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Al
Cowens		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: October 25, 1951 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 TOR AL     4 4 5 4 3 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7
1975 23 TOR AL     5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1976 24 TOR AL     5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 8
1977 25 TOR AL     5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 8
1978 26 TOR AL     5 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1979 27 TOR AL     5 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1980 28 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1981 29 TOR AL     5 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1982 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
1983 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 8 7 8
1984 32 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 8 7 7
1985 33 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 4 3 3 8 7 8
1986 34 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 8 4 3 3 8 7 8
1987 35 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 8 4 3 3 8 7 8
1988 36 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
1989 37 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 3 2 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 4 3 3 8 8 8
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
1974 22 AAA   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
    AA   134 544 61 147 31 6 9 70 14 10 37 53 .270 .317 .399 .716 65.8  
1975 23 AAA   135 476 50 141 24 5 6 56 12 6 24 38 .296 .330 .405 .735 60.4  
1976 24 AAA   137 477 65 123 24 3 8 57 9 7 26 55 .258 .296 .371 .667 50.2  
1977 25 AAA   132 478 62 117 19 1 11 65 15 2 35 64 .245 .296 .358 .654 52.9  
1978 26 AAA   137 552 61 159 35 7 11 59 14 5 38 45 .288 .334 .437 .770 77.4  
1979 27 AAA   112 455 45 135 28 3 6 69 8 4 29 30 .297 .339 .411 .750 60.2  
    AA   25 103 12 28 6 3 2 11 2 0 7 10 .272 .318 .447 .765 14.4  
1980 28 TOR AL 55 150 17 30 3 2 1 13 7 3 9 16 .200 .247 .267 .514 9.8 0.0
1981 29 AA   110 427 53 116 25 1 10 49 10 7 28 24 .272 .316 .405 .722 52.7  
    A   25 103 20 36 10 1 3 19 3 3 10 4 .350 .407 .553 .960 20.1  
1982 30 SEM AL 54 187 19 44 9 1 2 29 6 4 14 15 .235 .293 .326 .619 16.8 1.4
    AA   100 378 61 127 26 3 9 43 10 10 33 33 .336 .389 .492 .881 65.0  
1983 31 SEM AL 11 28 7 8 3 1 1 9 0 0 2 4 .286 .355 .571 .926 5.0 1.5
    AAA   133 520 69 167 31 3 18 75 19 7 37 53 .321 .366 .496 .862 88.7  
1984 32 SEM AL 74 192 24 45 6 4 0 16 5 1 14 23 .234 .288 .307 .596 16.8 1.2
1985 33 CLN NL 75 168 26 46 7 1 5 20 0 0 10 19 .274 .313 .417 .730 20.2 4.1
1986 34 CLN NL 68 186 29 53 10 2 3 28 0 0 8 16 .285 .316 .409 .725 22.5 3.8
1987 35 CLN NL 85 282 40 72 22 1 5 39 0 0 12 31 .255 .288 .394 .682 27.9 3.8
1988 36 CLN NL 58 185 18 35 9 1 2 22 0 0 14 32 .189 .245 .281 .526 11.9 0.0
1989 37 TOR AL 40 84 11 23 6 1 1 12 0 0 4 11 .274 .307 .405 .712 9.8 1.6
    AAA   26 50 8 13 0 1 3 12 0 1 5 11 .260 .327 .480 .807 7.7  
1990 38 AAA   106 371 36 93 16 5 1 35 6 7 21 76 .251 .291 .329 .620 33.0  
9 Years Sim 520 1462 191 356 75 14 20 188 18 8 87 167 .244 .288 .355 .643 140.6 17.5
9 Years AAA 919 3380 396 949 177 28 64 428 83 39 215 372 .281 .325 .407 .731 430.9  
4 Years AA 369 1452 187 418 88 13 30 173 36 27 105 120 .288 .339 .428 .767 197.9  
1 Years A 25 103 20 36 10 1 3 19 3 3 10 4 .350 .404 .553 .957 20.1  
14 Years Minors 1313 4935 603 1403 275 42 97 620 122 69 330 496 .284 .331 .416 .747 648.9  
162 Game Average 455 59 110 23 4 6 58 5 2 27 52 .244 .288 .355 .643 43.8  
Career Highs 85 282 40 72 22 4 5 39 7 4 14 32 .286 .355 .571 .926 27.9  
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   571 94 134 29 7 10 81 13 3 36 63 .235 .283 .363 .645 58.2
vs LH   891 97 222 46 7 10 107 5 5 51 104 .249 .291 .350 .641 86.7
Home 262 723 88 167 41 4 10 104 8 5 43 90 .231 .276 .340 .616 65.2
