Donald Howard Rowe (April 3, 1936 – October 15, 2005) was an American player and

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in professional

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. A left-handed

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, Rowe had a 14-year professional career and spent only one partial season in

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as a member of the

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. He threw 54 2/3 innings of major league ball, the most-ever by a pitcher who never recorded a win, loss or a save. Rowe was a native of

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, and attended

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. He originally signed with the

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in 1954, and in his tenth pro season, he debuted with the Mets on April 9, 1963. His final appearance was on July 18, 1963. After retiring from playing, Rowe became the pitching coach for the

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in 1988 (although he was forced to step aside because of ill health in June)''The Chicago Tribune,'' June 14, 1988
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from 1992 to 1998, and worked as a pitching coach in the

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s of the

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, White Sox and Brewers. He also coached

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, baseball and

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. Rowe died from Parkinson's disease in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 69.

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