MLB / Players

Bama Rowell

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 185 lb

BornJanuary 13, 1916 · Citronelle, AL, USA

MLB debutSeptember 3, 1939

Final gameOctober 2, 1948

Seasons6 (1939–1948)

Boston Bees 1939–1940; Boston Braves 1941; Boston Braves 1946–1947; Philadelphia Phillies 1948

Percentile snapshot

1941 season — qualified batters

138

524

45.3

483

48.9

38.1

129

46.8

48.9

65.5

61.2

RBI

60.4

47.5

42.4

88.5

36.7

.267

OBP

.322

27.3

SLG

.383

43.2

OPS

.705

37.4

wRC+

98.3

OPS+

100.4

42.4

wOBA

.330

sWAR

1.7

49.6

of 140 qualified 1941 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

3.9

76.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1939	21	62	59	5	11	2	2	0	6	1	4	0	.186	.200	.288	.488	22.5	33.8	.220	-0.4
1940	130	508	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	18	22	12	.305	.331	.395	.726	100.6	103.2	.332	1.9
1941	138	524	483	49	129	23	6	7	60	39	36	11	.267	.322	.383	.705	98.3	100.4	.330	1.7
1946	95	329	293	37	82	12	6	3	31	29	15	5	.280	.345	.392	.737	107.9	108.2	.350	1.0
1947	113	414	384	48	106	23	2	5	40	18	14	7	.276	.310	.385	.696	82.5	86.8	.317	0.0
1948	77	206	196	15	47	16	2	1	22	8	14	2	.240	.270	.357	.627	62.7	69.7	.285	-0.3

Career totals

574

2,043

1,901

200

523

RBI

217

113

105

.2751

OBP

.3165

SLG

.3824

OPS

.6989

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1946-05-08	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	1	3	0	1	1	3	8
1946-08-31	ATL @ PHI Gameday	6	2	5	2	0	0	2	7
1948-09-12	ATL @ PHI Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	0	1	7
1947-09-17	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	1	3	7
1941-06-28	LAD @ ATL Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1939-04-19	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-20	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-21	ATL @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-22	ATL @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-23	ATL @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.