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Phillies announce Paul Owens Award winners
- Updated: September 9, 2016
WASHINGTON — Dylan Cozens and Rhys Hoskins had two of the best seasons in Minor League baseball this year.
So the Phillies on Friday announced both Double-A Reading sluggers earned the organization’s Paul Owens Award for its top position players. It is the third time two players won the Paul Owens Award in the same season, and first since 1997, when Jimmy Rollins and Jeff Key won it.
Triple-A Lehigh Valley right-hander Ben Lively earned the Paul Owens Award as the organization’s top pitcher.
Cozens, 22, hit .276 with 38 doubles, three triples, 40 home runs, 125 RBIs, 61 walks, 21 stolen bases, 106 runs scored and a .591 slugging percentage. He led the Minors in home runs, RBIs, extra-base hits (81) and total bases (308). Cozens, who the Phillies selected in the second round of the 2012 Draft, set the Reading single-season home run record and is just the second Phillies’ Minor Leaguer since 1963 to hit 40 or more homers in a season. Ryan Howard hit 46 in 2004.
The outfielder also earned the Eastern League MVP Award and earned a …
