:Lou Lowdermilk
{{Short description|American baseball player (1887–1975)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Lou Lowdermilk
|image=Lou Lowdermilk.jpg
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date|1887|2|23}}
|birth_place=Sandborn, Indiana
|death_date={{death date and age|1975|12|27|1887|2|23}}
|death_place=Centralia, Illinois
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 23
|debutyear={{Baseball year|1911}}
|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 16, 1912
|finalyear={{Baseball year|1912}}
|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=4–5
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=3.38
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=22
|teams=
- St. Louis Cardinals ({{Baseball year|1911}}–{{baseball year|1912}})
}}
Louis Bailey Lowdermilk (February 23, 1887 – December 27, 1975), was an American politician and a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in {{baseball year|1911}} and {{baseball year|1912}} with the St. Louis Cardinals. Lowdermilk had a 4–5 record with a 3.38 ERA, in 20 career games, in his two-year career. He was born in Sandborn, Indiana, and died in Centralia, Illinois. He was the brother of Grover Lowdermilk, who also played in Major League Baseball.
Political career
Lowdermilk served as mayor of Odin, Illinois.[http://www.odinishome.com/funfacts.html Village of Odin]
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External links
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Category:American athlete-politicians
Category:People from Marion County, Illinois
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Category:Mobile Sea Gulls players
Category:Freeport Pretzels players
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Category:Springfield Reapers players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:20th-century Illinois politicians
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