Joe Cowley
Atlanta Braves 1982; New York Yankees 1984–1985; Chicago White Sox 1986; Philadelphia Phillies 1987
Percentile snapshot
1986 season — qualified pitchers
of 83 qualified 1986 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | -1.5 | 10.6 | .187 | 0.1 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 157.1 | 153.4 | .430 | -1.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 26 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 52.3 | 4.47 | 1.318 | 4.64 | 4.18 | 111.6 | 83.8 | 0.1 |
| 1984 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 33 | 31 | 71 | 12 | 83.3 | 3.56 | 1.272 | 7.67 | 4.10 | 106.8 | 107.8 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 70 | 85 | 97 | 29 | 159.7 | 3.95 | 1.359 | 5.47 | 5.60 | 138.6 | 102.4 | 1.8 |
| 1986 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 70 | 83 | 132 | 20 | 162.3 | 3.88 | 1.331 | 7.32 | 4.36 | 101.9 | 110.2 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 11.7 | 15.43 | 3.257 | 3.86 | 9.12 | 216.2 | 27.3 | -1.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-04-22 | PHI @ WSH Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982-04-18 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982-04-24 | SD @ ATL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982-07-21 | ATL @ STL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982-04-13 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-08-20 | LAA @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 1986-06-02 | TEX @ CWS Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986-09-30 | SEA @ CWS Gameday | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984-09-14 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986-09-19 | CWS @ LAA Gameday | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.