Army West Point Athletics
Rowley ’13 Becomes 1st Army Player in MLB
August 11, 2017 | Baseball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Former Army West Point pitching star and 2013 graduate Chris Rowley saw his lifelong dream come true Friday – he's now a Major League Baseball player.
Rowley got word late Thursday night that the "big club," the Toronto Blue Jays, were calling him up. The righty was not only told he would be joining the team back in Toronto but that he would be making the start on Saturday at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates. That game is slated for a 1:07 p.m. first pitch.
He departs the Buffalo Bisons, Toronto's Triple-A affiliate, with a 2.82 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched. Despite his misleading 3-4 record, Rowley holds a 1.21 WHIP in 10 games played. After just being called up from Double-A on June 19th, he worked his way into the starting lineup for the Herd notching six starts with 41 strikeouts.
His second call up in as many months is quite the accomplishment considering a little more than two years ago Rowley was in Germany getting ready to fly home after finishing up his deployment of more than 30 months of active duty.
Rowley, who served as a First Lieutenant for Bravo Company of the 2-7 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went from being an Army Officer to Army's first major leaguer.
To hear Rowley's reaction to his call up via the Buffalo Bisons, CLICK HERE.
Rowley got word late Thursday night that the "big club," the Toronto Blue Jays, were calling him up. The righty was not only told he would be joining the team back in Toronto but that he would be making the start on Saturday at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates. That game is slated for a 1:07 p.m. first pitch.
He departs the Buffalo Bisons, Toronto's Triple-A affiliate, with a 2.82 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched. Despite his misleading 3-4 record, Rowley holds a 1.21 WHIP in 10 games played. After just being called up from Double-A on June 19th, he worked his way into the starting lineup for the Herd notching six starts with 41 strikeouts.
His second call up in as many months is quite the accomplishment considering a little more than two years ago Rowley was in Germany getting ready to fly home after finishing up his deployment of more than 30 months of active duty.
Rowley, who served as a First Lieutenant for Bravo Company of the 2-7 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went from being an Army Officer to Army's first major leaguer.
To hear Rowley's reaction to his call up via the Buffalo Bisons, CLICK HERE.
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