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Rob Bowen
Oakland Athletics [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats B
Age 28
6' 3"
225 lbs.

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Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2006 SDN MLB 110 22 5 0 3 13 13 26 0 1 -0.7 .245 .339 .394 -.004 .255 .355 .426 .270 1.7 22-C 0 0.4
2007 SDN MLB 98 12 8 0 2 11 13 28 1 2 -0.6 .268 .371 .439 .135 .280 .388 .476 .287 5.1 23-C -2 0.5
2007 OAK MLB 54 6 1 0 2 5 10 20 0 0 0.2 .279 .415 .442 .156 .279 .426 .442 .308 4.5 15-C -2 0.3
2007 CHN MLB 36 3 1 0 0 2 4 13 0 0 0.2 .065 .167 .097 -.852 .065 .167 .097 .000 -5.7 9-C 1 -0.3
2008 OAK MLB 98 6 5 1 1 9 4 38 0 0 0.3 .176 .219 .286 -.481 .176 .219 .286 .167 -7.0 25-C -1 -0.7


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/7/09 8:39 PM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 218 36 12 1 8 26 25 65 2 1 0.0 .274 .365 .489 .168 .280 .373 .520 .303 17.4 55-C -1 2.3
75o 204 28 11 1 7 23 22 62 2 1 0.0 .249 .337 .435 .025 .255 .344 .463 .278 9.4 52-C -1 1.6
60o 194 23 10 1 6 20 20 61 2 1 0.0 .232 .318 .398 -.072 .237 .325 .424 .261 4.6 49-C -1 1.1
50o 188 20 9 1 5 19 18 59 1 1 0.0 .221 .306 .374 -.135 .226 .312 .399 .249 1.6 48-C -1 0.8
40o 176 16 8 1 4 17 16 57 1 1 0.0 .203 .285 .335 -.238 .208 .291 .357 .228 -2.7 45-C -1 0.4
25o 162 12 6 1 3 14 14 54 1 1 0.0 .185 .263 .295 -.345 .189 .268 .314 .204 -6.6 42-C -2 0.0
10o 62 1 2 0 0 2 4 24 0 0 0.0 .116 .175 .143 -.750 .118 .179 .153 .027 -8.4 20-C -1 -0.6
Weighted Mean 153 15 7 1 4 16 15 48 1 1 0.0 .221 .305 .373 -.156 .226 .311 .398 .247 2.8 40-C -2 0.8

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

58%

67%

24%

48%

1.39

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2009 (age 28) 153 15 7 1 4 16 15 48 1 1 0.0 .221 .305 .373 -.156 .226 .311 .398 .247 2.8 40-C -2 0.8
2010 (age 29) 189 20 8 1 5 20 19 57 1 1 0.0 .218 .302 .368 -.138 .225 .312 .397 .245 0.8 48-C -2 0.6
2011 (age 30) 188 20 8 1 5 21 18 59 1 1 0.0 .224 .301 .374 -.127 .232 .311 .403 .245 1.0 48-C 0 0.7
2012 (age 31) 150 14 7 0 4 15 15 45 1 0 0.0 .218 .301 .368 -.138 .226 .311 .397 .245 0.6 39-C -3 0.4
2013 (age 32) 113 10 5 0 3 12 12 34 1 0 0.0 .217 .305 .371 -.129 .224 .315 .400 .247 0.6 31-C -2 0.3
2014 (age 33) 136 12 7 0 3 14 14 41 1 0 0.0 .221 .308 .352 -.146 .229 .318 .380 .244 0.2 36-C -2 0.2
2015 (age 34) 122 11 4 0 4 13 13 38 0 0 0.0 .211 .301 .361 -.154 .219 .311 .389 .244 0.1 33-C -3 0.1

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .223 .304 .377
vs RHP .220 .306 .371
Split +.002 -.002 +.006
LgAvg +.004 -.004 +.007

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 2.1 -2.0 0.8 $1,125,000 2.0 7.0
2010 2.0 -2.0 0.6 $975,000 0.0 3.9
2011 2.1 0.0 0.7 $1,200,000 1.7 3.6
2012 1.7 -3.0 0.4 $900,000 -0.3 2.3
2013 1.4 -2.0 0.3 $850,000 -0.2 2.0
2014 1.3 -2.0 0.2 $825,000 -0.5 1.1
2015 1.2 -3.0 0.1 $675,000 -1.0 0.6
Peak 2.9 $2,550,000 2.7 19.9


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .278 .249 .204 .247
2010 .256 .243 .208 .245
2011 .258 .228 .209 .245
2012 .258 .236 .200 .245
2013 .268 .228 .204 .247
2014 .275 .242 .205 .244
2015 .271 .242 .213 .244


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 48% 0% 58%
2010 53% 20% 56%
2011 58% 29% 42%
2012 67% 36% 44%
2013 80% 52% 34%
2014 82% 59% 32%
2015 90% 66% 29%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Tom Egan 1974 39 11 Sandy Martinez 1999 30
2 Phil Roof 1969 36 12 Mickey Tettleton 1989 30
3 Dave Roberts 1979 34 13 Marcus Jensen 2001 29
4 Tim Laudner 1986 33 14 Chad Moeller 2003 27
5 Joe Borchard 2007 33 15 Damon Berryhill 1992 25
6 Kelly Shoppach 2008 33 16 Chad Kreuter 1993 25
7 Kelly Stinnett 1998 32 17 Hank Foiles 1957 24
8 Dave Ross 2005 31 18 Jerry Goff 1992 24
9 George Mitterwald 1973 31 19 Jeff Tackett 1994 23
10 Bobby Hughes 1999 30 20 Larry Howard 1973 23

Player Comments

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2008

He's a trav'lin' man, and he's made a lot of stops all over the world, but we're not sure if he's owns the heart of a lovely girl in every port. Bowen went from San Diego to Oakland in 2007, with a brief layover in the north side of Chicago. He's a strikeout machine (101 in 341 career plate appearances), but he makes up for it with some walks, occasional power, and good defense, or at least enough of each to make him a solid backup. The A's seem pretty comfortable with him backing up Kurt Suzuki this year in what will be the latter's first full major league season.

2007

Once seen as a top catching prospect in the Twins` system, Bowen`s managed to outlive the disappointment of not panning out. Given a third catcher with ability last year, former backstop Bruce Bochy couldn`t resist carving out a role for Bowen, even after the club lifted Bard from Boston. Bowen wound up getting a lot of work caddying for Make Piazza late in games so that Bard didn`t have to catch when Piazza came out, but with both Bochy and Piazza gone, he should settle into a more typical backup role this year.

2005

Often labeled a prospect, but another season like that, and Bowen will drop behind Jose Morales faster than you can say 'Brandon Marsters.' OK, so Marsters never really was that much of a prospect, despite falling before Bowen's erratic ascent up the chain. It's a dog-eat-dog world, but after flopping two out of the last three years, Bowen is more likely to wind up among the eaten.


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