Stew Bowers
{{Short description|American baseball player (1915–2005)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Stew Bowers
|position=Pitcher
|image=Stew Bowers.jpeg
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1915|2|26|mf=y}}
|birth_place=New Freedom, Pennsylvania
|death_date={{death date and age|2005|12|14|1915|2|26}}
|death_place=Havertown, Pennsylvania
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 5
|debutyear=1935
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 18
|finalyear=1937
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=2–1
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=5
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=4.60
|teams=
- Boston Red Sox ({{baseball year|1935}}–{{baseball year|1937}})
}}
Stewart Cole (Doc) Bowers (February 26, 1915 – December 14, 2005) was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from {{baseball year|1935}} through {{baseball year|1937}}. Bowers was a switch hitter and threw right-handed.
Formative years and family
Born in New Freedom, Pennsylvania on February 26, 1915, Stewart C. Bowers was a son of Dr. Stewart C. Bowers and his wife, Jesse. He played baseball at Gettysburg College before being signed by the Boston Red Sox. He was married to Marian C. Kehr."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/614701995/?terms=%22Stewart%20Bowers%22 Stewart C. Bowers Jr.]" (obituary). York, Pennsylvania: The York Dispatch, December 15, 2005, p. D2 (subscription required)."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/201164939/?terms=%22Stewart%20Bowers%22&match=1 Bowers]" (obituary). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2005, p. B6 (subscription required). They were the parents of two sons."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/554194188/?terms=%22Stewart%20Bowers%22&match=1 Stewart C. Bowers Jr]." (obituary). York, Pennsylvania: York Daily Record, December 15, 2005, p. 2C (subscription required).
Baseball and later years
Bowers reached the majors in 1935 when he signed with the Boston Red Sox."Bowers" (obituary), The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2005. He pitched fifteen games for the Sox between 1935 and 1936, and posted a 2–1 record with a 4.60 ERA and five strikeouts in 29 ⅓ innings, including two starts and one complete game. He also had a single appearance in 1937 as a pinch runner.
Following his baseball career, Bowers served in the United States Army during World War II and later worked for American Insulator Company"Bowers" (obituary), The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2005. and for Ford Motor Company. On March 28, 1944, he enlisted in the army."Index Record for Stewart C. Bowers Jr WWII Army Enlistment Records", (Army Serial Number 33849249), Fold3 by Ancestry.com website. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
Death
Bowers died at the age of ninety in Havertown, Pennsylvania on December 14, 2005."Stewart C. Bowers Jr.", The York Dispatch, December 15, 2005."Bowers" (obituary), The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2005."Stewart C. Bowers," York Daily Record, December 15, 2005.
References
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External links
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Category:Boston Red Sox players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Baseball players from York County, Pennsylvania
Category:Gettysburg Bullets baseball players
Category:People from New Freedom, Pennsylvania
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:20th-century American sportsmen