Rich Rowland
Richard Garnet Rowland
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 25, 1964 in Cloverdale, CA
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1990
Final Game: June 19, 1995
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Standard Batting

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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
1990 26 DET AL 7 21 19 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .211 .449 26 4 1 0 0 0 1 /2D
1991 27 DET AL 4 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 63 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2D
1992 28 DET AL 6 17 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .214 .353 .214 .567 62 3 1 0 0 0 0 /2D35
1993 29 DET AL 21 52 46 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 16 .217 .294 .283 .577 57 13 1 0 1 0 0 2/D
1994 30 BOS AL 46 129 118 14 27 3 0 9 20 0 0 11 35 .229 .295 .483 .778 93 57 2 0 0 0 0 2/D3
1995 31 BOS AL 14 29 29 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .172 .172 .207 .379 -3 6 0 0 0 0 0 2/D
6 Seasons 98 254 230 22 49 8 0 9 26 0 0 22 71 .213 .281 .365 .646 67 84 5 0 1 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 420 380 36 81 13 0 15 43 0 0 36 117 .213 .281 .365 .646 67 139 8 0 2 2 2
DET (4 yrs) 38 96 83 7 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 11 25 .205 .295 .253 .548 52 21 3 0 1 1 1
BOS (2 yrs) 60 158 147 15 32 4 0 9 21 0 0 11 46 .218 .272 .429 .701 75 63 2 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1990 26 DET AL 21 17 1 1.6 95 .200 .158 .260 .238 .329 .211 .389 .449 .718 26 .133 -1.9 -0.2 .353 .158 .053
1991 27 DET AL 6 4 1 6.7 98 .333 .250 .262 .333 .331 .250 .398 .583 .730 63 .672 -0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .000
1992 28 DET AL 17 12 1 2.2 95 .273 .214 .260 .353 .330 .214 .387 .567 .716 62 .225 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .214 .000
1993 29 DET AL 52 38 4 2.8 102 .333 .217 .265 .294 .336 .283 .406 .577 .742 57 .271 -2.7 -0.3 .486 .174 .065
1994 30 BOS AL 129 93 17 4.9 116 .243 .229 .278 .295 .352 .483 .444 .778 .795 93 .459 -2.5 -0.2 .731 .347 .254 .0
1995 31 BOS AL 29 24 1 1.1 112 .278 .172 .274 .172 .348 .207 .433 .379 .781 -3 .056 -4.6 -0.4 .250 .034 .034
6 Seasons 254 188 25 3.6 109 .265 .213 .272 .281 .344 .365 .426 .646 .770 67 .344 -12.2 -1.2 .570 .248 .152 .0
162 Game Avg. 420 311 41 3.6 109 .265 .213 .272 .281 .344 .365 .426 .646 .770 67 .344 -12.2 -1.2 .570 .248 .152
DET (4 yrs) 96 71 7 2.6 99 .288 .205 .263 .295 .333 .253 .398 .548 .731 52 .263 -5.2 -0.5 .464 .181 .048
BOS (2 yrs) 158 117 18 4.1 115 .250 .218 .278 .272 .351 .429 .441 .701 .792 75 .384 -7.0 -0.7 .632 .286 .211 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1990 26 DET AL 21 0.0% 19.1% 9.5% 4.8% 33% 2.00 4.8 1.50 2.00 71% 13% 0.0% 17%
1991 27 DET AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.0 4.0 0.50 1.00 50% 33% 0.0% 0%
1992 28 DET AL 17 0.0% 17.7% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.7 0.38 0.80 65% 27% 0.0% 25%
1993 29 DET AL 52 0.0% 30.8% 9.6% 5.8% 30% 3.20 2.9 11.5 0.88 1.33 58% 23% 0.0% 25%
1994 30 BOS AL 129 7.0% 27.1% 8.5% 9.3% 44% 3.18 3.4 13.1 5.9 0.66 0.93 57% 12% 22.5% 20%
1995 31 BOS AL 29 0.0% 37.9% 0.0% 3.5% 20% 2.6 29.0 1.00 1.20 62% 22% 0.0% 44%
