John Sowders
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Age: 72
Bats/Throws: R/L
6'0" / N/A
12/10/1866 - 7/29/1939
(72 years, 7 months, 19 days)
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MLB Regular Season
| Season | Team | Level | Age | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | SV SV - Saves | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | IP IP - Innings Pitched | divider | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP) | HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio | divider | vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info) | divider | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | xERA xERA - Expected ERA | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale | xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | IND | MLB | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | .565 | 18.8% | 21.00 | 8.28 | -0.1 | ||||||||
| 1889 | KCC | MLB | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 185.0 | 5.06 | 5.11 | 0.44 | .318 | 43.2% | 4.82 | 4.29 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 1890 | BKW | MLB | 23 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 37 | 309.0 | 2.65 | 4.69 | 0.09 | .313 | 56.3% | 3.82 | 4.16 | 3.9 | ||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 25 | 32 | 1 | 65 | 60 | 497.0 | 3.53 | 4.91 | 0.22 | .317 | 50.9% | 4.29 | 4.23 | 5.3 |
| Season | Team | Level | Age | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | SV SV - Saves | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | IP IP - Innings Pitched | divider | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP) | HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio | divider | vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info) | divider | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | xERA xERA - Expected ERA | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale | xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | IND | MLB | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | .565 | 18.8% | 21.00 | 8.28 | -0.1 | ||||||||
| 1889 | KCC | MLB | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 185.0 | 5.06 | 5.11 | 0.44 | .318 | 43.2% | 4.82 | 4.29 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 1890 | BKW | MLB | 23 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 37 | 309.0 | 2.65 | 4.69 | 0.09 | .313 | 56.3% | 3.82 | 4.16 | 3.9 | ||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 25 | 32 | 1 | 65 | 60 | 497.0 | 3.53 | 4.91 | 0.22 | .317 | 50.9% | 4.29 | 4.23 | 5.3 |
MLB Regular Season
| Season | Team | Level | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | QS QS - Quality Starts; pitched at least 6 innings and gave up 3 or fewer earned runs | CG CG - Complete Games | ShO ShO - Shoutouts | SV SV - Saves | HLD HLD - Holds | BS BS - Blown Saves | IP IP - Innings Pitched | TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced | H H - Hits Allowed | R R - Runs Allowed | ER ER - Earned Runs | HR HR - Home Runs | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional | HBP HBP - Hit Batters | WP WP - Wild Pitches | BK BK - Balks | SO SO - Strikeouts |
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| 1887 | IND | MLB | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1889 | KCC | MLB | 6 | 16 | 4.82 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 185.0 | 204 | 181 | 99 | 9 | 105 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 104 | |||||
| 1890 | BKW | MLB | 19 | 16 | 3.82 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 309.0 | 358 | 233 | 131 | 3 | 161 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 91 | |||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 25 | 32 | 4.29 | 65 | 60 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 497.0 | 573 | 427 | 237 | 12 | 271 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 195 |
| Season | Team | Level | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | QS QS - Quality Starts; pitched at least 6 innings and gave up 3 or fewer earned runs | CG CG - Complete Games | ShO ShO - Shoutouts | SV SV - Saves | HLD HLD - Holds | BS BS - Blown Saves | IP IP - Innings Pitched | TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced | H H - Hits Allowed | R R - Runs Allowed | ER ER - Earned Runs | HR HR - Home Runs | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional | HBP HBP - Hit Batters | WP WP - Wild Pitches | BK BK - Balks | SO SO - Strikeouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | IND | MLB | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1889 | KCC | MLB | 6 | 16 | 4.82 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 185.0 | 204 | 181 | 99 | 9 | 105 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 104 | |||||
| 1890 | BKW | MLB | 19 | 16 | 3.82 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 309.0 | 358 | 233 | 131 | 3 | 161 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 91 | |||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 25 | 32 | 4.29 | 65 | 60 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 497.0 | 573 | 427 | 237 | 12 | 271 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 195 |
MLB Regular SeasonAverages
| Season | Team | Level | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | divider | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF) | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF) | K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average Against | WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | divider | ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | divider | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | IND | MLB | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .565 | 5.33 | .565 | 18.8% | 518 | 199 | 8.28 | |||||||
| 1887 | 2.90 | 2.97 | 0.98 | 0.30 | .281 | 1.43 | .300 | 52.0% | 4.10 | |||||||||||
| 1889 | KCC | MLB | 5.06 | 5.11 | 0.99 | 0.44 | .281 | 1.67 | .318 | 43.2% | 119 | 108 | 4.29 | |||||||
| 1889 | 3.64 | 3.46 | 1.05 | 0.32 | .273 | 1.44 | .297 | 55.0% | 4.05 | |||||||||||
| 1890 | BKW | MLB | 2.65 | 4.69 | 0.57 | 0.09 | .291 | 1.68 | .313 | 56.3% | 87 | 95 | 4.16 | |||||||
| 1890 | 3.50 | 3.75 | 0.93 | 0.24 | .270 | 1.46 | .295 | 55.3% | 4.11 | |||||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 3.53 | 4.91 | 0.72 | 0.22 | .290 | 1.70 | .317 | 50.9% | 102 | 101 | 4.23 |
| Season | Team | Level | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | divider | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF) | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF) | K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average Against | WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | divider | ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | divider | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | IND | MLB | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .565 | 5.33 | .565 | 18.8% | 518 | 199 | 8.28 | |||||||
| 1887 | 2.90 | 2.97 | 0.98 | 0.30 | .281 | 1.43 | .300 | 52.0% | 4.10 | |||||||||||
| 1889 | KCC | MLB | 5.06 | 5.11 | 0.99 | 0.44 | .281 | 1.67 | .318 | 43.2% | 119 | 108 | 4.29 | |||||||
| 1889 | 3.64 | 3.46 | 1.05 | 0.32 | .273 | 1.44 | .297 | 55.0% | 4.05 | |||||||||||
| 1890 | BKW | MLB | 2.65 | 4.69 | 0.57 | 0.09 | .291 | 1.68 | .313 | 56.3% | 87 | 95 | 4.16 | |||||||
| 1890 | 3.50 | 3.75 | 0.93 | 0.24 | .270 | 1.46 | .295 | 55.3% | 4.11 | |||||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 3.53 | 4.91 | 0.72 | 0.22 | .290 | 1.70 | .317 | 50.9% | 102 | 101 | 4.23 |

