Dave Rowe Notable

b. October 9, 1854 · Chicago White Stockings 1877, Cleveland Blues 1882, Baltimore Orioles 1883, St. Louis Maroons 1884–1885, Kansas City Cowboys 1886, Kansas City Cowboys 1888

Dave Rowe played for five clubs across 12 seasons as a center fielder, opening with the Chicago White Stockings in 1877 and closing with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1888.

Across 347 games he batted .263, with 383 hits and 223 runs. He finished with 8 home runs, 77 doubles and 4 stolen bases. He went 1 and 2 with a 9.78 earned run average, pitching 23 innings in 4 games. He struck out 3.

He played 305 games in the outfield, with 487 putouts and 74 errors.

He was born in Cold Spring, PA, USA on October 9, 1854, and died on December 9, 1930. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1877	CHC	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.286
1882	CLV	24	97	13	25	4	3	1	17	4	9	0	.258
1883	BAL	59	256	40	80	11	6	0	0	2	0	0	.313
1884	SLM	109	485	95	142	32	11	4	0	10	0	0	.293
1885	SLM	16	62	8	10	3	0	0	3	5	8	0	.161
1886	KCN	105	429	53	103	24	8	3	57	15	43	2	.240
1888	KCC	32	122	14	21	3	4	0	13	6	28	2	.172
Career	—	347	1458	223	383	77	32	8	90	42	91	4	.263

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1877	CHC	0	1	1	1	1.0	3	2	2	0	18.00
1882	CLV	0	1	1	1	9.0	29	12	7	0	12.00
1883	BAL	0	0	1	0	4.0	12	9	2	1	20.25
1884	SLM	1	0	1	1	9.0	10	2	0	2	2.00
Career	—	1	2	4	3	23.0	54	25	11	3	9.78

On this day & linked events

1854

Born October 9, 1854

Cold Spring, PA, USA

1930

Died December 9, 1930

1877

Major-league debut: Dave Rowe

Dave Rowe made a major-league debut on May 30, 1877.

1888

Final major-league game: Dave Rowe

Dave Rowe played a final major-league game on June 17, 1888.

Image: Joseph Hall, public domain