| Shane Bowers | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Glendora, California, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | July 26 |
| Debutyear: | 1997 |
| Debutteam: | Minnesota Twins |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | August 16 |
| Finalyear: | 1997 |
| Finalteam: | Minnesota Twins |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–3 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 8.05 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 7 |
| Stat2league: | NPB |
| Stat21label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat21value: | 7–21 |
| Stat22label: | Earned run average |
| Stat22value: | 4.08 |
| Stat23label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat23value: | 185 |
| Stat3league: | KBO |
| Stat31label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat31value: | 13–4 |
| Stat32label: | Earned run average |
| Stat32value: | 3.01 |
| Stat33label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat33value: | 85 |
| Teams: | |
Shane Patrick Bowers (born July 27, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1997.
Born in Glendora, California,[1] Bowers went to Charter Oak High School in Covina, where he played baseball and basketball, before attending Loyola Marymount University.[2] After being selected by the Twins in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft, Bowers pitched for four different minor league teams from 1993 to 1996.[3] In 1997, he played for the New Britain Rock Cats for two months, recording a 7–2 win–loss record and 3.41 earned run average (ERA) before receiving a promotion to the Salt Lake Buzz, the Twins' Triple-A team. He went 6–0 with the Buzz, earning a call-up to the major leagues by the Twins. His first major league appearance came on July 26 against the Baltimore Orioles; Bowers allowed one run in innings pitched.[4] He started five games for Minnesota in 1997 and posted an 0–3 record, with an 8.05 ERA.[1] Bowers returned to the Buzz for the 1998 season, splitting time between starts and relief appearances and pitching through a fracture in his pitching arm.[5]
In 2001, he went overseas to play for the Yokohama BayStars of Japan's Central League; he started 26 games, going 3–13 with a 4.39 ERA. The following season, he was 4–8 with a 3.77 ERA in 24 appearances. In 2003, he pitched for the Hyundai Unicorns in South Korea, winning 13 games. Bowers last played in the minor leagues in 2004.[3]