Robert James Bowman

Full Name: Robert James Bowman	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/160	First Game: April 21, 1939
Birthdate: October 3, 1910	Final Game: May 25, 1942
Birthplace: Keystone, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: September 4, 1972
Deathplace: Bluefield, West Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 3, 1910 in Keystone, West Virginia, Bob Bowman (Robert James Bowman) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 4 year career. Bowman broke into the bigs on April 21, 1939 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 169.1 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Bowman's best season was 1939, when he posted a 2.60 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 78 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1939	STL	N	51	15	13	5	2.60	78	54	49	4	2	9	169.1	141	8	60	3	1
1940	STL	N	28	17	7	5	4.33	43	66	55	7	0	0	114.1	118	9	43	4	4
1941	NY	N	29	6	6	7	5.71	25	55	51	2	0	1	80.1	100	10	36	2	1
1942	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Total			109	38	26	17	3.82	146	175	155	13	2	10	365	360	27	139	9	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	AVG
1939	STL	N	P	51	4	30	2	.944
1940	STL	N	P	28	2	23	1	.962
1941	NY	N	P	29	4	20	0	1.000
1942	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	109	10	73	3	.965

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1939	STL	N	51	47	2	4	0	1	.085	.157	.106	1	4	29	5	0
1940	STL	N	28	33	2	2	0	2	.061	.162	.061	0	4	17	2	0
1941	NY	N	29	21	1	1	1	1	.048	.130	.190	0	2	15	3	1
1942	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			109	101	5	7	1	4	.069	.153	.109	1	10	61	10	1

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Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants (December 5, 1940).
Traded by New York Giants to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Hank Leiber (December 3, 1941).

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