so many of the best players in baseball were in the service. Schoolboy Rowe pitched for the Navy team that also included Dom DiMaggio and Phil Rizzuto. Admiral Nimitz threw out the first pitch, and Rowe's Navy team swept the first six games and finally won eight while losing two and tying one. Later years (1946–1961) After serving two years in World War II, the 36-year-old "Schoolboy" returned to the Phillies in top form. In 1946, Rowe was 11–4, led the league in winning percentage, and had a career-low earned run average of 2.12. Rowe followed with another strong season in 1947, earning a final All-Star nod. That season, he also became the first and only pitcher in Major League history to be intentionally walked twice in the same game. He was released by the Phillies after the 1949 season and finished his pitching career in 1950, with San Diego in the Pacific Coast League. Schoolboy had a career 158–101 record, 913 strikeouts, and a 3.87 ERA. He spent two seasons 1954-1955 as the Tigers' pitching coach. During this time, after the Tigers made the third out, Rowe would pick up the baseball, then hand or toss it to the Tiger pitchers as they came out of the dugout to go to the mound. He did this to each except Ned Garver, who superstitiously preferred to pick the ball up off the ground. Later, Rowe worked as a Tigers scout assigned to cover Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and East Texas. Rowe died of a heart attack at age 50 on January 8, 1961, in El Dorado, Arkansas. See also 1935 Detroit Tigers season List of Major League Baseball all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers Best pitching seasons by a Detroit Tiger References External links Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball Biography Time magazine article about Rowe, 1947 1910 births 1961 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers American League All-Stars National League All-Stars Detroit Tigers players Brooklyn Dodgers players Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from Texas People from Waco, Texas Beaumont Exporters players Montreal Royals players Shreveport Sports players San Diego Padres (minor league) players Williamsport Tigers players Detroit Tigers coaches Detroit Tigers scouts Major League Baseball pitching coaches Buffalo Bisons (minor league) managers People from El Dorado, Arkansas United States Navy personnel of World War II