Joe Cowley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Born: August 15, 1958 in Lexington, KY us

High School: Lafayette HS (Lexington, KY)

Debut: April 13, 1982 (Age 23-241d, 14,575th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 3, 1987 (Age 28-261d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Joseph Alan Cowley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

4.20

469.1

332

WHIP

1.376

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-13 / in Starts: 16-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	6-7		99	1.2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	10.80	12.28	7	4	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.037	.14	-0.03%	-1.76	6b -2- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d7
2	35	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-14	2-5		1	3.0	2	2	1	4	1	0	0	5.79	8.26	15	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.09	-0.001	.13	0.00%	-0.75	2b --- 2 out d8	5b 12- 2 out d8
3	36	8	Apr 19	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.76	6.92	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.038	1.01	0.03%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	37	11	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	GS-5		3	5.0	4	3	2	3	3	1	0	4.22	6.43	21	4	7	0	0	4	49			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	2	0	.99	-0.093	1.40	-0.08%	-0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
5	38	16	Apr 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(0-1)	4	8.2	6	4	4	4	6	2	1	4.19	6.25	36	9	10	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.62	-0.260	1.44	-0.14%	-0.01	1b start a 1	9b 123 2 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	39	24	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-4	L(0-2)	9	3.2	6	7	7	4	4	2	0	6.26	6.99	21	4	4	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.377	.71	-0.17%	-4.97	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d4
7	40	28	May 13	NYY		MIN	W,9-8	3-GF	W(1-2)	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.80	5.58	25	1	13	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.094	.18	0.04%	3.51	3t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 2
8	41	33	May 18	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.1	6	1	1	5	6	0	0	4.21	5.16	30	9	10	2	2	0	58			1	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.264	1.92	0.20%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
9	42	38	May 24	NYY	@	OAK	W,10-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	5	7.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	1	4.15	5.20	29	8	9	1	0	5	55			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.158	.61	0.12%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
10	43	43	May 30	NYY		CAL	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-2)	5	7.2	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.71	5.04	26	7	10	1	0	3	71			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.395	1.22	0.26%	2.91	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	44	48	Jun 4	NYY		OAK	L,0-2	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	4.1	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.58	5.12	17	4	6	1	0	3	53			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.103	1.14	0.08%	1.24	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d1
12	45	60	Jun 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(5-3)	13	5.0	2	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.58	4.95	21	2	8	0	0	2	56			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.137	.93	0.08%	1.10	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out a3
13	46	66	Jun 24	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(6-3)	5	8.0	6	4	4	3	8	2	1	3.69	5.01	32	5	10	0	0	5	59			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.052	.95	-0.03%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	47	72	Jul 1	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS-8	W(7-3)	6	8.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.42	4.79	28	11	10	0	0	3	72			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.465	1.63	0.39%	3.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
15	48	82	Jul 11	NYY		TEX	W,11-7	GS-3		9	2.1	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	3.55	4.85	11	2	5	0	0	1	45			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.014	1.52	0.01%	0.10	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out a3
16	49	87	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-6	W(8-3)	7	5.2	7	4	4	3	1	3	0	3.74	5.25	27	4	12	0	0	7	37			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.010	1.86	-0.01%	-0.89	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out a2
17	50	92	Jul 24	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS-5	L(8-4)	4	4.2	5	4	4	1	1	3	0	3.94	5.56	20	4	9	1	0	5	38			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.233	1.38	-0.31%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d2
18	51	97	Jul 30(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	6.0	7	3	2	4	1	0	0	3.88	5.48	30	6	12	0	0	7	45			2	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	1	2	1.03	-0.160	1.41	-0.13%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	52	103	Aug 4	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-5)	4	5.1	7	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.86	5.44	24	4	6	1	0	7	43			0	1	1	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.178	.99	0.08%	1.82	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
20	53	108	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-5)	5	7.0	8	3	2	1	6	1	0	3.77	5.30	30	7	8	1	0	8	56			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	.93	0.104	1.09	0.07%	0.72	1b start a 3	8b --- 0 out a2
21	54	113	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.2	6	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.87	5.39	28	5	10	1	0	6	47			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.224	1.26	-0.18%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
22	55	118	Aug 21	NYY	@	CAL	W,13-10	GS-1		4	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.18	5.55	4	0	0	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.253	3.15	-0.39%	-3.00	1b start a 4	1b 12- 0 out a2
23	56	123	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9		4	8.1	3	1	1	4	6	0	1	3.97	5.38	32	8	10	0	0	3	75			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	0.294	4.34	0.53%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	57	128	Sep 1	NYY		CAL	W,5-3	GS-6		5	5.2	5	3	3	7	6	0	0	4.01	5.33	28	5	6	1	0	4	46			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.119	1.61	-0.14%	-0.43	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
25	58	133	Sep 6	NYY		OAK	W,8-4	GS-2		4	1.2	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.16	5.38	11	2	2	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.247	3.99	-0.50%	-2.36	1t start tie	2t --3 2 out d2
26	59	138	Sep 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.0	9	3	2	1	6	1	0	4.08	5.27	31	5	10	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.003	3.98	-0.01%	0.15	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
27	60	143	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	GS-8		4	7.2	4	3	3	5	4	2	0	4.05	5.37	31	10	8	0	0	4	58			1	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.227	1.62	0.26%	0.91	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
28	61	148	Sep 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-6	W(11-5)	4	6.0	3	2	2	6	4	1	1	4.01	5.43	27	6	7	1	0	3	56			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.107	.63	0.04%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
29	62	153	Sep 29(1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	GS-7	W(12-5)	7	7.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.83	5.32	26	10	7	0	0	2	74			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.425	.24	0.05%	3.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
30	63	160	Oct 5	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	GS-3	L(12-6)	5	2.1	4	3	3	1	0	3	0	3.95	5.54	12	5	2	0	0	4	36			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.165	7.46	-0.95%	-1.69	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d3
							17-13		W-L:12-6	4.9	159.2	132	75	70	85	97	29	6	3.95	5.54	684	0.71		3%	1%	123	51	1	100%	12	7	5	588	17	3	2	9	4	6	.99	0.769	1.60	-0.84%	5.90

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