Former Major League Baseball catcher Rich Rowland, who played parts of six seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, dies at age 62, according to reporting from multiple outlets. His son says he died at 62.
Rowland’s MLB career runs from 1990 through 1995, with time spent as a backup. The outlets describe him as serving primarily in that role while catching for teams including the Tigers and Red Sox. Coverage also highlights that his most productive season comes in 1994 with Boston, when he appears in a career-high 46 games.
The New York Post adds additional detail about Rowland’s 1994 performance, noting he hits all nine of his career home runs that year while playing behind Boston’s starting catcher, Damon Berryhill. Other sources focus more generally on his teams, seasons, and age at death, without the same depth on season-by-season specifics.
