David Elwood Rowe (October 9, 1854 – December 9, 1930) was an American

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and

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(MLB).

Baseball career

Rowe was born in

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, in 1854. He had a younger brother,

Jack Rowe John Charles "Jack" Rowe (December 8, 1856 – April 25, 1911) was an American professional baseball player, manager and team owner from 1877 to 1898. He played 12 years in Major League Baseball, as a shortstop (657 games), catcher (298 games), ...

, who also played and managed in the major leagues. Dave Rowe started his professional baseball career playing two games for the Chicago White Stockings of the

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(NL) in 1877."Dave Rowe Minor Leagues Statistics & History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021. In 1882, he made it back to the majors with the NL's Cleveland Blues, playing 24 games for them. In 1883, he played 59 games for the

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of the

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(AA)."Dave Rowe Stats"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021. In 1884, Rowe played for the St. Louis Maroons, which won the

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(UA) championship in that league's only year of existence. In 109 games, he had a

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of .293 and led the UA in

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s with 485. Rowe stayed with the Maroons when they joined the NL in 1885, playing 16 games for them that season. In 1886, Rowe was a player-manager for the NL's

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, appearing in 105 games for them. In 1887, he was a player-manager for the

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of the Western League (WL). In 1888, Rowe played 32 games for the AA's

. That was his last appearance in the major leagues. Rowe was a player-manager for Denver of the

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(WA) in 1889 and 1890. In 1891, he was a player-manager for the WA's Lincoln Rustlers. He finished his professional baseball playing career in 1892 as a player-manager of the WL's

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. During his MLB career, Rowe played 347 games and had a .263 batting average, 8

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s, 223

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, and 90

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. He also played four games as a

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and had a 1–2

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with a 9.78

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and 3

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s. In a game on July 24, 1882, Rowe pitched nine innings and allowed 35 runs to score, 12 of them earned, in a loss. This remains the single-game record for most runs scored against a pitcher in MLB history. Rowe died in

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, in 1930. He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Dave 1854 births 1930 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball player-managers Chicago White Stockings players Cleveland Blues (NL) players Baltimore Orioles (AA) players St. Louis Maroons players Kansas City Cowboys (NL) players Kansas City Cowboys players Kansas City Cowboys (AA) managers Minor league baseball managers Rockford White Stockings players Lincoln Tree Planters players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players Denver Mountaineers players Lincoln Rustlers players Omaha Omahogs players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Baseball career

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