Bob Bowman (pitcher)
American baseball player (1910-1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert James Bowman (October 3, 1910 – September 4, 1972) was an American professional baseball player. The native of Keystone, West Virginia, a right-handed pitcher, played all or portions of four Major League Baseball seasons (1939–1942) as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled a 26–17 record in 109 appearances, 71 of them as a relief pitcher, with nine saves, 13 complete games, two shutouts, a 3.82 earned run average and 146 strikeouts in 365 innings pitched. He allowed 360 hits and 139 bases on balls.
Bob Bowman | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1910-10-03)October 3, 1910 Keystone, West Virginia, U.S. | |
Died: September 4, 1972(1972-09-04) (aged 61) Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 21, 1939, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 25, 1942, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 26–17 |
Earned run average | 3.82 |
Strikeouts | 146 |
Teams | |
Bowman is most noted as being the pitcher who in June 1940 beaned former Cardinal teammate Joe Medwick, an incident that nearly cost Medwick his life.[1][2]