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Hank Gowdy
Henry Morgan Gowdy

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 182 lb.

Debut September 13, 1910
Final Game August 29, 1930
Born August 24, 1889 in Columbus, OH
Died August 1, 1966 in Columbus, OH

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 20 NYG NL   7   14    1    3   1  0   0    2   1      2   3  .214  .313  .286   75    4   0           0    
 1911 21 TOT NL  33  101   10   29   5  2   0   16   2      6  19  .287  .333  .376   93   38   2           1    
         NYG NL   4    4    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      2   0  .250  .500  .500  177    2   0           0    
         BSN NL  29   97    9   28   4  2   0   16   2      4  19  .289  .324  .371   89   36   2           1    
 1912 22 BSN NL  44   96   16   26   6  1   3   10   3     16  13  .271  .386  .448  128   43   1           2    
 1913 23 BSN NL   3    5    0    3   1  0   0    2   0      3   2  .600  .750  .800  342    4   0           0    
 1914 24 BSN NL 128  366   42   89  17  6   3   46  14     48  40  .243  .337  .347  100  127   8           4    
 1915 25 BSN NL 118  316   27   78  15  3   2   30  10  4  41  34  .247  .339  .332  105  105   5           3    
 1916 26 BSN NL 118  349   32   88  14  1   1   34   8     24  33  .252  .311  .307   94  107  14           6    
 1917 27 BSN NL  49  154   12   33   7  0   0   14   2     15  13  .214  .288  .260   73   40   6           1    
 1919 29 BSN NL  78  219   18   61   8  1   1   22   5     19  16  .279  .339  .338  107   74   6           1    
 1920 30 BSN NL  80  214   14   52  11  2   0   18   6  1  20  15  .243  .314  .313   83   67   5           2    
 1921 31 BSN NL  64  164   17   49   7  2   2   17   2  0  16  11  .299  .368  .402  109   66   6           2    
 1922 32 BSN NL  92  221   23   70  11  1   1   27   2  1  24  13  .317  .391  .389  105   86   6           3    
 1923 33 TOT NL  76  170   18   46   7  4   1   23   3  1  36  14  .271  .404  .376  109   64   5           2    
         BSN NL  23   48    5    6   1  1   0    5   1  1  15   5  .125  .354  .188   49    9   1           2    
         NYG NL  53  122   13   40   6  3   1   18   2  0  21   9  .328  .427  .451  133   55   4           0    
 1924 34 NYG NL  87  191   25   62   9  1   4   37   1  0  26  11  .325  .411  .445  132   85   0           2    
 1925 35 NYG NL  47  114   14   37   4  3   3   19   0  0  12   7  .325  .389  .491  127   56   3           0    
 1929 39 BSN NL  10   16    1    7   0  0   0    3   0      0   2  .438  .438  .438  121    7   0           0    
 1930 40 BSN NL  16   25    0    5   1  0   0    2   0      3   1  .200  .310  .240   37    6   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1050 2735  270  738 124 27  21  322  59  7 311 247  .270  .351  .358  104  979  67   0   0  30   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        422   42  114  19  4   3   50   9  1  48  38  .270  .351  .358  104  151  10   0   0   5   0
 Career High    128  366   42   89  17  6   4   46  14  4  48  40  .317  .391  .389  107  127  14   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 20 NYG NL   16   11    1   2.4    88| .214  .263| .313  .337| .286  .348| .599  .686|  75  .323  -0.4   0.0     
