T210 Series 8 Mystery player

[sb1]

In the 1910 Old Mill Series 8 there is a player listed as Owen, Birmingham in the guides, but it actually spelled Ower. I can only find two images which sold are in REA in March of 2022 and March 2023. Recently while listing T210's for my upcoming auction I took a better look at this card and firmly believe there is another letter in front of the OWER, which I believe is an L.

Upon looking thru the Birmingham roster for 1909, 1910 and 1911 there is no one with this combination of letters of even more such as Flower, Glower, etc.

Does anyone have any info on whom the player is???

[judsonhamlin]

There’s an Andrew Bowen listed on their 1909 roster - a light hitting 2nd baseman who also played in the Virginia League in 1910. Perhaps?

[sb1]

I did see Bowen, although the last letter is clearly an R and not an N on the card and the first looks nothing like a B. ??

Nice looking card,maybe a ghost player/bench filler that never played. Here is my only one from Series 7, Cabrol which is not listed on any team roster

[RCMcKenzie]

There is an "Ower" on PSA's pop report, which appears to be this one that sold in Sterling in 2011. SGC shows 4 T210-8 "Ower" and a "T210 Ower".

I agree that they meant Bowen, unless someone else has more information.

[seablaster]

Andrew Bowen is already pictured in T210-2 (Portsmouth) and the corresponding H801-7 Old Mill cabinet (Petersburg).