MLB / Players

Art Fowler

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb
BornJuly 3, 1922 · Converse, SC, USA
MLB debutApril 17, 1954
Final gameMay 4, 1964
Seasons9 (1954–1964)

Cincinnati Redlegs 1954–1957; Los Angeles Dodgers 1959; Los Angeles Angels 1961–1964

Percentile snapshot

1956 season — qualified pitchers

G
45
94.3
GS
23
13.2
W
11
22.6
L
11
39.6
SV
1
49.1
CG
8
28.3
SHO
0
0
H
191
58.5
ER
80
66
BB
35
100
SO
86
18.9
HR
15
83
IP
177.7
15.1
ERA
4.05
20.8
WHIP
1.272
60.4
K/9
4.36
41.5
FIP
2.95
98.1
FIP-
74.5
98.1
ERA+
97.8
26.4
sWAR
1.6
20.8

of 54 qualified 1956 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
101.1
42.5
sWAR
10.4
87.3

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
195440826036000291900.100.229.100.329-13.8-11.5.1843.1
1955467460612000751300.200.254.200.45416.520.4.2182.8
195645604817100551100.146.236.167.4036.28.7.2021.6
19573322171300022400.176.263.176.44018.118.6.220-1.5
19593613120100000400.083.083.083.167-80.8-56.4.076-0.3
19615316131100000300.077.077.077.154-84.0-59.6.0701.4
19624812111300041200.273.333.273.60667.464.6.2901.9
1963571293200001500.222.300.222.52257.953.7.2552.0
19644110000000100.000.000.000.000-125.1-100.0.000-0.5

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19544029121008125697859320227.73.831.4983.683.9293.3109.43.1
19554628111028319890639420207.73.901.2574.073.5884.9108.12.8
19564523111118019180358615177.74.051.2724.362.9574.597.81.6
1957337300101116324451187.76.471.5404.624.0198.163.2-1.5
19593603420070362347861.05.311.5256.933.9294.278.3-0.3
1961533581100683629781289.03.641.0907.893.4882.3116.21.4
19624804350067242538677.02.811.1954.443.5588.0143.91.9
196357053100070241953589.32.42.9965.342.6476.7142.32.0
19644002100885527.010.291.8576.437.32216.732.8-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
362
PA
292
AB
231
R
16
H
35
2B
1
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
20
BB
23
SO
62
SB
0
BA
.1515
OBP
.2317
SLG
.1558
OPS
.3875

Pitching

G (P)
362
GS
90
W
54
L
51
SV
32
CG
25
SHO
4
IP
1,024
SO (P)
539
BB allowed
308
ERA
4.025
WHIP
1.3154
K/9
4.74

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1962-07-01LAA @ NYY Gameday202000402
1955-06-20SF @ CIN Gameday212000102
1955-08-10CIN @ CHC Gameday412000102
1956-07-16SF @ CIN Gameday402000102
1954-07-05CHC @ CIN Gameday202000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1954-05-28CIN @ CHC Gameday8.11033680
1955-05-25CIN @ ATL Gameday7.2711370
1956-05-20CIN @ PHI Gameday9.0511261
1956-07-16SF @ CIN Gameday9.0942261
1956-07-04CHC @ CIN Gameday8.01155362

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.