Billy Cowan
Born: August 28, 1938, Calhoun City, MSHeight: 6'0" Weight: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Utah
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1963 Chicago NL 24 14 36 1 9 15 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 .250 .417 .250 1964 Chicago NL 25 139 497 52 120 201 16 4 19 50 2 2 12 3 13 5 1 128 6 .241 .404 .268 1965 New York NL 26 82 156 16 28 49 8 2 3 9 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 45 2 .179 .314 .205 1965 Milwaukee NL 26 19 27 4 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 .185 .222 .185 1967 Philadelphia NL 28 34 59 11 9 18 0 0 3 6 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 14 1 .153 .305 .203 1969 New York AL 30 32 48 5 8 11 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 3 .167 .229 .216 1969 California AL 30 28 56 10 17 30 1 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 9 1 .304 .536 .350 1970 California AL 31 68 134 20 37 63 9 1 5 25 0 0 0 1 9 2 1 29 2 .276 .470 .336 1971 California AL 32 74 174 12 48 68 8 0 4 20 1 0 1 1 6 1 0 41 2 .276 .391 .304 1972 California AL 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 493 1190 131 281 461 44 8 40 125 6 3 17 8 40 10 4 297 17 .236 .387 .269
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1963 Chicago NL CF 45.0 5 2 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 1963 Chicago NL RF 16.0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1963 Chicago NL LF 9.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1964 Chicago NL CF 1142.0 127 7 8 134 302 2 11 0 .965 2.40 1965 New York NL CF 334.2 34 25 2 59 74 1 0 1 1.000 2.02 1965 New York NL LF 12.0 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 1965 New York NL 2B 3.0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 1965 New York NL SS 1.0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 1965 Milwaukee NL LF 33.1 2 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 1965 Milwaukee NL CF 16.0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 1967 Philadelphia NL LF 99.0 13 3 8 16 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 1967 Philadelphia NL RF 23.2 3 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 1967 Philadelphia NL 3B 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1967 Philadelphia NL 2B 0.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1969 New York AL LF 51.0 5 4 1 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 1969 New York AL CF 28.0 2 2 0 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1969 New York AL RF 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1969 California AL RF 45.0 3 6 2 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 1969 California AL 1B 30.0 4 2 2 6 32 1 0 3 1.000 9.90 1969 California AL CF 15.0 2 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 1969 California AL LF 14.0 0 3 0 3 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 1970 California AL RF 143.2 17 6 12 23 26 0 2 0 .929 1.63 1970 California AL 1B 74.2 9 5 5 14 69 6 0 7 1.000 9.04 1970 California AL LF 10.0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 1970 California AL 3B 5.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 1970 California AL CF 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1971 California AL LF 294.1 31 7 12 38 66 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 1971 California AL 1B 28.0 4 1 3 5 32 1 1 8 .971 10.61 1971 California AL RF 2.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (January 12, 1961).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Mets in exchange for George Altman (January 15, 1965).
- Traded by New York Mets to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 5, 1965); New York Mets received Ernie Bowman and Lou Klimchock (@September 25, 1965).
- Traded by Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bobby Cox and cash (April 28, 1966).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Norm Gigon (June 22, 1966).
- Selected by New York Yankees from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1968).
- Sold by New York Yankees to California Angels (July 26, 1969).
- Released by California Angels (May 2, 1972).
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