Derek Lowe

Full Name: Derek Christopher Lowe	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/170	First Game: April 26, 1997
Birthdate: June 1, 1973	MLB Experience: 10 years
Birthplace: Dearborn, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on June 1, 1973 in Dearborn, Michigan, Derek Lowe (Derek Christopher Lowe) played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 10 year career. Lowe broke into the bigs on April 26, 1997 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 6.13 ERA in 69 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Derek Lowe's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2000, when he posted a 2.56 ERA, notched 42 saves and struck out 79 batters. However, others believe that it was 2002, when he posted a 2.58 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 127 batters.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	SEA	A	12	9	2	4	6.96	39	43	41	0	0	0	53	59	11	20	2	2	2
1997	BOS	A	8	0	0	2	3.38	13	6	6	0	0	0	16	15	0	3	1	0	2
1997	TOT	A	20	9	2	6	6.13	52	49	47	0	0	0	69	74	11	23	3	2	4
1998	BOS	A	63	10	3	9	4.02	77	65	55	0	0	4	123	126	5	42	5	8	4
1999	BOS	A	74	0	6	3	2.63	80	35	32	0	0	15	109.1	84	7	25	1	1	4
2000	BOS	A	74	0	4	4	2.56	79	27	26	0	0	42	91.1	90	6	22	5	2	2
2001	BOS	A	67	3	5	10	3.53	82	40	36	0	0	24	91.2	103	7	29	9	4	5
2002	BOS	A	32	32	21	8	2.58	127	65	63	1	1	0	219.2	166	12	48	0	5	12
2003	BOS	A	33	33	17	7	4.47	110	113	101	1	0	0	203.1	216	17	72	4	3	11
2004	BOS	A	33	33	14	12	5.42	105	138	110	0	0	0	182.2	224	15	71	2	3	8
2005	LA	N	35	35	12	15	3.61	146	113	89	2	2	0	222	223	28	55	1	3	5
2006	LA	N	35	34	16	8	3.63	123	97	88	1	0	0	218	221	14	55	2	3	5
2007	LA	N	33	32	12	14	3.88	147	100	86	3	0	0	199.1	194	20	59	2	3	1
Total	NL		103	101	40	37	3.70	416	310	263	6	2	0	639.1	638	62	169	5	9	11
Total	AL		396	120	72	59	3.88	712	532	470	2	1	85	1090	1083	80	332	29	28	50
Total			499	221	112	96	3.81	1128	842	733	8	3	85	1729.1	1721	142	501	34	37	61

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	SEA	A	P	12	9	53	2	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1997	BOS	A	P	8	0	16	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1997	TOT	A	P	20	9	69	3	10	0	0	0	4	2	0	1.000
1998	BOS	A	P	63	10	123	12	24	4	4	0	17	5	0	.900
1999	BOS	A	P	74	0	109.1	8	14	0	1	1	6	1	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	P	74	0	91.1	8	11	0	0	0	9	0	0	1.000
2001	BOS	A	P	67	3	91.2	6	17	1	2	0	17	2	0	.958
2002	BOS	A	P	32	32	219.2	18	31	0	2	1	19	7	0	1.000
2003	BOS	A	P	33	33	203.1	20	45	0	0	1	14	3	1	1.000
2004	BOS	A	P	33	33	182.2	22	39	3	1	0	34	2	2	.953
2005	LA	N	P	35	35	222	21	48	1	5	2	19	6	0	.986
2006	LA	N	P	35	34	218	19	49	3	4	0	26	4	1	.958
2007	LA	N	P	33	32	199.1	15	24	0	3	0	14	12	0	1.000
Total			P	499	221	1729.1	152	312	12	22	5	179	44	4	.975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1997	SEA	A	12	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1997	BOS	A	8	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1997	TOT	A	20	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1998	BOS	A	63	4	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	1	3	0	0	0
1999	BOS	A	74	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	BOS	A	74	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
2001	BOS	A	67	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
2002	BOS	A	32	3	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	0	1	0	1	0	1
2003	BOS	A	33	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2004	BOS	A	33	4	0	1	1	.250	.250	.500	1	0	1	1	0	0
2005	LA	N	35	65	3	10	4	.154	.179	.185	2	2	17	9	1	2
2006	LA	N	35	64	5	6	3	.094	.145	.125	2	4	19	10	0	1
2007	LA	N	33	59	2	7	1	.119	.185	.119	0	5	17	6	1	1
Total	NL		103	188	10	23	8	.122	.169	.144	4	11	53	25	2	4
Total	AL		396	20	0	2	1	.100	.182	.150	1	2	8	3	0	1
Total			499	208	10	25	9	.120	.170	.144	5	13	61	28	2	5

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 7, 1991).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with Jason Varitek to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Heathcliff Slocumb (July 31, 1997).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 11, 2005).