Schoolboy Rowe
[edit] Biography
Born on January 11, 1910 in Waco, Texas, Schoolboy Rowe (Lynwood Thomas Rowe) played for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career. Rowe broke into the bigs on April 15, 1933 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.58 ERA in 123.1 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Schoolboy Rowe's best season was 1934, when he posted a 3.45 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 149 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 19
| 15
| 7
| 4
| 3.58
| 75
| 60
| 49
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 123.1
| 129
| 7
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1934
| DET
| A
| 45
| 30
| 24
| 8
| 3.45
| 149
| 110
| 102
| 20
| 3
| 1
| 266
| 259
| 12
| 81
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1935
| DET
| A
| 42
| 34
| 19
| 13
| 3.69
| 140
| 121
| 113
| 21
| 6
| 3
| 275.2
| 272
| 11
| 68
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 41
| 35
| 19
| 10
| 4.51
| 115
| 134
| 123
| 19
| 4
| 3
| 245.1
| 266
| 15
| 64
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 8.62
| 6
| 32
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 31.1
| 49
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 3.00
| 4
| 11
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 20
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 28
| 24
| 10
| 12
| 4.99
| 51
| 113
| 91
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 164
| 192
| 17
| 61
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 27
| 23
| 16
| 3
| 3.46
| 61
| 68
| 65
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 169
| 170
| 15
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 27
| 14
| 8
| 6
| 4.14
| 54
| 70
| 64
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 139
| 155
| 6
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.1
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 5.34
| 6
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30.1
| 36
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| Total
|
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 3.98
| 13
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40.2
| 45
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 27
| 25
| 14
| 8
| 2.94
| 52
| 73
| 65
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 199
| 196
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 17
| 16
| 11
| 4
| 2.12
| 51
| 39
| 32
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 136
| 112
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| 31
| 28
| 14
| 10
| 4.32
| 74
| 106
| 94
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 195.2
| 232
| 22
| 45
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1948
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 20
| 10
| 10
| 4.07
| 46
| 74
| 67
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 148
| 167
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 23
| 6
| 3
| 7
| 4.82
| 22
| 43
| 35
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 65.1
| 68
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 137
| 97
| 53
| 39
| 3.61
| 251
| 354
| 311
| 45
| 6
| 4
| 774.1
| 811
| 41
| 155
| 0
| 5
| 17
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 245
| 181
| 105
| 62
| 4.01
| 662
| 721
| 644
| 92
| 16
| 8
| 1445
| 1521
| 91
| 403
| 0
| 17
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 382
| 278
| 158
| 101
| 3.87
| 913
| 1075
| 955
| 137
| 22
| 12
| 2219.1
| 2332
| 132
| 558
| 0
| 22
| 27
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| DET
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| DET
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 46
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| DET
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 42
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 50
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 27
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 29
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| Total
|
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 42
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1948
| PHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 382
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 421
| 14
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 21
| 50
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 6
| .220
| .235
| .240
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| DET
| A
| 51
| 109
| 15
| 33
| 2
| 22
| .303
| .339
| .450
| 8
| 1
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| DET
| A
| 45
| 109
| 19
| 34
| 3
| 28
| .312
| .380
| .459
| 3
| 2
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 45
| 90
| 16
| 23
| 1
| 12
| .256
| .356
| .333
| 2
| 1
| 13
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 10
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .273
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 31
| 61
| 7
| 15
| 1
| 12
| .246
| .303
| .328
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 27
| 67
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 18
| .269
| .319
| .433
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 32
| 55
| 10
| 15
| 1
| 12
| .273
| .333
| .436
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 14
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .211
| .250
| .211
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| Total
|
| 16
| 23
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .174
| .208
| .174
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 82
| 120
| 14
| 36
| 4
| 18
| .300
| .382
| .458
| 7
| 0
| 15
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 61
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 6
| .180
| .219
| .311
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 79
| 9
| 22
| 2
| 11
| .278
| .380
| .380
| 2
| 0
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| PHI
| N
| 31
| 52
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 4
| .192
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 23
| 17
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| .235
| .316
| .471
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 223
| 348
| 33
| 87
| 9
| 42
| .250
| .326
| .371
| 15
| 0
| 38
| 73
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 268
| 561
| 83
| 152
| 9
| 111
| .271
| .330
| .389
| 21
| 9
| 48
| 84
| 1
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 491
| 909
| 116
| 239
| 18
| 153
| .263
| .328
| .382
| 36
| 9
| 86
| 157
| 2
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 12
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Brooklyn Dodgers (April 30, 1942).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies (March 24, 1943).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 3, 1949).
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