An outfielder, Bowers threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).
But after that season, Spartanburg manager Bob Malkmus filed this evaluation with the major-league Phillies: "This boy must be held in check and learn to take orders.
In 1978, while coaching with the Alexandria Dukes, an unaffiliated team in the Carolina League, Bowers was put into the lineup against the Winston-Salem Red Sox on Sept. 2, in the last game of the season.
The 29-year-old Bowers had not played since 1970, but had two hits in three at-bats and made "a sensational first-inning catch off the wall that robbed Winston-Salem's Rick Parr of a double.
Bowers' players included future major leaguers Alvin Davis, Jim Presley, Harold Reynolds, Spike Owen and Jerry Don Gleaton.
[7] The Lookouts finished at 68-75 despite contributions from future major leaguers Ivan Calderón, Darnell Coles, Mark Langston and Danny Tartabull.