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Art Fowler

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Age: 84

Bats/Throws: R/R

5'11" / 180

7/3/1922 - 1/29/2007

(84 years, 6 months, 26 days)

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Stats

MLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1954	CIN	MLB	31	12	10	0	40	29	227.2		3.68	3.36	0.79	.296	73.5%						3.83		3.90		3.3
1955	CIN	MLB	32	11	10	2	46	28	207.2		4.07	2.73	0.87	.258	70.9%						3.90		3.64		3.8
1956	CIN	MLB	33	11	11	1	45	23	177.2		4.36	1.77	0.76	.292	65.4%						4.05		3.09		4.0
1957	CIN	MLB	34	3	0	0	33	7	87.2		4.62	2.46	1.13	.323	59.2%						6.47		3.95		0.8
1959	LAD	MLB	36	3	4	2	36	0	61.0		6.93	3.39	1.18	.321	66.0%						5.31		3.84		0.3
1961	LAA	MLB	38	5	8	11	53	3	89.0		7.89	2.93	1.21	.231	68.6%						3.64		3.55		1.2
1962	LAA	MLB	39	4	3	5	48	0	77.0		4.44	2.92	0.70	.245	80.4%						2.81		3.66		0.3
1963	LAA	MLB	40	5	3	10	57	0	89.1		5.34	1.91	0.50	.243	76.8%						2.42		2.66		1.1
1964	LAA	MLB	41	0	2	1	4	0	7.0		6.43	6.43	2.57	.286	53.6%						10.29		7.46		-0.3
Total	- - -	MLB		54	51	32	362	90	1024.0		4.74	2.71	0.87	.279	69.9%						4.03		3.57		14.5

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1954	CIN	MLB	31	12	10	0	40	29	227.2		3.68	3.36	0.79	.296	73.5%						3.83		3.90		3.3
1955	CIN	MLB	32	11	10	2	46	28	207.2		4.07	2.73	0.87	.258	70.9%						3.90		3.64		3.8
1956	CIN	MLB	33	11	11	1	45	23	177.2		4.36	1.77	0.76	.292	65.4%						4.05		3.09		4.0
1957	CIN	MLB	34	3	0	0	33	7	87.2		4.62	2.46	1.13	.323	59.2%						6.47		3.95		0.8
1959	LAD	MLB	36	3	4	2	36	0	61.0		6.93	3.39	1.18	.321	66.0%						5.31		3.84		0.3
1961	LAA	MLB	38	5	8	11	53	3	89.0		7.89	2.93	1.21	.231	68.6%						3.64		3.55		1.2
1962	LAA	MLB	39	4	3	5	48	0	77.0		4.44	2.92	0.70	.245	80.4%						2.81		3.66		0.3
1963	LAA	MLB	40	5	3	10	57	0	89.1		5.34	1.91	0.50	.243	76.8%						2.42		2.66		1.1
1964	LAA	MLB	41	0	2	1	4	0	7.0		6.43	6.43	2.57	.286	53.6%						10.29		7.46		-0.3
Total	- - -	MLB		54	51	32	362	90	1024.0		4.74	2.71	0.87	.279	69.9%						4.03		3.57		14.5

MLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1954	CIN	MLB	12	10	3.83	40	29		8	1	0			227.2	998	256	112	97	20	85		4	3	0	93
1955	CIN	MLB	11	10	3.90	46	28		8	3	2			207.2	867	198	96	90	20	63	3	1	6	0	94
1956	CIN	MLB	11	11	4.05	45	23		8	0	1			177.2	738	191	92	80	15	35	3	0	2	0	86
1957	CIN	MLB	3	0	6.47	33	7		1	0	0			87.2	392	111	65	63	11	24	2	2	2	0	45
1959	LAD	MLB	3	4	5.31	36	0		0	0	2			61.0	271	70	39	36	8	23	7	0	0	1	47
1961	LAA	MLB	5	8	3.64	53	3		0	0	11			89.0	361	68	42	36	12	29	3	0	1	0	78
1962	LAA	MLB	4	3	2.81	48	0		0	0	5			77.0	319	67	25	24	6	25	3	1	1	0	38
1963	LAA	MLB	5	3	2.42	57	0		0	0	10			89.1	345	70	26	24	5	19	8	0	1	0	53
1964	LAA	MLB	0	2	10.29	4	0		0	0	1			7.0	34	8	8	8	2	5	2	1	0	0	5
Total	- - -	MLB	54	51	4.03	362	90		25	4	32			1024.0	4325	1039	505	458	99	308	31	9	16	1	539

