finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1963 left 15 october 2005 newport beach , california brawley , california 1963 july 18 0 -- 0 4.28 54 2/3 pitcher new york mets win -- loss record earned run average innings pitched april 9 3 april 1936 don rowe
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don rowe

donald howard rowe -lrb- april 3 , 1936 -- october 15 , 2005 -rrb- was an american player and pitching coach in professional baseball .
a left-handed pitcher , rowe had a 14-year professional career and spent only one partial season in major league baseball as a member of the new york mets .
rowe was a native of brawley , california , and attended long beach state university .
he originally signed with the pittsburgh pirates in 1954 , and in his tenth pro season , he debuted with the mets on april 9 , 1963 .
he set the all-time record most innings pitched without recording a win , loss , or save , pitching 54 2/3 innings .
his final appearance was on july 18 , 1963 .
after retiring from playing , rowe became the pitching coach for the chicago white sox in 1988 -lrb- although he was forced to step aside because of ill health in june -rrb- and the milwaukee brewers from 1992 to 1998 , and worked as a pitching coach in the farm systems of the california angels , san francisco giants , white sox and brewers .
he also coached football , baseball and tennis at golden west college , huntington beach , california .
rowe died from parkinson 's disease in newport beach , california , at the age of 69 .
