Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2003
- Draft
- 1999Rd 2, Pk 56
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 216
- AB
- 378
- R
- 50
- H
- 79
- HR
- 9
- RBI
- 43
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .209
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MIN | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 |
| 2004 | MIN | 17 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .111 |
| 2006 | SD | 94 | 94 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .245 |
| 2007 |  SD/CHC/ATH | 61 | 156 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 1 | .231 |
| 2008 | ATH | 37 | 91 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .176 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- AB
- 1
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- 1.000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 439
- TB
- 128
- XBH
- 30
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 7
- P/PA
- 4.18
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MIN | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | MIN | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | SD | 110 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | SD/CHC/ATH | 188 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | ATH | 98 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.2 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.4
- RC
- 38.6
- RC/27
- 3.30
- ISOP
- .130
- SECA
- .251
- BB/K
- 0.35
- AB/HR
- 42.0
- GO/FO
- 0.90
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MIN | -0.3 | -0.7 | -1.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | -0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | .111 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 27 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | SD | 0.3 | 13 | 4.7 | .149 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 31.3 | 1 |
| 2007 | SD/CHC/ATH | 0.2 | 21.2 | 4.5 | .141 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 39 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | ATH | -0.2 | 4.4 | 1.5 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 91 | 0.9 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Rob Bowen's career stats?
Rob Bowen played 5 seasons for the Twins, the Padres and the Athletics. He was a career .209 hitter with 79 hits, 9 home runs and 43 RBI. His best season was 2006: a .245 batting average, 3 home runs and 13 RBI.
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