Boob Fowler

{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1988)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Boob Fowler

|position=Shortstop

|image=Boob Fowler TCU yearbook photo.png

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1900|11|11}}

|birth_place=Waco, Texas

|death_date={{death date and age|1988|10|8|1900|11|11}}

|death_place=Dallas, Texas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 6

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1923}}

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 5

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1926}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.326

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=18

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1923–25)
• Boston Red Sox (1926)

}}

Joseph Chester "Boob" Fowler (November 11, 1900 – October 8, 1988), also nicknamed "Gink", was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1923–1925) and Boston Red Sox (1926). He stood {{height|ft=5|in=11+1/2}} and weighed {{convert|180|lb}}.

Fowler saw most of his Major League action in 1924, playing in 59 games with a batting average of .333. In 76 games for Cincinnati, he batted .335 (56-for-167). He closed out his MLB career with two games for the Red Sox in 1926, going 1-for-8 and bringing his lifetime average down to .326. Career totals include 1 home run, 18 runs batted in, 30 runs scored, and a slugging average of .406. His fielding percentage of .905 was well below the Major League average during his era.

Fowler died on October 8, 1988 in Dallas, Texas.