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Billy Cowan
Billy Rolland Cowan

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 28, 1938 in Calhoun City, MS
High School: East (Bakersfield, CA)
School: University of Utah
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1963
Final Game: April 24, 1972
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Billy Cowan
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1963	24	CHC	NL	14	36	36	1	9	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	11	.250	.250	.417	.667	84	15	0	0	0	0	0	/897
1964	25	CHC	NL	139	520	497	52	120	16	4	19	50	12	3	18	128	.241	.268	.404	.673	84	201	6	1	2	2	5	*8
1965	26	TOT	NL	101	189	183	20	33	9	2	3	9	3	2	4	54	.180	.202	.301	.503	42	55	2	1	1	0	1	87/46
1965	26	NYM	NL	82	162	156	16	28	8	2	3	9	3	2	4	45	.179	.205	.314	.519	47	49	2	1	1	0	1	8/746
1965	26	MLN	NL	19	27	27	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.185	.185	.222	.407	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	/78

1967	28	PHI	NL	34	66	59	11	9	0	0	3	6	1	0	4	14	.153	.203	.305	.508	43	18	1	0	2	1	0	7/945

1969	30	TOT	AL	60	111	104	15	25	1	0	5	13	0	0	6	18	.240	.288	.394	.683	94	41	4	1	0	0	1	79/83
1969	30	NYY	AL	32	51	48	5	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	9	.167	.216	.229	.445	27	11	3	0	0	0	0	/789
1969	30	CAL	AL	28	60	56	10	17	1	0	4	10	0	0	3	9	.304	.350	.536	.886	152	30	1	1	0	0	1	/9387
1970	31	CAL	AL	68	146	134	20	37	9	1	5	25	0	1	11	29	.276	.336	.470	.806	124	63	2	1	0	0	2	93/758
1971	32	CAL	AL	74	182	174	12	48	8	0	4	20	1	1	7	41	.276	.304	.391	.695	102	68	2	0	1	0	1	7/39
1972	33	CAL	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons				493	1253	1190	131	281	44	8	40	125	17	8	50	297	.236	.269	.387	.656	83	461	17	4	6	3	10
162 Game Avg.				162	412	391	43	92	14	3	13	41	6	3	16	98	.236	.269	.387	.656	83	151	6	1	2	1	3

CAL (4 yrs)				173	391	367	42	102	18	1	13	55	1	2	21	81	.278	.321	.439	.759	117	161	5	2	1	0	4
CHC (2 yrs)				153	556	533	53	129	17	5	20	52	12	4	18	139	.242	.267	.405	.672	84	216	6	1	2	2	5
NYM (1 yr)				82	162	156	16	28	8	2	3	9	3	2	4	45	.179	.205	.314	.519	47	49	2	1	1	0	1
PHI (1 yr)				34	66	59	11	9	0	0	3	6	1	0	4	14	.153	.203	.305	.508	43	18	1	0	2	1	0
MLN (1 yr)				19	27	27	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.185	.185	.222	.407	14	6	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				32	51	48	5	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	9	.167	.216	.229	.445	27	11	3	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				205	442	415	47	110	18	1	14	58	1	2	24	90	.265	.308	.414	.723	106	172	8	2	1	0	4
NL (4 yrs)				288	811	775	84	171	26	7	26	67	16	6	26	207	.221	.247	.373	.620	71	289	9	2	5	3	6

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1963	24	CHC	NL	36	28	3	2.9	94	.333	.250	.261	.250	.323	.417	.390	.667	.713	84	.364	-1.1	-0.1	.500	.139	.167	.0
1964	25	CHC	NL	520	390	53	3.6	97	.287	.241	.268	.268	.326	.404	.398	.673	.724	84	.448	-13.3	-1.4	.593	.217	.163	14.7
1965	26	TOT	NL	189	155	10	1.7	91	.238	.180	.254	.202	.317	.301	.384	.503	.702	42	.170	-14.5	-1.5	.396	.148	.120	3.0
1965	26	NYM	NL	162	133	9	1.8	90	.231	.179	.254	.205	.316	.314	.383	.519	.700	47	.183	-11.4	-1.2	.417	.167	.135	3.0
1965	26	MLN	NL	27	22	1	1.2	94	.278	.185	.259	.185	.323	.222	.392	.407	.715	14	.098	-3.1	-0.3	.273	.037	.037

