John Bowker stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2008
- Draft
- 2004Rd 3, Pk 100
- College
- Long Beach State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2008
- Draft
- 2004Rd 3, Pk 100
- College
- Long Beach State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 240
- AB
- 574
- R
- 54
- H
- 133
- HR
- 17
- RBI
- 73
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .232
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SF | 111 | 326 | 31 | 83 | 10 | 43 | 1 | .255 |
| 2009 | SF | 31 | 67 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .194 |
| 2010 |  SF/PIT | 67 | 151 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 21 | 0 | .219 |
| 2011 |  PIT/PHI | 31 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 622
- TB
- 219
- XBH
- 47
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 4
- GIDP
- 11
- P/PA
- 3.81
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SF | 350 | 133 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | SF | 73 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| 2010 | SF/PIT | 167 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | PIT/PHI | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.7
- RC
- 59.8
- RC/27
- 3.50
- ISOP
- .150
- SECA
- .216
- BB/K
- 0.29
- AB/HR
- 33.8
- GO/FO
- 0.70
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SF | -1.3 | 38.4 | 4.1 | .153 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 32.6 | 0.6 |
| 2009 | SF | -0.2 | 6.6 | 3.2 | .179 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 33.5 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | SF/PIT | 0.1 | 14.9 | 3.2 | .152 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30.2 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | PIT/PHI | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | .033 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.6 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were John Bowker's career stats?
John Bowker played 4 seasons for the Giants. He was a career .232 hitter with 133 hits, 17 home runs and 73 RBI. His best season was 2008: a .255 batting average, 10 home runs and 43 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
4 seasons, 2008 to 2011
Championships
- 2010 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
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