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Bobby Lowe
Robert Lincoln Lowe (Link)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 150 lb.

Debut April 19, 1890
Final Game October 6, 1907
Born July 10, 1865 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died December 8, 1951 in Detroit, MI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 24 BSN NL  52  207   35   58  13  2   2   21  15     26  32  .280  .366  .391  113   81               2    
 1891 25 BSN NL 125  497   92  129  19  5   6   74  43     53  54  .260  .342  .354   93  176               9    
 1892 26 BSN NL 124  475   79  115  16  7   3   57  36     37  47  .242  .308  .324   84  154               8    
 1893 27 BSN NL 126  526  130  157  19  5  14   89  22     55  29  .298  .369  .433  106  228               4    
 1894 28 BSN NL 133  613  158  212  34 11  17  115  23     50  25  .346  .401  .520  110  319               6    
 1895 29 BSN NL  99  412  101  122  12  7   7   62  24     40  16  .296  .370  .410   97  169  15           8    
 1896 30 BSN NL  73  305   59   98  11  4   2   48  15     20  11  .321  .371  .403   99  123   6           4    
 1897 31 BSN NL 123  499   87  154  24  8   5  106  16     32      .309  .355  .419   99  209  13           4    
 1898 32 BSN NL 147  559   65  152  11  7   4   94  12     29      .272  .311  .338   82  189  20           3    
 1899 33 BSN NL 152  559   81  152   5  9   4   88  17     35      .272  .316  .335   72  187  19           1    
 1900 34 BSN NL 127  474   65  132  11  5   3   71  15     26      .278  .323  .342   75  162   9           5    
 1901 35 BSN NL 129  491   47  125  11  1   3   47  22     17      .255  .284  .299   63  147   8           3    
 1902 36 CHC NL 119  472   41  116  13  3   0   31  16     11      .246  .270  .286   74  135   9           5    
 1903 37 CHC NL  32  105   14   28   5  3   0   15   5      4      .267  .319  .371   99   39   3           4    
 1904 38 TOT    141  507   47  105  14  6   0   40  15     17      .207  .236  .258   58  131  15           2    
         PIT NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         DET AL 140  506   47  105  14  6   0   40  15     17      .208  .236  .259   58  131  15           2    
 1905 39 DET AL  58  181   17   35   7  2   0    9   3     13      .193  .255  .254   61   46  10           2    
 1906 40 DET AL  41  145   11   30   3  0   1   12   3      4      .207  .233  .248   49   36   3           1    
 1907 41 DET AL  17   37    2    9   2  0   0    5   0      4      .243  .317  .297   94   11   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7064      1929     85      984      0     214  .273  .325  .360   86      133   0   0  71   0
               1818      1131      230     71      302    473                            2542
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        629  101  172  20  8   6   88  27  0  42  19  .273  .325  .360   86  227  12   0   0   6   0
 Career High    152  613  158  212  34 11  17  115  43  0  55  54  .346  .401  .520  113  319  20   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 24 BSN NL  235  149   29   5.1    94| .280  .268| .366  .346| .391  .363| .757  .709| 113  .618   4.4   0.5     
 1891 25 BSN NL  559  368   58   4.2    97| .260  .273| .342  .349| .354  .372| .696  .721|  93  .526  -3.6  -0.4     
 1892 26 BSN NL  520  360   46   3.4    88| .242  .261| .308  .336| .324  .350| .632  .686|  84  .462  -9.9  -1.1     
 1893 27 BSN NL  585  369   83   6.0   113| .298  .296| .369  .375| .433  .402| .802  .777| 106  .588   3.2   0.3     
 1894 28 BSN NL  669  401  126   8.2   138| .346  .332| .401  .405| .520  .468| .921  .873| 110  .639   7.4   0.6     
 1895 29 BSN NL  475  305   61   5.2   116| .296  .308| .370  .376| .410  .417| .780  .792|  97  .502  -2.8  -0.3     
 1896 30 BSN NL  335  213   45   5.5   112| .321  .305| .371  .371| .403  .407| .774  .778|  99  .558  -0.8  -0.1     
 1897 31 BSN NL  548  358   73   5.3   112| .309  .306| .355  .371| .419  .407| .774  .777|  99  .544  -2.6  -0.2     
 1898 32 BSN NL  611  427   58   3.5    95| .272  .284| .311  .349| .338  .364| .649  .713|  82  .450 -15.7  -1.7     
