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Originally Posted by Steve D
In the Mar 10, 1910 Birmingham Post-Herald, there is a mention of a pitcher named "Lower".
The manager "Molesworth" of the Birmingham Barons, had evidently picked him up from Cincinnati. He had been drafted by Clark Griffith, out of Omaha.
In 1909, he won 20 games, in 32 starts.
Here's his Baseball-reference.com page:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=lower-001joh
Steve |
This seems like the most likely of the possibilities imo.
The thing that looks like a period before the name could be the right-most portion of an “L” that got partially covered when printed (or something like that)