Al Cowens

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 197lb (185cm, 89kg)

Born: October 25, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: March 11, 2002 in Downey, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 75th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Centennial HS (Compton, CA).

High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)

Debut: April 6, 1974 (Age 22-163d, 13,462nd in major league history)
vs. MIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 8, 1986 (Age 34-226d)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Alfred Edward Cowens

Nicknames: A. C.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

5534

1494

108

.270

704

RBI

717

120

OBP

.319

SLG

.403

OPS

.722

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	5-9 / in Starts: 5-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	8 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1976	ALCS g1	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	5	1.04	0.107	32.40	2.14%	0.62	RF CF
2	1976	ALCS g2	Oct 10	KCR		NYY	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	.90	0.137	26.04	2.04%	1.33	CF
3	1976	ALCS g3	Oct 12	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667	2	.96	-0.078	39.58	-1.96%	-0.46	CF
4	1976	ALCS g4	Oct 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.294	.471	1	.40	-0.050	15.52	-1.17%	-1.10	CF
5	1976	ALCS g5	Oct 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.227	.286	.513	1	1.34	-0.036	111.33	-1.89%	-0.41	CF
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1977	ALCS g1	Oct 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	4	.34	0.023	10.75	0.47%	1.13	RF
7	1977	ALCS g2	Oct 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	4	.91	-0.099	26.10	-1.61%	-1.05	RF
8	1977	ALCS g3	Oct 7	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	4	.91	-0.001	37.59	-0.01%	-0.62	CF RF
9	1977	ALCS g4	Oct 8	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.250	.400	.650	4	1.69	-0.170	64.91	-4.23%	-1.01	RF
10	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.421	.721	4	.80	0.069	66.88	3.17%	0.70	RF
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	KCR		NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	1.24	-0.068	38.59	-1.36%	-0.74	RF
12	1978	ALCS g2	Oct 4	KCR		NYY	W,10-4	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.56	0.028	16.02	0.44%	-0.61	RF
13	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	1.92	-0.075	79.58	-1.97%	-1.19	RF
14	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	4	1.05	-0.080	40.29	-1.80%	-0.70	RF
									57	55	7	11	0	1	1	6	2	0	6	0	0	0		2	2	1	.200	.228	.291	.519

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