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Bill Sowders was born on Tuesday, November 29, 1864, in Louisville, Kentucky. Sowders was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1888, with the Boston Beaneaters. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Sowders baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	William Jefferson Sowders
Nickname:	Little Bill
Born On:	11-29-1864
Born In:	Louisville, Kentucky
Zodiac:	Sagittarius
Died On:	02-02-1951
Died In:	Indianapolis, Indiana
Cemetery:	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00
Weight:	155
First Game:	04-24-1888 (Age 23)
Last Game:	06-19-1890
Draft:	Not Applicable

Bill Sowders Bill Sowders Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1888	Beaneaters	36	35	1	19	15	.559	2.07	34	2	0	317.0	1,311	278	73	155	3	73	-	132	14	9	0	-
1889	Beaneaters	7	4	3	1	2	.333	5.14	3	0	2	42.0	177	53	24	35	3	23	-	10	2	2	0	-
1889	Alleghenys	13	11	-	6	5	.545	7.35	9	0	0	52.2	0	94	43	-	1	29	-	33	-	-	-	-
1890	Alleghenys	15	11	4	3	8	.273	4.42	9	0	0	106.0	490	117	52	77	1	24	-	30	7	2	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
3 Years		71	61	8	29	30	.492	3.34	55	2	2	517.2	1,978	542	192	267	8	149	-	205	23	13	0	-

Bill Sowders Bill Sowders Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1888	Beaneaters	36	122	14	18	2	0	0	0	6	3	-	24	-	-	0	-	.148	.168	.164
1889	Beaneaters	7	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	0	-	.235	.278	.235
1889	Alleghenys	15	48	4	13	1	0	0	0	4	3	-	10	-	-	0	-	.271	.314	.292
1890	Alleghenys	17	50	3	9	0	0	0	0	4	2	-	7	-	-	0	-	.180	.212	.180
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
3 Years		75	237	23	44	3	0	0	0	15	9	-	43	-	-	0	-	.186	.215	.198

Bill Sowders Bill Sowders Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1888 Beaneaters	P	36	35	951	100	2.8	92	23	69	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	2.61	-
1889 Beaneaters	P	7	4	126	14	2.0	14	3	11	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00	-
1889 Alleghenys	OF	2	-	-	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1889 Alleghenys	P	13	11	158	30	2.3	27	8	19	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	4.61	-
1890 Alleghenys	OF	2	-	-	5	2.5	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1890 Alleghenys	P	15	11	318	19	1.3	16	7	9	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.842	1.36	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		71	61	1,553	163	2.3	149	41	108	14	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.914	2.59	--
OF Totals		4	0	0	7	1.8	7	7	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
3 Years		75	61	1,553	170	2.3	156	48	108	14	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.918	2.71	--

Bill Sowders Bill Sowders Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1888 Beaneaters	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.1	20.3	1.81	3.75	2.07
1889 Beaneaters	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.5	17.0	0.43	2.14	4.93
1889 Alleghenys	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.8	12.0	1.14	5.64	4.96
1890 Alleghenys	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.1	12.5	1.25	2.55	2.04
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
3 Years	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.5	15.8	1.38	3.56	2.59

Bill Sowders Bill Sowders Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1888 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1889 Boston Beaneaters	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
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