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Al Cowens

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Full Name: Alfred Edward Cowens Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/197 First Game: April 6, 1974
Birthdate: October 25, 1951 Final Game: June 8, 1986
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: March 11, 2002
Deathplace: Downey, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Al Cowens (Alfred Edward Cowens) was born on October 25, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 6, 1974 for the Kansas City Royals. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .242 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Cowens played for the Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, California Angels and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Al Cowens's best season was 1977, when he slugged 23 home runs, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 112 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 KC A 110 269 28 65 1 25 .242 .303 .286 7 1 23 38 1 2 5 0 10
1975 KC A 120 328 44 91 4 42 .277 .340 .402 13 8 28 36 4 5 12 1 9
1976 KC A 152 581 71 154 3 59 .265 .298 .341 23 6 26 50 3 2 23 0 9
1977 KC A 162 606 98 189 23 112 .312 .361 .525 32 14 41 64 8 1 16 4 14
1978 KC A 132 485 63 133 5 63 .274 .319 .388 24 8 31 54 6 1 14 3 7
1979 KC A 136 516 69 152 9 73 .295 .345 .409 18 7 40 44 3 2 10 4 12
1980 DET A 108 403 58 113 5 42 .280 .339 .370 15 3 37 40 1 7 5 4 6
1980 CAL A 34 119 11 27 1 17 .227 .303 .294 5 0 12 21 1 0 1 1 2
1980 TOT A 142 522 69 140 6 59 .268 .331 .352 20 3 49 61 2 7 6 5 8
1981 DET A 85 253 27 66 1 18 .261 .319 .348 11 4 22 36 1 5 3 3 3
1982 SEA A 146 560 72 151 20 78 .270 .325 .475 39 8 46 81 1 1 11 3 12
1983 SEA A 110 356 39 73 7 35 .205 .255 .329 19 2 23 38 2 0 10 0 13
1984 SEA A 139 524 60 145 15 78 .277 .312 .435 34 2 27 83 2 1 9 2 18
1985 SEA A 122 452 59 120 14 69 .265 .310 .451 32 5 30 56 1 0 0 3 23
1986 SEA A 28 82 5 15 0 6 .183 .209 .232 4 0 3 18 0 1 1 0 3
Total 1584 5534 704 1494 108 717 .270 .319 .403 276 68 389 659 34 28 120 28 141

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 KC A CF 24 17 171 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 KC A 3B 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1974 KC A OF 102 64 655.1 151 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1974 KC A LF 7 0 14.2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 KC A RF 75 47 469.2 104 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1974 KC A DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 KC A CF 36 29 259 82 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 KC A OF 111 83 802.2 214 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1975 KC A LF 22 3 61.1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 KC A RF 64 51 482.1 111 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1975 KC A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 KC A OF 148 145 1311 329 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1976 KC A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 KC A RF 142 139 1226.2 307 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1976 KC A CF 12 6 84.1 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1977 KC A CF 27 26 196 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 KC A OF 158 150 1352 307 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1977 KC A DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 KC A RF 142 124 1156 254 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1978 KC A RF 119 110 968 238 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1978 KC A DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 KC A CF 16 13 109.2 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 KC A OF 127 123 1077.2 275 10 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1978 KC A 3B 5 3 30 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1979 KC A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 KC A OF 134 132 1170.1 288 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1979 KC A CF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 KC A RF 134 132 1168.1 287 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1980 DET A RF 107 106 943 198 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1980 DET A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 DET A OF 107 106 943 199 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1980 CAL A OF 30 30 265.2 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CAL A LF 3 3 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CAL A RF 22 17 166.2 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CAL A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 CAL A CF 10 10 72 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 TOT A RF 129 123 1109.2 237 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1980 TOT A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 TOT A OF 137 136 1208.2 263 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1981 DET A CF 65 53 493 146 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 DET A RF 19 11 114 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1981 DET A OF 83 64 607 166 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1982 SEA A RF 145 143 1301.1 277 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1982 SEA A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 SEA A OF 145 143 1301.1 280 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1983 SEA A RF 64 56 503 108 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1983 SEA A LF 2 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 SEA A DH 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 SEA A OF 69 61 544 124 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1983 SEA A CF 4 4 31 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 SEA A DH 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 SEA A OF 130 123 1089.1 228 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1984 SEA A CF 2 1 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 SEA A RF 130 122 1079.1 221 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1985 SEA A RF 110 109 933 198 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1985 SEA A DH 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 SEA A OF 110 109 933 198 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1986 SEA A RF 18 16 149 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1986 SEA A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 SEA A OF 19 17 158 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1986 SEA A LF 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 64 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 1291 1183 10660.1 2388 102 45 16 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total 3B 7 3 33 5 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .889
Total LF 35 8 122 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 197 159 1428 419 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .995
Total OF 1473 1350 12210.1 2854 112 46 19 0 0 0 0 0 .985

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 75th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals with Todd Cruz and a player to be named later to California Angels in exchange for Rance Mulliniks and Willie Aikens (December 6, 1979); California Angels received Craig Eaton (April 1, 1980).
  • Traded by California Angels to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jason Thompson (May 27, 1980).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Seattle Mariners (March 28, 1982).
  • Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 14, 1983).
  • Released by Seattle Mariners (December 20, 1985).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (February 7, 1986).
  • Released by Seattle Mariners (June 12, 1986).

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