John Cotton

John Farrow Cotton
Born: October 30, 1970
Houston, TX US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, C, CF, LF, RF, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Draft: Round 10 (1989 June Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
School: Angelina College
Career: 1989-2003

John Cotton compiled a career batting average of .256 with 190 home runs and 764 RBI in his 1737-game career with the Burlington Indians, Watertown Indians, Columbus Indians, Kinston Indians, Springfield Sultans, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Wichita Wranglers, Memphis Chicks, Jacksonville Suns, Toledo Mud Hens, Birmingham Barons, Nashville Sounds, Daytona Cubs, West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, Carolina Mudcats, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Harrisburg Senators, Las Vegas 51s, Ottawa Lynx, Quebec Capitales and Sioux City Explorers. He began playing during the 1989 season and last took the field during the 2003 campaign.

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	R	APPY	Burlington Indians	64	257	227	36	47	5	1	2	22	20	3	22	56	.207	.285	.264	.549	60		3	4	1	0
1990	Short Season A	NYPL	Watertown Indians	73	331	286	53	60	9	4	2	27	24	7	40	71	.210	.309	.290	.599	83		2	1	2	2
1991	A	SALL3	Columbus Indians	122	507	405	88	92	11	9	13	42	57	14	93	135	.227	.373	.395	.768	160	6	3	3	3	1
1992	Advanced A	CARL	Kinston Indians	103	413	360	67	72	7	3	11	39	23	7	48	106	.200	.296	.328	.624	118	3	2	1	2	1
1993	Advanced A	CARL	Kinston Indians	127	531	454	81	120	16	3	13	51	28	24	59	130	.264	.361	.399	.760	181	3	11	5	2	1
1994	A	MIDW	Springfield Sultans	24	94	82	14	19	5	3	1	8	7	1	12	19	.232	.330	.402	.732	33	0	0	0	0	0
1994	AA	TL	Wichita Wranglers	34	101	85	9	16	4	0	3	14	2	0	13	20	.188	.297	.341	.638	29	3	1	0	2	3
1994	Advanced A	CALL	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	48	195	171	35	35	3	2	4	19	9	3	22	48	.205	.303	.316	.618	54	3	2	0	0	0
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	121	459	407	60	103	19	8	12	47	15	6	38	101	.253	.320	.428	.748	174	2	4	6	4	0
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	50	182	171	14	32	7	1	4	19	4	4	7	64	.187	.228	.310	.538	53	1	2	2	0	0
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	63	239	217	34	52	7	4	13	39	15	3	19	66	.240	.305	.488	.794	106	2	2	0	1	2
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	94	350	323	45	87	14	3	11	50	8	2	24	94	.269	.318	.433	.751	140	7	0	1	2	1
1997	AA	SOUL	Birmingham Barons	33	136	124	23	36	10	2	7	26	1	2	9	33	.290	.346	.573	.918	71	3	2	0	1	0
1998	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	90	347	319	46	93	14	3	13	53	10	3	19	68	.292	.334	.476	.811	152	3	4	0	5	1
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Daytona Cubs	12	52	48	8	14	4	0	3	11	0	0	3	8	.292	.346	.562	.909	27	3	1	0	0	0
1999	AA	SOUL	Carolina Mudcats	42	174	163	27	46	9	0	10	21	0	1	10	48	.282	.328	.521	.849	85	3	1	0	0	1
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	70	255	235	50	74	18	1	15	48	4	2	14	64	.315	.354	.591	.946	139	6	2	1	3	4
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	103	347	314	58	103	21	5	16	62	13	0	30	97	.328	.386	.580	.966	182	6	1	0	2	3
2001	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	30	86	80	7	16	4	0	1	9	0	2	5	22	.200	.247	.288	.535	23	3	0	1	0	1
2001	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	5	18	17	5	5	0	0	3	8	0	0	1	5	.294	.333	.824	1.157	14	0	0	0	0	0
2001	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	24	100	93	11	26	8	1	5	15	2	1	6	25	.280	.330	.548	.878	51	1	1	0	0	2
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	42	140	127	15	26	2	0	8	17	1	1	11	44	.205	.279	.409	.688	52	2	2	0	0	3
2002	Ind	CAMA	Quebec Capitales	85	384	345	65	106	18	3	12	73	2	0	30	66	.307	.367	.481	.848	166	3	5	0	4	6
2003	Ind	NORL	Sioux City Explorers	71	308	273	45	81	22	3	8	44	4	1	30	55	.297	.370	.487	.857	133	7	3	0	2	3
Totals				1530	6006	5326	896	1361	237	59	190	764	249	87	565	1445	.256	.331	.429	.760	2286	70	54	25	36	35

