Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ernest Ferrell Bowman (born July 28, 1935 in Johnson City, Tennessee) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. Bowman played for the San Francisco Giants from 1961 to 1963. He batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1956. Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League. The two leagues merged in 2000 into a single MLB organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball after 100 years as separate legal entities.