Red Bowser
{{Short description|American baseball player (1881–1943)}}
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{{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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bowsere01.shtml "Red Bowser Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bowser001jam "Red Bowser Minor League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 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.[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.
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. The following season, he returned to the minor leagues. He batted just .246, and his organized baseball career ended in 1912.
Bowser died in Moundsville, West Virginia, at the age of 61.
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Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Chicago White Sox players
Category:Flint Vehicles players
Category:Greensburg Red Sox players
Category:Oakland Oaks (baseball) players
Category:Bay City (minor league baseball) players
Category:Jackson Convicts players
Category:Baseball players from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Category:People from Freeport, Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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