Collin Cowgill
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Cowgill with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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| San Diego Padres – No. 5 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: April 28, 1986 Lexington, Kentucky |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 26, 2011, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .234 | ||
| Home runs | 12 | ||
| Runs batted in | 57 | ||
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Collin Brannen Cowgill (born April 28, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres organization. He previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Cleveland Indians. Prior to his professional career, Cowgill played college baseball for the University of Kentucky.
Cowgill attended the University of Kentucky, where he played college baseball for the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team. In his final season at Kentucky, he was named a third-team All-American by Rivals.
The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Cowgill in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft from Kentucky.
On July 26, 2011 Cowgill was called up from the AAA Reno Aces. He hit his first career major league home run as a Diamondback, on August 28, 2011 against the San Diego Padres.
On December 9, 2011, Cowgill was part of a trade along with Jarrod Parker and Ryan Cook, in which the Diamondbacks acquired Trevor Cahill and Craig Breslow from the Oakland Athletics.
On December 18, 2012, the Athletics traded Cowgill to the New York Mets for Jefry Marté. Cowgill hit the first grand slam for the Mets on Opening Day in 18 years when he hit one in the 7th inning against the San Diego Padres.
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