Brent Bowers

Brent Bowers
Brent Bowers
	Left fielder
	Born: May 2, 1971; Bridgeview, Illinois[1]
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 16, 1996, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
	September 29, 1996, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average	.308
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	3
Teams
	Baltimore Orioles (1996); Hyundai Unicorns (1999);

Brent Raymond Bowers (born May 2, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player. Bowers played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1996 season. He also played in the Korea Baseball Organization in 1999. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Career

Bowers was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the 1989 Draft. In his lone major league season, in 21 games, he had 12 hits, six runs scored, in 39 at-bats, playing left field. He continued to play minor league baseball until 2002.

He served as the hitting coach for the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the Northern League from 2003 to 2004. He was the manager of the Windy City ThunderBolts of the Frontier League in 2005 and 2006. Most recently, Bowers was the field manager for the Edmonton Capitals of the Golden Baseball League. Bowers was suspended for the remainder of the season as a result of homophobic remarks made during a game on July 31, 2010. On August 7, 2010 he resigned from his position with the Edmonton Capitals.[2]

Bowers now co-owns Triple Crown All-Stars, a baseball and softball academy in Schererville, Indiana.[3]

References

Brent Bowers Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac Retrieved 2017-02-18.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+Capitals+coach+resigns+following+alleged+tirade/3373196/story.html. Retrieved 2018-10-04. Missing or empty |title= (help)
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/recreation/baseball-and-softball/triple-crown-all-stars-owner-has-had-a-colorful-baseball/article_699d9bde-f07d-592a-802f-78a6c6a04fc0.html

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Korea Baseball Organization, or Retrosheet
Brent Bowers at Pura Pelota

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[1] Brent Bowers Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac Retrieved 2017-02-18.

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