 1899 33 BSN NL  614  426   59   3.6   107| .272  .301| .316  .365| .335  .392| .651  .756|  72  .416 -24.7  -2.5     
 1900 34 BSN NL  514  351   51   3.8   108| .278  .301| .323  .364| .342  .397| .665  .761|  75  .447 -18.2  -1.9     
 1901 35 BSN NL  519  374   41   2.9    95| .255  .286| .284  .342| .299  .373| .583  .715|  63  .364 -24.9  -2.7     
 1902 36 CHC NL  497  365   35   2.6    76| .246  .263| .270  .318| .286  .324| .556  .641|  74  .366 -15.9  -1.8     
 1903 37 CHC NL  116   80   11   3.6    90| .267  .274| .319  .337| .371  .357| .690  .693|  99  .460  -0.5  -0.1     
 1904 38 TOT     541  417   31   2.0    71| .207  .248| .236  .299| .258  .326| .494  .625|  58  .295 -24.8  -2.9     
         PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0    80| .000  .261| .000  .320| .000  .337| .000  .657|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
         DET AL  540  416   31   2.0    71| .208  .248| .236  .299| .259  .326| .495  .625|  58  .297 -24.6  -2.9     
 1905 39 DET AL  206  156   11   1.9    73| .193  .249| .255  .308| .254  .325| .509  .634|  61  .284  -8.0  -1.0     
 1906 40 DET AL  153  118    8   1.8    77| .207  .259| .233  .315| .248  .332| .481  .647|  49  .256  -9.0  -1.1     
 1907 41 DET AL   44   31    3   2.6    74| .243  .257| .317  .313| .297  .322| .614  .635|  94  .416  -0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     7741 5268  829   4.1   101| .273  .287| .325  .353| .360  .381| .685  .734|  86  .485 -146.5 -16.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1891 25 BSN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    1    1   0    1    0   0   0     0       0  9.00  3.64   40 4.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    1    1   0    1    0   0   0     0       0  9.00  3.65   40 4.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0  204   68   68   0   68    0   0   0     0   0   0  9.00  3.65   40 4.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 24 BSN NL SS 24 50 66 6 1 .951 .902 4.83 5.29 OF 15 34 0 1 0 .971 .914 2.27 1.89 3 11 1 3B 12 19 16 4 1 .897 .884 2.92 3.50 1891 25 BSN NL OF 107 186 16 16 2 .927 .912 1.89 1.88 64 38 5 2B 17 23 49 6 2 .923 .929 4.24 5.88 SS 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 .891 4.50 5.15 3B 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 3.60 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1892 26 BSN NL OF 90 175 17 15 2 .928 .912 2.13 1.86 87 3 0 3B 14 24 39 7 3 .900 .879 4.50 3.53 SS 13 29 34 9 9 .875 .897 4.85 5.33 2B 10 36 29 6 4 .915 .929 6.50 5.59 1893 27 BSN NL 2B 121 308 409 49 58 .936 .933 5.93 5.88 SS 5 12 16 3 1 .903 .897 5.60 5.48 1894 28 BSN NL 2B 130 345 402 59 62 .927 .928 5.75 5.71 SS 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 .899 4.00 5.60 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.40 1895 29 BSN NL 2B 99 265 336 29 50 .954 .933 6.07 5.63 1896 30 BSN NL 2B 73 193 280 17 31 .965 .939 6.48 5.41 1897 31 BSN NL 2B 123 270 404 34 33 .952 .936 5.48 5.53 1898 32 BSN NL 2B 145 397 457 37 63 .958 .943 5.89 5.53 SS 2 8 10 1 1 .947 .914 9.00 5.55 1899 33 BSN NL 2B 148 361 461 40 66 .954 .941 5.55 5.46 SS 4 5 12 0 0 1.000 .909 4.25 5.53 1900 34 BSN NL 2B 127 323 335 34 38 .951 .938 5.18 5.21 1901 35 BSN NL 3B 111 149 192 33 12 .912 .888 3.07 3.16 2B 18 52 52 5 9 .954 .941 5.78 5.06 1902 36 CHC NL 2B 117 326 406 33 59 .957 .947 6.26 5.36 3B 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .909 3.50 3.45 1903 37 CHC NL 2B 22 37 72 6 8 .948 .938 4.95 5.09 1B 6 54 4 2 5 .967 .976 9.67 10.33 3B 1 2 4 3 0 .667 .909 6.00 3.40 1904 38 DET AL 2B 140 328 402 27 44 .964 .954 5.21 5.04 1905 39 DET AL OF 24 45 5 1 0 .980 .952 2.08 1.83 17 3 4 3B 22 16 36 1 1 .981 .924 2.36 3.10 2B 6 12 7 1 0 .950 .950 3.17 4.92 SS 4 9 5 1 0 .933 .933 3.50 5.20 1B 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 9.00 10.60 1906 40 DET AL SS 19 43 76 11 1 .915 .934 6.26 5.41 2B 17 56 60 5 2 .959 .954 6.82 5.19 3B 5 3 5 0 0 1.000 .920 1.60 3.16 1907 41 DET AL 3B 10 4 16 3 0 .870 .913 2.00 3.10 OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.82 2 1 1 SS 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.45
