finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1890 left 25 april 1911 st. louis , missouri hamburg , pennsylvania 1879 october 4 .286 1,256 644 shortstop / catcher buffalo bisons -lrb- pl -rrb- batting average hits runs batted in september 6 8 december 1856 jack rowe -lrb- tomlinson photo -rrb- . jpg jack rowe
 buffalo bisons -lrb- nl -rrb- jack rowe right
jack rowe

john charles `` jack '' rowe -lrb- december 8 , 1856 -- april 25 , 1911 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player , manager and team owner from 1877 to 1898 .
he played 12 years in major league baseball , as a shortstop -lrb- 657 games -rrb- , catcher -lrb- 298 games -rrb- , and outfielder -lrb- 103 games -rrb- , for four major league clubs .
his longest stretches were in the national league with the buffalo bisons -lrb- 1879 -- 1885 -rrb- and detroit wolverines -lrb- 1886 -- 1888 -rrb- .
he was also a player-manager and part owner of the buffalo bisons of the players ' league in 1890 , and the manager of the buffalo bisons -lrb- eastern league -rrb- from 1896 to 1898 .
rowe appeared in 1,044 major league games , compiled a .286 batting average and .392 slugging percentage , and totaled 764 runs scored , 1,256 hits , 202 doubles , 88 triples , 28 home runs , and 644 rbis .
from 1881 to 1888 , he was part of the `` big four , '' a group of renowned batters -lrb- the others being dan brouthers , hardy richardson , and deacon white -rrb- who played together in buffalo and detroit and led detroit to the national league pennant and 1887 world series championship .
