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Hank
Gowdy		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 187
 
Born: August 24, 1889 in Usa, OH, COLUMBUS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1914    1916    1919   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1910 20 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
1911 21 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6
1912 22 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1913 23 DET AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1914 24 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9
1915 25 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 5 5 5 10 9 9
1916 26 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1917 27 DET AL $ 1,864,286   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1918 28 DET AL $ 1,864,286   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1919 29 DET AL $ 1,864,286   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1920 30 DET AL $ 3,520,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1921 31 DET AL $ 3,520,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
1922 32 PHA AL $ 2,260,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1923 33 PHA AL $ 2,260,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1924 34 PHA AL     7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,520,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 6 6 6 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1910 20 A   128 492 25 107 19 3 0 21 6 7 52 165 .217 .292 .268 .561 38.9  
1911 21 A   131 494 40 106 18 1 0 25 9 8 77 143 .215 .320 .255 .576 45.5  
1912 22 A   132 489 44 123 24 1 4 33 11 10 64 112 .252 .338 .329 .667 56.5  
1913 23 AAA   22 90 10 22 4 0 0 9 0 0 5 10 .244 .284 .289 .573 7.1  
    AA   31 105 13 26 4 0 5 14 1 2 16 15 .248 .347 .429 .776 16.0  
    A   76 298 24 88 14 3 6 40 4 4 32 46 .295 .364 .423 .786 44.5  
1914 24 DET AL 140 533 53 156 18 3 1 66 5 2 41 42 .293 .343 .343 .686 62.0 12.4
1915 25 DET AL 123 423 40 109 8 2 3 48 5 2 41 36 .258 .321 .307 .629 45.0 9.0
1916 26 DET AL 147 527 57 140 14 4 1 55 4 1 66 34 .266 .345 .313 .658 59.6 11.4
1917 27 DET AL 145 538 79 161 22 8 0 72 2 1 69 43 .299 .378 .370 .748 75.3 18.6
1918 28 DET AL 126 430 51 111 17 5 3 61 0 2 52 44 .258 .339 .342 .681 48.2 11.1
1919 29 DET AL 121 458 62 117 21 3 6 49 1 0 39 45 .255 .315 .354 .669 48.1 9.9
1920 30 DET AL 114 386 39 98 18 8 4 47 0 0 43 29 .254 .327 .373 .700 45.7 7.0
1921 31 DET AL 87 173 18 51 6 1 0 24 0 0 13 14 .295 .344 .341 .685 20.1 2.5
1922 32 DET AL 45 144 14 40 4 0 2 17 1 0 13 11 .278 .333 .347 .681 16.4 1.8
  PHA AL 49 123 13 32 2 3 1 21 0 0 8 3 .260 .303 .350 .653 11.6 1.5
  TOT   94 267 27 72 6 3 3 38 1 0 21 14 .270 .320 .348 .668 27.9 3.3
1923 33 PHA AL 19 61 2 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 4 .279 .323 .328 .651 5.0 0.5
    AAA   117 465 85 168 19 2 14 87 5 4 67 32 .361 .442 .501 .943 96.3  
1924 34 AAA   115 419 56 132 23 1 2 52 4 11 69 41 .315 .412 .389 .801 66.6  
    AA   16 70 10 26 4 1 1 10 0 1 3 4 .371 .397 .500 .897 11.8  
10 Years Sim 1116 3796 428 1032 133 37 21 467 18 8 389 305 .272 .339 .343 .682 437.0 85.7
3 Years AAA 254 974 151 322 46 3 16 148 9 15 141 83 .331 .416 .433 .849 169.9  
2 Years AA 47 175 23 52 8 1 6 24 1 3 19 19 .297 .367 .457 .824 27.8  
4 Years A 467 1773 133 424 75 8 10 119 30 29 225 466 .239 .323 .307 .630 185.3  
9 Years Minors 768 2922 307 798 129 12 32 291 40 47 385 568 .273 .357 .358 .715 383.1  
162 Game Average 551 62 149 19 5 3 67 2 1 56 44 .272 .339 .343 .682 63.4  
Career Highs 147 538 79 161 22 8 6 72 5 2 69 45 .299 .378 .373 .748 75.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2655 300 709 104 25 15 336 11 6 276 229 .267 .335 .342 .677 312.1
vs LH   1141 128 323 29 12 6 131 7 2 113 76 .283 .347 .345 .692 140.5
Home 571 1923 202 517 63 15 16 238 6 4 184 166 .269 .332 .342 .674 222.9
Away 545 1873 226 515 70 22 5 229 12 4 205 139 .275 .346 .344 .689 229.7
RISP   1064 0 307 36 11 3 418 0 0 114 90 .289 .352 .352 .703 136.3
Pinch Hitting   88 7 20 2 1 0 12 0 0 8 10 .227 .299 .273 .572 7.2
