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Bama Rowell

Carvel William Rowell

Positions: Second Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 13, 1916 in Citronelle, AL
High School: Citronelle HS (Citronelle, AL)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1939
Teams (by GP): Braves/Bees/Phillies 1939-1948

Final Game: October 2, 1948
Died: August 16, 1993 in Citronelle, AL
Buried: New Home Cemetery, Citronelle, AL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	21	CIN-min	D		361	361		87	9	5	4					.241	.241	.327	.568		118					CDL · GAFL
1938	22	LAD-min	C,B	142	576	576		175	35	10	8					.304	.304	.441	.745		254					DAY,WSM · MATL,PIED
1939	23	ATL-min	A	131	499	499		148	22	9	15					.297	.297	.467	.764		233					HFD · EL
1939	23	BSN	NL	21	62	59	5	11	2	2	0	6	0	1	4	.186	.200	.288	.488	34	17	2	0	2	O8/9
1940	24	BSN	NL	130	508	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	12	18	22	.305	.331	.395	.726	105	192	4	1	3	*4/O9	MVP-21
1941	25	BSN	NL	138	525	483	49	129	23	6	7	60	11	39	36	.267	.322	.383	.705	103	185	6	0	2	*4O/7958

1946	30	BSN	NL	95	329	293	37	82	12	6	3	31	5	29	15	.280	.345	.392	.737	108	115	5	0	7	O78
1947	31	BSN	NL	113	414	384	48	106	23	2	5	40	7	18	14	.276	.310	.385	.696	85	148	3	1	11	O7/458
1948	32	PHI	NL	77	206	196	15	47	16	2	1	22	2	8	14	.240	.270	.357	.627	70	70	3	0	2	5O74/9
1949	33	SFG-min	AAA	117	447	418	60	110	17	2	11	71	3	25	24	.263	.306	.392	.699		164	8	1	3		MNE · AA
1950	34	SFG-min	AAA	95	342	316	43	82	14	3	8	47	4	23	13	.259	.312	.399	.710		126	6	1	2		MNE · AA
1951	35	LAD-SFG-min	AA,AAA	110	417	417		121	20	5	2					.290	.290	.374	.664		156					MOB,MNE · SOUA,AA
1952	36	LAD-min	AA	110	334	334		97	19	1	5					.290	.290	.398	.689		133					MOB · SOUA
1953	37	COC	D	126	498	498		172	26	5	12					.345	.345	.490	.835		244					COC · FLOR
1954	38	DLD,COC	D	124	438	438		127	19	4	10					.290	.290	.420	.710		184					DLD,COC · FLOR
6 Yrs				574	2044	1901	200	523	95	26	19	217	37	113	105	.275	.316	.382	.699	95	727	23	2	27
162 Game Avg.				162	577	537	56	148	27	7	5	61	10	32	30	.275	.316	.382	.699	95	205	6	1	8

BSN (5 yrs)				497	1838	1705	185	476	79	24	18	195	35	105	91	.279	.322	.385	.707	98	657	20	2	25
PHI (1 yr)				77	206	196	15	47	16	2	1	22	2	8	14	.240	.270	.357	.627	70	70	3	0	2

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1939	23	BSN	NL	21	62	-5	0	0	-2	-0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.462	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	O8/9
1940	24	BSN	NL	130	508	4	-0	0	-2	4	6	0.5	18	24	2.3	.505	.504	2.5	0.2	26	$	*4/O9	MVP-21
1941	25	BSN	NL	138	525	2	-0	0	-5	4	1	0.0	18	19	1.8	.501	.501	2.4	-0.1	24	$	*4O/7958

1946	30	BSN	NL	95	329	3	-0	0	2	-3	1	0.1	12	13	1.3	.502	.501	1.0	-0.2	11	$	O78
1947	31	BSN	NL	113	414	-8	-0	0	-1	-4	-14	-1.4	14	1	0.1	.488	.491	0.2	-0.5	2	$	O7/458
1948	32	PHI	NL	77	206	-8	-0	0	-3	-0	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.4	.485	.493	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	5O74/9
6 Seasons				574	2044	-12	-1	0	-11	0	-24	-2.7	71	47	4.5	.496	.497	5.6	-1.1	58	$

BSN (5 yrs)				497	1838	-4	-1	0	-8	0	-13	-1.5	64	51	4.9	.497	.498	5.7	-0.8	59	$
PHI (1 yr)				77	206	-8	-0	0	-3	-0	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.4	.485	.493	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1939	23	BSN	NL	62	52	3	1.5	96	.200	.186	.270	.200	.335	.288	.386	.488	.721	34	.121	-5.7	-0.6	.360	.119	.102
1940	24	BSN	NL	508	345	63	4.9	92	.315	.305	.263	.331	.327	.395	.379	.726	.706	105	.554	2.0	0.2	.652	.152	.091	4.8
1941	25	BSN	NL	525	362	60	4.4	89	.277	.267	.259	.322	.328	.383	.365	.705	.693	103	.531	1.1	0.1	.653	.219	.116	8.6

