Dick Fowler
[edit] Biography
Born on March 30, 1921 in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), Dick Fowler (Richard John Fowler) played for the Philadelphia Athletics for his entire 10 year career. Fowler broke into the bigs on September 13, 1941 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.95 ERA in 140 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dick Fowler's best season was 1947, when he posted a 2.81 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 75 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 3.38
| 8
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 26
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 17
| 6
| 11
| 4.95
| 38
| 90
| 77
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 140
| 159
| 13
| 45
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1945
| PHI
| A
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 4.82
| 21
| 21
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 37.1
| 41
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 28
| 9
| 16
| 3.28
| 89
| 101
| 75
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 205.2
| 213
| 16
| 75
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 31
| 12
| 11
| 2.81
| 75
| 77
| 71
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 227.1
| 210
| 12
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 26
| 15
| 8
| 3.78
| 50
| 93
| 86
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 204.2
| 221
| 15
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 28
| 15
| 11
| 3.75
| 43
| 108
| 89
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 213.2
| 210
| 13
| 115
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 6.48
| 15
| 52
| 48
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 66.2
| 75
| 7
| 56
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 22
| 22
| 5
| 11
| 5.62
| 29
| 89
| 78
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 141
| 11
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 6.44
| 14
| 43
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 58.2
| 71
| 4
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 221
| 170
| 66
| 79
| 4.11
| 382
| 685
| 595
| 75
| 11
| 4
| 1303
| 1367
| 96
| 578
| 0
| 12
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 18
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1945
| PHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 29
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 46
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 221
| 0
| 0
| 83
| 201
| 13
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 50
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .160
| .176
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| PHI
| A
| 11
| 18
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .444
| .444
| .667
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 71
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .183
| .183
| .197
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 82
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 2
| .171
| .171
| .183
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 82
| 5
| 14
| 1
| 8
| .171
| .200
| .220
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 77
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 11
| .234
| .298
| .260
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 11
| 26
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .192
| .192
| .192
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 22
| 42
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .190
| .261
| .262
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 18
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .063
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 226
| 472
| 22
| 88
| 1
| 32
| .186
| .213
| .218
| 10
| 1
| 15
| 69
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 15
|
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- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (October 17, 1952).
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