Close/Late   503 46 158 16 8 4 71 0 0 69 38 .314 .397 .402 .798 80.9
Mar/Apr 124 431 53 123 12 5 2 56 7 0 51 31 .285 .358 .350 .708 57.8
May 210 734 84 209 21 7 4 98 3 1 58 58 .285 .337 .349 .686 86.2
June 203 698 83 180 24 8 6 88 2 3 72 57 .258 .326 .341 .667 79.4
July 178 596 57 156 27 5 1 61 2 2 51 56 .262 .319 .329 .648 62.4
August 177 591 76 151 18 4 3 66 1 1 60 35 .255 .324 .315 .639 62.5
Sep/Oct 224 746 75 213 31 8 5 98 3 1 97 68 .286 .367 .369 .735 104.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1914 24 DET AL 3B 138 138 1228.3 92 295 16 19 .960 2.84 0 0 .000 0 5.0
1915 25 DET AL 3B 111 110 996.7 51 265 8 14 .975 2.85 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    1B 2 2 17.0 31 2 0 3 1.000 17.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1916 26 DET AL 3B 147 146 1302.3 88 307 11 18 .973 2.73 0 0 .000 0 7.0
1917 27 DET AL 3B 144 142 1269.7 92 305 8 24 .980 2.81 0 0 .000 0 7.4
1918 28 DET AL 3B 119 116 1047.0 65 276 16 22 .955 2.93 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    1B 2 2 18.0 20 2 1 1 .957 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1919 29 DET AL 3B 116 116 1028.3 71 278 8 20 .978 3.05 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    1B 1 1 8.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1920 30 DET AL 3B 103 102 910.0 64 221 10 15 .966 2.82 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    1B 3 3 26.0 37 0 0 4 1.000 12.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1921 31 DET AL 3B 43 21 248.0 11 53 3 3 .955 2.32 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 12 11 87.0 109 8 1 9 .992 12.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1922 32 DET AL 3B 37 35 342.3 22 89 3 7 .974 2.92 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    1B 1 0 6.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 1.000 16.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHA AL 3B 40 39 282.4 18 73 2 5 .978 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 1 1 5.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 0.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 77 74 624.7 40 162 5 12 .976 2.91   2.9
      1B 2 1 11.0 16 2 0 2 1.000 14.73   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1923 33 PHA AL 3B 18 18 142.0 7 30 0 1 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  3B 1016 983 8797.0 581 2192 85 148 .970 2.84 0 0 .000 0 46.9
  1B 22 20 167.0 225 14 2 21 .992 12.88 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1040 1003 8967.0 807 2208 87 169 .972 3.03 0 0 .000 0 47.3
Career Highs   147 146 1302.3 120 307 17 24 1.000 4.85 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 27 DET AL 4 13 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 .308 .471 .538 1.009
Career Post-Season Batting 4 13 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 .308 .471 .538 1.009
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1917-8-.378
 Games
1916-6-147
1917-6-145
 Hits
1914-10-156
 Singles
1914-3-134
1917-9-131
 Homeruns
1919-5-6
 Walks
1916-9-66
1917-8-69
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1910
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1913 (Going to BSN: P Harry Coveleski. Going to DET: 3B Hank Gowdy)
Had first career hit on 4/17/1914, off Jake Boultes (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 10/6/1914, off Bill Chappelle (SLA)
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1914
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1916, hitting .550 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1916
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
8/30/1919: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,520,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 9/29/1919
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1919
8/30/1921: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,260,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Detroit to Philadelphia (A) on 6/1/1922 (Going to PHA: 3B Hank Gowdy. Going to DET: LF Billy Zitzmann)
2/23/1923: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (A)
 
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