Schoolboy Rowe
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)
Born: January 11, 1910 in Waco, TX
Died: January 8, 1961 in El Dorado, AR
Buried: Arlington Memorial Park, El Dorado, AR
High School: El Dorado HS (El Dorado, AR)
Debut: April 15, 1933 (7,578th in major league history)
vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W
Last Game: September 13, 1949
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Full Name: Lynwood Thomas Rowe
Nicknames: Schoolboy
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Biography
“How’m I doin’, Edna?” asked Rowe of his wife during a 1934 radio interview. He was ribbed unmercifully for the ingenuous question, but Edna and everyone else had to admit he was doing very well. Schoolboy, a name he picked up as a teenaged sandlotter, was one of the top AL righthanders of the Depression years. In his career year, the rugged, broad-shouldered Arkansan compiled a 24-8 mark to lead the Tigers to the ’34 pennant. Sixteen of his wins were consecutive to tie the AL record. He followed with two 19-win seasons before chronic arm trouble forced him temporarily back to the minors. He bounced back to lead the AL in winning percentage in 1940 with a 16-3 record, as the Tigers won another pennant.
Waived to the NL in 1942, Rowe pitched briefly for the Dodgers before embarking on a productive five-year stint with the Phillies. A career .263 hitter, he was often used as a pinch hitter, and led the NL in pinch hits and appearances in 1943, going 15-for-49.
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