Sumner Sallade Bowman (February 9, 1867 – January 11, 1954) was an American professional baseball player in the early 1890s, who pitched for three teams during his two-year Major League Baseball career. In he played for the

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and later for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, both of the National League. In he played for the

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of the

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. His career statistics include a win–loss record of 4–10, an earned run average of 5.22, anD 46

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. Bowman died in his hometown of Millersburg, Pennsylvania at the age of 86, and is interred at Oakhill Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowman, Sumner 1867 births 1954 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Phillies players Pittsburgh Alleghenys players Philadelphia Athletics (AA 1891) players 19th-century baseball players Harrisburg Ponies players Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players