Ken Rowe

Kenneth Darrell Rowe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 31, 1933 in Ferndale, MI
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1963
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Orioles 1963-1965

Final Game: May 4, 1965
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1953	19	DET-min	C,D	6	9	.400	5.75	21	14					98.2	101	68	63	1	102								2.057	9.2	0.1	9.3			JAC,JAM · CSTL,PONY
1954	20	DET-min	C	12	8	.600	4.59	31	22					160.2	117	98	82	6	161								1.730	6.6	0.3	9.0			ALX,GVL · EVAN,CSTL
1955	21	DET-min	C	11	10	.524	3.92	25	24					174.1	168	108	76	3	92								1.491	8.7	0.2	4.7			IDF · PION
1956	22	LAD-min	A	0	1	.000	6.00	2	1					6.0	9	7	4		4								2.167	13.5		6.0			MAC · SALL
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958	24	LAD-min	A	13	11	.542	3.49	32	27					188.0	178	90	73	9	72								1.330	8.5	0.4	3.4			MAC · SALL
1959	25	LAD-min	A	15	10	.600	3.20	33	28		14	3		214.0	183	95	76	10	97	5	129	7	1	11			1.308	7.7	0.4	4.1	5.4	1.33	MAC · SALL
1960	26	LAD-min	A,AA	10	11	.476	4.27	35	23					170.2	164	97	81	11	91								1.494	8.6	0.6	4.8			MAC,ATA · SALL,SOUA
1961	27	LAD-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.54	28	26					175.2	179	91	69	8	70								1.417	9.2	0.4	3.6			ATA · SOUA
1962	28	LAD-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.44	70	0		0	0		123.0	126	62	47	8	52	15	64	3	0	4			1.447	9.2	0.6	3.8	4.7	1.23	SPO · PCL
1963	29	LAD-min	AAA	10	4	.714	1.70	38	0					74.0	57	17	14	2	29		42						1.162	6.9	0.2	3.5	5.1	1.45	SPO · PCL
1963	29	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	2.93	14	0	4	0	0	1	27.2	28	16	9	2	11	3	12	1	0	2	122	104	1.410	9.1	0.7	3.6	3.9	1.09
1964	30	LAD-min	AAA	16	11	.593	1.77	88	0		0	0		137.0	105	35	27	4	53	29	101	7	0	11			1.153	6.9	0.3	3.5	6.6	1.91	SPO · PCL
1964	30	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	8.31	6	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	10	10	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	47	2.538	20.8	2.1	2.1	8.3	4.00
1965	31	BAL-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.35	36	3		1	1		91.0	111	55	44	6	19	6	77	2	0	5			1.429	11.0	0.6	1.9	7.6	4.05	ROC · IL
1965	31	BAL	AL	0	0		3.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	17	5	5	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	60	106	1.425	11.5	0.0	1.4	2.0	1.50
1966	32	BAL-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.20	45	0		0	0		76.0	74	30	27	11	13	6	42	0	0	2			1.145	8.8	1.3	1.5	5.0	3.23	ROC · IL
1967	33	BAL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.66	50	0		0	0		59.0	70	28	24	2	18	7	35	1	0	1			1.492	10.7	0.3	2.7	5.3	1.94	ROC · IL
1968	34	BAL-min	A	0	0		2.84	12	0					19.0	15	13	6	2	5								1.053	7.1	0.9	2.4			STK · CALL
3 Yrs				2	1	.667	3.57	26	0	9	0	0	1	45.1	55	31	18	3	14	4	19	1	0	4	207	92	1.522	10.9	0.6	2.8	3.8	1.36
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.667	3.57	68	0	24	0	0	3	118	144	81	47	8	37	10	50	3	0	10	541	92	1.522	10.9	0.6	2.8	3.8	1.36

BAL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.58	12	0	5	0	0	0	17.2	27	15	9	1	3	1	7	0	0	2	85	80	1.698	13.8	0.5	1.5	3.6	2.33
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	.500	2.93	14	0	4	0	0	1	27.2	28	16	9	2	11	3	12	1	0	2	122	104	1.410	9.1	0.7	3.6	3.9	1.09

AL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.58	12	0	5	0	0	0	17.2	27	15	9	1	3	1	7	0	0	2	85	80	1.698	13.8	0.5	1.5	3.6	2.33
NL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	2.93	14	0	4	0	0	1	27.2	28	16	9	2	11	3	12	1	0	2	122	104	1.410	9.1	0.7	3.6	3.9	1.09