 1911 21 TOT NL  110   74   12   4.3   101| .287  .276| .333  .355| .376  .380| .709  .735|  93  .540  -1.3  -0.1     
         NYG NL    6    3    1   8.9    98| .250  .272| .500  .350| .500  .374|1.000  .724| 177  .814   0.7   0.1     
         BSN NL  104   71   11   4.1   101| .289  .276| .324  .355| .371  .381| .695  .736|  89  .518  -2.0  -0.2     
 1912 22 BSN NL  115   71   16   6.0   100| .271  .280| .386  .350| .448  .382| .834  .732| 128  .653   4.3   0.4     
 1913 23 BSN NL    8    2    3  40.4    91| .600  .270| .750  .334| .800  .367|1.550  .701| 342  .986   2.3   0.2     
 1914 24 BSN NL  426  285   42   4.0    87| .243  .263| .337  .332| .347  .352| .684  .684| 100  .554   1.2   0.1     
 1915 25 BSN NL  365  247   36   3.9    79| .247  .253| .339  .316| .332  .339| .671  .655| 105  .580   3.8   0.4  71%
 1916 26 BSN NL  393  275   32   3.2    74| .252  .248| .311  .306| .307  .332| .618  .638|  94  .477  -1.4  -0.2     
 1917 27 BSN NL  176  127   11   2.3    74| .214  .250| .288  .306| .260  .330| .548  .636|  73  .341  -4.0  -0.5     
 1919 29 BSN NL  245  164   25   4.1    79| .279  .260| .339  .313| .338  .341| .677  .654| 107  .566   2.6   0.3     
 1920 30 BSN NL  241  168   21   3.4    87| .243  .272| .314  .325| .313  .361| .627  .686|  83  .442  -3.7  -0.4  85%
 1921 31 BSN NL  188  121   24   5.3   101| .299  .290| .368  .340| .402  .400| .770  .740| 109  .565   2.9   0.3 100%
 1922 32 BSN NL  254  158   33   5.6   108| .317  .296| .391  .354| .389  .412| .780  .765| 105  .557   3.5   0.3  66%
 1923 33 TOT NL  213  130   27   5.6   106| .271  .291| .404  .349| .376  .405| .780  .754| 109  .574   4.4   0.5  75%
         BSN NL   66   44    3   1.8   104| .125  .288| .354  .346| .188  .401| .542  .748|  49  .150  -2.5  -0.2  50%
         NYG NL  147   86   24   7.5   106| .328  .292| .427  .351| .451  .406| .878  .757| 133  .698   6.9   0.7 100%
 1924 34 NYG NL  219  129   35   7.3   101| .325  .286| .411  .341| .445  .399| .856  .740| 132  .702  10.3   1.0 100%
 1925 35 NYG NL  129   80   22   7.3   111| .325  .295| .389  .352| .491  .421| .880  .774| 127  .660   4.6   0.4   0%
 1929 39 BSN NL   16    9    3   8.9   117| .438  .299| .438  .362| .438  .436| .876  .798| 121  .708   0.5   0.0     
 1930 40 BSN NL   29   20    2   2.7   124| .200  .308| .310  .366| .240  .458| .550  .824|  37  .190  -2.4  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     3143 2071  345   4.5    90| .270  .270| .351  .330| .358  .367| .709  .698| 104  .556  27.2   2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 20 NYG NL 1B 5 30 3 2 1 .943 .985 6.60 10.08 1911 21 TOT NL 1B 28 267 12 9 9 .969 .985 9.96 9.90 NYG NL 1B 2 22 0 0 0 1.000 .987 11.00 9.90 BSN NL 1B 26 245 12 9 9 .966 .985 9.88 9.90 C 1 6 3 0 0 1.000 .968 9.00 5.60 0 1912 22 BSN NL C 22 82 30 9 5 .926 .969 5.09 5.38 5 1B 7 56 4 0 2 1.000 .988 8.57 9.99 1913 23 BSN NL C 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 4.50 5.10 1 1914 24 BSN NL C 115 475 151 21 11 .968 .970 5.44 5.13 10 1B 9 59 5 1 5 .985 .988 7.11 10.10 1915 25 BSN NL C 114 460 148 16 11 .974 .975 5.33 5.25 6 1916 26 BSN NL C 116 533 158 14 19 .980 .974 5.96 5.42 10 1917 27 BSN NL C 49 204 75 9 3 .969 .975 5.69 5.16 1 1919 29 BSN NL C 74 230 105 8 11 .977 .972 4.53 4.78 