Away 258 739 103 189 34 10 10 84 10 3 44 77 .256 .300 .369 .669 79.8
RISP   393 0 104 25 3 6 155 0 0 27 48 .265 .309 .389 .699 46.2
Pinch Hitting   38 3 9 3 0 0 8 1 0 5 6 .237 .326 .316 .641 4.3
Close/Late   230 41 55 14 3 2 28 0 0 18 29 .239 .297 .352 .649 23.4
Mar/Apr 75 163 29 39 6 3 2 25 2 0 11 19 .239 .284 .350 .634 16.5
May 87 267 36 69 8 2 2 27 0 1 10 39 .258 .289 .326 .615 23.3
June 91 269 29 56 14 1 3 29 6 2 15 25 .208 .251 .301 .552 19.5
July 62 174 24 45 15 1 2 21 1 0 16 23 .259 .321 .391 .712 21.5
August 97 281 32 74 16 3 4 35 6 2 15 30 .263 .299 .384 .683 31.6
Sep/Oct 108 308 41 73 16 4 7 51 3 3 20 31 .237 .291 .383 .674 32.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1980 28 TOR AL CF 7 1 26.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.1
    LF 3 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    RF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 30 SEM AL LF 12 11 100.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.2
1983 31 SEM AL CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 32 SEM AL LF 24 22 186.0 48 0 1 0 .980 2.32   0.4
    RF 11 1 40.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.21    
    CF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1985 33 CLN NL LF 9 9 72.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.6
    CF 11 3 41.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.95    
    RF 11 2 36.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1986 34 CLN NL CF 11 2 29.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.2
    LF 3 2 20.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.35    
    RF 5 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1987 35 CLN NL RF 20 7 92.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.7
    CF 10 10 88.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.53    
    LF 8 8 69.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.43    
1988 36 CLN NL RF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1989 37 TOR AL CF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 60 53 459.0 96 0 2 0 .980 1.88   1.1
  CF 46 17 204.7 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.3
  RF 52 12 201.3 47 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.7
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   159 82 866.0 191 1 2 0 .990 2.00   2.1
Career Highs   38 25 249.3 61 1 1 0 1.000 2.59    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 33 CLN NL 9 26 5 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 .231 .259 .500 .759
1986 34 CLN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 28 5 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 .214 .241 .464 .706
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  4. Joe Gantenbein (974)
  5. Bob Elliott (973)
  6. Gerald Young (970)
  7. Sam Mejias (970)
  8. Alex Johnson (968)
  9. Ed Armbrister (968)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 68th overall pick, by Toronto in 1974
Injured on 6/7/1976 with a Bruised Foot, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/8/1980, off Milt Wilcox (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1980, off Willie Hernandez (PHN)
Injured on 7/5/1981 with a Stiff Neck, out for 5 days
Traded from Toronto to Seattle on 7/31/1982 (Going to TOR: CF Eddie Miller. Going to SEM: RF Al Cowens)
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1985 (Going to SEM: P Jeff Little. Going to CLN: 1B Harold Baines, RF Al Cowens)
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $300,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Montreal on 8/8/1986
7/31/1988: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Toronto on 3/4/1989 (Going to CLN: CF Marquis Grissom. Going to TOR: C Mackey Sasser, RF Al Cowens, CF Ralph Bryant, P Andy Hawkins)
Injured on 6/9/1990 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/23/1990
 
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