Colton Cowser

Bats L Throws R6'2" 220 lbBorn 2000 Houston, USADebut 2023Team BALDraft 2021 R1 #5 Baltimore Orioles, Sam HoustonContract 1 y/$801,500 (26) 2026: $801,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 100.2FIELD+ 99.9 at CFTotal 1.05 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	381	334	77	15	1	14	38	119	11	0.230	0.317	0.408	0.725	0.177	0.318	31.3	10.1	99.9	1.18
2027	336	294	67	12	1	12	35	104	8	0.227	0.316	0.398	0.714	0.171	0.315	31.0	10.5	99.0	1.00

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 87 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Johnny Watwood	1931	102.7	64.7	344
2	Greasy Neale	1917	104.5	111.7	418
3	Alex Kirilloff	2023	103.3	78.2	178
4	Jake McCarthy	2023	100.7	110.4	495
5	Danny Hoffman	1905	101.3	90.8	388
6	Greg Briley	1990	103.6	78.4	412
7	Jesus Sanchez	2023	99.8	98.1	537
8	David Dahl	2019	107.9	9.1	99
9	Ryan Sweeney	2010	95.4	94.3	299
10	Bob Skinner	1957	94.0	135.2	596

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			336		67	12	1	12		8	35	104	0.227	0.316	0.398	0.714	99.0
2026*	BAL	113	301	34	55	4	0	11		8	37	91	0.212	0.310	0.354	0.664	95.2
2025	BAL	92	360	36	64	14	0	16	40	14	27	128	0.196	0.269	0.385	0.655	82.6
2024	BAL	153	561	77	121	24	3	24	69	9	52	172	0.242	0.321	0.447	0.768	122.5
2023	BAL	26	77	15	7	2	0	0	4	1	13	22	0.115	0.286	0.148	0.433	43.7
Career		271	998	128	192	40	3	40	113	24	92	322	0.216	0.300	0.404	0.703	102.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	301	87.4	13.6	11.0	39.5	33.5	29.4	0.215	0.421	0.321	27.9
2025	360	90.9	13.8	14.1	46.0	34.6	23.8	0.200	0.404	0.293	27.4
2024	561	90.5	13.0	13.6	46.1	30.4	25.0	0.230	0.456	0.333	28.2
2023	77	87.4	4.6	2.5	42.5	26.5	20.9	0.204	0.283	0.304	27.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	BAL	OF	93	767	206	4	2	1	0.991
2024	BAL	OF	174	1193	308	3	1	0	0.997
2023	BAL	OF	29	182	40	2	1	0	0.977

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	399	17 HR, 9 SB	0.300	0.937
2022	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	124	5 HR, 0 SB	0.219	0.768
2022	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	224	10 HR, 2 SB	0.341	1.037
2022	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	278	4 HR, 16 SB	0.258	0.795
2021	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Bat	124	1 HR, 4 SB	0.347	0.905
2021	Rk	FCL Orioles Orange	Bat	25	1 HR, 3 SB	0.500	1.333

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.254	0.310	0.294	0.309
2025	0.287	0.286	0.314	0.266
2024	0.290	0.347	0.328	0.337
2023	0.356	0.234	0.165	0.304

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286
Career	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286