Shane Bowers | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Glendora, California, U.S. | July 27, 1971|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 26, 1997, for the Minnesota Twins | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 16, 1997, for the Minnesota Twins | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–3 |
Earned run average | 8.05 |
Strikeouts | 7 |
NPB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 7–21 |
Earned run average | 4.08 |
Strikeouts | 185 |
KBO statistics | |
Win–loss record | 13–4 |
Earned run average | 3.01 |
Strikeouts | 85 |
Teams | |
Shane Patrick Bowers (born July 27,1971) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1997.
Born in Glendora,California, [1] Bowers went to Charter Oak High School in Covina,where he played baseball and basketball,before attending Loyola Marymount University. [2] After being selected by the Twins in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft,Bowers pitched for four different minor league teams from 1993 to 1996. [3] In 1997,he played for the New Britain Rock Cats for two months,recording a 7–2 win–loss record and 3.41 earned run average (ERA) before receiving a promotion to the Salt Lake Buzz,the Twins' Triple-A team. He went 6–0 with the Buzz,earning a call-up to the major leagues by the Twins. His first major league appearance came on July 26 against the Baltimore Orioles;Bowers allowed one run in 5+2⁄3 innings pitched. [4] He started five games for Minnesota in 1997 and posted an 0–3 record, with an 8.05 ERA. [1] Bowers returned to the Buzz for the 1998 season, splitting time between starts and relief appearances and pitching through a fracture in his pitching arm. [5]
In 2001, he went overseas to play for the Yokohama BayStars of Japan's Central League; he started 26 games, going 3–13 with a 4.39 ERA. The following season, he was 4–8 with a 3.77 ERA in 24 appearances. In 2003, he pitched for the Hyundai Unicorns in South Korea, winning 13 games. Bowers last played in the minor leagues in 2004. [3]
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