Larry Bowa

Larry Bowa is exactly the sort of player I treasure: a glove-first shortstop who won with defense rather than headlines. The Gold Glove tells you where his value lived, and a long second act managing the Padres and Phillies shows the game never let him go. Born in 1945 and still a familiar name in baseball circles, he represents a vanishing breed of fiery, fundamentals-obsessed lifers. I will always take a beautifully turned double play over a towering home run, and Bowa is the patron saint of that aesthetic. His devotion to the craft is simply admirable.

Name (English)

Larry Bowa

Name (Japanese)

ラリー・ボーワ

Reading

らりー・ぼーわ

Born

December 6, 1945 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Sacramento, California, United States

Occupation

baseball player / baseball coach

High school

C. K. McClatchy High School

University

Sacramento City College

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Bowa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3218027

Tags

• California
• baseball player
• baseball coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.