1946	30	BSN	NL	329	223	40	4.8	94	.287	.280	.264	.345	.339	.392	.369	.737	.709	108	.578	2.4	0.2	.690	.229	.113	3.8
1947	31	BSN	NL	414	292	46	4.2	104	.277	.276	.272	.310	.347	.385	.403	.696	.749	85	.453	-9.0	-0.9	.619	.174	.109	5.8
1948	32	PHI	NL	206	154	19	3.3	99	.254	.240	.265	.270	.339	.357	.393	.627	.732	70	.364	-8.5	-0.8	.526	.168	.117	1.3
6 Yrs				2044	1428	231	4.3	95	.284	.275	.264	.316	.335	.382	.380	.699	.715	95	.500	-17.6	-1.7	.627	.186	.107	25.1
162 Game Avg.				577	403	65	4.3	95	.284	.275	.264	.316	.335	.382	.380	.699	.715	95	.500	-17.6	-1.7	.627	.186	.107	7

BSN (5 yrs)				1838	1274	212	4.5	94	.287	.279	.264	.322	.334	.385	.379	.707	.713	98	.515	-9.2	-0.9	.640	.188	.106	23.8
PHI (1 yr)				206	154	19	3.3	99	.254	.240	.265	.270	.339	.357	.393	.627	.732	70	.363	-8.5	-0.8	.526	.168	.117	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1939	23	BSN	NL	62	0.0%	6.5%	1.6%	6.5%	36%	4.00	14.8		9.8		89%
1940	24	BSN	NL	508	0.6%	4.3%	3.5%	5.9%	20%	1.22	22.1	162.0	8.4		91%
1941	25	BSN	NL	525	1.3%	6.9%	7.4%	6.9%	28%	0.92	13.4	69.0	8.1		84%

1946	30	BSN	NL	329	0.9%	4.6%	8.8%	6.4%	26%	0.52	19.5	97.7	9.5		84%
1947	31	BSN	NL	414	1.2%	3.4%	4.4%	7.3%	28%	0.78	27.4	76.8	9.6		88%
1948	32	PHI	NL	206	0.5%	6.8%	3.9%	9.2%	40%	1.75	14.0	196.0	8.9	0.86	88%
6 Yrs				2044	0.9%	5.1%	5.5%	6.9%	27%	0.93	18.1	100.1	8.8	0.86	87%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.0%	6.1%	26%	1.01	9.7	66.8	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1939	23	BSN	NL	-5.7	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	24	BSN	NL	1.4	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	25	BSN	NL	1.1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	30	BSN	NL	2.4	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	BSN	NL	-9.0	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	PHI	NL	-8.7	-0.9	119	-0.3	2.1	-2.4	1.14	-0.4	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	1.00	-5.6	1.43	20
6 Yrs				-18.5	-1.8	119	-0.3	2.1	-2.4	1.14	-0.4	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	1.00	-5.6	1.43	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	32	PHI	NL	1	0	26%	32	2			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20%	7	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
6 Yrs				1	0	29%	32	37			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20%	7	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	32	PHI	NL	206	91%	47			20	4	0	2	1.43	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	200%	25	3	12%	9	4	44%	90	12	13%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				206	91%	523			20	4	0	2	1.43	19	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	2700%	25	23	92%	9	4	44%	90	12	13%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1594%			160%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1939	23	21	62	59	5	11	2	2	0	6	0	1	4	.186	.200	.288	.488	34	17	2	0	2
1940	24	151	570	545	51	159	21	10	3	64	12	19	26	.292	.317	.383	.700	98	209	6	1	5
1941	25	289	1095	1028	100	288	44	16	10	124	23	58	62	.280	.319	.383	.702	100	394	12	1	7
1942	26	289	1095	1028	100	288	44	16	10	124	23	58	62	.280	.319	.383	.702	100	394	12	1	7
1943	27	289	1095	1028	100	288	44	16	10	124	23	58	62	.280	.319	.383	.702	100	394	12	1	7
1944	28	289	1095	1028	100	288	44	16	10	124	23	58	62	.280	.319	.383	.702	100	394	12	1	7
1945	29	289	1095	1028	100	288	44	16	10	124	23	58	62	.280	.319	.383	.702	100	394	12	1	7
1946	30	384	1424	1321	137	370	56	22	13	155	28	87	77	.280	.325	.385	.710	102	509	17	1	14
1947	31	497	1838	1705	185	476	79	24	18	195	35	105	91	.279	.322	.385	.707	98	657	20	2	25
1948	32	574	2044	1901	200	523	95	26	19	217	37	113	105	.275	.316	.382	.699	95	727	23	2	27

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1939	23	22	66	63	6	13	2	2	0	7	0	1	4	.206	.219	.302	.520	4	21
1940	24	137	543	519	52	163	21	9	3	66	13	20	23	.314	.341	.407	.747	72	130
1941	25	143	555	510	56	142	25	7	8	69	12	43	37	.278	.335	.402	.736	69	138

1946	30	99	351	312	43	91	13	7	3	36	6	32	16	.292	.358	.407	.765	46	95
1947	31	118	432	401	49	110	24	2	5	41	7	19	15	.274	.309	.382	.690	47	113
1948	32	80	215	205	16	49	17	2	1	23	2	8	15	.239	.268	.356	.624	20	77
6 Yrs		599	2162	2010	222	568	102	29	20	242	40	123	110	.283	.325	.392	.717	258	574
162 Game Avg.		162	585	544	60	154	28	8	5	65	11	33	30	.283	.325	.392	.717	70	574

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1940 NL (21, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Batting Average s c a p y 1940 NL .305 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1940 NL 8 (9th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1940 NL 12 (8th) 1941 NL 11 (7th) 1947 NL 7 (10th)
Singles s c a p y 1940 NL 118 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1947 NL 11 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1941 NL 8.6 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Lee Lacy (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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