Derek Lowe
Derek Christopher Lowe
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 1, 1973 in Dearborn, MI
High School: Ford (Dearborn, MI)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 TOT AL 24 P 20 9 69.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.70 0.65 .954 1.71 0.49
1997 SEA AL 24 P 12 9 53.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.67 .950 1.72 0.49
1997 BOS AL 24 P 8 0 16.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.81 0.63 .960 1.69 0.49
1998 BOS AL 25 P 63 10 123.0 40 12 24 4 4 .900 2.63 0.57 .960 1.78 0.50
1999 BOS AL 26 P 74 0 109.1 22 8 14 0 1 1.000 1.81 0.30 .950 1.69 0.47
2000 BOS AL 27 P 74 0 91.1 19 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.87 0.26 .953 1.62 0.46 AS
2001 BOS AL 28 P 67 3 91.2 24 6 17 1 2 .958 2.26 0.34 .954 1.75 0.49
2002 BOS AL 29 P 32 32 219.2 49 18 31 0 2 1.000 2.01 1.53 .955 1.69 0.48 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2003 BOS AL 30 P 33 33 203.1 65 20 45 0 0 1.000 2.88 1.97 .955 1.73 0.49
2004 BOS AL 31 P 33 33 182.2 64 22 39 3 1 .953 3.01 1.85 .948 1.66 0.45
2005 LAD NL 32 P 35 35 222.0 70 21 48 1 5 .986 2.80 1.97 .959 1.75 0.46
2006 LAD NL 33 P 35 34 218.0 70 19 48 3 4 .957 2.77 1.91 .957 1.72 0.43
2007 LAD NL 34 P 33 32 199.1 39 15 24 0 3 1.000 1.76 1.18 .964 1.68 0.40
2008 LAD NL 35 P 34 34 211.0 56 15 39 2 3 .964 2.30 1.59 .959 1.73 0.43
2009 ATL NL 36 P 34 34 194.2 43 17 24 2 1 .953 1.90 1.21 .956 1.72 0.42
13 Seasons P 567 289 2135.0 574 184 374 16 26 .972 2.35 0.98 .956 1.71 0.46
13 Seasons TOT 567 289 2135.0 574 184 374 16 26 .972 2.35 0.98 .928 1.71 0.46

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 SEA AL 24 12 2 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BOS AL 24 8 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 25 63 2 2 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BOS AL 26 74 0 5 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 BOS AL 27 74 0 8 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 28 67 0 4 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 29 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BOS AL 30 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 BOS AL 31 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 LAD NL 32 35 33 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 LAD NL 33 35 32 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 LAD NL 34 33 30 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 LAD NL 35 34 32 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 ATL NL 36 34 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 567 171 189 567 567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1997 SEA AL 24 240 75% 32% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 BOS AL 24 66 73% 44% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1998 BOS AL 25 556 78% 45% 28 86% 0 12 2 10 23 17 3 4 0 1 3 2 4 3 3 1 6 67%
1999 BOS AL 26 446 76% 46% 15 100% 0 8 1 7 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
2000 BOS AL 27 397 74% 38% 12 100% 1 7 1 6 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2001 BOS AL 28 428 73% 39% 19 95% 1 6 1 5 17 13 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 100%
2002 BOS AL 29 884 79% 48% 33 91% 3 1 1 0 30 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 25%
2003 BOS AL 30 905 79% 51% 47 96% 0 20 1 19 45 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
2004 BOS AL 31 876 79% 46% 46 87% 1 22 3 18 39 34 2 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 9 89%
2005 LAD NL 32 964 79% 46% 58 91% 1 21 5 12 48 39 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 5 0 9 89%
2006 LAD NL 33 944 81% 52% 53 91% 1 19 1 17 49 42 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 4 0 3 100%
2007 LAD NL 34 855 76% 46% 30 90% 0 15 2 8 24 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 4 100%
2008 LAD NL 35 871 78% 45% 44 89% 0 15 0 14 39 31 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 5 80%
2009 ATL NL 36 882 80% 43% 33 73% 0 17 1 15 24 19 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 80%
13 Seasons 9314 78% 46% 428 90% 8 166 19 134 373 313 25 16 1 4 11 10 26 18 24 2 57 84%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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