Abe Bowman

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Abe Bowman

|position=Pitcher

|image=Abe Bowman.jpeg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|1|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Greenup, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1979|10|11|1893|1|25}}

|death_place=Longview, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 19

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam=Cleveland Naps

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 23

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2-8

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=27

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.74

|teams=

Cleveland Naps/Indians ({{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1915}})

}}

Alvah Edson Bowman (January 25, 1893 – October 11, 1979), nicknamed "Abe", was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played as a swingman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Naps/Indians, from {{by|1914}} to {{by|1915}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bowmaab01.shtml|title=Abe Bowman Stats|date=2020|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

Baseball career

=Minor league career=

Bowman played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 18 non-consecutive seasons, beginning in 1912;{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bowman001alv|title=Abe Bowman Minor Leagues Statistics & History|date=2020|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=February 4, 2020}} he also managed in MiLB from {{by|1927}} to {{by|1933}}. (At times, Bowman served as a player-manager.)

=Major league career=

In Bowman's second year of professional baseball, he was purchased by the MLB Cleveland "Naps" from the Grand Rapids Bill-eds of the Central League, on August 7, 1913. (However, Bowman did not pitch in the major leagues, that season.)

Bowman made his big league debut on May 19, 1914, in a no-decision against the Washington Senators, in Washington — pitching three scoreless innings — in relief of Willie Mitchell.{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/B05190WS11914.htm|title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Washington Senators 4, Cleveland Naps 2|date=May 19, 1914|publisher=Retrosheet|work=retrosheet.com|access-date=February 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1191405190.shtml|title= Cleveland Naps at Washington Senators Box Score|date=May 19, 1914|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=February 4, 2020}} Although Bowman pitched in 22 games for Cleveland in 1914, his role was more limited in 1915. He played the remainder of his baseball career in the minor leagues, last pitching in the 1933 season.