Hank Gowdy

Catcher

1910—1930

hank-gowdy
Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
#86

Player Detail

Harry Morgan
GIVEN NAME
Gowdy
SURNAME
August 24, 1889, in Columbus, OH
BORN
August 1, 1966, in Columbus, OH, USA
DIED
1910—1930
Playing Career
Played from 20-40
PLAYING AGE
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Braves
PRIMARY TEAM
1914
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 182
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 13, 1910
Major League Debut
August 29, 1930
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Hank Gowdy?

Emerged as unlikely star in 1914 World Series to help MIracle Braves upset favored Athletics.
  • Hank Gowdy Scouting Report

50

HITTING

40

POWER

30

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1050
738
21
321
.270

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
18.7
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.709
.677
104.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.270
.351
.358

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Chief Meyers
Steve O'Neill
George Gibson

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Hank Gowdy Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Gowdy
522
141
52
24
5
4
61
59
47
11
187
206
.270
.351
.358
709
AVG C
540
143
53
22
6
4
43
46
7
191
190
.264
.323
.353
.677

Hank Gowdy Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
86
48
87
77
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
57
NR
73
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Hank Gowdy PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
23.7
13.7
14.1
7.1
3.65
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Hank Gowdy
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
116.3
83.0
UNK
47.0
17.9
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Hank Gowdy
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C