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Jack Rowe

Positions: Shortstop, Catcher and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 170lb (173cm, 77kg)

Born: December 8, 1856 in Cold Spring, PA us

Died: April 25, 1911 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: September 6, 1879 (Age 22-272d, 446th in major league history)

Last Game: October 4, 1890 (Age 33-300d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1880 season

Full Name: John Charles Rowe

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Relatives: Brother of Dave Rowe

1887 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.4

4386

1256

.286

764

RBI

644

OBP

.323

SLG

.392

OPS

.715

OPS+

115

Summary of 28 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 28 lacking some details

4 Tms
DTN	14
BUF	10
BUF	2
PIT	2

Platoon
vs RHP	25
vs ?HP	2
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Home	15
Away	13

Outs
Unk	28

12 Opps
BSN	5
SLM	4
PHI	4
DTN	3
CHC	3
IND	3
TRO	1
PRO	1
CLV	1
PHQ	1
CLE	1
KCN	1

19 Pitchers
Charlie Sweeney	4
Charlie Buffinton	4
Old Hoss Radbourn	2
Jim Whitney	2
Lev Shreve	2
Gid Gardner	1
Ben Sanders	1
Jim McCormick	1
George Weidman	1
Frank Meinke	1
John Kirby	1
Dick Conway	1
Phil Knell	1
Fred Goldsmith	1
Egyptian Healy	1
Mickey Welch	1
Art Whitney	1
Larry Corcoran	1
Jersey Bakley	1

12 Parks
RecreationPk (DET)	11
Olympic Pk I (BUF)	3
RiversideGrd (BUF)	2
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	2
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	2
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	2
Brhood Pk (CLE)	1
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	1
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	1
Olympic Pk 2 (BUF)	1
Union Grnds (STL)	1
HaymakersGrd (TRO)	1

Where Hit

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

52 RBI

Inning
1	4
2	2
3	2
4	3
5	5
6	4
7	5
8	1
9	2

1-3	8
4-6	12
7-end	8

RelScore
Unk	28

Unk	28

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	21
C	4
CF	2
Unk	1

OrderPos
Unk	12
3rd	9
2nd	3
5th	2
7th	1
4th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1880	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1880-09-15	BUF		CLV	Gid Gardner		b 3		2	3	2		IPHR
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
2	2	1	1	1881-09-20	BUF	@	TRO	Mickey Welch		b 9		1	7	6
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
3	3	1	1	1882-09-25	BUF		DTN	Art Whitney		t 9		1	3	2
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
4	4	1	1	1883-08-25	BUF	@	CHC	Fred Goldsmith		t 2		3	2	6
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
5	5	1	1	1884-06-07	BUF	@	DTN	Frank Meinke		t 7		2	2	2
6	6	2	1	1884-07-08	BUF		PRO	Charlie Sweeney		b 6		1	2	8
7	7	3	1	1884-08-02	BUF	@	DTN	George Weidman		t 6		1	3	2
8	8	4	1	1884-08-11 (2)	BUF	@	CHC	Larry Corcoran		t 5		3	4
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
9	9	1	1	1885-07-08	BUF		BSN	Jim Whitney		b 7		2	3	6
10	10	2	1	1885-08-13	BUF		SLM	Charlie Sweeney		b 7		3	3	8
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
11	11	1	1	1886-06-12	DTN		SLM	Charlie Sweeney		b 3		1	5	6
12	12	2	2	1886-06-12	DTN		SLM	Charlie Sweeney		b 5		2	5	6
13	13	3	1	1886-08-21	DTN		CHC	Jim McCormick		b 5		1	3	6		Cycle
14	14	4	1	1886-08-28	DTN		BSN	Charlie Buffinton		b 4		3	3	6
15	15	5	1	1886-09-13	DTN	@	KCN	Jim Whitney		t 1		3	3	6
16	16	6	1	1886-09-17	DTN	@	SLM	Egyptian Healy		t 8		1	3	6		IPHR
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
17	17	1	1	1887-05-07	DTN		IND	John Kirby		b 1		2		6
18	18	2	1	1887-05-18	DTN	@	PHI	Charlie Buffinton		t 1		1		6
19	19	3	1	1887-07-02	DTN		PHI	Charlie Buffinton		b 2		2		6
20	20	4	2	1887-07-02	DTN		PHI	Charlie Buffinton		b 6		1		6
21	21	5	1	1887-08-04	DTN		BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 5		1		6
22	22	6	1	1887-08-05	DTN		BSN	Dick Conway		b 4		2		6
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
23	23	1	1	1888-04-30	DTN	@	IND	Lev Shreve		t 1		3		6
24	24	2	1	1888-06-29	DTN	@	IND	Lev Shreve		t 7		3		6
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
25	25	1	1	1889-09-05	PIT	@	BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		t 4		1		6
26	26	2	1	1889-09-09	PIT	@	PHI	Ben Sanders		t 6		1		6
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
27	27	1	1	1890-08-15	BUF	@	CLE	Jersey Bakley		t 5		3		6
28	28	2	1	1890-09-22	BUF		PHQ	Phil Knell		b 7		2		6