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Bama Rowell
Carvel William Rowell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Louisiana State University

Debut September 4, 1939
Final Game October 2, 1948
Born January 13, 1916 in Citronelle, AL
Died August 16, 1993 in Citronelle, AL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 23 BSN NL  21   59    5   11   2  2   0    6   0      1   4  .186  .200  .288   34   17   2           0   2
 1940 24 BSN NL 130  486   46  148  19  8   3   58  12     18  22  .305  .331  .395  104  192   3           1   4 MVP-21
 1941 25 BSN NL 138  483   49  129  23  6   7   60  11     39  36  .267  .322  .383  102  185   2           0   6
 1946 30 BSN NL  95  293   37   82  12  6   3   31   5     29  15  .280  .345  .392  108  115   7           0   5
 1947 31 BSN NL 113  384   48  106  23  2   5   40   7     18  14  .276  .310  .385   85  148  11           1   3
 1948 32 PHI NL  77  196   15   47  16  2   1   22   2      8  14  .240  .270  .357   70   70   2           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      574 1901  200  523  95 26  19  217  37  0 113 105  .275  .316  .382   94  727  27   0   0   2  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        537   56  148  27  7   5   61  10  0  32  30  .275  .316  .382   94  205   8   0   0   1   6
 Career High    138  486   49  148  23  8   7   60  12  0  39  36  .305  .345  .395  108  192  11   0   0   1   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 23 BSN NL   62   52    3   1.5    97| .186  .271| .200  .336| .288  .388| .488  .724|  34  .121  -5.7  -0.6     
 1940 24 BSN NL  508  345   63   4.9    94| .305  .266| .331  .330| .395  .382| .726  .712| 104  .554   0.8   0.1     
 1941 25 BSN NL  524  362   60   4.4    90| .267  .260| .322  .329| .383  .366| .705  .696| 102  .531   0.5   0.0     
 1946 30 BSN NL  329  223   40   4.8    93| .280  .264| .345  .339| .392  .369| .737  .708| 108  .578   2.4   0.3     
 1947 31 BSN NL  414  292   46   4.2   104| .276  .272| .310  .346| .385  .403| .695  .749|  85  .453  -9.0  -0.9     
 1948 32 PHI NL  206  154   19   3.3   100| .240  .266| .270  .340| .357  .394| .627  .735|  70  .363  -8.7  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2043 1428  231   4.3    96| .275  .265| .316  .336| .382  .382| .698  .717|  94  .500 -19.7  -2.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 23 BSN NL OF 16 27 2 5 1 .853 .976 1.81 2.17 0 13 3 1940 24 BSN NL 2B 115 251 360 30 81 .953 .964 5.31 5.14 OF 7 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 1.00 2.17 0 1 6 1941 25 BSN NL 2B 112 265 312 40 81 .935 .962 5.15 5.25 OF 14 26 2 1 1 .966 .976 2.00 2.15 7 2 6 3B 2 5 3 0 1 1.000 .952 4.00 3.15 1946 30 BSN NL OF 85 168 8 4 2 .978 .977 2.07 2.16 71 14 0 1947 31 BSN NL OF 100 202 4 12 0 .945 .977 2.06 2.19 99 2 0 2B 7 9 11 1 1 .952 .976 2.86 5.19 3B 4 5 6 2 0 .846 .948 2.75 2.80 1948 32 PHI NL 3B 18 15 17 7 3 .821 .941 1.78 2.81 OF 17 34 0 2 0 .944 .977 2.00 2.20 14 0 3 2B 12 27 25 3 4 .945 .970 4.33 4.83
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 24 BSN NL 2B 115 251 360 30 81 .953 .964 5.31 5.14 1941 25 BSN NL 2B 112 265 312 40 81 .935 .962 5.15 5.25 1947 31 BSN NL 2B 7 9 11 1 1 .952 .976 2.86 5.19 1948 32 PHI NL 2B 12 27 25 3 4 .945 .970 4.33 4.83 1941 25 BSN NL 3B 2 5 3 0 1 1.000 .952 4.00 3.15 1947 31 BSN NL 3B 4 5 6 2 0 .846 .948 2.75 2.80 1948 32 PHI NL 3B 18 15 17 7 3 .821 .941 1.78 2.81 1939 23 BSN NL OF 16 27 2 5 1 .853 .976 1.81 2.17 0 13 3 1940 24 BSN NL OF 7 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 1.00 2.17 0 1 6 1941 25 BSN NL OF 14 26 2 1 1 .966 .976 2.00 2.15 7 2 6 1946 30 BSN NL OF 85 168 8 4 2 .978 .977 2.07 2.16 71 14 0 1947 31 BSN NL OF 100 202 4 12 0 .945 .977 2.06 2.19 99 2 0 1948 32 PHI NL OF 17 34 0 2 0 .944 .977 2.00 2.20 14 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 246 552 708 74 167 .945 .964 5.12 5.18 OF 239 464 16 26 4 .949 .977 2.01 2.18 191 32 18 3B 24 25 26 9 4 .850 .944 2.12 2.84 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 509 1041 750 109 175 .943 .967 3.52 3.66
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-NL-21-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1940 NL-.305-10

Triples
1940 NL-8-9

Stolen Bases
1940 NL-12-8
1941 NL-11-7
1947 NL-7-10

Singles
1940 NL-118-7

Sac. Hits
1947 NL-11-7

Power/Speed Number
1941 NL-8.6-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 6, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves with Ray Sanders and $40,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Stanky.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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