Red Bowser

{{Short description|American baseball player (1881–1943)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Red Bowser |image=Red Bowser 1910.jpg |position=Outfielder |bats=Unknown |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{birth date|1881|9|20}} |birth_place=Freeport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1943|5|22|1881|9|20}} |death_place=Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 13 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1910}} |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 13 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1910}} |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games played |stat1value=1 |stat2label=At bats |stat2value=2 |stat3label=Hits |stat3value=0 |teams= *Chicago White Sox (1910) }} '''James Harvey "Red" Bowser''' (September 20, 1881 – May 22, 1943) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox.<ref name="statistics">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bowsere01.shtml "Red Bowser Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-27.</ref>

==Biography== Bowser was born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, and started his professional baseball career in 1908. He played for the Flint Vehicles of the Southern Michigan League.<ref name="minors">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bowser001jam "Red Bowser Minor League Statistics & History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-27.</ref> After two seasons with batting averages of .272 and .284, Bowser was the star of the SML in 1910, when he batted .342, slugged .569, and hit 14 home runs. He led the league in all three categories and hit more homers than any two other players combined.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=14094 "1910 Southern Michigan League Batting Leaders"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-27.</ref>

Bowser was then purchased by the American League's White Sox and joined the team late in the season. He played in one game for them, going 0 for 2 at the plate.<ref name="statistics"/> The following season, he returned to the minor leagues. He batted just .246, and his organized baseball career ended in 1912.<ref name="minors"/>

Bowser died in Moundsville, West Virginia, at the age of 61.<ref name="statistics"/>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/bowsere01|brm=bowser001jam}} * [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/red-bowser/ Red Bowser] at SABR Bio Project {{Chicago White Sox}}

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