6 Seasons 254 3.5% 28.0% 8.7% 6.7% 35% 3.23 3.2 25.6 8.8 0.76 1.09 59% 17% 12.9% 23%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 26 DET AL 1 0 60% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1991 27 DET AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 28 DET AL 0 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 29 DET AL 2 0 13% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1994 30 BOS AL 0 0 17% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15% 11 10 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1995 31 BOS AL 1 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 4 0 21% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 17% 18 14 3 1 1 0 4 3 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1990 26 DET AL 21 62% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1991 27 DET AL 6 83% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1992 28 DET AL 17 59% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1993 29 DET AL 52 73% 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.04 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 6 2 33% 42 6 14% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1994 30 BOS AL 129 41% 27 1 0 3 0 0 0 2.37 9 0 3 5 4 3 6 0 0 0 26 2 8% 8 1 13% 75 11 15% 4 1 25% 7 5 71% 0
1995 31 BOS AL 29 34% 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 0 0% 14 1 7% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
6 Seasons 254 51% 49 3 0 7 2 0 2 1.44 9 0 8 5 4 3 6 0 1 1 100% 48 5 10% 19 4 21% 155 19 12% 14 4 29% 17 9 53% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 26 DET AL 21 84 4.00 54 64% 30% 11% 31% 28% 70% 7% 45% 84% 29% 10% 2 0 14% 3 1 5% 1 1 50% 0 0 0
1991 27 DET AL 6 24 4.00 15 63% 40% 13% 27% 20% 60% 0% 38% 78% 17% 0% 0 0 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1992 28 DET AL 17 69 4.06 40 58% 28% 23% 23% 28% 73% 0% 42% 69% 29% 12% 2 0 24% 4 2 6% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
1993 29 DET AL 52 199 3.83 117 59% 28% 20% 26% 26% 72% 0% 42% 73% 25% 10% 5 1 25% 13 6 12% 6 4 31% 0 0 0
1994 30 BOS AL 120 497 4.14 314 63% 28% 16% 31% 25% 72% 0% 45% 77% 27% 6% 7 2 16% 19 11 9% 11 8 30% 9 0 1
1995 31 BOS AL 29 122 4.21 80 66% 21% 24% 33% 23% 79% 0% 52% 70% 28% 3% 1 1 14% 4 2 3% 1 1 18% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 245 995 4.06 620 62% 28% 18% 30% 25% 72% 1% 45% 76% 27% 7% 17 4 18% 44 23 8% 20 14 30% 9 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 26 7 21 19 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .211 .449 26 4 1 0 0 0 1
1991 27 11 27 23 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .174 .259 .217 .477 34 5 1 0 0 1 1
1992 28 17 44 37 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 9 .189 .295 .216 .512 45 8 2 0 0 1 1
1993 29 38 96 83 7 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 11 25 .205 .295 .253 .548 52 21 3 0 1 1 1
1994 30 84 225 201 21 44 7 0 9 25 0 0 22 60 .219 .295 .388 .683 77 78 5 0 1 1 1
1995 31 98 254 230 22 49 8 0 9 26 0 0 22 71 .213 .281 .365 .646 67 84 5 0 1 1 1

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
1990 26 7 21 19 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .211 .449 1 7
1991 27 4 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 1 4
1992 28 6 17 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .214 .353 .214 .567 1 6
1993 29 21 51 46 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 5 16 .217 .294 .283 .577 4 21
1994 30 65 178 164 17 35 4 0 12 24 0 14 50 .213 .275 .457 .733 20 46
1995 31 16 33 33 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 14
6 Seasons 119 308 281 26 53 8 0 12 31 0 26 87 .189 .256 .345 .602 28 98
162 Game Avg. 162 419 383 35 72 11 0 16 42 0 35 118 .189 .256 .345 .602 38 98

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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