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Kaleb Bryant Cowart (born June 2, 1992) is an American professional baseball third baseman and pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels.
Cowart won the
High school
Cowart attended
He was named the 2010
Professional career
Los Angeles Angels
The
Cowart played for the
After two poor seasons, the Angels assigned Cowart to Inland Empire to start the 2015 season, where he demonstrated an improvement in
The Angels promoted Cowart to the major leagues on August 18, 2015.[6] He made his major league debut that night. After the 2015 season, Cowart changed his uniform number from 41 to 22. In 2016, he appeared in 31 games for the Angels, hitting .176. The following season, he played in 50 games, hitting .225 with 3 home runs. He began the 2018 season in AAA, being recalled during the season. In 47 games, he hit .134 with 1 home run and 10 RBIs.[7]
On December 10, 2018, the
Cowart split the 2019 minor league season between Mobile and Salt Lake. He hit a combined .276/.331/.433/.764 with 9 home runs and 62 RBI, while going 1-2 with a 10.19 ERA over 17+2⁄3 innings pitched. On September 18, 2019, the Angels selected Cowart's contract.[11] Cowart elected free agency following the 2019 season.[12]
New York Yankees
On December 20, 2019, Cowart signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees.[13] Cowart did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] He also did not play in a game in 2021 due to an undisclosed injury. He elected free agency following the season on November 7, 2021.
On April 19, 2022, Cowart re-signed with the Yankees organization on a new minor league contract.[15] He made one appearance for the rookie-level Florida Complex League Yankees before spending the remainder of the year with the Double-A Somerset Patriots. In 15 appearances for Somerset, Cowart posted a 2-0 record and 4.20 ERA with 14 strikeouts in 15.0 innings pitched. He was released by the Yankees on April 3, 2023.[16]
References
- ^ Halley, Jim (June 3, 2010). "Georgia standout Kaleb Cowart is Gatorade's baseball player of year". Usatoday.com. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- ^ "Gatorade(R) National Baseball Player of the Year: Kaleb Cowart" (Press release).
- Valdosta Daily Times. August 16, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ "Angels sign Kaleb Cowart". Sports.espn.go.com. August 16, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ a b DiGiovanna, Mike (August 18, 2015). "Prospect Kaleb Cowart called up by Angels after reviving career this season". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Moura, Pedro (August 18, 2015). "Angels call up Kaleb Cowart to start at third, designate Conor Gillaspie". Orange County Register. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ "Kaleb Cowart Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Mariners claim Kaleb Cowart, will try him as two-way player". Espn.com. December 10, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ MLBRosterMoves (January 21, 2019). "MLBRosterMoves on Twitter: ".@Mariners acquire INF Shed Long from @Yankees for OF Josh Stowers; designate INF Kaleb Cowart for assignment."". Twitter.com. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "Tigers welcome Josh Harrison, end 2-way experiment with Kaleb Cowart". mlive.com. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ RotoWire Staff (September 18, 2019). "Angels' Kaleb Cowart: Back in big leagues". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ Rhett Bolinger (October 28, 2019). "Bour 1 of 5 players cut from Angels' roster". MLB.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Yankees' Kaleb Cowart: Gets look from Yankees".
- ^ "2020 Minor League Season Canceled". mlbtraderumors.com.
- ^ "Kaleb Cowart Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ "Transactions".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Kaleb Cowart on X