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Van Sowards

Retired

High Level

AA

Years

1981-1984

Proper Name

Van Sowards

Positions

OF (152) ... 1B (1)

Positions

OF - 1B

Height / Weight

6-0 / 175

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

Place

Colleges

Western Illinois University (Macomb,IL), Sauk Valley Community College (Dixon,IL)

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Batting Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1981	Western Illinois	IndyNCAA	NCAA-1			20	OF	36	128	29	44	13	2	2	21	10	2	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	67	145	17	27	.344	.421	.523	.944	.375	.179	.000	11.72	4.83	0.41	64.00
1982	Western Illinois	IndyNCAA	NCAA-1			21	OF	33	107	33	43	13	2	3	20	8	1	19	11	0	0	0	0	0	69	126	18	25	.402	.492	.645	1.137	.486	.243	.000	15.08	8.73	0.58	35.67
1982	Clinton Giants	Midw	A	SFN	-	21	OF	34	122	15	41	3	1	0	12	5	4	13	11	0	1	1	2	0	46	137	4	37	.336	.397	.377	.774	.156	.041	.366	9.49	8.03	0.85	0.00
1983	Clinton Giants	Midw	A	SFN	-	22	OF	56	193	29	58	9	2	0	20	5	2	31	21	4	4	1	0	0	71	233	11	47	.301	.406	.368	.774	.244	.067	.335	13.30	9.01	0.68	0.00
1983	Fresno Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	-	22	OF	55	171	32	58	9	0	0	30	4	1	30	16	0	0	5	0	0	67	206	9	49	.339	.427	.392	.819	.246	.053	.363	14.56	7.77	0.53	0.00
1984	Fresno Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	-	23	OF	14	45	6	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	52	2	10	.267	.365	.311	.676	.200	.044	.293	13.46	7.69	0.57	0.00
1984	Shreveport Captains	Tex	AA	SFN	-	23	OF	25	49	6	13	0	0	0	4	0	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	13	55	0	13	.265	.345	.265	.610	.082	.000	.302	10.91	10.91	1.00	0.00
1981	NCAA-1	Total	--	-	--	--	--	36	128	29	44	13	2	2	21	10	2	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	67	145	17	27	.344	.421	.523	.944	.375	.180	.353	11.72	4.83	0.41	64.00	IndyNCAA	1981
1982	NCAA-1	Total	--	-	--	--	--	33	107	33	43	13	2	3	20	8	1	19	11	0	0	0	0	0	69	126	18	25	.402	.492	.645	1.137	.486	.243	.430	15.08	8.73	0.58	35.67	IndyNCAA	1982
1982	A	Total	--	SFN	--	--	--	34	122	15	41	3	1	0	12	5	4	13	11	0	1	1	2	0	46	137	4	37	.336	.397	.377	.774	.156	.041	.366	9.49	8.03	0.85		Midw	1982
1983	A+,A	Total	--	SFN	--	--	--	111	364	61	116	18	2	0	50	9	3	61	37	4	4	6	0	0	138	439	20	96	.319	.416	.379	.795	.245	.060	.348	13.90	8.43	0.61		Calif	1983
1984	A+,AA	Total	--	SFN	--	--	--	39	94	12	25	2	0	0	12	0	2	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	27	107	2	23	.266	.355	.287	.642	.138	.021	.298	12.15	9.35	0.77		Calif	1984
Tot:	Minors (3 yrs)		Minors					184	580	88	182	23	3	0	74	14	9	87	58	4	5	7	2	0	211	683	26	156	.314	.403	.364	.766	.209	.050	.344	12.74	8.49	0.67
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA					25	49	6	13	0	0	0	4	0	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	13	55	0	13	.265	.345	.265	.611	.082	.000	.302	10.91	10.91	1.00
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					69	216	38	70	11	0	0	38	4	1	37	20	0	0	5	0	0	81	258	11	59	.324	.415	.375	.790	.236	.051	.348	14.34	7.75	0.54
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A					90	315	44	99	12	3	0	32	10	6	44	32	4	5	2	2	0	117	370	15	84	.314	.403	.371	.774	.210	.057	.347	11.89	8.65	0.73
Tot:	College (2 yrs)		College					69	235	62	87	26	4	5	41	18	3	36	18	0	0	0	0	0	136	271	35	52	.370	.454	.579	1.033	.426	.209	.387	13.28	6.64	0.50	47.00

Fielding Statistics

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1982	Clinton Giants	Midw	A	21	OF	28	-	-	45	3	2	1	50	48	0	0		.960	1.7	0.00	0.00	20.3	82.4	5
1983	Fresno Giants	Calif	A+	22	OF	45	-	-	62	1	2	1	65	63	0	0		.969	1.4	0.00	0.00	32.1	81.8	4
1983	Fresno Giants	Calif	A+	22	1B	1	-	-	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		1.000	1.0	0.00	0.00	0.7	1.8	7
1983	Clinton Giants	Midw	A	22	OF	56	-	-	106	8	6	2	120	114	0	0		.950	2.0	0.00	0.00	40.6	100.0	3
1984	Shreveport Captains	Tex	AA	23	OF	17	-	-	14	0	0	0	14	14	0	0		1.000	0.8	0.00	0.00	12.5	68.0	7
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Yearly Summary

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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1981	Western Illinois	IndyNCAA	NCAA-1		20	12	24	0	0	36	Dick Pawlow	-	-
1982	Western Illinois	IndyNCAA	NCAA-1		21	14	19	0	0	33	Dick Pawlow	-	-
1982	Clinton Giants	Midw	A	SFN	21	63	75	3	-	34	Wendell Kim	-	-	dnq
1983	Clinton Giants	Midw	A	SFN	22	56	82	4	-	56	Bill Lachemann	-	-	dnq
1983	Fresno Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	22	78	62	2	-	55	Wendell Kim	-	-	dnq
1984	Fresno Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	23	82	58	1	-	14	Wendell Kim	-	-	Lost in Semi-Finals
1984	Shreveport Captains	Tex	AA	SFN	23	59	77	4	-	25	Duane Espy	-	-	dnq
7 record(s)

Based on playing years with listed statistics and available season data.

Talent Ratings

About talent ratings

Speed

53

Power

35

Contact

85

XBH

40

RBIs

42

Runs

40

Hitting

82

Durability

66

Team

.473

[Career Highlights]

[1981] Played for Western Illinois (NCAA-1)

[1982] Played for Western Illinois (NCAA-1) ... Played for Clinton Giants (A)

[1983] Played for Clinton Giants (A) ... Played for Fresno Giants (A+)

[1984] Played for Fresno Giants (A+) ... Played for Shreveport Captains (AA)

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