Dave Rowe (baseball)

Dave Rowe
Center fielder
Born: October 9, 1854(1854-10-09) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Died: December 9, 1930(1930-12-09) (aged 76) Glendale, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 30, 1877 for the Chicago White Stockings
Last MLB appearance
June 17, 1888 for the Kansas City Cowboys
Career statistics
Games played	347
Runs scored	223
Batting average	.263
Teams
As Player Chicago White Stockings (1877) Cleveland Blues (1882) Baltimore Orioles (1883) St. Louis Maroons (1884–1885) Kansas City Cowboys (NL) (1885) Kansas City Cowboys (AA) (1888) As Manager Kansas City Cowboys (NL) (1885) Kansas City Cowboys (AA) (1888)
Career highlights and awards
Led the Union Association in at bats with 485: 1884

David Elwood "Dave" Rowe (October 9, 1854 – December 9, 1930) was an American Major League Baseball center fielder and manager from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His brother, Jack Rowe also played and managed in the Major leagues.^[1] Over the course of Rowe's career, he had 383 hits and a .263 batting average. He appeared in four games as a pitcher during his career, and in a game on July 24, 1882, Rowe allowed 35 runs to score, although only 12 of them were earned; it remains the record for most runs scored against a pitcher in major league history.^[2]

Dave died in Glendale, California at the age of 76, and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.^[3]

References

1. ^ Jack Rowe Baseball-Reference player page
2. ^ The Sports Answer Book. Grosset and Dunlap, Inc. pp. 51. 
3. ^ SABR Newsletter May 1993

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Rowe, Dave
Alternative names	Rowe, David Elwood
Short description	Major League Baseball player
Date of birth	October 9, 1854
Place of birth	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Date of death	December 9, 1930
Place of death	Glendale, California