Bowen, for whom I created a 1978 “not really missing” card some time ago for his MLB 1977 debut of three games and two at-bats, gets the 1979 edition after his six games and seven at-bats in 1978.
I had to get a little creative with the photo, taking him out of the “wrong” time appropriate uni and Photoshopping him into the correct red cap uni of 1978.
Bowen collected his 1st Major league hit in 1978 as he went one-for-seven at the plate, making it a home run while driving in one and scoring three runs.
After playing the 1979 season entirely in the Minor Leagues, he’d make it back to the Big Leagues in 1980, appearing in seven games, the last of his brief career, going 2-for-13 with a stolen base and a couple of base-on-balls.
Over his brief three-year career, he ended up hitting .136 with three hits in 22 at-bats, appearing in 16 games on a Major League field.