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1954	CIN	MLB	12	10	3.83	40	29		8	1	0			227.2	998	256	112	97	20	85		4	3	0	93
1955	CIN	MLB	11	10	3.90	46	28		8	3	2			207.2	867	198	96	90	20	63	3	1	6	0	94
1956	CIN	MLB	11	11	4.05	45	23		8	0	1			177.2	738	191	92	80	15	35	3	0	2	0	86
1957	CIN	MLB	3	0	6.47	33	7		1	0	0			87.2	392	111	65	63	11	24	2	2	2	0	45
1959	LAD	MLB	3	4	5.31	36	0		0	0	2			61.0	271	70	39	36	8	23	7	0	0	1	47
1961	LAA	MLB	5	8	3.64	53	3		0	0	11			89.0	361	68	42	36	12	29	3	0	1	0	78
1962	LAA	MLB	4	3	2.81	48	0		0	0	5			77.0	319	67	25	24	6	25	3	1	1	0	38
1963	LAA	MLB	5	3	2.42	57	0		0	0	10			89.1	345	70	26	24	5	19	8	0	1	0	53
1964	LAA	MLB	0	2	10.29	4	0		0	0	1			7.0	34	8	8	8	2	5	2	1	0	0	5
Total	- - -	MLB	54	51	4.03	362	90		25	4	32			1024.0	4325	1039	505	458	99	308	31	9	16	1	539

MLB Regular SeasonAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1954	CIN	MLB	3.68	3.36	1.09	0.79		9.3%	8.5%	0.8%		.282	1.50	.296	73.5%		92	93		3.90
1954			4.15	3.67	1.13	0.79		10.7%	9.5%	1.2%		.255	1.40	.270	71.7%					4.70
1955	CIN	MLB	4.07	2.73	1.49	0.87		10.8%	7.3%	3.6%		.247	1.26	.258	70.9%		93	85		3.64
1955			4.43	3.70	1.20	0.91		11.4%	9.5%	1.9%		.253	1.39	.268	71.6%					4.83
1956	CIN	MLB	4.36	1.77	2.46	0.76		11.7%	4.7%	6.9%		.272	1.27	.292	65.4%		102	74		3.09
1956			4.69	3.67	1.28	0.93		12.1%	9.5%	2.6%		.253	1.39	.269	72.0%					4.80
1957	CIN	MLB	4.62	2.46	1.88	1.13		11.5%	6.1%	5.4%		.303	1.54	.323	59.2%		158	98		3.95
1957			4.82	3.29	1.46	0.89		12.5%	8.6%	4.0%		.252	1.34	.271	72.5%					4.58
1959	LAD	MLB	6.93	3.39	2.04	1.18		17.3%	8.5%	8.9%		.282	1.52	.321	66.0%		128	95		3.84
1959			5.13	3.33	1.54	0.92		13.3%	8.6%	4.7%		.251	1.35	.272	71.6%					4.56
1961	LAA	MLB	7.89	2.93	2.69	1.21		21.6%	8.0%	13.6%		.205	1.09	.231	68.6%		84	80		3.55
1961			5.29	3.50	1.51	0.97		13.6%	9.0%	4.6%		.253	1.37	.274	71.2%					4.65
1962	LAA	MLB	4.44	2.92	1.52	0.70		11.9%	7.8%	4.1%		.229	1.19	.245	80.4%		74	94		3.66
1962			5.45	3.39	1.61	0.93		14.1%	8.8%	5.3%		.253	1.36	.276	71.5%					4.54
1963	LAA	MLB	5.34	1.91	2.79	0.50		15.4%	5.5%	9.9%		.215	1.00	.243	76.8%		70	77		2.66
1963			5.81	2.97	1.96	0.84		15.3%	7.8%	7.5%		.241	1.26	.269	73.2%					4.18
1964	LAA	MLB	6.43	6.43	1.00	2.57		14.7%	14.7%	0.0%		.286	1.86	.286	53.6%		299	213		7.46
1964			5.93	2.97	2.00	0.85		15.6%	7.8%	7.8%		.246	1.28	.275	72.9%					4.18
Total	- - -	MLB	4.74	2.71	1.75	0.87		12.5%	7.1%	5.3%		.259	1.32	.279	69.9%		99	87		3.57

