Sam Bowens
Baltimore Orioles 1963–1967; Washington Senators 1968–1969
Percentile snapshot
1964 season — qualified batters
of 95 qualified 1964 batters (min 505 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 15 | 52 | 48 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 | 152.3 | 152.0 | .389 | 0.4 |
| 1964 | 139 | 553 | 501 | 58 | 132 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 71 | 42 | 99 | 4 | 3 | .263 | .323 | .453 | .776 | 116.7 | 115.6 | .345 | 2.2 |
| 1965 | 84 | 222 | 203 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 41 | 7 | 1 | .163 | .199 | .296 | .495 | 30.4 | 38.7 | .224 | -1.5 |
| 1966 | 89 | 269 | 243 | 26 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 52 | 9 | 3 | .210 | .275 | .329 | .605 | 73.5 | 75.1 | .276 | -0.4 |
| 1967 | 62 | 132 | 120 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 3 | 4 | .183 | .258 | .342 | .599 | 77.3 | 77.4 | .280 | -0.1 |
| 1968 | 57 | 127 | 115 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .262 | .330 | .592 | 80.6 | 80.7 | .280 | 0.0 |
| 1969 | 33 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .193 | .258 | .211 | .469 | 35.0 | 35.2 | .233 | -0.4 |
Career totals
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 | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-05-22 | MIN @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 1964-08-12 | BOS @ BAL Gameday | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1964-08-08 | BAL @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1966-07-01 | MIN @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1966-06-08 | TEX @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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.