{{Short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Lefty Bowers | image = | image_size = | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|8|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1978|12|6|1909|8|24|mf=y}} | death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | bats = Unknown | throws = Left | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1926 | debutteam = Baltimore Black Sox | finaldate = | finalyear = 1927 | finalteam = Baltimore Black Sox | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = *Baltimore Black Sox (1926-1927) | highlights = }} '''Norman Otis "Lefty" Bowers''' (August 24, 1909 – December 6, 1978), also listed as '''Chuck Bowers''',<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. | title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref> and '''Jimmy Bowers''',<ref name="Bowers, 17-Year-Old Pitcher, Will Oppose Brooklyn on Sunday">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78449227/bowers-17-year-old-pitcher-will/|title=Bowers, 17-Year-Old Pitcher, Will Oppose Brooklyn on Sunday|page=30|work=The Evening Sun|via=Newspapers.com|date=1926-04-14 |accessdate=2021-05-26}}</ref> was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Baltimore Black Sox in 1926 and 1927.
==Career== Bowers attended Richmond High School in Richmond, Virginia, and at age 17, he received a tryout with the Baltimore Black Sox. He made his debut in the final game of a series against the Cuban Stars (East).<ref name="Bowers, 17-Year-Old Pitcher, Will Oppose Brooklyn on Sunday"/> He allowed five hits in six innings, with the game being called at that point due to darkness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78452455/17-year-old-heaver-gains-berth-with/|title=17-Year-Old Heaver Gains Berth With Black Sox|page=28|work=The Evening Sun|via=Newspapers.com|date=1926-05-05 |accessdate=2021-05-27}}</ref> He then earned a contract, and pitched in at least five recorded games over two seasons with Baltimore.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/bowerle01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=bower01lef Seamheads]
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