Alan Fowlkes

Alan Kim Fowlkes

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
• School California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
• High School Imperial High School
• Debut April 7, 1982
• Final Game August 26, 1985
• Born August 8, 1958 in Brawley, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Alan Fowlkes won his 20th and 21st games of the season during the 1980 Division II College World Series, setting an NCAA record for wins in a season and leading Cal Poly Pomona to the championship. He had already set an NCAA record with 188 innings pitched before the CWS started. He finished the year 21-2 after going 11-5 in 1979. He extended his record of innings pitched in a season to 206.0 [1], then pitched another 107 innings in the minor leagues that year. He also set Division II records with 23 games started and 19 complete games.

He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but only had a short major league career. In 1981, he had a very good season for the Shreveport Captains of the AA Texas League, going 14-10, 2.79 in 32 games with 13 complete games, which got him named the circuit's Pitcher of the Year and earned him a spot on the major league team the next year. He made his major league debut with the Giants at the start of the 1982 season, starting on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but failed to make it out of the 2nd inning. He took a regular turn in the starting rotation through mid-May, going 3-2 in 8 starts, but with an ERA of 5.45. He then shuttled a few times between AAA and the Giants for the remainder of the season, going 4-2, 5.19 in 21 games (15 starts) in the majors, and 6-3, 3.19 in 13 games for the Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League.

He then spent all of 1983 and 1984 with Phoenix, going 9-11, 6.51 the first year and 4-4, 3.76 the second, when his season ended after 16 games. He was released by San Francisco in April of 1985 and signed as a free agent with the California Angels a month later. He spent most of that season in AAA with the Edmonton Trappers, going 9-8, 3.79 in 23 games, but also made two relief appearances with the Angels. He gave up 7 runs in as many innings in those two games; those were his final big league appearances.

He continued to pitch in the minors until 1989, including spending part of the 1987 season with the Diablos Rojos del México in the Mexican League. He won in double figures in 1988, going 10-13 between the unaffiliated Reno Silver Sox of the California League and the AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox. In all, he pitched 10 professional seasons, and was at AAA in seven of these. He went 71-66 in the minors.

Notable Achievements

• 1981 Pitcher of the Year Texas League Shreveport Captains