Английская Википедия:Billy Cowan
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography
Billy Rolland Cowan (born August 28, 1938) is an American former professional baseball player. Appearing primarily as an outfielder, Cowan totalled 493 games played, over all or part of eight Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, for the Chicago Cubs (1963–64), New York Mets (1965), Milwaukee Braves (1965), Philadelphia Phillies (1967), New York Yankees (1969), and California Angels (1969–72).
Early life
Born in Calhoun City, Mississippi, Cowan grew up in Bakersfield, California, where he was a standout athlete at East Bakersfield High School. He attended the University of Utah and began his pro career in the Cubs' organization in 1961. Cowan threw and batted right-handed, standing Шаблон:Convert tall and weighing Шаблон:Convert, during his playing career.
Baseball career
Cowan was promoted to the Cubs in September 1963 after three stellar seasons in the minor leagues. After smashing 35 home runs at two levels in 1962, he was selected the 1963 Most Valuable Player and an all-star of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, pacing the circuit in runs batted in (120). In Шаблон:Baseball year, Cowan was the Cubs' starting center fielder, appearing in 134 games and starting 127 in the position. He also hit an MLB-career-high 19 home runs. But he struck out 128 times (second in the National League), posted a poor .241 batting average and led the Senior Circuit by committing 11 errors in center field. During the off-season, he was traded to the Mets for former Cub all-star outfielder George Altman.
Cowan was a utility outfielder, occasional infielder, and pinch hitter for the remainder of his MLB career, and spent two full seasons (1966 and 1968) back in the minors. He had success coming off the Angels' bench during his 173-game tenure, batting .278 with 13 home runs. He retired after his final big-league game on April 24, 1972, when he struck out as a pinch hitter against Paul Lindblad.[1]
Cowan's 281 MLB hits included 44 doubles, eight triples, and 40 home runs. He batted .236 lifetime.
References
External links
- Billy Cowan at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Billy Cowan at Baseball Almanac
- Billy Cowan at Baseballbiography.com
- Billy Cowan at Ultimate Mets Database
Шаблон:PCL MVPs Шаблон:Topps Minor League Player of the Year Award
Шаблон:US-baseball-outfielder-1930s-stub
- Английская Википедия
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Mississippi
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- California Angels players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Milwaukee Braves players
- New York Mets players
- New York Yankees players
- Pacific Coast League MVP award winners
- People from Calhoun City, Mississippi
- Richmond Braves players
- St. Cloud Rox players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- San Antonio Missions players
- San Diego Padres (minor league) players
- Baseball players from Bakersfield, California
- Tacoma Cubs players
- Utah Utes baseball players
- Wenatchee Chiefs players
- East Bakersfield High School alumni
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
