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Joe
Cowley		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 15, 1958 in Usa, KY, LEXINGTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1982 23 OAK AL   8 6 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
1983 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 4 5 5 3 3 3
1984 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 4 5 5 3 3 3
1985 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3
1986 27 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3
1987 28 OAK AL $ 2,135,714 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 3 3 3
1988 29 OAK AL $ 2,135,714 5 8 8 8 4 5 5 3 3 3
1989 30 OAK AL $ 2,500,000 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3
1990 31 OAK AL $ 2,500,000 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1982 23 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1983 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1984 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1985 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1986 27 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1987 28 OAK AL $ 2,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1988 29 OAK AL $ 2,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1989 30 OAK AL $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1990 31 OAK AL $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1982 23 AA   14 11 .560 31 31 4 2 0 222.3 142 55 9 87 233 2.23 .180 .262 .254 .516  
1983 24 OAK AL 13 12 .520 31 31 7 3 0 220.7 195 96 23 88 141 3.92 .232 .304 .368 .672 12.0
1984 25 OAK AL 12 10 .545 34 30 0 0 0 199.3 213 99 20 84 152 4.47 .269 .340 .410 .750 7.7
1985 26 OAK AL 8 10 .444 32 17 1 0 1 145.7 141 69 12 57 111 4.26 .264 .331 .404 .735 8.4
1986 27 OAK AL 14 11 .560 32 32 2 1 0 216.0 172 70 18 86 174 2.92 .221 .300 .341 .641 19.3
1987 28 OAK AL 6 11 .353 35 30 0 0 1 140.0 125 68 15 55 93 4.37 .239 .314 .377 .692 5.9
1988 29 OAK AL 8 5 .615 62 0 0 0 2 119.7 108 48 9 45 103 3.61 .241 .314 .375 .689 9.6
1989 30 OAK AL 3 2 .600 47 0 0 0 3 92.3 66 31 4 45 79 3.02 .202 .297 .307 .604 8.6
1990 31 OAK AL 2 9 .182 23 23 0 0 0 105.3 100 49 11 55 108 4.19 .249 .338 .405 .743 3.0
8 Years Sim 66 70 .485 296 163 10 4 7 1239.0 1120 530 112 515 961 3.85 .241 .317 .375 .693 74.4
1 Years AA 14 11 .560 31 31 4 2 0 222.3 142 55 9 87 233 2.23 .180 .262 .254 .516  
Season Average 8 8 .500 37 20 1 0 0 154.9 140 66 14 64 120 3.85 .241 .317 .375 .693  
Career Highs 14 12 .615 62 32 7 3 3 220.7 213 99 23 88 174 4.47 .269 .340 .410 .750  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   475 250 65 183 517   .214 .274 .353 .627
vs LH   645 280 47 332 444   .266 .355 .395 .750
Home 32 34 .485 142 80 3 1 1 593.0 575 272 52 247 456 4.13 .256 .329 .383 .712
Away 34 36 .486 154 83 7 3 6 646.0 545 258 60 268 505 3.59 .228 .305 .368 .673
Mar/Apr 10 13 .435 50 20 3 3 1 194.6 171 82 21 75 136 3.79 .239 .311 .372 .683
May 13 17 .433 52 32 2 0 0 220.3 213 111 22 90 175 4.53 .253 .325 .408 .733
June 7 12 .368 50 27 1 1 1 185.3 179 91 16 87 142 4.42 .251 .333 .386 .718
July 12 8 .600 45 29 2 0 2 224.0 181 76 22 102 179 3.05 .222 .308 .353 .660
August 14 8 .636 47 27 1 0 1 204.0 166 76 12 84 160 3.35 .223 .301 .338 .639
Sep/Oct 10 12 .455 52 28 1 0 2 210.7 210 94 19 77 169 4.02 .259 .323 .393 .717
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
1982 23 AA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1983 24 OAK AL 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0
1984 25 OAK AL 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.2 0.0
1990 31 OAK AL 5 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .150 .150 .150 .300 0.0 0.0
3 Years Sim 14 47 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .085 .104 .085 .189 -1.5 0.0
1 Years AA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
162 Game Average 543 23 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 173 .085 .104 .085 .189 -16.8  
Career Highs 5 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .150 .150 .150 .300 0.0  
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   30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .100 .129 .100 .229 -0.8
vs LH   17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0
Home 9 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .088 .088 .088 .176 -1.5
Away 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.3
RISP   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
June 8 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .138 .167 .138 .305 -0.1
July 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3
Sep/Oct 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1983 24 OAK AL P 31 31 220.7 11 36 3 3 .940 1.92    
    SS 3 3 36.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1984 25 OAK AL P 34 30 199.3 8 22 1 2 .968 1.35    
    SS 2 2 35.0 5 5 1 1 .909 2.57   0.1
1985 26 OAK AL P 32 17 145.7 6 21 1 3 .964 1.67    
1986 27 OAK AL P 32 32 216.0 9 24 0 2 1.000 1.38    
1987 28 OAK AL P 35 30 140.0 11 24 0 1 1.000 2.25    
1988 29 OAK AL P 62 0 119.7 8 13 0 1 1.000 1.58    
1989 30 OAK AL P 47 0 92.3 6 14 0 1 1.000 1.95    
1990 31 OAK AL P 23 23 105.3 3 14 1 1 .944 1.45    
    SS 5 5 45.0 6 18 1 3 .960 4.80   0.2
  P 296 163 1239.0 62 168 6 14 .975 1.67    
  SS 10 10 116.0 14 32 2 5 .958 3.57   0.4
Career Totals   306 173 1355.0 76 200 8 19 .972 1.83    
Career Highs   62 34 256.7 14 45 3 4 1.000 2.45    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1984 25 OAK AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 0 2 2 9.00 .308 .400 .385 .785
1985 26 OAK AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.7 13 3 0 0 4 5.79 .464 .464 .679 1.143
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 17 6 0 2 6 7.05 .415 .442 .585 1.027
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1986-6-2.92
 Shutouts
1983-2-3
 Homeruns Allowed
1983-9-23
 Strikeouts
1983-8-141
1986-8-174
 Walks Allowed
1983-9-88
 Hits per 9IP
1983-5-8.0
1986-5-7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
1983-9-5.8
1984-9-6.9
1986-9-7.3
 WHiP
1986-10-1.19
 OAVG
1983-4-.232
1986-6-.221
 OSLG
1986-8-.341
 OOPS
1986-7-.641
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Eddie Watt (971)
  2. Frank Williams (966)
  3. Dave Wehrmeister (963)
  4. Don Robinson (962)
  5. Howie Koplitz (947)
  6. Dave Tobik (945)
  7. Joe Gibbon (941)
  8. Ralph Beard (941)
  9. Rick Aguilera (941)
  10. Craig Lefferts (940)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 78th overall pick, by Oakland in 1982
Earned first career win on 4/6/1983
Injured on 9/24/1983 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Bronze Rookie in 1983, going 13-12, 3.92 ERA
Had first career hit on 6/7/1984, off Rick Jones (MIN)
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
10/27/1988: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/23/1989 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/23/1989 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
 
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