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Art Fowler

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: July 3, 1922 in Converse, SC us

Died: January 29, 2007 in Spartanburg, SC

Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, SC

High School: Spartanburg HS (Spartanburg, SC)

Debut: April 17, 1954 (Age 31-288d, 11,103rd in major league history)
vs. MLN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 4, 1964 (Age 41-306d)
vs. KCA 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: John Arthur Fowler

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Relatives: Brother of Jesse Fowler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.9

ERA

4.03

362

1024.0

539

WHIP

1.315

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-33 / in Starts: 0-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 25

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	201	39	May 28	LAA		DET	L,4-9	GS-6		99	6.0	3	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.00	5.57	24	6	10	0	1	3	57			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.145	.58	0.05%	1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
2	202	41	May 31	LAA	@	WSA	W,5-3	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.84	5.57	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.025	.36	0.01%	0.59	7b -23 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	203	44	Jun 3	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS-7	L(0-1)	2	6.0	6	6	4	4	5	1	0	4.38	5.33	29	7	7	1	0	6	41			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.32	-0.401	.41	-0.08%	-2.42	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
4	204	48	Jun 6(1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	5.19	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.019	.10	0.00%	0.17	9b 1-3 1 out a5	9b end a 4
5	205	53	Jun 9(1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	4.2	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	5.09	4.78	22	4	8	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.237	.12	-0.01%	-1.94	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d3
6	206	56	Jun 11(1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	4.66	5	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
7	207	59	Jun 13(1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.58	4.35	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.01	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
8	208	62	Jun 14(2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,8-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	4.17	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
9	209	65	Jun 17	LAA	@	KCA	W,3-0	8-GF	H(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.97	3.68	6	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.266	.01	0.00%	2.37	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 3
10	210	66	Jun 18	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-3	9-GF(11)	W(1-2)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.51	3.43	11	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.371	.02	0.00%	1.53	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 2
11	211	69	Jun 22	LAA		BOS	L,2-3	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.25	3.44	8	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	0.104	.02	0.00%	1.12	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	212	71	Jun 24	LAA		BAL	W,4-1	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.00	3.17	7	3	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.138	.00	0.00%	1.66	7t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
13	213	72	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,8-9	10-10		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.90	3.09	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.149	.01	0.00%	0.56	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
14	214	73	Jun 26	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	9-GF	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.13	3.46	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	-0.605	.00	0.00%	-2.03	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end d 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	215	78	Jul 2	LAA		CHW	W,8-3	8-GF	S(3)	5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.41	6	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.035	.00	0.00%	1.12	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 5
16	216	80	Jul 4(1)	LAA		KCA	W,12-5	6-GF	S(4)	1	3.1	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.68	3.06	13	2	3	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.014	.00	0.00%	1.07	6t --3 2 out a3	9t end a 7
17	217	81	Jul 4(2)	LAA		KCA	W,7-5	9-GF	S(5)	-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.039	.01	0.00%	0.25	9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
18	218	82	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	9-GF	S(6)	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.61	3.02	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.95	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
19	219	83	Jul 6	LAA	@	MIN	W,12-11	8-GF	W(2-2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	3.00	6	2	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.322	.01	0.00%	1.07	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
20	220	85	Jul 8	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.95	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.027	.01	0.00%	0.45	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
21	221	87	Jul 9(2)	LAA	@	DET	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	2.89	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	222	88	Jul 14	LAA	@	CLE	L,5-7	7-7	BS(2)	4	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.61	2.96	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	-0.458	.01	0.00%	-2.39	7b 1-- 1 out a1	7b 12- 1 out d1
23	223	89	Jul 15	LAA	@	CLE	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	W(3-2)	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.38	2.90	14	5	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.605	.00	0.00%	1.97	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
24	224	91	Jul 16(2)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-4	8-8	BS(3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	2.90	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	-0.145	.01	0.00%	-0.54	8b 12- 0 out a2	8b 3 out tie
25	225	94	Jul 19(2)	LAA		MIN	W,2-1	9-GF	W(4-2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	2.85	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.148	.00	0.00%	0.58	9t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end tie
