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Billy
Cowan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 28, 1938 in Usa, MS, CALHOUN CITY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1964 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1965 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1966 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
1967 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 1 1 5 4 4
1968 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 1 1 1 5 4 4
1969 30 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 5
1970 31 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 5
1971 32 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 24 AA   137 568 65 135 17 3 33 76 7 3 29 125 .238 .275 .452 .727 72.5  
1964 25 PIT NL 8 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .500 .700 0.8 0.1
    AAA   81 325 33 79 16 1 16 41 3 3 28 80 .243 .303 .446 .749 44.1  
    AA   54 219 26 69 9 3 11 37 2 1 12 50 .315 .351 .534 .885 38.2  
1965 26 PIT NL 44 38 6 11 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 10 .289 .289 .474 .763 4.5 1.0
1966 27 PIT NL 56 61 2 12 2 1 1 4 0 0 3 23 .197 .258 .311 .569 4.7 0.3
1967 28 PIT NL 74 130 19 33 5 1 6 22 0 1 4 38 .254 .276 .446 .722 14.7 1.8
1968 29 PIT NL 107 170 27 38 5 1 8 25 1 1 3 53 .224 .237 .406 .643 14.2 0.8
1969 30 PIT NL 50 91 9 20 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 25 .220 .245 .275 .519 5.3 0.0
1970 31 AAA   133 468 47 115 23 1 22 64 2 4 14 103 .246 .268 .440 .708 53.7  
1971 32 AAA   133 473 62 139 25 2 23 88 4 1 23 85 .294 .327 .501 .828 73.9  
6 Years Sim 339 500 64 116 17 5 17 58 1 2 13 152 .232 .254 .388 .642 44.2 4.0
3 Years AAA 347 1266 142 333 64 4 61 193 9 8 65 268 .263 .298 .464 .762 171.7  
2 Years AA 191 787 91 204 26 6 44 113 9 4 41 175 .259 .294 .475 .769 110.6  
5 Years Minors 538 2053 233 537 90 10 105 306 18 12 106 443 .262 .296 .469 .765 282.3  
162 Game Average 238 30 55 8 2 8 27 0 0 6 72 .232 .254 .388 .642 21.1  
Career Highs 107 170 27 38 5 1 8 25 1 1 4 53 .289 .289 .500 .763 14.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   236 37 56 10 2 12 33 1 0 4 76 .237 .250 .449 .699 26.8
vs LH   264 27 60 7 3 5 25 0 2 9 76 .227 .258 .333 .592 20.7
Home 179 261 37 62 6 3 10 29 0 2 6 79 .238 .257 .398 .656 25.6
Away 160 239 27 54 11 2 7 29 1 0 7 73 .226 .251 .377 .628 21.9
RISP   111 0 28 1 1 6 40 0 0 2 39 .252 .265 .441 .707 13.1
Pinch Hitting   146 20 40 8 1 5 22 0 0 3 42 .274 .289 .445 .734 17.8
Close/Late   97 19 23 4 1 5 17 0 0 2 34 .237 .253 .454 .706 11.2
Mar/Apr 56 74 9 17 3 1 1 10 1 0 1 16 .230 .240 .338 .578 5.7
May 51 82 11 21 5 1 2 9 0 0 1 25 .256 .265 .415 .680 8.5
June 51 77 9 21 2 1 4 9 0 1 3 25 .273 .300 .481 .781 10.6
July 49 69 14 20 1 1 3 11 0 1 3 19 .290 .319 .464 .783 9.6
August 63 102 12 24 6 1 4 14 0 0 3 31 .235 .264 .431 .696 11.2
Sep/Oct 69 96 9 13 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 36 .135 .162 .229 .391 2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1964 25 PIT NL LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 26 PIT NL CF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 1 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1966 27 PIT NL 1B 11 7 71.7 76 7 1 8 .988 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 2 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 4 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1967 28 PIT NL CF 17 12 107.0 22 0 2 0 .917 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 10 8 69.3 84 5 0 7 1.000 11.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 5 45.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 4 34.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 29 PIT NL 1B 21 16 147.3 170 6 2 8 .989 10.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 11 7 66.0 16 1 1 0 .944 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 10 4 44.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 2 31.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
1969 30 PIT NL 1B 19 13 130.3 135 8 0 14 1.000 9.87 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 5 45.0 9 2 1 2 .917 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 7 2 21.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 2 16.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 61 44 418.7 465 26 3 37 .994 10.56 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  CF 41 26 244.0 52 3 5 2 .917 2.03 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  LF 25 15 142.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 23 8 92.3 24 0 1 0 .960 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   155 93 906.6 572 30 9 39 .985 5.98 0 0 .000 1 1.8
Career Highs   51 29 289.0 204 11 3 16 1.000 8.26 0 0 .000 1  
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  1. Bob Speake (977)
  2. Glenallen Hill (977)
  3. Carlos Paula (976)
  4. Luis Gonzalez (975)
  5. Mike Devereaux (975)
  6. Ray Lankford (972)
  7. Curt Motton (969)
  8. Hank Bauer (969)
  9. Mickey Brantley (968)
  10. Ray Webster (966)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 55th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1963
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/20/1964, off Dean Stone (BSN)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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