Sports
Schoolboy Rowe
1910–1961 · baseball pitcher
Folksy Arkansas right-hander who won 16 straight games for the 1934 Tigers and became one of Depression-era Detroit's favorite players.
- Born
Waco, Texas- Died
El Dorado, Arkansas
aged 50- Birth name
- Lynwood Thomas Rowe
- Detroit years
- 1932–1942
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Rowe came up through the Tigers' Texas League farm club in Beaumont, where his teammate was a young Hank Greenberg, and reached Detroit in 1933. In 1934 he won 16 consecutive decisions, tying the American League record, and went 24–8 as the Tigers won their first pennant in a quarter century. His southern charm and quirks made him a fan favorite. During that season the Detroit News brought writer Edna Skinner to town, and Rowe famously asked on a national radio broadcast, "How am I doing, Edna?", a line opposing fans teased him with for years. The couple married on October 11, 1934, in a suite at the Detroit Leland Hotel, right after the World Series. Rowe pitched for three Tigers pennant winners (1934, 1935 and 1940) and stayed through 1942.
Highlights
- Won 16 straight decisions in 1934, tying the American League record
- 24–8 record for the 1934 pennant winners
- Pitched in the 1934, 1935 and 1940 World Series for Detroit
- Three-time All-Star
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 2
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1933–1942
Tiger Stadium site (Navin Field / Briggs Stadium), now The Corner Ballpark
Demolished · 1912–1999
His home ballpark in Detroit; demolished in 2008–2009.
Related place · 1934
Leland City Club
Rowe and Edna Skinner married in a suite here on October 11, 1934; the building still stands downtown.