26	226	95	Jul 21	LAA		WSA	W,16-5	7-GF	S(7)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.19	2.76	8	3	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.94	7t 123 2 out a9	9t end a11
27	227	96	Jul 22	LAA		WSA	W,7-6	7-GF	W(5-2)	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.08	2.63	7	0	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.357	.01	0.00%	1.70	7t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end tie
28	228	98	Jul 24	LAA		DET	L,2-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.33	2.89	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.88	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
29	229	100	Jul 26	LAA		DET	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	2.88	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
30	230	101	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5	7-GF	S(8)	1	3.0	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.33	2.92	10	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.145	.00	0.00%	0.68	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
31	231	103	Jul 30	LAA		CLE	W,8-6	7-GF	S(9)	1	2.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.24	2.84	10	1	4	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.262	.00	0.00%	1.66	7t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	232	104	Aug 2(1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-7	8-8	L(5-3)	2	0.1	3	5	5	1	0	0	0	2.97	2.89	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.98	-0.380	.00	0.00%	-4.02	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 1 out d4
33	233	105	Aug 2(2)	LAA	@	BOS	L,7-8	8-GF	L(5-4)	-1	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.05	3.03	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-0.24	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
34	234	108	Aug 4(2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.29	3.07	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.52	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
35	235	111	Aug 8	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(5-5)	3	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.03	5	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-0.90	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
36	236	113	Aug 10	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.34	3.07	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.61	7b -2- 0 out d2	7b 1-3 2 out d2
37	237	116	Aug 13	LAA	@	CLE	W,8-7	7-8	H(2)	2	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.41	3.30	5	0	3	1	1	1		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.09	7b -23 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
38	238	118	Aug 15	LAA	@	WSA	W,8-7	9-GF	S(10)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.36	3.23	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.193	.00	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
39	239	123	Aug 20	LAA		MIN	L,7-9	7-8		4	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.39	3.44	9	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.88	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
40	240	127	Aug 25	LAA		BOS	L,6-12	7-8		4	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.55	3.36	10	1	3	0	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.88	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d6
41	241	130	Aug 28	LAA		BAL	L,1-8	6-7		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.70	3.41	9	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.88	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
42	242	132	Aug 29(2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	3.33	7	0	4	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.12	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
43	243	133	Aug 30	LAA		BAL	L,4-11	9-GF		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.67	3.48	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.44	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
44	244	135	Aug 31(2)	LAA		KCA	L,5-6	9-9	BL(5-6)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.48	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-0.89	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t -23 1 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
45	245	139	Sep 4(2)	LAA	@	KCA	L,7-13	5-5	BL(5-7)	3	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.13	3.65	3	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.500	.00	0.00%	-3.79	5b 12- 2 out a3	5b 1-- 2 out d1
46	246	145	Sep 11	LAA	@	MIN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.64	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
47	247	147	Sep 14(2)	LAA	@	MIN	L,1-3	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.07	3.67	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.10	7b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 12- 2 out d2
48	248	150	Sep 17(1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-8	4-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.06	3.71	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.23	4b 1-- 2 out d8	4b 3 out d8
49	249	151	Sep 17(2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,3-4	6-7		-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.95	3.63	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.090	.00	0.00%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
50	250	152	Sep 19	LAA	@	DET	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.86	3.53	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
51	251	156	Sep 24	LAA		DET	L,5-7	8-GF(10)	L(5-8)	4	3.0	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.72	3.50	12	2	5	0	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.91	-0.180	.00	0.00%	0.03	8t 1-3 0 out tie	10t end d 2
52	252	158	Sep 27	LAA		WSA	W,8-6	6-7		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.65	3.41	6	2	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.050	.00	0.00%	0.20	6t 123 1 out tie	7t 3 out d2
53	253	162	Oct 1	LAA		CLE	L,5-8	5-7		3	2.2	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	3.64	3.53	11	5	3	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	.58	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.59	5t -23 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
							20-33		W-L:5-8,Sv:10,BSv:5,Hld:2	1.4	89.0	68	42	36	29	79	12	0	3.64	3.53	362	0.69		4%	7%	66	45	43	30%	4	3	0	326	11	1	3	3	2	4	1.18	-0.171	.08	-0.02%	6.79

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