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Joe Cowley
Joseph Alan Cowley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 13, 1982
  vs. CIN 3.3 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game May 3, 1987
Born August 15, 1958 in Lexington, KY

Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 23 ATL NL   1   2  17   8   0   0   4  0   52.3   53   27   26   6   16   27   1   0   221   2   0  4.47  3.75   84 1.318
 1984 25 NYY AL   9   2  16  11   3   1   2  0   83.3   75   34   33  12   31   71   2   2   356   1   1  3.56  3.80  107 1.272
 1985 26 NYY AL  12   6  30  26   1   0   2  0  159.7  132   75   70  29   85   97   6   5   684   2   1  3.95  4.02  102 1.359
 1986 27 CHW AL  11  11  27  27   4   0   0  0  162.3  133   81   70  20   83  132   3   4   692   1   0  3.88  4.35  112 1.331
 1987 28 PHI NL   0   4   5   4   0   0   0  0   11.7   21   26   20   2   17    5   2   0    73   1   0 15.43  4.25   28 3.257
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .569  33  25  95  76   8   1   8  0  469.3  414  243  219  69  232  332  14  11  2026   7   2  4.20  4.07   97 1.376
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   9  37  30   3   0   3  0  186.3  164   96   87  27   92  132   5   4   805   2   0  4.20  4.07   97 1.376
 Career High     12  11  30  27   4   1   4  0  162.3  133   81   70  29   85  132   6   5   692   2   1  3.56  4.35  112 1.272

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 23 ATL NL  17   15    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .200  .200  .200   11    3   1   0   0   0   0
 1987 28 PHI NL   5    3    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .667  154    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       96   18    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .222  .222  .278   36    5   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         30    0    7   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .222  .222  .278   36    8   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     30   15    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4                           3   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 23 ATL NL   16   13    1   2.1    98| .200  .270| .200  .334| .200  .393| .400  .726|  11  .214  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1987 28 PHI NL    3    2    1  13.4   108| .333  .273| .333  .343| .667  .425|1.000  .767| 154  .870   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        19   15    2   3.6   100| .222  .271| .222  .335| .278  .398| .500  .733|  36  .418  -1.6  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 23 ATL NL P 17 6 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.71 0.70 2.07 1.96 8 52.3 1984 25 NYY AL P 16 7 12 2 0 .905 .960 1.19 0.70 2.05 1.79 11 83.3 1985 26 NYY AL P 30 6 22 3 1 .903 .952 0.93 0.70 1.58 1.86 26 159.7 1986 27 CHW AL P 27 16 16 4 0 .889 .958 1.19 0.68 1.77 1.83 27 162.3 1987 28 PHI NL P 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.20 0.62 0.77 1.92 4 11.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 23 ATL NL P 17 6 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.71 0.70 2.07 1.96 8 52.3 1984 25 NYY AL P 16 7 12 2 0 .905 .960 1.19 0.70 2.05 1.79 11 83.3 1985 26 NYY AL P 30 6 22 3 1 .903 .952 0.93 0.70 1.58 1.86 26 159.7 1986 27 CHW AL P 27 16 16 4 0 .889 .958 1.19 0.68 1.77 1.83 27 162.3 1987 28 PHI NL P 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.20 0.62 0.77 1.92 4 11.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 95 36 56 10 2 .902 .956 0.97 0.69 1.76 1.85 76 469.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 95 36 56 10 2 .902 .956 0.97 0.69 1.77 1.85 76 469
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1985 AL-.667-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1986 AL-7.37-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1986 AL-7.32-10

Home Runs Allow.
1985 AL-29-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 22, 1976: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 20, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

November 22, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

December 12, 1985: Traded by the New York Yankees with Ron Hassey to the Chicago White Sox for Britt Burns, Glen Braxton (minors), and Mike Soper (minors).

March 26, 1987: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Redus.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Yankees$120,000
1986Chicago White Sox$295,000
Career (may be incomplete)$415,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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