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Art Fowler

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Full Name: John Arthur Fowler Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180 First Game: April 17, 1954
Birthdate: July 3, 1922 Final Game: May 4, 1964
Birthplace: Converse, South Carolina MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: January 29, 2007
Deathplace: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 3, 1922 in Converse, South Carolina, Art Fowler (John Arthur Fowler) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 9 year career. Fowler broke into the bigs on April 17, 1954 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.83 ERA in 227.2 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Art Fowler's best season was 1963, when he posted a 2.42 ERA, notched 10 saves and struck out 53 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1954 CIN N 40 29 12 10 3.83 93 112 97 8 1 0 227.2 256 20 85 3 3 4
1955 CIN N 46 28 11 10 3.90 94 96 90 8 3 2 207.2 198 20 63 3 6 1
1956 CIN N 45 23 11 11 4.05 86 92 80 8 0 1 177.2 191 15 35 3 2 0
1957 CIN N 33 7 3 0 6.47 45 65 63 1 0 0 87.2 111 11 24 2 2 2
1959 LA N 36 0 3 4 5.31 47 39 36 0 0 2 61 70 8 23 7 0 0
1961 LA A 53 3 5 8 3.64 78 42 36 0 0 11 89 68 12 29 3 1 0
1962 LA A 48 0 4 3 2.81 38 25 24 0 0 5 77 67 6 25 3 1 1
1963 LA A 57 0 5 3 2.42 53 26 24 0 0 10 89.1 70 5 19 8 1 0
1964 LA A 4 0 0 2 1.29 5 8 8 0 0 1 7 8 2 5 2 0 1
Total NL 200 87 40 35 4.32 365 404 366 25 4 5 761.2 826 74 230 18 13 7
Total AL 162 3 14 16 3.16 174 101 92 0 0 27 262.1 213 25 78 16 3 2
Total 362 90 54 51 4.03 539 505 458 25 4 32 1024 1039 99 308 34 16 9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 CIN N P 40 29 227.2 10 35 2 4 0 3 3 5 0 .957
1955 CIN N P 46 0 0 12 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CIN N P 45 0 0 12 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1957 CIN N P 33 7 87.2 5 15 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1.000
1959 LA N P 36 0 61 2 12 1 0 0 4 4 1 0 .933
1961 LA A P 53 3 89 4 7 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 1.000
1962 LA A P 48 0 77 5 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1963 LA A P 57 0 89.1 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 .929
1964 LA A P 4 0 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 362 39 638.2 55 157 5 6 0 13 17 13 0 .977

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1954 CIN N 40 60 3 6 0 2 .100 .229 .100 0 0 9 19 1 12 0 0 0
1955 CIN N 46 60 6 12 0 7 .200 .254 .200 0 0 5 13 0 7 0 0 1
1956 CIN N 45 48 1 7 0 5 .146 .236 .167 1 0 5 11 1 5 0 0 1
1957 CIN N 33 17 1 3 0 2 .176 .263 .176 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0
1959 LA N 36 12 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1961 LA A 53 13 1 1 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1962 LA A 48 11 1 3 0 4 .273 .333 .273 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LA A 57 9 3 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0
1964 LA A 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 200 197 11 29 0 16 .147 .233 .152 1 0 21 51 2 28 0 0 2
Total AL 162 34 5 6 0 4 .176 .222 .176 0 0 2 11 0 5 0 0 0
Total 362 231 16 35 0 20 .152 .232 .156 1 0 23 62 2 33 0 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1944).
  • Sent to Cincinnati Reds by Milwaukee Braves for future considerations (October 6, 1953).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Charlie Rabe to Los Angeles Dodgers (June 23, 1958) completing trade in which Cincinnati Reds traded Johnny Klippstein, Steve Bilko and 2 players to be named later to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Don Newcombe (June 15, 1958).
  • Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Los Angeles Angels (May 26, 1961).
  • Released by Los Angeles Angels (September 8, 1962).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Angels (1963).
  • Released by Los Angeles Angels (May 15, 1964).

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