Joe Cowley

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: August 15, 1958 in Lexington, KY us

High School: Lafayette HS (Lexington, KY)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1976	17	-2.5	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	0	4	.000	9.00	11.08	5	3		0	0	0	13.0	17	16	13	0	19	0	12	2	0	3		2.769	11.8	0.0	13.2	8.3	0.63
1977	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	ATL	7	5	.583	6.79	7.76	24	22		3	1	0	102.0	104	88	77	7	93	0	84	10	2	13		1.931	9.2	0.6	8.2	7.4	0.90
1977	18	-2.2	Greenwood	WCRS	A	ATL	1	0	1.000	8.16	8.16	10	9		0	0	0	32.0	31	29	29	2	43	0	25	6	1	3		2.313	8.7	0.6	12.1	7.0	0.58
1977	18	-1.9	Kingsport	APPY	Rk	ATL	6	5	.545	6.17	7.59	14	13		3	1	0	70.0	73	59	48	5	50	0	59	4	1	10		1.757	9.4	0.6	6.4	7.6	1.18
1978	19	-1.6	Greenwood	WCRS	A	ATL	11	7	.611	3.97	4.75	25	24		4	1	0	161.0	133	85	71	6	113	1	141	19	3	13		1.528	7.4	0.3	6.3	7.9	1.25
1979	20	-2.4	Savannah	SOUL	AA	ATL	7	9	.438	3.75	4.63	25	23		6	3	1	144.0	115	74	60	13	81	2	103	13	2	6		1.361	7.2	0.8	5.1	6.4	1.27
1980	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	ATL	7	3	.700	4.38	5.21	14	14		2	0	0	76.0	81	44	37	7	34	0	57	8	0	7		1.513	9.6	0.8	4.0	6.8	1.68
1980	21	-2.1	Savannah	SOUL	AA	ATL	1	3	.250	12.75	13.50	4	4		0	0	0	12.0	24	18	17	1	9	0	13	3	0	3		2.750	18.0	0.8	6.8	9.8	1.44
1980	21	-0.7	Durham	CARL	A	ATL	6	0	1.000	2.81	3.66	10	10		2	0	0	64.0	57	26	20	6	25	0	44	5	0	4		1.281	8.0	0.8	3.5	6.2	1.76
1981	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ATL	9	2	.818	2.76	2.92	29	8	16	5	0	6	114.0	80	37	35	11	32	2	95	4	0	3		0.982	6.3	0.9	2.5	7.5	2.97
1981	22	-3.2	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	3	2	.600	2.80	3.00	18	1	12	1	0	5	45.0	33	15	14	3	16	1	39	2	0	3		1.089	6.6	0.6	3.2	7.8	2.44
1981	22	-1.0	Savannah	SOUL	AA	ATL	6	0	1.000	2.74	2.87	11	7	4	4	0	1	69.0	47	22	21	8	16	1	56	2	0	0		0.913	6.1	1.0	2.1	7.3	3.50
1982	23	-2.6	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	4	2	.667	4.03	4.21	9	9	0	0	0	0	51.1	46	24	23	4	30	0	33	2	0	2		1.481	8.1	0.7	5.3	5.8	1.10
1982	23	-5.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	2	.333	4.47	4.64	17	8	4	0	0	0	52.1	53	27	26	6	16	2	27	1	0	0	221	1.318	9.1	1.0	2.8	4.6	1.69
1983	24	-1.5	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	9	7	.563	4.40	4.98	28	18	7	4	4	2	124.2	106	69	61	11	72	0	108	5	1	8		1.428	7.7	0.8	5.2	7.8	1.50
1984	25	-0.3	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	10	3	.769	3.66	4.70	17	15	1	6	2	0	113.0	100	59	46	10	50	2	96	6	0	1		1.327	8.0	0.8	4.0	7.6	1.92
1984	25	-3.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	2	.818	3.56	3.67	16	11	2	3	1	0	83.1	75	34	33	12	31	1	71	2	1	2	356	1.272	8.1	1.3	3.3	7.7	2.29
1985	26	-2.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	6	.667	3.95	4.23	30	26	2	1	0	0	159.2	132	75	70	29	85	2	97	6	1	5	684	1.359	7.4	1.6	4.8	5.5	1.14
1986	27	0.5	Buffalo	AA	AAA	CHW	1	3	.250	3.96	4.46	6	5	1	2	0	0	36.1	34	18	16	2	26	1	30	0	4	8		1.651	8.4	0.5	6.4	7.4	1.15
1986	27	-1.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	11	11	.500	3.88	4.49	27	27	0	4	0	0	162.1	133	81	70	20	83	1	132	3	0	4	692	1.331	7.4	1.1	4.6	7.3	1.59
1987	28	1.7	Maine	IL	AAA	PHI	3	9	.250	7.86	9.14	13	13	0	1	0	0	63.0	63	64	55	6	76	1	39	16	0	4		2.206	9.0	0.9	10.9	5.6	0.51
1987	28	-0.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	4	.000	15.43	20.06	5	4	0	0	0	0	11.2	21	26	20	2	17	1	5	2	0	0	73	3.257	16.2	1.5	13.1	3.9	0.29
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		33	25	.569	4.20	4.66	95	76	8	8	1	0	469.1	414	243	219	69	232	7	332	14	2	11	2026	1.376	7.9	1.3	4.4	6.4	1.43
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		68	54	.557	4.45	5.21	195	154	25	33	11	9	998.1	879	578	494	77	626	9	798	85	12	68		1.508	7.9	0.7	5.6	7.2	1.27
All Levels (12 Seasons)							101	79	.561	4.37	5.03	290	230	33	41	12	9	1467.2	1293	821	713	146	858	16	1130	99	14	79	2026	1.466	7.9	0.9	5.3	6.9	1.32

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		30	26	.536	4.47	5.17	91	61	21	14	6	7	433.1	382	249	215	36	270	5	345	31	5	26		1.505	7.9	0.7	5.6	7.2	1.28
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		14	12	.538	3.92	4.56	40	34	4	10	3	2	225.0	186	114	98	22	106	3	172	18	2	9		1.298	7.4	0.9	4.2	6.9	1.62
A (3 seasons)					Minors		18	7	.720	4.20	4.90	45	43		6	1	0	257.0	221	140	120	14	181	1	210	30	4	20		1.564	7.7	0.5	6.3	7.4	1.16
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		6	9	.400	6.61	8.13	19	16		3	1	0	83.0	90	75	61	5	69	0	71	6	1	13		1.916	9.8	0.5	7.5	7.7	1.03