Rich Rowland

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: February 25, 1964 in Cloverdale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mendocino College (Ukiah, CA).

School: Mendocino College (Ukiah, CA)

Debut: September 7, 1990 (Age 26-194d, 15,869th in major league history)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 19, 1995 (Age 31-114d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Full Name: Richard Garnet Rowland

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

230

.213

RBI

OBP

.281

SLG

.365

OPS

.646

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1988	24	DET-min	Rk	56	217	186	29	51	10	1	4	41	1	2	27	39	.274	.364	.403	.767		75		1	0	3	1		BRS · APPY
1989	25	DET-min	A	108	438	375	43	102	17	1	9	59	4	1	54	98	.272	.366	.395	.760		148		3	3	3	2		FAY · SALL
1990	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	109	398	353	50	96	22	0	15	52	3	4	35	66	.272	.342	.462	.804		163		4	3	3	3		TOL,LON · IL,EL
1990	26	DET	AL	7	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.211	.449	26	4	1	0	0	0	1	/2DH
1991	27	DET-min	AAA	109	447	383	56	104	26	0	13	68	4	2	60	77	.272	.374	.441	.815		169	8	3	0	1	3		TOL · IL
1991	27	DET	AL	4	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	63	1	0	0	0	1	0	/2HD
1992	28	DET-min	AAA	136	536	473	75	111	19	1	25	82	9	3	56	112	.235	.317	.438	.755		207	20	3	0	4	6		TOL · IL
1992	28	DET	AL	6	17	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.214	.353	.214	.567	63	3	1	0	0	0	0	/2D35H
1993	29	DET-min	AAA	96	382	325	58	87	24	2	21	59	1	6	51	72	.268	.369	.548	.917		178	11	3	0	3	3		TOL · IL
1993	29	DET	AL	21	52	46	2	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	16	.217	.294	.283	.577	57	13	1	0	1	0	0	2/DH
1994	30	BOS	AL	46	129	118	14	27	3	0	9	20	0	0	11	35	.229	.295	.483	.778	94	57	2	0	0	0	0	2/HD3
1995	31	BOS-min	AAA	34	133	124	20	32	7	0	8	24	0	1	7	24	.258	.301	.508	.809		63	2	1	0	1	1		PAW · IL
1995	31	BOS	AL	14	29	29	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.172	.172	.207	.379	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	2/HD
1996	32	TOR-min	AAA	96	348	288	43	65	24	2	8	45	1	1	50	79	.226	.344	.406	.750		117	9	4	2	4	3		SYR · IL
1997	33	SFG-min	AAA	19	66	59	10	14	5	0	2	13	0	0	7	13	.237	.318	.424	.742		25	2	0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
6 Yrs				98	254	230	22	49	8	0	9	26	0	0	22	71	.213	.281	.365	.646	68	84	5	0	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	420	380	36	81	13	0	15	43	0	0	36	117	.213	.281	.365	.646	68	139	8	0	2	2	2

DET (4 yrs)				38	96	83	7	17	4	0	0	5	0	0	11	25	.205	.295	.253	.548	52	21	3	0	1	1	1
BOS (2 yrs)				60	158	147	15	32	4	0	9	21	0	0	11	46	.218	.272	.429	.701	75	63	2	0	0	0	0

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