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1954	CIN	MLB	3.68	3.36	1.09	0.79		9.3%	8.5%	0.8%		.282	1.50	.296	73.5%		92	93		3.90
1954			4.15	3.67	1.13	0.79		10.7%	9.5%	1.2%		.255	1.40	.270	71.7%					4.70
1955	CIN	MLB	4.07	2.73	1.49	0.87		10.8%	7.3%	3.6%		.247	1.26	.258	70.9%		93	85		3.64
1955			4.43	3.70	1.20	0.91		11.4%	9.5%	1.9%		.253	1.39	.268	71.6%					4.83
1956	CIN	MLB	4.36	1.77	2.46	0.76		11.7%	4.7%	6.9%		.272	1.27	.292	65.4%		102	74		3.09
1956			4.69	3.67	1.28	0.93		12.1%	9.5%	2.6%		.253	1.39	.269	72.0%					4.80
1957	CIN	MLB	4.62	2.46	1.88	1.13		11.5%	6.1%	5.4%		.303	1.54	.323	59.2%		158	98		3.95
1957			4.82	3.29	1.46	0.89		12.5%	8.6%	4.0%		.252	1.34	.271	72.5%					4.58
1959	LAD	MLB	6.93	3.39	2.04	1.18		17.3%	8.5%	8.9%		.282	1.52	.321	66.0%		128	95		3.84
1959			5.13	3.33	1.54	0.92		13.3%	8.6%	4.7%		.251	1.35	.272	71.6%					4.56
1961	LAA	MLB	7.89	2.93	2.69	1.21		21.6%	8.0%	13.6%		.205	1.09	.231	68.6%		84	80		3.55
1961			5.29	3.50	1.51	0.97		13.6%	9.0%	4.6%		.253	1.37	.274	71.2%					4.65
1962	LAA	MLB	4.44	2.92	1.52	0.70		11.9%	7.8%	4.1%		.229	1.19	.245	80.4%		74	94		3.66
1962			5.45	3.39	1.61	0.93		14.1%	8.8%	5.3%		.253	1.36	.276	71.5%					4.54
1963	LAA	MLB	5.34	1.91	2.79	0.50		15.4%	5.5%	9.9%		.215	1.00	.243	76.8%		70	77		2.66
1963			5.81	2.97	1.96	0.84		15.3%	7.8%	7.5%		.241	1.26	.269	73.2%					4.18
1964	LAA	MLB	6.43	6.43	1.00	2.57		14.7%	14.7%	0.0%		.286	1.86	.286	53.6%		299	213		7.46
1964			5.93	2.97	2.00	0.85		15.6%	7.8%	7.8%		.246	1.28	.275	72.9%					4.18
Total	- - -	MLB	4.74	2.71	1.75	0.87		12.5%	7.1%	5.3%		.259	1.32	.279	69.9%		99	87		3.57

MLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	Pos Pos - Position	G G - Games Played	GS GS - Games Started	Inn Inn - Innings Played	PO PO - Putouts	A A - Assists	divider	E E - Errors	FE FE - Fielding Errors	TE TE - Throwing Errors	divider	DP DP - Double Plays	DPS DPS - Double Plays Started	DPT DPT - Double Plays Turned	DPF DPF - Double Plays Finished	divider	Scp Scp - First Baseman Scoops	divider	SB SB - Catcher/Pitcher Stolen Bases	CS CS - Catcher/Pitcher Caught Stealing	PB PB - Catcher/Pitcher Passed Balls	WP WP - Catcher/Pitcher Wild Pitches	divider	FP FP - Fielding Percentage (PO+A)/(PO+A+E)	divider	TZ TZ - Total Zone in runs above average
1954	CIN	MLB	P	40	29	227.2	10	35		2				4												.957
1955	CIN	MLB	P	46	28	207.2	12	30		0				1												1.000
1956	CIN	MLB	P	45	23	177.2	12	35		1				0												.979
1957	CIN	MLB	P	33	7	87.2	5	15		0				0												1.000
1959	LAD	MLB	P	36	0	61.0	2	12		1				0												.933
1961	LAA	MLB	P	53	3	89.0	4	7		0				0												1.000
1962	LAA	MLB	P	48	0	77.0	5	12		0				0												1.000
1963	LAA	MLB	P	57	0	89.1	4	9		1				0												.929
1964	LAA	MLB	P	4	0	7.0	1	2		0				1												1.000
Total	- - -	- - -	P	362	90	1024.0	55	157		5				6												.977

