Frank Bowerman
[edit] Biography
Frank Bowerman (Frank Eugene Bowerman) was born on December 5, 1868 in Romeo, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on August 24, 1895 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1897, his rookie year, he hit .315 with 1 home run and 21 RBI. Bowerman played for the Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants and Boston Doves over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that Frank Bowerman's best season was 1899, when he knocked in 53 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1895
| BAL
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| BAL
| N
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 4
| .125
| .176
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| BAL
| N
| 38
| 130
| 16
| 41
| 1
| 21
| .315
| .331
| .377
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| 69
| 241
| 17
| 66
| 0
| 29
| .274
| .297
| .324
| 6
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| 5
| 16
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .438
| .526
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| 74
| 257
| 22
| 73
| 0
| 30
| .284
| .313
| .335
| 7
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| PIT
| N
| 109
| 424
| 49
| 110
| 3
| 53
| .259
| .286
| .366
| 16
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| 80
| 270
| 25
| 65
| 1
| 42
| .241
| .268
| .293
| 5
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 59
| 191
| 20
| 38
| 0
| 14
| .199
| .235
| .257
| 5
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 107
| 367
| 38
| 93
| 0
| 26
| .253
| .279
| .324
| 14
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| 64
| 210
| 22
| 58
| 1
| 31
| .276
| .306
| .338
| 6
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| 93
| 289
| 38
| 67
| 2
| 27
| .232
| .288
| .318
| 11
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| 98
| 297
| 37
| 80
| 3
| 41
| .269
| .322
| .333
| 8
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 11
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| 103
| 285
| 23
| 65
| 1
| 42
| .228
| .274
| .284
| 7
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| NY
| N
| 96
| 311
| 31
| 81
| 0
| 32
| .260
| .309
| .299
| 8
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| BOS
| N
| 86
| 254
| 16
| 58
| 1
| 25
| .228
| .274
| .280
| 8
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 99
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 4
| .212
| .228
| .232
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1045
| 3401
| 343
| 852
| 13
| 392
| .251
| .287
| .314
| 102
| 38
| 129
| 0
| 47
| 71
| 81
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1895
| BAL
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1896
| BAL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1896
| BAL
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1897
| BAL
| N
| C
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 155
| 29
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| C
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 204
| 76
| 16
| 8
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 3
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| C
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| C
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 216
| 83
| 17
| 9
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1899
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 259
| 16
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1899
| PIT
| N
| C
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 276
| 128
| 22
| 7
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| C
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 232
| 136
| 28
| 15
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .688
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| C
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 256
| 67
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| C
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 428
| 143
| 26
| 10
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| C
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 316
| 66
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| C
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 413
| 96
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| C
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 383
| 66
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 142
| 10
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| C
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 300
| 80
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 177
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1907
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 286
| 9
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1907
| NY
| N
| C
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 320
| 70
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1908
| BOS
| N
| C
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 228
| 69
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1908
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1909
| BOS
| N
| C
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 33
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 1197
| 63
| 23
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 826
| 0
| 0
| 3659
| 1072
| 182
| 103
| 0
| 165
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1904
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Pittsburgh Pirates with Tom O'Brien for $2500 (June 3, 1898).
- Assigned to New York Giants by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 9, 1900).
- Traded by New York Giants with Dan McGann, Bill Dahlen, George Browne and Cecil Ferguson to Boston Doves in exchange for Fred Tenney, Al Bridwell and Tom Needham (December 13, 1907).
- Released by Boston Doves (July 19, 1909).
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