# Don Rowe

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**Donald Howard Rowe** (April 3, 1936 – October 15, 2005) was an American player and [pitching coach](/source/Coach_(baseball)) in professional [baseball](/source/Baseball). A left-handed [pitcher](/source/Pitcher), Rowe had a 14-year professional career and spent only one partial season in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) as a member of the [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets).[1] 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 [Brawley, California](/source/Brawley,_California), and attended [Long Beach State University](/source/Long_Beach_State_University). He originally signed with the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) 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 [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) in 1988 (although he was forced to step aside because of ill health in June)[2] and the [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers) from 1992 to 1998, and worked as a pitching coach in the [farm systems](/source/Farm_system) of the [California Angels](/source/California_Angels), [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants), White Sox and Brewers. He also coached [football](/source/American_football), baseball and [tennis](/source/Tennis) at [Golden West College](/source/Golden_West_College), [Huntington Beach, California](/source/Huntington_Beach,_California).

Rowe died from [Parkinson's disease](/source/Parkinson's_disease) in [Newport Beach, California](/source/Newport_Beach,_California), at the age of 69.

## References

1. ["Don Rowe athletic career, photos, articles, and videos | Fanbase"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141204010420/http://www.fanbase.com/Don-Rowe). Archived from [the original](http://www.fanbase.com/Don-Rowe) on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2009-09-22.

1. [*The Chicago Tribune,* June 14, 1988](https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/06/14/health-problems-have-forced-pitching-coach-don/)

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