3 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 10.80 1920 30 BSN NL C 74 231 104 7 12 .980 .968 4.53 4.59 2 1921 31 BSN NL C 53 162 50 4 3 .981 .971 4.00 4.11 3 1922 32 BSN NL C 72 204 63 8 7 .971 .974 3.71 4.04 2 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.20 1923 33 TOT NL C 58 164 30 3 1 .985 .976 3.34 4.09 1 BSN NL C 15 43 12 1 0 .982 .975 3.67 4.09 1 NYG NL C 43 121 18 2 1 .986 .976 3.23 4.09 0 1924 34 NYG NL C 78 223 51 5 8 .982 .981 3.51 4.11 1 1925 35 NYG NL C 41 124 26 0 1 1.000 .970 3.66 3.90 1 1929 39 BSN NL C 9 11 2 0 1 1.000 .977 1.44 3.57 0 1930 40 BSN NL C 15 31 4 1 0 .972 .975 2.33 4.05 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 20 NYG NL 1B 5 30 3 2 1 .943 .985 6.60 10.08 1911 21 TOT NL 1B 28 267 12 9 9 .969 .985 9.96 9.90 NYG NL 1B 2 22 0 0 0 1.000 .987 11.00 9.90 BSN NL 1B 26 245 12 9 9 .966 .985 9.88 9.90 1912 22 BSN NL 1B 7 56 4 0 2 1.000 .988 8.57 9.99 1914 24 BSN NL 1B 9 59 5 1 5 .985 .988 7.11 10.10 1919 29 BSN NL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 10.80 1922 32 BSN NL 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.20 1911 21 BSN NL C 1 6 3 0 0 1.000 .968 9.00 5.60 0 1912 22 BSN NL C 22 82 30 9 5 .926 .969 5.09 5.38 5 1913 23 BSN NL C 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 4.50 5.10 1 1914 24 BSN NL C 115 475 151 21 11 .968 .970 5.44 5.13 10 1915 25 BSN NL C 114 460 148 16 11 .974 .975 5.33 5.25 6 1916 26 BSN NL C 116 533 158 14 19 .980 .974 5.96 5.42 10 1917 27 BSN NL C 49 204 75 9 3 .969 .975 5.69 5.16 1 1919 29 BSN NL C 74 230 105 8 11 .977 .972 4.53 4.78 3 1920 30 BSN NL C 74 231 104 7 12 .980 .968 4.53 4.59 2 1921 31 BSN NL C 53 162 50 4 3 .981 .971 4.00 4.11 3 1922 32 BSN NL C 72 204 63 8 7 .971 .974 3.71 4.04 2 1923 33 TOT NL C 58 164 30 3 1 .985 .976 3.34 4.09 1 BSN NL C 15 43 12 1 0 .982 .975 3.67 4.09 1 NYG NL C 43 121 18 2 1 .986 .976 3.23 4.09 0 1924 34 NYG NL C 78 223 51 5 8 .982 .981 3.51 4.11 1 1925 35 NYG NL C 41 124 26 0 1 1.000 .970 3.66 3.90 1 1929 39 BSN NL C 9 11 2 0 1 1.000 .977 1.44 3.57 0 1930 40 BSN NL C 15 31 4 1 0 .972 .975 2.33 4.05 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 893 3149 1000 105 93 .975 .973 4.65 4.72 46 1B 51 428 24 12 17 .974 .986 8.86 9.99 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 944 3577 1024 117 110 .975 .974 4.87 5.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1914   WS    BSN PHA     W   4  11   3   6  3  1  1   3   5   1  .545  .688 1.273   1  0   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   7  27   4   7  0  0  0   1   2   2  .259  .310  .259   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  14  42   7  13  3  1  1   4   8   3  .310  .420  .500   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Oldest Player
1925 NL-35-10
1929 NL-39-4
1930 NL-40-3

Youngest Player
1910 NL-20-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 23, 1910: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Dallas (Texas).

July 22, 1911: Traded by the New York Giants with Al Bridwell to the Boston Rustlers for Buck Herzog.

June 7, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Mule Watson to the New York Giants for Jesse Barnes and Earl Smith.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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