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1989	R	APPY	Burlington Indians	2B	64	124	153	29	30	.905	4.328
1990	Short Season A	NYPL	Watertown Indians	2B	73	144	194	26	39	.929	4.630
1991	A	SALL3	Columbus Indians	2B	113	186	305	35	55	.933	4.345
1991	A	SALL3	Columbus Indians	SS	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
1992	Advanced A	CARL	Kinston Indians	2B	97	173	231	29	45	.933	4.165
1993	Advanced A	CARL	Kinston Indians	2B	4	7	5	0	3	1.000	3.000
1993	Advanced A	CARL	Kinston Indians	OF	125	214	9	6	1	.974	1.784
1994	Advanced A	CALL	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	OF	42	83	1	4	0	.955	2.000
1994	AA	TL	Wichita Wranglers	OF	26	31	3	3	1	.919	1.308
1994	A	MIDW	Springfield Sultans	OF	22	36	1	0	0	1.000	1.682
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	OF	90	178	10	6	1	.969	2.089
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	CF	60						.000
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	SS	24	30	34	4	7	.941	2.667
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	RF	20						.000
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	2B	2	3	1	1	1	.800	2.000
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	LF	12						.000
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	1B	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000
1995	AA	SOUL	Memphis Chicks	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	SS	9	6	15	0	5	1.000	2.333
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	2B	8	9	13	2	3	.917	2.750
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	LF	8						.000
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	RF	7						.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	2B	6	7	18	2	4	.926	4.167
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	CF	5						.000
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	OF	36	75	4	2	1	.975	2.194
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	OF	35	42	5	0	0	1.000	1.343
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	LF	31						.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	3B	23	7	24	6	2	.838	1.348
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	CF	23						.000
1996	AA	SOUL	Jacksonville Suns	1B	1	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.000
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1996	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	OF	63	106	7	2	2	.983	1.794
1997	AA	SOUL	Birmingham Barons	3B	5	1	4	4	0	.556	1.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Birmingham Barons	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	RF	38						.000
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	3B	3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Birmingham Barons	RF	3						.000
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	LF	26						.000
1997	AA	SOUL	Birmingham Barons	2B	24	60	50	6	17	.948	4.583
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	1B	2	5	2	0	2	1.000	3.500
1997	AAA	AA2	Nashville Sounds	2B	11	16	24	2	7	.952	3.636
1997	AA	SOUL	Birmingham Barons	LF	1						.000
1998	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	2B	9	9	22	0	5	1.000	3.444
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Daytona Cubs	OF	7	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.286
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Daytona Cubs	3B	5	2	9	2	0	.846	2.200
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Daytona Cubs	CF	4						.000
1998	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	OF	36	40	2	1	0	.977	1.167
1998	Advanced A	FLOR	Daytona Cubs	LF	3						.000
1998	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	3B	29	17	47	9	4	.877	2.207
1998	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	1B	18	140	11	0	9	1.000	8.389
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	RF	4						.000
1999	AA	SOUL	Carolina Mudcats	3B	36	22	54	13	3	.854	2.111
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	3B	26	13	61	5	7	.937	2.846
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	1B	2	5	0	0	2	1.000	2.500
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	OF	18	21	1	2	0	.917	1.222
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	LF	14						.000
1999	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	2B	13	19	40	0	11	1.000	4.538
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	OF	61	74	4	7	2	.918	1.279
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	LF	51						.000
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	3B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	2B	12	19	14	0	5	1.000	2.750
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	RF	11						.000
2000	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	3B	8	5	12	3	2	.850	2.125
2001	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	1B	4	37	2	1	3	.975	9.750
2001	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	1B	3	10	2	2	0	.857	4.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	1B	21	148	5	0	17	1.000	7.286
2001	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	3B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	3B	2	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	LF	2						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Nashville Sounds	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
2001	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	3B	19	9	34	9	3	.827	2.263
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	2B	14	22	23	0	7	1.000	3.214
2001	AAA	IL	Ottawa Lynx	2B	1	2	5	0	0	1.000	7.000
2001	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	CF	1						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	CF	1						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas 51s	LF	1						.000
2001	AA	EL	Harrisburg Senators	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2002	Ind	CAMA	Quebec Capitales	1B	80	726	42	9	72	.988	9.600
2002	Ind	CAMA	Quebec Capitales	2B	1	3	3	0	1	1.000	6.000
2003	Ind	NORL	Sioux City Explorers	1B	57	478	49	7	54	.987	9.246
Totals					1737	3399	1566	241	435	.954	2.858

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1989	R	Appalachian League	Burlington Indians	CLE
1990	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Watertown Indians	CLE
1991	A	South Atlantic League	Columbus Indians	CLE
1992	Advanced A	Carolina League	Kinston Indians	CLE
1993	Advanced A	Carolina League	Kinston Indians	CLE
1994	A	Midwest League	Springfield Sultans	SDN
1994	Advanced A	California League	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	SDN
1994	AA	Texas League	Wichita Wranglers	SDN
1995	AA	Southern League	Memphis Chicks	SDN
1996	AA	Southern League	Jacksonville Suns	DET
1996	AAA	International League	Toledo Mud Hens	DET
1997	AA	Southern League	Birmingham Barons	CHA
1997	AAA	American Association 2	Nashville Sounds	CHA
1998	Advanced A	Florida State League	Daytona Cubs	CHN
1998	AA	Southern League	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	CHN
1999	AA	Southern League	Carolina Mudcats	COL
1999	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL
2000	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL
2001	AA	Eastern League	Harrisburg Senators	MON
2001	AAA	International League	Ottawa Lynx	MON
2001	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Nashville Sounds	PIT	April 4, 2001	May 10, 2001
2001	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas 51s	LAN	May 17, 2001	July 20, 2001
2002	Ind	Northern League East	Quebec Capitales
2003	Ind	Northern League	Sioux City Explorers

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