Lynwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies.
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24 Facts About Schoolboy Rowe
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Schoolboy Rowe was a three-time All-Star, and a member of three Tigers' World Series teams.
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Schoolboy Rowe received the nickname "Schoolboy" while playing on a men's team as a 15-year-old high school student.
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In 1932, Schoolboy Rowe played for the Beaumont Exporters in the Texas League, leading the league with a 2.
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Schoolboy Rowe joined the Tigers in 1933, and the following year won 24 games, including an American League record 16 consecutive wins.
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In Game 2, Schoolboy Rowe pitched a 12-inning complete game, allowing two earned runs and retiring 22 consecutive batters.
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In Game 6, Schoolboy Rowe pitched another complete game, allowing four runs, but Paul "Daffy" Dean held the Tigers to only three.
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Schoolboy Rowe finished fourth in the American League's 1934 Most Valuable Player voting behind teammates Mickey Cochrane, who won, and Charlie Gehringer.
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Schoolboy Rowe had another strong year in 1935 as the Tigers won their second consecutive American League pennant.
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Schoolboy Rowe developed into a pitcher with tremendous power and control.
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Schoolboy Rowe led the American League in strikeout-to-walk ratio in both 1934 and 1935 and finished in the top four in the league in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched seven times, including a career and league best 1.
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Schoolboy Rowe contributed to the Tigers' success in 1934 and 1935 with his hitting.
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Schoolboy Rowe was known as a superstitious player who carried amulets, talismans, and charms in his pockets, always picked up his glove with his left hand and even talked to the ball.
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Schoolboy Rowe was loved particularly by female fans for his good looks and public devotion to his high-school sweetheart, Edna Mary Skinner.
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In 1939, Schoolboy Rowe returned to the Tigers and, in 1940, he led the American League with an.
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Schoolboy Rowe missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons to wartime service in the US Navy.
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Schoolboy Rowe was assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station where his former manager, Mickey Cochrane, put together an All-Star baseball team that included Schoolboy, Bob Feller, Johnny Mize and Billy Herman.
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The 'Schoolboy Rowe' teed off on one of 'Slim' DeLion's slow curves and drove the horsehide straight over the center field fence, a tremendous wallop of at least 450 feet.
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Schoolboy Rowe pitched for the Navy team that included Dom DiMaggio and Phil Rizzuto.
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Schoolboy Rowe followed with another strong season in 1947, earning a final All-Star nod.
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Schoolboy Rowe did this to each except Ned Garver, who superstitiously preferred to pick the ball up off the ground.
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Later, Schoolboy Rowe worked as a Tigers scout assigned to cover Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and East Texas.
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