Weldon Bowlin
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lois Weldon Bowlin (December 10, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was a Major League Baseball third baseman. Nicknamed "Hoss", he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1959, and acquired by the Kansas City Athletics in August 1961. He started two games for the A's in 1967.
Both games Bowlin appeared in were on the road against the California Angels at Anaheim Stadium (September 16 and 17). He had five at bats, (with one hit), because Sal Bando pinch-hit for him and replaced him at third in both games. Bowlin's one hit, a single to right, came against pitcher Jack Hamilton, who earlier in the season had hit Red Sox All-Star Tony Conigliaro in the face with a fastball.
In 1968, he was hired as an assistant coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team and given a scholarship to attend classes. He continued to play minor league baseball during the summer.[1]
In his thirteen innings on the field, Bowlin recorded four assists and made no errors.
In 1971, he was the manager of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins, guiding future major leaguers Glenn Borgman, Bill Campbell and Dave McKay.
Bowlin directed the University of West Alabama baseball program for 14 years, racking up over 300 wins, including 90 Gulf South Conference wins. In 2002, he was inducted into the UWA Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]
Bowlin died on December 8, 2019.[3]
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