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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 (Citronelle, AL)
School: Louisiana State University (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
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 138 524 483 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
6 Seasons 574 2043 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 1837 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 23 BSN NL 62 -5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ O8/9
1940 24 BSN NL 508 6 0 0 0 -2 5 19 28 2.8 30 3.1 -0.3 $ *4/O9 MVP-21
1941 25 BSN NL 524 0 0 0 0 -5 4 19 18 1.8 23 2.4 -0.6 $ *4O/7958
1946 30 BSN NL 329 4 1 0 0 2 -3 12 16 1.7 14 1.5 0.2 $ O78
1947 31 BSN NL 414 -10 1 0 0 -1 -4 15 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ O7/458
1948 32 PHI NL 206 -10 0 0 0 -3 0 8 -5 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ 5O74/9
6 Seasons 2043 -15 2 0 0 -11 2 75 53 5.3 64 6.7 -1.4 $
BSN (5 yrs) 1837 -5 2 0 0 -8 2 67 58 5.9 66 6.9 -1.0 $
PHI (1 yr) 206 -10 0 0 0 -3 0 8 -5 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $

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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 2.32
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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  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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)

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)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Bob Seeds (944)
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  1. Joe Gantenbein (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Ed Lennox (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Lennox (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lee Lacy (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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