1967	28	PHI	NL	66	54	4	2.0	91	.140	.153	.259	.203	.322	.305	.380	.508	.702	43	.222	-4.7	-0.5	.451	.237	.153	1.5

1969	30	TOT	AL	111	83	12	3.9	90	.247	.240	.248	.288	.324	.394	.375	.683	.699	94	.464	-1.5	-0.2	.578	.212	.154	.0
1969	30	NYY	AL	51	43	2	1.2	91	.184	.167	.250	.216	.326	.229	.377	.445	.702	27	.097	-4.9	-0.5	.326	.125	.063	.0
1969	30	CAL	AL	60	40	10	6.7	90	.302	.304	.247	.350	.323	.536	.373	.886	.696	152	.702	3.3	0.3	.850	.286	.232	.0
1970	31	CAL	AL	146	100	21	5.6	94	.320	.276	.253	.336	.327	.470	.386	.806	.713	124	.622	4.1	0.4	.740	.269	.194	.0
1971	32	CAL	AL	182	130	20	4.1	86	.341	.276	.247	.304	.318	.391	.366	.695	.684	102	.512	-0.2	0.0	.581	.155	.115	1.6
1972	33	CAL	AL	3	3	0	0.0	78	.000	.000	.240	.000	.307	.000	.346	.000	.653	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
8 Seasons				1253	943	123	3.5	93	.282	.236	.259	.269	.323	.387	.387	.656	.710	83	.428	-32.0	-3.4	.561	.201	.151	23.9
162 Game Avg.				412	310	40	3.5	93	.282	.236	.259	.269	.323	.387	.387	.656	.710	83	.428	-32.0	-3.4	.561	.201	.151	8

CAL (4 yrs)				391	273	51	5.0	90	.326	.278	.249	.321	.322	.439	.375	.759	.696	117	.586	6.5	0.6	.673	.215	.161	1.9
CHC (2 yrs)				556	418	56	3.6	97	.290	.242	.267	.267	.326	.405	.397	.672	.723	84	.442	-14.3	-1.5	.587	.212	.163	15.0
NYM (1 yr)				162	133	9	1.8	90	.231	.179	.254	.205	.316	.314	.383	.519	.700	47	.183	-11.4	-1.2	.417	.167	.135	3.0
PHI (1 yr)				66	54	4	2.0	91	.140	.153	.259	.203	.322	.305	.380	.508	.702	43	.222	-4.7	-0.5	.451	.237	.153	1.5
MLN (1 yr)				27	22	1	1.2	94	.278	.185	.259	.185	.323	.222	.392	.407	.715	14	.098	-3.1	-0.3	.273	.037	.037
NYY (1 yr)				51	43	2	1.3	91	.184	.167	.250	.216	.326	.229	.377	.445	.702	27	.098	-4.9	-0.5	.326	.125	.063	.0

AL (4 yrs)				442	316	53	4.5	90	.309	.265	.249	.308	.322	.414	.375	.723	.697	106	.537	1.6	0.1	.625	.205	.149	1.9
NL (4 yrs)				811	627	70	3.0	95	.266	.221	.264	.247	.324	.373	.393	.620	.717	71	.363	-33.6	-3.5	.528	.199	.152	19.8

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	24	CHC	NL	36	2.8%	30.6%	0.0%	8.3%	33%		3.3	36.0	18.0	0.67	67%
1964	25	CHC	NL	520	3.7%	24.6%	3.5%	7.5%	33%	7.11	3.9	26.2	9.9	1.11	68%
1965	26	TOT	NL	189	1.6%	28.6%	2.1%	7.4%	42%	13.50	3.4	61.0	20.3	0.88	67%
1965	26	NYM	NL	162	1.9%	27.8%	2.5%	8.0%	46%	11.25	3.5	52.0	17.3	0.95	67%
1965	26	MLN	NL	27	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	3.7%	20%		3.0			0.50	67%

1967	28	PHI	NL	66	4.6%	21.2%	6.1%	4.6%	33%	3.50	4.2	19.7	9.8	1.18	65%

1969	30	TOT	AL	111	4.5%	16.2%	5.4%	5.4%	24%	3.00	5.8	20.8	8.0	1.14	73%
1969	30	NYY	AL	51	2.0%	17.7%	5.9%	2.0%	13%	3.00	5.3	48.0	16.0	1.36	75%
1969	30	CAL	AL	60	6.7%	15.0%	5.0%	8.3%	29%	3.00	6.2	14.0	5.6	0.93	72%
1970	31	CAL	AL	146	3.4%	19.9%	7.5%	10.3%	41%	2.64	4.6	26.8	5.4	0.57	68%
1971	32	CAL	AL	182	2.2%	22.5%	3.9%	6.6%	25%	5.86	4.2	43.5	8.7	0.65	71%
1972	33	CAL	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
8 Seasons				1253	3.2%	23.7%	4.0%	7.3%	33%	5.94	4.0	29.8	9.5	0.92	68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	24	CHC	NL	1	0	0%	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	25	CHC	NL	10	0	28%	142	12	3	80%	10	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	8	51%	20	11	9	10	3	6	7	3	4
1965	26	TOT	NL	4	0	49%	60	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	53%	8	5	2	1	0	1	6	1	5
1965	26	NYM	NL	4	0	43%	53	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	57%	7	5	2	1	0	1	6	1	5
1965	26	MLN	NL	0	0	80%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	28	PHI	NL	3	0	80%	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	4	4	0	1	0	1	3	0	3

