MLB / Players

Larry Bowa

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 155 lb

BornDecember 6, 1945 · Sacramento, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 7, 1970

Final gameOctober 6, 1985

Seasons16 (1970–1985)

Philadelphia Phillies 1970–1981; Chicago Cubs 1982–1985; New York Mets 1985

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

147

46.2

544

17.7

499

26.2

45.4

133

27.7

20.8

57.7

3.8

RBI

11.5

15.4

95.4

42.3

64.6

.267

36.9

OBP

.312

SLG

.339

11.5

OPS

.651

11.5

wRC+

77.4

OPS+

77.3

11.5

wOBA

.305

16.2

sWAR

1.1

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

68.9

2.7

OPS+

71.1

sWAR

8.1

84.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	145	577	547	50	137	17	6	0	34	21	48	24	13	.250	.277	.303	.580	53.4	56.0	.268	-0.7
1971	159	696	650	74	162	18	5	0	25	36	61	28	11	.249	.293	.292	.586	66.3	67.6	.278	0.4
1972	152	633	579	67	145	11	13	1	31	32	51	17	9	.250	.291	.320	.611	69.7	71.6	.287	0.7
1973	122	476	446	42	94	11	3	0	23	24	31	10	6	.211	.252	.249	.501	28.4	38.0	.231	-1.9
1974	162	717	669	97	184	19	10	1	36	23	52	39	11	.275	.298	.338	.636	73.0	75.2	.300	0.9
1975	136	628	583	79	178	18	9	2	38	24	32	24	6	.305	.334	.377	.711	96.1	95.1	.335	2.5
1976	156	672	624	71	155	15	9	0	49	32	31	30	8	.248	.283	.301	.584	61.3	65.3	.276	0.0
1977	154	675	624	93	175	19	3	4	41	32	32	32	3	.280	.313	.340	.652	72.5	73.9	.299	0.7
1978	156	692	654	78	192	31	5	3	43	24	40	27	5	.294	.319	.370	.689	93.1	92.8	.320	2.6
1979	147	619	539	74	130	17	11	0	31	61	32	20	9	.241	.316	.314	.630	72.3	71.5	.297	0.7
1980	147	577	540	57	144	16	4	2	39	24	28	21	6	.267	.300	.322	.622	66.5	71.3	.286	0.4
1981	103	391	360	34	102	14	3	0	31	26	17	16	7	.283	.331	.339	.670	90.0	88.7	.317	1.4
1982	142	549	499	50	123	15	7	0	29	39	38	8	3	.246	.302	.305	.606	67.3	68.4	.285	0.4
1983	147	544	499	73	133	20	5	2	43	35	30	7	3	.267	.312	.339	.651	77.4	77.3	.305	1.1
1984	133	423	391	33	87	14	2	0	17	28	24	10	4	.223	.274	.269	.542	41.6	48.1	.255	-0.9
1985	86	234	214	15	50	7	4	0	15	13	22	5	1	.234	.276	.304	.580	50.1	55.8	.268	-0.2

Career totals

2,247

131st-most career G

9,103

151st-most career PA

8,418

115th-most career AB

987

371st-most career R

2,191

195th-most career H

262

165th-most career 3B

RBI

525

474

569

318

153rd-most career SB

.2603

OBP

.2996

SLG

.3203

OPS

.6199

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

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1978-09-23	PHI @ NYM Gameday	5	1	5	1	1	0	3	8
1977-06-22	CIN @ PHI Gameday	4	4	4	1	0	1	4	8
1979-05-17	PHI @ CHC Gameday	8	4	5	2	0	0	1	7
1972-09-01	PHI @ ATL Gameday	6	2	4	1	1	0	3	7
1983-05-12	PHI @ CHC Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	7

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.

Honors

2× Gold Glove5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.