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1963	29	LAD	NL	27.2	14	0	16	5.20	3.62	-0.20	-0.15	87.6	3.21	-6	-0.7	.8	0.0	-0.4	-3	.449	.496	$
1964	30	BAL	AL	4.1	6	0	10	20.77	4.48	0.67	-0.18	99.6	3.61	-8	-0.8	1.3	-0.1	-0.9	-8	.366	.495	$7,000
1965	31	BAL	AL	13.1	6	0	5	3.38	4.03	0.59	-0.16	101.1	3.31	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.0	0.1	1	.499	.500	$7,500
3 Seasons				45.1	26	0	31	6.15	3.82	0.12	-0.16	92.7	3.28	-15	-1.5	.9	-0.2	-1.2	-10	.441	.497	$14,500

BAL (2 yrs)				17.2	12	0	15	7.64	4.14	0.61	-0.17	100.7	3.38	-8	-0.8	.9	-0.2	-0.8	-7	.432	.497	$14,500
LAD (1 yr)				27.2	14	0	16	5.20	3.62	-0.20	-0.15	87.6	3.21	-6	-0.7	.8	0.0	-0.4	-3	.449	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1963	29	LAD	NL	14	122	106	16	28	2	1	2	4	1	11	12	.264	.336	.358	.695	.280	38	4	1	3	1	3	4
1964	30	BAL	AL	6	25	22	10	10	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	.455	.478	.727	1.206	.529	16	0	0	2	0	0	2
1965	31	BAL	AL	6	60	53	5	17	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.321	.333	.396	.730	.327	21	0	0	3	2	1	1
3 Yrs				26	207	181	31	55	9	1	3	4	1	14	19	.304	.352	.414	.766	.321	75	4	1	8	3	4	7
162 Game Avg.				68	541	473	81	144	24	3	8	10	3	37	50	.304	.352	.414	.766	.321	196	10	3	21	8	10	18
MLB Averages																.247	.311	.374	.684	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	29	LAD	NL	-2.2	-0.2	130	-0.9	1.4	-2.3	.88	-0.6	-0.5	-5.2	-0.6	0.88	-5.6	3	2	6
1964	30	BAL	AL	-4.6	-0.5	26	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.86	-0.5	-0.1	-7.0	-0.7	0.86	-5.3	2	3	1
1965	31	BAL	AL	0.6	0.1	62	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.47	0.0	-0.0	1.8	0.2	0.47	-0.1	0	1	5
3 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	218	-1.4	2.1	-3.5	.76	-1.0	-0.8	-10.4	-1.1	0.76	-11.0	5	6	12

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1963	29	LAD	NL	14	14	4	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	8	4	50%	6	.879	3	2	6	3	1	10	5	9	8	2	8	0	5.9
1964	30	BAL	AL	6	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	2	40%	5	.857	2	3	1	1	1	4	3	3	1	3	1	1	2.2
1965	31	BAL	AL	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	3	38%	6	.473	0	1	5	0	0	6	3	3	5	0	5	0	6.7
3 Yrs				26	26	9	2	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	21	9	43%		.759	5	6	12	4	2	20	11	15	14	5	14	1	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	29	LAD	NL	122	70%	1.6%	9.8%	9.0%	4.1%	18%	1.26	76%	30	4	13%
1964	30	BAL	AL	25	72%	4.0%	16.0%	4.0%	16.0%	40%	3.00	68%	8	0	0%
1965	31	BAL	AL	60	65%	0.0%	5.0%	3.3%	6.7%	24%	1.25	87%	17	0	0%
3 Yrs				207	69%	1.5%	9.2%	6.8%	6.3%	24%	1.33	78%	55	4	7%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.6%	8.0%	6.3%	28%	1.09	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1963	29	LAD	NL	122	28			2	0	3	2	0	1	1	7	4	0	57%	4	2	0	58	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1964	30	BAL	AL	25	10			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	75%	2	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	31	BAL	AL	60	17			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	71%	1	2	0	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 Yrs				207	55			3	0	7	3	0	2	1	18	12	1	67%	7	4	0	102	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1963	29	1	1	.500	2.93	14	4	1	27.2	28	16	9	2	11	3	12	1	2	122	104	1.410	9.1	0.7	3.6	3.9	1.09	104
1964	30	2	1	.667	3.66	20	6	1	32.0	38	26	13	3	12	3	16	1	2	147	87	1.563	10.7	0.8	3.4	4.5	1.33	87
1965	31	2	1	.667	3.57	26	9	1	45.1	55	31	18	3	14	4	19	1	4	207	92	1.522	10.9	0.6	2.8	3.8	1.36	92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1963	29	1	1	.500	4.32	25.0	32	13	12	2	13	11	1	1.800	11.5	4.7	4.0	0.85	0.7	14
1964	30	0	0		7.20	5.0	10	4	4	1	1	4	0	2.200	18.0	1.8	7.2	4.00	1.8	6
1965	31	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	19	7	6	0	2	3	0	1.615	13.2	1.4	2.1	1.50	0.0	6
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	4.60	43.0	61	24	22	3	16	18	1	1.791	12.8		3.8	1.13	0.6	26

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