Bobby Lowe

Bobby Lowe
Birthdate 7/10/1865
Death Date 12/8/1951
Debut Year 1890
Year of Induction
Teams Beaneaters, Cubs, Pirates, Tigers
Positions Left Field, Second Base, Third Base

Bobby Lowe was the first player to slug four homers in a single contest and a key member of five NL pennant-winning Boston Beaneater squads.

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Bobby Lowe had a long and prosperous 18-year big league career

Bobby Lowe had a long and prosperous 18-year big league career

Robert Lincoln Lowe was born on July 10, 1865, just 86 days after the death of the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Before his 21st birthday Bobby or “Linc” as he was known, began playing professional baseball. In 1890 at age 24 Lowe reached the big leagues. The follow
With Frank Selee as manager, Lowe's Boston Beaneaters won 5 NL pennants from 1891-1898

With Frank Selee as manager, Lowe's Boston Beaneaters won 5 NL pennants from 1891-1898

Bobby Lowe’s Boston Beaneaters were baseball’s dominant team of the 1890s. At the helm of the club was future Hall of Fame manager Frank Selee. An inaugural member of the National League in 1876, the Beaneaters won three pennants in the 15 years before Selee took the reins in 1890. Their
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Charles "Kid" Nichols won more than 300 games with Lowe as his teammate

Bobby Lowe played his first dozen big league seasons with the Boston Beaneaters. During that time the team earned five National League pennants. Three Boston players were on all five of the championship clubs, pitcher Kid Nichols, shortstop Herman Long, and second baseman Bobby Lowe. Long joined the

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