Bio
- Debut
- 1933
Bio
- Debut
- 1933
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 382
- W
- 158
- L
- 101
- ERA
- 3.87
- IP
- 2219.1
- K
- 913
- BB
- 558
- WHIP
- 1.30
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | DET | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3.58 | 123.1 | 75 | 31 | 1.30 |
| 1934 | DET | 45 | 24 | 8 | 3.45 | 266.0 | 149 | 81 | 1.28 |
| 1935 | DET | 42 | 19 | 13 | 3.69 | 275.2 | 140 | 68 | 1.23 |
| 1936 | DET | 41 | 19 | 10 | 4.51 | 245.1 | 115 | 64 | 1.35 |
| 1937 | DET | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8.62 | 31.1 | 6 | 9 | 1.85 |
| 1938 | DET | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 21.0 | 4 | 11 | 1.48 |
| 1939 | DET | 28 | 10 | 12 | 4.99 | 164.0 | 51 | 61 | 1.54 |
| 1940 | DET | 27 | 16 | 3 | 3.46 | 169.0 | 61 | 43 | 1.26 |
| 1941 | DET | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4.14 | 139.0 | 54 | 33 | 1.35 |
| 1942 |  DET/LAD | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3.98 | 40.2 | 13 | 14 | 1.45 |
| 1943 | PHI | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2.94 | 199.0 | 52 | 29 | 1.13 |
| 1946 | PHI | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2.12 | 136.0 | 51 | 21 | 0.98 |
| 1947 | PHI | 31 | 14 | 10 | 4.32 | 195.2 | 74 | 45 | 1.42 |
| 1948 | PHI | 30 | 10 | 10 | 4.07 | 148.0 | 46 | 31 | 1.34 |
| 1949 | PHI | 23 | 3 | 7 | 4.82 | 65.1 | 22 | 17 | 1.30 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 2
- L
- 5
- ERA
- 4.00
- IP
- 45.0
- K
- 27
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 1.16
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 137
- SHO
- 22
- K/9
- 3.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | DET | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | DET | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | DET | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | DET | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | DET | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | DET | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | DET | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | DET/LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | PHI | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PHI | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | PHI | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PHI | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PHI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Schoolboy Rowe's career stats?
Schoolboy Rowe played 15 seasons for the Tigers and the Phillies. He had 158 wins and 913 strikeouts with a 3.87 ERA over 2,219.1 innings. His best season was 1934: 24 wins, a 3.45 ERA and 149 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1933 to 1949
Championships
- 1935 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
All-time career rank
- 227th in wins (pitching) (158)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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