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 37 CHC NL 1B 6 54 4 2 5 .967 .976 9.67 10.33 1905 39 DET AL 1B 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 9.00 10.60 1891 25 BSN NL 2B 17 23 49 6 2 .923 .929 4.24 5.88 1892 26 BSN NL 2B 10 36 29 6 4 .915 .929 6.50 5.59 1893 27 BSN NL 2B 121 308 409 49 58 .936 .933 5.93 5.88 1894 28 BSN NL 2B 130 345 402 59 62 .927 .928 5.75 5.71 1895 29 BSN NL 2B 99 265 336 29 50 .954 .933 6.07 5.63 1896 30 BSN NL 2B 73 193 280 17 31 .965 .939 6.48 5.41 1897 31 BSN NL 2B 123 270 404 34 33 .952 .936 5.48 5.53 1898 32 BSN NL 2B 145 397 457 37 63 .958 .943 5.89 5.53 1899 33 BSN NL 2B 148 361 461 40 66 .954 .941 5.55 5.46 1900 34 BSN NL 2B 127 323 335 34 38 .951 .938 5.18 5.21 1901 35 BSN NL 2B 18 52 52 5 9 .954 .941 5.78 5.06 1902 36 CHC NL 2B 117 326 406 33 59 .957 .947 6.26 5.36 1903 37 CHC NL 2B 22 37 72 6 8 .948 .938 4.95 5.09 1904 38 DET AL 2B 140 328 402 27 44 .964 .954 5.21 5.04 1905 39 DET AL 2B 6 12 7 1 0 .950 .950 3.17 4.92 1906 40 DET AL 2B 17 56 60 5 2 .959 .954 6.82 5.19 1890 24 BSN NL 3B 12 19 16 4 1 .897 .884 2.92 3.50 1891 25 BSN NL 3B 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 3.60 1892 26 BSN NL 3B 14 24 39 7 3 .900 .879 4.50 3.53 1894 28 BSN NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.40 1901 35 BSN NL 3B 111 149 192 33 12 .912 .888 3.07 3.16 1902 36 CHC NL 3B 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .909 3.50 3.45 1903 37 CHC NL 3B 1 2 4 3 0 .667 .909 6.00 3.40 1905 39 DET AL 3B 22 16 36 1 1 .981 .924 2.36 3.10 1906 40 DET AL 3B 5 3 5 0 0 1.000 .920 1.60 3.16 1907 41 DET AL 3B 10 4 16 3 0 .870 .913 2.00 3.10 1890 24 BSN NL OF 15 34 0 1 0 .971 .914 2.27 1.89 3 11 1 1891 25 BSN NL OF 107 186 16 16 2 .927 .912 1.89 1.88 64 38 5 1892 26 BSN NL OF 90 175 17 15 2 .928 .912 2.13 1.86 87 3 0 1905 39 DET AL OF 24 45 5 1 0 .980 .952 2.08 1.83 17 3 4 1907 41 DET AL OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.82 2 1 1 1891 25 BSN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1890 24 BSN NL SS 24 50 66 6 1 .951 .902 4.83 5.29 1891 25 BSN NL SS 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 .891 4.50 5.15 1892 26 BSN NL SS 13 29 34 9 9 .875 .897 4.85 5.33 1893 27 BSN NL SS 5 12 16 3 1 .903 .897 5.60 5.48 1894 28 BSN NL SS 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 .899 4.00 5.60 1898 32 BSN NL SS 2 8 10 1 1 .947 .914 9.00 5.55 1899 33 BSN NL SS 4 5 12 0 0 1.000 .909 4.25 5.53 1905 39 DET AL SS 4 9 5 1 0 .933 .933 3.50 5.20 1906 40 DET AL SS 19 43 76 11 1 .915 .934 6.26 5.41 1907 41 DET AL SS 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.45
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 1313 3332 4161 388 529 .951 .939 5.71 5.46 OF 240 441 38 33 4 .936 .916 2.00 1.87 173 56 11 3B 179 221 313 53 17 .910 .892 2.98 3.21 SS 77 165 230 31 15 .927 .912 5.13 5.36 1B 7 63 4 2 5 .971 .977 9.57 10.37 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1817 4222 4746 507 570 .946 .934 4.94 4.78
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   6  23   2   3  0  0  0   0   1   2  .130  .167  .130   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1894 NL-133-4
1899 NL-152-4

At Bats
1894 NL-613-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1894 NL-669-2

Runs
1893 NL-130-6
1894 NL-158-5

Hits
1894 NL-212-4

Total Bases
1894 NL-319-2

Home Runs
1893 NL-14-3
1894 NL-17-2

RBI
1897 NL-106-8
1898 NL-94-9

Strikeouts
1891 NL-54-9

Singles
1894 NL-150-6

Runs Created
1894 NL-126-7

Extra-Base Hits
1894 NL-62-7

Times on Base
1894 NL-268-8

Hit By Pitch
1891 NL-9-6

Sac. Hits
1898 NL-20-6

Power/Speed Number
1893 NL-17.1-3
1894 NL-19.6-6

At Bats per Home Run
1893 NL-37.6-4
1894 NL-36.1-6

Outs
1894 NL-401-3

Oldest Player
1900 NL-34-10
1901 NL-35-5
1902 NL-36-4
1903 NL-37-3
1904 AL-38-3
1904 NL-38-3
1905 AL-39-2
1906 AL-40-4
1907 AL-41-3

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (815) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.8 (512) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.0 (658) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July, 1902: Traded by the Boston Beaneaters to the Chicago Orphans for Charlie Dexter.

April 20, 1904: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Cubs.

April 30, 1904: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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