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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1939	BSN	NL	23	OF	16	14	11		34	27	2	5	1	.853		1.81	.975		2.32
1939	BSN	NL	23	CF	14	12	10		31	26	1	4	0	.871		1.93	.977		2.70
1939	BSN	NL	23	RF	3	2	1		3	1	1	1	1	.667		0.67	.973		2.13
1940	BSN	NL	24	2B	115	114	86		641	251	360	30	81	.953		5.31	.964		5.61	MVP-21
1940	BSN	NL	24	OF	7	6	5		9	7	0	2	0	.778		1.00	.977		2.31	MVP-21
1940	BSN	NL	24	RF	7	6	5		9	7	0	2	0	.778		1.00	.974		2.04	MVP-21
1941	BSN	NL	25	2B	112	109	97		617	265	312	40	81	.935		5.15	.962		5.60
1941	BSN	NL	25	OF	14	12	9		29	26	2	1	1	.966		2.00	.975		2.31
1941	BSN	NL	25	LF	7	5	4		14	12	1	1	0	.929		1.86	.976		2.34
1941	BSN	NL	25	RF	6	5	4		11	10	1	0	1	1.000		1.83	.968		1.95
1941	BSN	NL	25	3B	2	1	1		8	5	3	0	1	1.000		4.00	.949		3.35
1941	BSN	NL	25	CF	2	2	1		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.980		2.65
1946	BSN	NL	30	OF	85	71	57		180	168	8	4	2	.978		2.07	.977		2.38
1946	BSN	NL	30	LF	71	59	51		143	133	7	3	2	.979		1.97	.975		2.26
1946	BSN	NL	30	CF	16	12	6		36	34	1	1	0	.972		2.19	.979		2.85
1947	BSN	NL	31	OF	100	85	71		218	202	4	12	0	.945		2.06	.977		2.42
1947	BSN	NL	31	LF	99	84	71		217	201	4	12	0	.945		2.07	.976		2.31
1947	BSN	NL	31	2B	7	2	2		21	9	11	1	1	.952		2.86	.975		5.57
1947	BSN	NL	31	3B	4	3	3		13	5	6	2	0	.846		2.75	.947		3.05
1947	BSN	NL	31	CF	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.33	.980		2.80
1948	PHI	NL	32	3B	18	12	10		39	15	17	7	3	.821		1.78	.941		3.10
1948	PHI	NL	32	OF	17	16	14		36	34	0	2	0	.944		2.00	.978		2.39
1948	PHI	NL	32	LF	14	13	11		32	30	0	2	0	.938		2.14	.970		2.31
1948	PHI	NL	32	2B	12	10	9		55	27	25	3	4	.945		4.33	.971		5.40
1948	PHI	NL	32	RF	3	3	3		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		1.33	.975		2.00
	4 Seasons			2B	246	235	194		1334	552	708	74	167	.945		5.12	.964		5.59
	6 Seasons			OF	239	204	167		506	464	16	26	4	.949		2.01	.977		2.39
	4 Seasons			LF	191	161	137		406	376	12	18	2	.956		2.03	.975		2.29
	4 Seasons			CF	35	27	17		72	65	2	5	0	.931		1.91	.978		2.77
	3 Seasons			3B	24	16	14		60	25	26	9	4	.850		2.13	.943		3.11
	4 Seasons			RF	19	16	13		27	22	2	3	2	.889		1.26	.972		2.02
	6 Seasons			TOT	509	455	375		1900	1041	750	109	175	.943		3.52	.966		3.97
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1939	BSN	NL	23	CF
1939	BSN	NL	23	RF
1940	BSN	NL	24	2B
1940	BSN	NL	24	RF
1941	BSN	NL	25	2B
1941	BSN	NL	25	LF
1941	BSN	NL	25	RF
1941	BSN	NL	25	3B
1941	BSN	NL	25	CF
1946	BSN	NL	30	LF
1946	BSN	NL	30	CF
1947	BSN	NL	31	LF
1947	BSN	NL	31	2B
1947	BSN	NL	31	3B
1947	BSN	NL	31	CF
1948	PHI	NL	32	3B
1948	PHI	NL	32	LF
1948	PHI	NL	32	2B
1948	PHI	NL	32	RF
	4 Seasons			2B
	4 Seasons			LF
	4 Seasons			CF
	3 Seasons			3B
	4 Seasons			RF
	6 Seasons			TOT
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1939	BSN	NL	23	21	14	21	16	0	0	0	14	3	16	5	0
1940	BSN	NL	24	130	120	130	121	115	0	0	0	7	7	8	1
1941	BSN	NL	25	138	122	138	127	112	2	7	2	6	14	7	4
1946	BSN	NL	30	95	71	95	85	0	0	71	16	0	85	9	1
1947	BSN	NL	31	113	90	113	107	7	4	99	3	0	99	5	1
1948	PHI	NL	32	77	38	77	47	12	18	14	0	3	17	33	1
	6 Seasons			574	455	574	503	246	24	191	35	19	238	67	8

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1948	PHI	NL	32	237	66%	86%	27%	16	81%	0	10	5	1	4	8	5	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			237	66%	86%	27%	16	81%	0	10	5	1	4	8	5	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				61%	82%	27%		89%																								68%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	PHI	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	10	8	80.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	244	60%	85%	37%	29	55%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	10	8	80.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	244	60%	85%	37%	29	55%
	MLB Averages																														57.0%			2.6%			61%	82%	31%		50%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	PHI	NL	32	265	57%	83%	20%	26	81%	0	22	10	8	4	11	10	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	1 Season			265	57%	83%	20%	26	81%	0	22	10	8	4	11	10	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				61%	82%	27%		92%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	PHI	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	132	73%	83%	29%	17	24%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	132	73%	83%	29%	17	24%
	MLB Averages																														43.0%			2.5%			61%	82%	31%		52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1941 NL 41 (5th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 112 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1940 NL 360 (5th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1940 NL 30 (3rd) 1941 NL 40 (1st)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1946 NL 71 (5th)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1946 NL 7 (5th)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1947 NL 12 (1st)
Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1947 NL 12 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1940 NL 5.31 (4th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1940 NL .953 (5th)

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