	24	0	0	5	77	67	6	25	3	1	1
1963	LA	A	57	0	5	3	2.42	53	26	24	0	0	10	89.1	70	5	19	8	1	0
1964	LA	A	4	0	0	2	1.29	5	8	8	0	0	1	7	8	2	5	2	0	1
Total	NL		200	87	40	35	4.32	365	404	366	25	4	5	761.2	826	74	230	18	13	7
Total	AL		162	3	14	16	3.16	174	101	92	0	0	27	262.1	213	25	78	16	3	2
Total			362	90	54	51	4.03	539	505	458	25	4	32	1024	1039	99	308	34	16	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1954	CIN	N	P	40	29	227.2	10	35	2	4	3	3	5	.957
1955	CIN	N	P	46	0	0	12	30	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CIN	N	P	45	0	0	12	35	1	0	0	0	0	.979
1957	CIN	N	P	33	7	87.2	5	15	0	0	1	4	1	1.000
1959	LA	N	P	36	0	61	2	12	1	0	4	4	1	.933
1961	LA	A	P	53	3	89	4	7	0	0	3	4	3	1.000
1962	LA	A	P	48	0	77	5	12	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1963	LA	A	P	57	0	89.1	4	9	1	0	1	1	3	.929
1964	LA	A	P	4	0	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	362	39	638.2	55	157	5	6	13	17	13	.977

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1954	CIN	N	40	60	3	6	2	.100	.229	.100	0	9	19	1	12	0
1955	CIN	N	46	60	6	12	7	.200	.254	.200	0	5	13	0	7	1
1956	CIN	N	45	48	1	7	5	.146	.236	.167	1	5	11	1	5	1
1957	CIN	N	33	17	1	3	2	.176	.263	.176	0	2	4	0	3	0
1959	LA	N	36	12	0	1	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	4	0	1	0
1961	LA	A	53	13	1	1	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	3	0	3	0
1962	LA	A	48	11	1	3	4	.273	.333	.273	0	1	2	0	0	0
1963	LA	A	57	9	3	2	0	.222	.300	.222	0	1	5	0	2	0
1964	LA	A	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		200	197	11	29	16	.147	.233	.152	1	21	51	2	28	2
Total	AL		162	34	5	6	4	.176	.222	.176	0	2	11	0	5	0
Total			362	231	16	35	20	.152	.232	.156	1	23	62	2	33	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1944).
Sent to Cincinnati Reds by Milwaukee Braves for future considerations (October 6, 1953).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Charlie Rabe to Los Angeles Dodgers (June 23, 1958) completing trade in which Cincinnati Reds traded Johnny Klippstein, Steve Bilko and 2 players to be named later to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Don Newcombe (June 15, 1958).
Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Los Angeles Angels (May 26, 1961).
Released by Los Angeles Angels (September 8, 1962).
Signed by Los Angeles Angels (1963).
Released by Los Angeles Angels (May 15, 1964).

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