Dick Fowler
1941–1952 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics
226G
.186AVG
.213OBP
.218SLG
More career statistics
88H
1HR
32RBI
0SB
66–79W–L
1,303.0IP
382K
4.11ERA
170GS
4SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 472 | 471 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 69 | 68 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 502 | 501 |
| Batting · Runs | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · RBI | 32 | 31 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,680 | 5,677 |
| Pitching · p er | 595 | 592 |
| Pitching · p hr | 96 | 98 |
| Pitching · p k | 382 | 383 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | 502 | 472 | 22 | 88 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103 | .186 | .213 | .218 | .431 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,303.0 | 221 | 170 | 75 | 66 | 79 | 4 | 1,367 | 685 | 595 | 96 | 578 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 4.11 | 1.493 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1949-09-04 to 1949-09-27
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1949-06-09 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1945-09-09 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1945-09-09 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 115 | 234 | 39 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 32 | .180 | .205 | .207 |
| Away | 111 | 267 | 49 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 36 | .193 | .206 | .228 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .238 |
| May | 41 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .232 | .237 | .246 |
| June | 39 | 101 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | .172 | .198 | .204 |
| July | 47 | 117 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 12 | .174 | .214 | .202 |
| August | 39 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | .156 | .163 | .200 |
| September | 43 | 94 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .202 | .213 | .247 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 42 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | .163 | .171 | .221 |
| cleveland-guardians | 38 | 93 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | .207 | .204 | .230 |
| boston-red-sox | 35 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | .214 | .257 | .229 |
| chicago-white-sox | 31 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | .176 | .197 | .221 |
| new-york-yankees | 31 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .095 | .136 | .095 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 28 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .190 | .194 | .190 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .262 | .304 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 24 | 8 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 50 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .160 | 140 | 38 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 17 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .471 | 37 | 21 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 71 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .183 | 205 | 89 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 82 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .171 | 227 | 76 |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 29 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 8 | – | .171 | 204 | 50 |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 77 | 18 | – | 10 | – | .234 | 213 | 43 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 26 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .192 | 66 | 15 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 22 | 42 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .190 | 125 | 29 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 15 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 58 | 14 |