Hank Gowdy
Harry Morgan Gowdy
Born: August 24, 1889
Columbus, OH USA
Deceased: 1966
Columbus, OH USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 182
Career: 1910-1930
Minor League Statistics
Hank Gowdy compiled a career batting average of .270 with 21 home runs and 322 RBI in his 1049-game career with the New York Giants, Boston Rustlers and Boston Braves. He began playing during the 1910 season and last took the field during the 1930 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | NL | New York Giants | 7 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .214 | .313 | .286 | .598 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | NL | New York Giants | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | NL | Boston Rustlers | 29 | 104 | 97 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .289 | .324 | .371 | .695 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | NL | Boston Braves | 44 | 115 | 96 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 13 | .271 | .386 | .448 | .834 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | NL | Boston Braves | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .600 | .750 | .800 | 1.550 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | NL | Boston Braves | 128 | 426 | 366 | 42 | 89 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 40 | .243 | .337 | .347 | .684 | 127 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | NL | Boston Braves | 118 | 365 | 316 | 27 | 78 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 34 | .247 | .339 | .332 | .671 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | NL | Boston Braves | 118 | 393 | 349 | 32 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 33 | .252 | .311 | .307 | .618 | 107 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NL | Boston Braves | 49 | 176 | 154 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .214 | .288 | .260 | .548 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | NL | Boston Braves | 78 | 245 | 219 | 18 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 16 | .279 | .339 | .338 | .677 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NL | Boston Braves | 80 | 241 | 214 | 14 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 15 | .243 | .314 | .313 | .627 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NL | Boston Braves | 64 | 188 | 164 | 17 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .299 | .368 | .402 | .771 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NL | Boston Braves | 92 | 254 | 221 | 23 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | .317 | .391 | .389 | .780 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | Boston Braves | 23 | 66 | 48 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .125 | .354 | .188 | .541 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | 53 | 147 | 122 | 13 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | .328 | .427 | .451 | .877 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | 87 | 219 | 191 | 25 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11 | .325 | .411 | .445 | .856 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NL | New York Giants | 47 | 129 | 114 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .325 | .389 | .491 | .880 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NL | Boston Braves | 10 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .438 | .438 | .438 | .875 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | 16 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .200 | .310 | .240 | .550 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1050 | 3143 | 2735 | 270 | 738 | 124 | 27 | 21 | 322 | 59 | 7 | 311 | 247 | .270 | .351 | .358 | .709 | 979 | 0 | 30 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | NL | New York Giants | 1B | 5 | 3 | 32.0 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 9.281 | 6.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1911 | NL | New York Giants | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1911 | NL | Boston Rustlers | 1B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | 12 | 9 | 9 | .966 | 9.885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1911 | NL | Boston Rustlers | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1912 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1912 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 30 | 9 | 5 | .926 | 5.091 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1913 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1914 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 7.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1914 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | 475 | 151 | 21 | 11 | .968 | 5.443 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1915 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 460 | 148 | 16 | 11 | .974 | 5.333 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1916 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 533 | 158 | 14 | 19 | .980 | 5.957 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1917 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 75 | 9 | 3 | .969 | 5.694 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1919 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1919 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 230 | 105 | 8 | 11 | .977 | 4.527 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1920 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 | 104 | 7 | 12 | .980 | 4.527 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1921 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 50 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 4.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1922 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1922 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 63 | 8 | 7 | .971 | 3.708 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | C | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 3.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1923 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 3.667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | C | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 223 | 51 | 5 | 8 | .982 | 3.513 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1925 | NL | New York Giants | C | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 124 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.659 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1929 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | C | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 944 | 3 | 32.0 | 3577 | 1024 | 117 | 110 | .975 | 1294.031 | 4.874 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 4 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .545 | .688 | 1.273 | 1.960 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 7 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .259 | .310 | .259 | .570 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 50 | 42 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .310 | .420 | .500 | .920 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 39.0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.077 | 8.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | WS | C | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 66.7 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 5.670 | 6.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 13 | 13 | 115.7 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 6.536 | 6.462 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1916 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
