Lefty Bowe
1939–1940 · bats L / throws L · Chicago American Giants
19G
.094AVG
.094OBP
.094SLG
More career statistics
3H
0HR
1RBI
0SB
4–4W–L
92.1IP
81K
3.02ERA
12GS
4Rare 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 · Games | 19 | 24 |
| Batting · At bats | 32 | 28 |
| Batting · Hits | 3 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 34 | 30 |
| Batting · RBI | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Games | 19 | 24 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 406 | 360 |
| Pitching · p cg | 6 | 9 |
| Pitching · p er | 31 | 8 |
| Pitching · p gs | 12 | 19 |
| Pitching · p h | 76 | 90 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 277 | 370 |
| Pitching · p k | 81 | 91 |
| Pitching · p r | 43 | 59 |
| Pitching · p w | 45 | 35 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .188 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92.3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 3.02 | 1.310 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1939-07-21 to 1939-07-28
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Fifteen K, No Walks | 1940-05-30 | 1 in 3,241 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1940-05-30 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1940-07-28 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CGChicago American Giants | 14 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | .143 | 57 | 50 |
| 1940 | CGChicago American Giants | 10 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 65 | 41 |