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Larry Bowa played 16 major-league seasons (1970-1985) as a SS (2,222), 2B (5). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 25 | PHI | 145 | 547 | 50 | 137 | 0 | 34 | 24 | 21 | 48 | .250 | .580 | 61 |
| 1971 | 26 | PHI | 159 | 650 | 74 | 162 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 36 | 61 | .249 | .586 | 73 |
| 1972 | 27 | PHI | 152 | 579 | 67 | 145 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 32 | 51 | .250 | .611 | 80 |
| 1973 | 28 | PHI | 122 | 446 | 42 | 94 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 31 | .211 | .501 | 45 |
| 1974 | 29 | PHI | 162 | 669 | 97 | 184 | 1 | 36 | 39 | 23 | 52 | .275 | .636 | 84 |
| 1975 | 30 | PHI | 136 | 583 | 79 | 178 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 32 | .305 | .711 | 104 |
| 1976 | 31 | PHI | 156 | 624 | 71 | 155 | 0 | 49 | 30 | 32 | 31 | .248 | .584 | 72 |
| 1977 | 32 | PHI | 154 | 624 | 93 | 175 | 4 | 41 | 32 | 32 | 32 | .280 | .652 | 81 |
| 1978 | 33 | PHI | 156 | 654 | 78 | 192 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 24 | 40 | .294 | .689 | 99 |
| 1979 | 34 | PHI | 147 | 539 | 74 | 130 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 61 | 32 | .241 | .630 | 79 |
| 1980 | 35 | PHI | 147 | 540 | 57 | 144 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 24 | 28 | .267 | .622 | 80 |
| 1981 | 36 | PHI | 103 | 360 | 34 | 102 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 26 | 17 | .283 | .670 | 97 |
| 1982 | 37 | CHN | 142 | 499 | 50 | 123 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 39 | 38 | .246 | .606 | 76 |
| 1983 | 38 | CHN | 147 | 499 | 73 | 133 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 35 | 30 | .267 | .651 | 87 |
| 1984 | 39 | CHN | 133 | 391 | 33 | 87 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 24 | .223 | .542 | 59 |
| 1985 | 40 | CHN|NYN | 86 | 214 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 22 | .234 | .580 | 68 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | SS | 143 | 141 | 202 | 418 | 13 | 69 |
| 1970 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | SS | 157 | 156 | 272 | 560 | 11 | 97 |
| 1972 | SS | 150 | 147 | 212 | 494 | 9 | 88 |
| 1973 | SS | 122 | 118 | 191 | 361 | 12 | 87 |
| 1974 | SS | 162 | 161 | 256 | 462 | 12 | 104 |
| 1975 | SS | 135 | 135 | 227 | 403 | 25 | 82 |
| 1976 | SS | 156 | 155 | 180 | 492 | 17 | 90 |
| 1977 | SS | 154 | 154 | 222 | 518 | 13 | 94 |
| 1978 | SS | 156 | 155 | 224 | 502 | 10 | 87 |
| 1979 | SS | 146 | 147 | 229 | 448 | 6 | 80 |
| 1980 | SS | 147 | 147 | 225 | 449 | 17 | 70 |
| 1981 | SS | 102 | 100 | 117 | 309 | 11 | 50 |
| 1982 | SS | 140 | 138 | 210 | 396 | 17 | 64 |
| 1983 | SS | 145 | 141 | 230 | 464 | 11 | 102 |
| 1984 | SS | 132 | 123 | 217 | 378 | 16 | 64 |
| 1985 | SS | 75 | 63 | 100 | 203 | 11 | 37 |
| 1985 | 2B | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Larry Bowa won: Gold Glove 1972 (NL), TSN All-Star 1975 (NL), Gold Glove 1978 (NL), TSN All-Star 1978 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1970.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 3 / 24 | 3 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 29 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 25 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 189 / 336 | 3 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.