From the
1909 Quincy team photo
Howard Morrow
Identity not confirmed
Born: 1887
Died: January 6, 1967
Goto Baseball Reference for Howard Morrow 		p Majors:
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St. Louis
Position: p
First game: September 6, 1913
Last game: September 13, 1913
# of games: 3		 A pitcher identified only as Morrow in the box scores and game articles pitched three games for St. Louis as the season wound down. Howard (Slats) Morrow was a minor league pitcher from St. Louis, who pitched with Albany (GA) in the South Atlantic League in 1913. Albany ended its season on September 1, so he would have been back in town at just the right time.


A pitcher identified only as Morrow in the box scores and game articles started three games for St. Louis as the season wound down. He was described as a big, slim right hander by the St. Louis Republic. His first start was on September 6 in Indianapolis in the first game of a double header. He allowed ten runs on nine hits and six walks, while his teammates made five errors. St. Louis lost 10-4. (They lost the second game of the double header to pennant winning Indianapolis by a score of 5-4.) His second start was at home three days later, where St. Louis lost 2-0 to Cleveland. He allowed eleven hits, but three double playes, including two runners thrown out at the plate, kept the score down. His final start was back in Indianapolis on September 13, the second game of a double header that St. Louis swept. The 2-1 voctory was the Terriers final win of the season, as they lost both games of a double header the next day to finish the year with a 59-60 record.

There is no conclusive evidence that Morrow was Howard Morrow, but he is most likely candidate. Howard "Slats" Morrow was a minor league pitcher from St. Louis whose professional career started in 1908 at the age of 21 when he played for the Hannibal Cannibals. He played for Eau Claire for three years in the Class D Minnesota-Wisconcin League (with a short stint for Qunicy thrown in), and in 1912 moved up to play in the Class C South Atlantic League with Columbus (GA). In 1913, he played for Columbus first, and then Albany (GA) in the same league. The season ended in Albany on September 1, so he would have been available to pitch for St. Louis a few days later. Morrow was described as "lanky" and "tall" in articles during his career. This is no indication he was a southpaw, so the assumption is he pitched right handed.

Morrow's final professinal season was in 1914, with Albany. He joined the St. Louis police force in 1922 and played local baseball in St. Louis with the policeman's team in the Muny League. He was still active as a police officer in 1952, when he was promoted to corporal.

In the 1940s, Howards's son, Russ Morrow, was a 6' 8" basketball star at Roosevelt High School, where he also played football and pitched. (Russ was lefthanded.) He played one season (1943) with the St. Louis University basketball team before transferring to Tennessee University. During this time, it was noted he was rejected several times by the miltary (across several branches) as too tall. A photo of Howard, his wife Lulu, and Russ appeared in the Post-Dispatch on April 28, 1943, where it was noted that Howard was 6' 4". (Two other children, Katherine and Donald, measured in at 6' and 6' 4", respectively. Lulu was 6' at the time.) When he transferred to Tennessee University, he turned down an offer from the Detroit Lions, and he was reportedly the first St. Louis football player to appear in the Rose Bowl at the end of that season. He later played pro football with a club in Brooklyn.

Howard Morrow died in January 1967. He is burried in Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens in St. Louis, in a plot described as Masonic by FindAGrave.