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Cowboy Baseball To Honor Former Standouts During Baylor Series
May 14, 2021 | Cowboy Baseball
STILLWATERย โ Oklahoma State will honor three Cowboy Baseball legends during this weekend's series against Baylor, with each throwing out ceremonial first pitches prior to the first two games of the weekend.
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Dr. Littleton Fowler, the 1961 College World Series Most Outstanding Player, will be honored prior to Friday night's game, while the first two African-American baseball players in OSU history, Freddie Moulder and Donkor Khalid (formerly Don Kuykendall), will be recognized prior to the Saturday night contest.
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A native of Texarkana, Texas, Fowler starred for the Cowboys from 1961-63 as the southpaw posted a career record of 11-6 with a 2.83 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 143 1/3 innings. He was inducted into the Cowboy Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Fowler's most memorable season came as a sophomore as he went 7-1 with a 1.56 ERA and five complete games. He capped the year by being named the 1961 College World Series Most Outstanding player as he led the Cowboys to the championship game, pitching 23 innings over five games and recording 13 strikeouts in the tourney.
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In 1965, Moulder and Khalid, then known as Don Kuykendall, were the first-ever African-American players in OSU program history as part of coach Chet Bryan's ballclub.
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An outfielder and pitcher who was the Oklahoma High School Player of the Year in 1963 at Anadarko High School, Khalid played three seasons for the Cowboys and was on the 1966 and 1967 College World Series and Big Eight Conference championship teams, with the 1966 squad finishing as the CWS runner-up. In 1965, he went 4-2 with four complete games and a 3.05 ERA and led OSU in innings pitched, strikeouts and wins, and in 1966, he led the Cowboys with a .338 batting average during the regular season. Khalid finished his career with a .248 batting average to go along with 10 doubles, four triples, two home runs and 31 RBIs.
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Moulder, who was the first African-American Little Leaguer in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and also the first African-American in Oklahoma to earn All-State honors in both baseball and basketball, was a two-sport standout at OSU who was also a valuable sixth man on Henry Iba's 1965 Big Eight championship basketball team.
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In his lone season with Cowboy Baseball, Moulder turned in a .280 batting average and led the team with seven homers, 20 RBIs, two triples and six stolen bases in 25 games. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 24th round in 1965 and played professionally for seven years with the Dodgers, Tigers, Red Sox and Brewers organizations.
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Dr. Littleton Fowler, the 1961 College World Series Most Outstanding Player, will be honored prior to Friday night's game, while the first two African-American baseball players in OSU history, Freddie Moulder and Donkor Khalid (formerly Don Kuykendall), will be recognized prior to the Saturday night contest.
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A native of Texarkana, Texas, Fowler starred for the Cowboys from 1961-63 as the southpaw posted a career record of 11-6 with a 2.83 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 143 1/3 innings. He was inducted into the Cowboy Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Fowler's most memorable season came as a sophomore as he went 7-1 with a 1.56 ERA and five complete games. He capped the year by being named the 1961 College World Series Most Outstanding player as he led the Cowboys to the championship game, pitching 23 innings over five games and recording 13 strikeouts in the tourney.
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In 1965, Moulder and Khalid, then known as Don Kuykendall, were the first-ever African-American players in OSU program history as part of coach Chet Bryan's ballclub.
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An outfielder and pitcher who was the Oklahoma High School Player of the Year in 1963 at Anadarko High School, Khalid played three seasons for the Cowboys and was on the 1966 and 1967 College World Series and Big Eight Conference championship teams, with the 1966 squad finishing as the CWS runner-up. In 1965, he went 4-2 with four complete games and a 3.05 ERA and led OSU in innings pitched, strikeouts and wins, and in 1966, he led the Cowboys with a .338 batting average during the regular season. Khalid finished his career with a .248 batting average to go along with 10 doubles, four triples, two home runs and 31 RBIs.
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Moulder, who was the first African-American Little Leaguer in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and also the first African-American in Oklahoma to earn All-State honors in both baseball and basketball, was a two-sport standout at OSU who was also a valuable sixth man on Henry Iba's 1965 Big Eight championship basketball team.
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In his lone season with Cowboy Baseball, Moulder turned in a .280 batting average and led the team with seven homers, 20 RBIs, two triples and six stolen bases in 25 games. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 24th round in 1965 and played professionally for seven years with the Dodgers, Tigers, Red Sox and Brewers organizations.
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