{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Randolph Bowe | image = Randolph Bowe.jpg | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|12|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = Amandaville, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|19|1918|12|18|mf=y}} | death_place = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1938 | debutteam = Kansas City Monarchs | finaldate = | finalyear = 1940 | finalteam = Indianapolis Clowns | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Kansas City Monarchs (1938) * Chicago American Giants (1939–1940) * Indianapolis Clowns (1940) }}
'''Randolph Bowe''' (December 18, 1918 – July 19, 2016), nicknamed "'''Lefty'''" and "'''Bob'''", was an American Negro league baseball pitcher from 1938 to 1940.
A native of Amandaville, Kentucky, Bowe made his Negro leagues debut in 1938 with the Kansas City Monarchs.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/erietimesnews/obituary.aspx?n=randolph-bowe-lefty&pid=180746664&fhid=8453 |title=Randolph "Lefty" Bowe |publisher=legacy.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref> He played for the Chicago American Giants in 1939 and 1940,<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=bowe-01lef |title=Lefty Bowe |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref> and was selected to play in the 1940 East–West All-Star Game, but declined due to a salary dispute.<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953|first=Larry|last=Lester|authorlink=Larry Lester|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|page=146|year=2001|isbn=9780803280007}}</ref> Bowe died in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2016 at age 97.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/bowele01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=bowe-01lef Seamheads]
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