Art Fowler Baseball player

John Arthur Fowler (July 3, 1922 – January 29, 2007) was an American pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. The 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 180 lb. right-hander was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1944 season. He played for the Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1957), Los Angeles Dodgers (1959), and Los Angeles Angels (1961–1964), and went on to be associated with manager Billy Martin as a coach with five major league teams, including four stops with the New York Yankees.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 03, 1922
Birth place
South Carolina , Spartanburg County South Carolina
Date of deathJanuary 30, 2007
Place of death
South Carolina

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Baseball player

Career startApril 17, 1954
Career endMay 04, 1964
batting sideRight
former teams
Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
position
Pitcher
teams
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers (baseball)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Art Fowler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=fowlear01
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fowler&GSfn=art&GSiman=1&GScid=70021&GRid=17742416&
  3. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pfowla101.htm