Brent Bowers

Brent Raymond Bowers

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
• High School St. Laurence High School
• Debut August 16, 1996
• Final Game September 29, 1996
• Born May 2, 1971 in Oak Lawn, IL USA

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Biographical Information

Brent Bowers hit .308 in 21 games with the 1996 Baltimore Orioles. In the minors, he stole 36 bases in 1993 in Double A and had 11 triples the next year, also in Double A in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Moving to the Baltimore organization in 1996, he hit over .300 at all three of his stops, with Bowie, Rochester, and the parent club. In 1997, moving to the Philadelphia Phillies organization, he was about to be recalled to the bigs to replace right fielder Danny Tartabull, who suffered a season-ending foot injury, but he tore his hamstring that day and never got the call again. He came back to the Blue Jays organization in 1998, played for the 1999 Hyundai Unicorns and was in the Cincinnati Reds organization in 2000.

He was the manager of the Windy City ThunderBolts of the Frontier League in 2005 and 2006. He became manager of the Edmonton Capitals in the Golden Baseball League in 2009, but in 2010 was suspended for two games by the league after lashing out with a homophobic tirade against umpire Billy Van Raaphorst after being ejected from a game on July 31st. Van Raaphorst's colleagues rallied around him after the initial suspension was announced, eventually forcing the league to extend the suspension to the remainder of the season. Bowers chose instead to resign in disgrace on August 7th and was replaced by hitting coach Gordon Gerlach.

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
2005	Windy City ThunderBolts	Frontier League	39-57	11th	Independent Leagues
2006	Windy City ThunderBolts	Frontier League	41-54	8th	Independent Leagues
2008	Edmonton Cracker-Cats	Golden Baseball League	51-37	2nd	Independent Leagues	Lost in 1st round
2009	Edmonton Capitals	Golden Baseball League	44-38	3rd	Independent Leagues	Lost in 1st round
2010	Edmonton Capitals	Golden Baseball League		--	Independent Leagues		Replaced by Gordon Gerlach on August 1