Ken Rowe (baseball)
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| Ken Rowe | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 31, 1933 Ferndale, Michigan | |
| Died: November 22, 2012 (aged 78) Dallas, Georgia | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 14, 1963, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 4, 1965, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 2–1 |
| Earned run average | 3.57 |
| Strikeouts | 19 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kenneth Darrell Rowe (December 31, 1933 – November 22, 2012) was an American
minor league baseball who appeared in 26 games over parts of three Major League seasons as a middle-relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963) and Baltimore Orioles (1964–1965). He also spent all but two seasons of his coaching career in the minors; the exceptions came in 1985 and 1986 when he was the big-league pitching coach of the Orioles under managers Joe Altobelli and Earl Weaver
.
Rowe batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg). He signed with his hometown
innings of shutout relief against the New York Mets,[2] but did not appear in the 1963 World Series, won by the Dodgers in a four-game sweep over the New York Yankees
.
In
Memorial Stadium against the Minnesota Twins. Rowe retired the Twins in order and then was credited with the victory when the Orioles pushed across the winning run in the home half of the ninth.[3]
Rowe worked in five more games for Baltimore and was effective until his final two outings, as the Orioles finished third, only two games behind the Yankees.
He then made six early-season appearances for the
.His acquisition by Baltimore in late 1964 marked a long association with the Orioles, whom he served as a minor league manager, pitching coach and pitching coordinator, and MLB pitching coach through 1986. After working in the Yankees' and
Short-season Mahoning Valley Scrappers,[4] among other assignments, for 22 seasons until his death in 2012.[1]
Notes
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Ken Rowe at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League)