James
Kowalczyk
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: November 18, 1991 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2023   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 21 MA FF   7 3 3 3 4 3 3 7 7 7
2014 22 MA FF   7 4 4 4 4 3 3 7 7 7
2015 23 MA FF   7 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
2016 24 MA FF   7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2017 25 KS GE   7 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2018 26 KS GE $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 6
2019 27 KS GE   7 7 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2020 28 KS GE   7 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5
2021 29 KS GE   7 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5
2022 30 KS GE   7 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5
2023 31 KS GE $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 4
2024 32 ID GE $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 4
2025 33 ID GE   6 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
2026 34 ID GE $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 3
2027 35 ID GE $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 21 MA FF     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 22 MA FF     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 23 MA FF     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 24 MA FF     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 25 KS GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 26 KS GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2019 27 KS GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2020 28 KS GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2021 29 KS GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2022 30 KS GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2023 31 KS GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2024 32 ID GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2025 33 ID GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2026 34 ID GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2027 35 ID GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2013 21 AA   1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 7.3 13 11 1 6 0 13.51 .394 .487 .545 1.033  
    A   10 4 .714 22 22 1 1 0 145.7 109 38 3 52 77 2.35 .204 .275 .285 .559  
2014 22 AA   5 2 .714 55 2 0 0 7 65.0 55 17 2 24 26 2.35 .237 .309 .319 .628  
2015 23 AA   5 6 .455 59 0 0 0 1 88.7 96 61 11 47 55 6.19 .273 .358 .446 .804  
2016 24 AA   6 4 .600 44 10 1 1 2 111.3 78 34 7 50 72 2.75 .200 .291 .292 .583  
2017 25 AA   14 3 .824 36 24 2 2 0 174.0 125 38 8 60 119 1.97 .201 .271 .291 .561  
2018 26 KS GE 1 2 .333 31 0 0 0 0 49.7 49 28 8 28 25 5.07 .268 .363 .514 .877 1.0
    AA   0 2 .000 45 1 0 0 0 46.0 44 25 5 15 28 4.89 .250 .309 .392 .701  
2019 27 AA   4 1 .800 43 0 0 0 4 40.3 26 9 3 9 31 2.01 .184 .233 .277 .510  
2020 28 AA   5 5 .500 73 0 0 0 2 69.7 61 28 3 33 52 3.62 .241 .329 .332 .661  
2021 29 AAA   7 4 .636 65 0 0 0 3 84.7 78 49 13 53 69 5.21 .240 .347 .422 .768  
    AA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286  
2022 30 AAA   6 2 .750 68 0 0 0 3 78.7 70 36 13 45 63 4.12 .241 .342 .423 .765  
2023 31 KS GE 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 24.3 24 9 2 7 14 3.33 .258 .314 .430 .744 1.4
    AAA   1 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 0 30.0 24 13 4 17 19 3.90 .218 .323 .382 .705  
2024 32 KS GE 1 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 1 29.3 32 14 5 13 15 4.30 .281 .357 .482 .839 1.2
    AAA   1 2 .333 21 1 0 0 0 41.0 42 24 5 22 34 5.27 .269 .360 .417 .776  
    AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
2025 33 AAA   2 1 .667 32 1 0 0 0 67.3 60 30 14 28 47 4.01 .238 .314 .468 .783  
2026 34 ID GE 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 2 0 1 0 10.84 .444 .500 .778 1.278 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 25 0 0 0 1 45.7 39 20 7 24 21 3.94 .235 .332 .404 .735  
2027 35 AAA   5 5 .500 49 1 0 0 0 82.0 109 66 19 55 50 7.24 .324 .419 .574 .994  
4 Years Sim 2 3 .400 66 0 0 0 1 105.0 109 53 15 49 54 4.54 .273 .353 .491 .844 3.6
7 Years AAA 22 15 .595 275 3 0 0 7 429.3 422 238 75 244 303 4.99 .258 .354 .455 .810  
10 Years AA 40 24 .625 362 39 3 3 16 610.3 499 223 40 244 394 3.29 .224 .301 .331 .632  
1 Years A 10 4 .714 22 22 1 1 0 145.7 109 38 3 52 77 2.35 .204 .275 .285 .559  
18 Years Minors 72 43 .626 659 64 4 4 23 1185.3 1030 499 118 540 774 3.79 .234 .318 .372 .690  
Season Average 0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 0 26.2 27 13 3 12 13 4.54 .273 .353 .491 .844  
Career Highs 1 2 1.000 31 0 0 0 1 49.7 49 28 8 28 25 10.84 .444 .500 .778 1.278  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   81 34 9 36 42   .270 .348 .463 .812
vs LH   28 19 6 13 12   .283 .366 .576 .942
Home 1 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 0 51.7 49 26 8 21 29 4.53 .257 .330 .482 .812
Away 1 3 .250 33 0 0 0 1 53.3 60 27 7 28 25 4.56 .288 .373 .500 .873
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0.00 .200 .200 .240 .440
May 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 13.7 17 10 4 6 5 6.59 .321 .390 .623 1.012
June 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 1 16.7 15 6 2 9 7 3.24 .238 .333 .397 .730
July 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 0 16.3 14 9 3 6 4 4.96 .241 .313 .483 .795
August 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 25.0 31 21 4 13 14 7.56 .313 .393 .616 1.009
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 0 26.3 27 7 2 15 19 2.39 .267 .362 .426 .788
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2018 26 KS GE 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2023 31 KS GE 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0
2024 32 KS GE 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
3 Years Sim 65 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.5  
Career Highs 31 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Away 32 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5
RISP   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Close/Late   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Mar/Apr 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6
July 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2018 26 KS GE P 31 0 49.7 5 7 2 0 .857 2.17    
2023 31 KS GE P 14 0 24.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.11    
2024 32 KS GE P 20 0 29.3 2 14 0 0 1.000 4.91    
2026 34 ID GE P 1 0 1.7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   66 0 105.0 8 23 3 0 .912 2.66    
Career Highs   31 0 49.7 5 14 2 0 1.000 4.91    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2023 31 KS GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 1 2 0 0.00 .250 .400 .625 1.025
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 1 2 0 0.00 .250 .400 .625 1.025
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 62nd overall pick, by Massachusetts in 2013
Injured on 4/24/2013 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 4/24/2014 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Massachusetts to Kansas on 7/31/2017 (Going to KS: P James Kowalczyk, CF Barry South, MA's 2nd and 3rd round picks in 2018 draft. Going to MA: P Lamar Fox, CF Clarence DiBenedetto)
Earned first career win on 7/20/2018
Had first career hit on 6/3/2023, off Steve Lis (NV)
Won National Cup Series with Kansas in 2023
Injured on 6/23/2024 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
Traded from Kansas to Idaho on 7/11/2024 (Going to ID: 2B Bob Pickett, SS Faustino Jimenez, P James Kowalczyk. Going to KS: P Danny Day, 3B Lee Viga, 1B Josiah Duncan)