Season	Team	Level	Pos Pos - Position	G G - Games Played	GS GS - Games Started	Inn Inn - Innings Played	PO PO - Putouts	A A - Assists	divider	E E - Errors	FE FE - Fielding Errors	TE TE - Throwing Errors	divider	DP DP - Double Plays	DPS DPS - Double Plays Started	DPT DPT - Double Plays Turned	DPF DPF - Double Plays Finished	divider	Scp Scp - First Baseman Scoops	divider	SB SB - Catcher/Pitcher Stolen Bases	CS CS - Catcher/Pitcher Caught Stealing	PB PB - Catcher/Pitcher Passed Balls	WP WP - Catcher/Pitcher Wild Pitches	divider	FP FP - Fielding Percentage (PO+A)/(PO+A+E)	divider	TZ TZ - Total Zone in runs above average
1954	CIN	MLB	P	40	29	227.2	10	35		2				4												.957
1955	CIN	MLB	P	46	28	207.2	12	30		0				1												1.000
1956	CIN	MLB	P	45	23	177.2	12	35		1				0												.979
1957	CIN	MLB	P	33	7	87.2	5	15		0				0												1.000
1959	LAD	MLB	P	36	0	61.0	2	12		1				0												.933
1961	LAA	MLB	P	53	3	89.0	4	7		0				0												1.000
1962	LAA	MLB	P	48	0	77.0	5	12		0				0												1.000
1963	LAA	MLB	P	57	0	89.1	4	9		1				0												.929
1964	LAA	MLB	P	4	0	7.0	1	2		0				1												1.000
Total	- - -	- - -	P	362	90	1024.0	55	157		5				6												.977

MLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	RA9-WAR RA9-WAR - Wins Above Replacement calculated using Runs Allowed	BIP-Wins BIP-Wins - BABIP wins above average	LOB-Wins LOB-Wins - Sequencing in wins above average (calculated as the difference between RA9-WAR and WAR minus BIP-Wins)	FDP-Wins FDP-Wins - BABIP and Sequencing wins above average, also the difference between RA9-WAR and WAR	divider	RAR RAR - Runs Above Replacement	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement	divider	Dollars Dollars - WAR converted to a dollar scale based on what a player would make in free agency	Salary Salary - The player's actual salary
1954	CIN	MLB	3.2	-1.5	1.4	-0.1		32.3	3.3
1955	CIN	MLB	3.6	0.4	-0.5	-0.2		36.8	3.8
1956	CIN	MLB	1.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.5		37.0	4.0
1957	CIN	MLB	-1.3	-1.1	-0.9	-2.1		7.3	0.8
1959	LAD	MLB	-0.6	-0.6	-0.3	-0.9		2.8	0.3
1961	LAA	MLB	1.0	0.7	-0.9	-0.2		11.8	1.2
1962	LAA	MLB	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1		3.5	0.3
1963	LAA	MLB	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.5		9.9	1.1
1964	LAA	MLB	-0.5	0.0	-0.2	-0.2		-3.0	-0.3
Total	- - -	MLB	9.9	-2.5	-2.0	-4.5		138.2	14.5		$0.0

Season	Team	Level	RA9-WAR RA9-WAR - Wins Above Replacement calculated using Runs Allowed	BIP-Wins BIP-Wins - BABIP wins above average	LOB-Wins LOB-Wins - Sequencing in wins above average (calculated as the difference between RA9-WAR and WAR minus BIP-Wins)	FDP-Wins FDP-Wins - BABIP and Sequencing wins above average, also the difference between RA9-WAR and WAR	divider	RAR RAR - Runs Above Replacement	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement	divider	Dollars Dollars - WAR converted to a dollar scale based on what a player would make in free agency	Salary Salary - The player's actual salary
1954	CIN	MLB	3.2	-1.5	1.4	-0.1		32.3	3.3
1955	CIN	MLB	3.6	0.4	-0.5	-0.2		36.8	3.8
1956	CIN	MLB	1.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.5		37.0	4.0
1957	CIN	MLB	-1.3	-1.1	-0.9	-2.1		7.3	0.8
1959	LAD	MLB	-0.6	-0.6	-0.3	-0.9		2.8	0.3
1961	LAA	MLB	1.0	0.7	-0.9	-0.2		11.8	1.2
1962	LAA	MLB	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1		3.5	0.3
1963	LAA	MLB	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.5		9.9	1.1
1964	LAA	MLB	-0.5	0.0	-0.2	-0.2		-3.0	-0.3
Total	- - -	MLB	9.9	-2.5	-2.0	-4.5		138.2	14.5		$0.0