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Joe Cowley
Joseph Alan Cowley

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 15, 1958 in Lexington, KY
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1982
Final Game: May 3, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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Minors
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- 1982
- 1986
- 1984
- 1987
- 1985
Splits [+]
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- 1982
- 1986
- 1984
- 1987
- 1985
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1982	23	ATL	NL	1	2	.333	4.47	17	8	4	0	0	0	52.1	53	27	26	6	16	2	27	1	0	0	221	84	1.318	9.1	1.0	2.8	4.6	1.69

1984	25	NYY	AL	9	2	.818	3.56	16	11	2	3	1	0	83.1	75	34	33	12	31	1	71	2	1	2	356	107	1.272	8.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	2.29
1985	26	NYY	AL	12	6	.667	3.95	30	26	2	1	0	0	159.2	132	75	70	29	85	2	97	6	1	5	684	102	1.359	7.4	1.6	4.8	5.5	1.14
1986	27	CHW	AL	11	11	.500	3.88	27	27	0	4	0	0	162.1	133	81	70	20	83	1	132	3	0	4	692	112	1.331	7.4	1.1	4.6	7.3	1.59
1987	28	PHI	NL	0	4	.000	15.43	5	4	0	0	0	0	11.2	21	26	20	2	17	1	5	2	0	0	73	28	3.257	16.2	1.5	13.1	3.9	0.29
5 Seasons				33	25	.569	4.20	95	76	8	8	1	0	469.1	414	243	219	69	232	7	332	14	2	11	2026	97	1.376	7.9	1.3	4.4	6.4	1.43
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.569	4.20	38	30	3	3	0	0	187	165	97	87	27	92	3	132	6	1	4	806	97	1.376	7.9	1.3	4.4	6.4	1.43

NYY (2 yrs)				21	8	.724	3.81	46	37	4	4	1	0	243.0	207	109	103	41	116	3	168	8	2	7	1040	103	1.329	7.7	1.5	4.3	6.2	1.45
PHI (1 yr)				0	4	.000	15.43	5	4	0	0	0	0	11.2	21	26	20	2	17	1	5	2	0	0	73	28	3.257	16.2	1.5	13.1	3.9	0.29
ATL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.47	17	8	4	0	0	0	52.1	53	27	26	6	16	2	27	1	0	0	221	84	1.318	9.1	1.0	2.8	4.6	1.69
CHW (1 yr)				11	11	.500	3.88	27	27	0	4	0	0	162.1	133	81	70	20	83	1	132	3	0	4	692	112	1.331	7.4	1.1	4.6	7.3	1.59

AL (3 yrs)				32	19	.627	3.84	73	64	4	8	1	0	405.1	340	190	173	61	199	4	300	11	2	11	1732	107	1.330	7.5	1.4	4.4	6.7	1.51
NL (2 yrs)				1	6	.143	6.47	22	12	4	0	0	0	64.0	74	53	46	8	33	3	32	3	0	0	294	59	1.672	10.4	1.1	4.6	4.5	0.97

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- 1982
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- Event

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
1982	23	ATL	NL	17	16	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	1

1986	27	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	PHI	NL	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	154	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
5 Seasons				23	19	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	36	5	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	134	127	0	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	.222	.222	.278	.500	36	35	0	0	7	0	0

PHI (1 yr)				5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	154	2	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				17	16	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	3	0	0	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				22	19	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	36	5	0	0	1	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1982	ATL	NL	23	P	17	8	52.1	12	6	6	0	1	1.000	2.06	0.71	.950	1.96	0.70
1984	NYY	AL	25	P	16	11	83.1	21	7	12	2	0	.905	2.05	1.19	.962	1.79	0.70
1985	NYY	AL	26	P	30	26	159.2	31	6	22	3	1	.903	1.58	0.93	.955	1.86	0.70
1986	CHW	AL	27	P	27	27	162.1	36	16	16	4	0	.889	1.77	1.19	.961	1.83	0.68
1987	PHI	NL	28	P	5	4	11.2	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0.77	0.20	1.000	1.93	0.62
5 Seasons				P	95	76	469.1	102	36	56	10	2	.902	1.76	0.97	.959	1.85	0.69
5 Seasons				TOT	95	76	469.1	102	36	56	10	2	.902	1.76	0.97	.861	1.85	0.69

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL .667 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL 7.374 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL 7.318 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL 29 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Similar Pitchers

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Andy Replogle (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Robinson (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Simpson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rollie Sheldon (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

July 22, 1976: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 20, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

November 22, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

December 12, 1985: Traded by the New York Yankees with Ron Hassey to the Chicago White Sox for Glen Braxton (minors), Mike Soper (minors) and Britt Burns.

March 26, 1987: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Redus.

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Salaries

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1985	New York Yankees	$120,000
1986	Chicago White Sox	$295,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$415,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniforms

View Joe Cowley's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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