Bill Sowders
[edit] Biography
Born on November 29, 1864 in Louisville, Kentucky, Bill Sowders (William Jefferson Sowders) played for the Boston Beaneaters and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 3 year career. Sowders broke into the bigs on April 24, 1888 with the Boston Beaneaters, and put up a 2.07 ERA in 317 innings pitched in 1888, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1888
| BOS
| N
| 36
| 35
| 19
| 15
| 2.07
| 132
| 155
| 73
| 34
| 2
| 0
| 317
| 278
| 3
| 73
| 0
| 14
| 9
|
| 1889
| PIT
| N
| 13
| 11
| 6
| 5
| 7.35
| 33
| 55
| 43
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 52.2
| 94
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1889
| BOS
| N
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 5.14
| 10
| 35
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 42
| 53
| 3
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1889
| TOT
| N
| 20
| 15
| 7
| 7
| 6.37
| 43
| 90
| 67
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 94.2
| 147
| 4
| 52
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| 15
| 11
| 3
| 8
| 4.42
| 30
| 77
| 52
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 117
| 1
| 24
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 71
| 61
| 29
| 30
| 3.34
| 205
| 322
| 192
| 55
| 2
| 2
| 517.2
| 542
| 8
| 149
| 0
| 28
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1888
| BOS
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 69
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1889
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| PIT
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1889
| BOS
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| TOT
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 30
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 108
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1888
| BOS
| N
| 36
| 122
| 14
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .148
| .168
| .164
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| PIT
| N
| 15
| 48
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .271
| .314
| .292
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| BOS
| N
| 7
| 17
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .235
| .278
| .235
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 65
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .262
| .304
| .277
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| 17
| 50
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .180
| .212
| .180
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 75
| 237
| 23
| 44
| 0
| 15
| .186
| .215
| .198
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Pittsburgh Alleghenys for $1000 (@July 20, 1889).
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