1969	30	TOT	AL	3	0	37%	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	31%	6	5	1	1	0	1	6	3	2
1969	30	NYY	AL	1	0	40%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1969	30	CAL	AL	2	0	35%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	38%	2	2	0	1	0	1	5	2	2
1970	31	CAL	AL	1	0	34%	44	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	60%	8	5	3	1	0	1	6	1	5
1971	32	CAL	AL	4	0	16%	69	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	47%	10	6	4	1	0	1	6	2	3
1972	33	CAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons				26	0	31%	402	17	8	68%	15	6	2	2	0	0	4	2	11	24	50%	56	36	19	15	3	11	34	10	22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1963	24	CHC	NL	36	83%	9			4	1	0	0	0.17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1964	25	CHC	NL	520	38%	120			4	1	0	0	0.85	19	0	10	13	6	12	7	0	3	2	67%	93	6	6%	39	8	21%	295	31	11%	21	9	43%	24	3	13%	0
1965	26	TOT	NL	186	45%	33			20	2	0	2	1.36	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	1	50%	25	2	8%	10	0	0%	76	6	8%	3	0	0%	8	1	13%	3
1965	26	NYM	NL	162	45%	28			14	2	0	2	1.21	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	1	50%	24	2	8%	8	0	0%	67	6	9%	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	0
1965	26	MLN	NL	24	46%	5			6	0	0	0	1.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	3

1967	28	PHI	NL	66	94%	9			5	0	0	1	1.49	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	2	2	100%	18	1	6%	12	5	42%	38	3	8%	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	0

1969	30	TOT	AL	111	76%	25			33	9	2	4	1.58	5	0	3	1	4	3	2	0	0	0		24	4	17%	6	0	0%	74	9	12%	7	2	29%	4	1	25%	0
1969	30	NYY	AL	51	80%	8			19	3	1	1	1.28	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		8	3	38%	1	0	0%	23	3	13%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1969	30	CAL	AL	60	72%	17			14	6	1	3	1.97	4	0	3	1	3	3	1	0	0	0		16	1	6%	5	0	0%	51	6	12%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
1970	31	CAL	AL	146	81%	37			38	11	1	5	2.66	5	0	8	1	4	3	2	0	0	0		36	2	6%	13	2	15%	135	21	16%	12	4	33%	10	4	40%	0
1971	32	CAL	AL	182	85%	48			34	8	0	7	2.56	4	0	6	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	100%	44	2	5%	18	4	22%	128	17	13%	9	4	44%	6	1	17%	0
1972	33	CAL	AL	3	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Seasons				1250	59%	281			141	32	3	19	2.02	40	0	28	17	23	24	16	0	8	6	75%	244	17	7%	101	20	20%	760	88	12%	55	20	36%	58	11	19%	3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1963	24	14	36	36	1	9	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	11	.250	.250	.417	.667	84	15	0	0	0	0	0
1964	25	153	556	533	53	129	17	5	20	52	12	4	18	139	.242	.267	.405	.672	84	216	6	1	2	2	5
1965	26	254	745	716	73	162	26	7	23	61	15	6	22	193	.226	.251	.378	.629	73	271	8	2	3	2	6
1966	27	254	745	716	73	162	26	7	23	61	15	6	22	193	.226	.251	.378	.629	73	271	8	2	3	2	6
1967	28	288	811	775	84	171	26	7	26	67	16	6	26	207	.221	.247	.373	.620	71	289	9	2	5	3	6
1968	29	288	811	775	84	171	26	7	26	67	16	6	26	207	.221	.247	.373	.620	71	289	9	2	5	3	6
1969	30	348	922	879	99	196	27	7	31	80	16	6	32	225	.223	.252	.375	.627	74	330	13	3	5	3	7
1970	31	416	1068	1013	119	233	36	8	36	105	16	7	43	254	.230	.263	.388	.651	81	393	15	4	5	3	9
1971	32	490	1250	1187	131	281	44	8	40	125	17	8	50	295	.237	.269	.388	.658	84	461	17	4	6	3	10
1972	33	493	1253	1190	131	281	44	8	40	125	17	8	50	297	.236	.269	.387	.656	83	461	17	4	6	3	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	24	14	36	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	14
1964	25	139	521	500	55	123	16	4	19	53	12	18	128	.246	.273	.408	.681	56	139
1965	26	100	189	184	23	35	10	2	3	10	3	4	54	.190	.212	.315	.527	12	101

1967	28	34	64	59	11	9	0	0	3	6	1	4	14	.153	.203	.305	.508	4	34

1969	30	60	115	107	17	28	1	0	6	15	0	7	18	.262	.313	.439	.752	14	60
1970	31	68	149	136	22	39	9	1	5	28	0	12	29	.287	.349	.478	.827	23	68
1971	32	74	189	181	15	54	9	0	4	25	1	8	41	.298	.328	.414	.742	25	74
1972	33	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
8 Seasons		492	1266	1206	144	288	45	7	40	139	17	53	297	.239	.273	.387	.660	138	493
162 Game Avg.		162	417	397	47	95	15	2	13	46	6	17	98	.239	.273	.387	.660	45	493

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1964 NL--128--2nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1964 NL--12--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1964 NL--14.7--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Ernie Young (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Fred Valentine (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Smith (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Billy billie Billy Rolland Cowan

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50