How Larry Bowa's Assists Compares to Similar Players

Larry Bowa totaled 6,864 career Assists, well above the league average of 329.5 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Assists season came in 1971, posting 560, well above the league average of 55.8 that year. The lowest point came in 1985 at 210, well above the league average of 51.9 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Assists total went from 464 in 1983 to 378 in 1984 and 210 in 1985, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 16 seasons.

Larry Bowa Lifetime Assists

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Larry Bowa Assists Per Season

Larry Bowa's Assists for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Larry Bowa Assists per season line chart

Larry Bowa Assists by Team

Larry Bowa's career Assists totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Larry Bowa career Assists by team bar chart

Larry Bowa Cumulative Assists — Career Progression

A running total of Larry Bowa's career Assists, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Larry Bowa Assists year-over-year waterfall chart

Larry Bowa Assists Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Larry Bowa's seasonal Assists alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Larry Bowa Assists distribution box chart versus comparable players

Larry Bowa Assists — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Larry Bowa's MLB career with Assists alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Larry Bowa Assists season-by-season breakdown table