Louis Bailey Lowdermilk (February 23, 1887 – December 27, 1975), was an American politician and a

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who played in and with the St. Louis Cardinals. Lowdermilk had a 4–5 record with a 3.38 ERA, in 20 career games, in his two-year career. He was born in

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, and died in Centralia, Illinois. He was the brother of

Grover Lowdermilk Grover Cleveland "Slim" Lowdermilk (January 15, 1885 – March 31, 1968) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox between 1 ...

, who also played in Major League Baseball.

Political career

Lowdermilk served as mayor of Odin, Illinois.Village of Odin
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