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Mike Lowell

Michael Averett Lowell

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 24, 1974 in San Juan, P.R.
High School: Coral Gables (Coral Gables, FL)
School: Florida International University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 20th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1998
Teams (by GP): Marlins/RedSox/Yankees 1998-2010
2011 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$37.5M (08-10) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 11.020, Free Agent: 2011 [?], Agents: ACES [?]
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 24 NYY AL 8 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .267 .533 42 4 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1999 25 FLA NL 97 344 308 32 78 15 0 12 47 0 0 26 69 .253 .317 .419 .736 90 129 8 5 0 5 1 5
2000 26 FLA NL 140 582 508 73 137 38 0 22 91 4 0 54 75 .270 .344 .474 .818 110 241 4 9 0 11 4 *5
2001 27 FLA NL 146 614 551 65 156 37 0 18 100 1 2 43 79 .283 .340 .448 .789 105 247 9 10 0 10 3 *5
2002 28 FLA NL 160 677 597 88 165 44 0 24 92 4 3 65 92 .276 .346 .471 .816 116 281 16 4 0 11 5 *5 AS
2003 29 FLA NL 130 557 492 76 136 27 1 32 105 3 1 56 78 .276 .350 .530 .881 128 261 14 3 0 6 6 *5/D AS,MVP-11,SS
2004 30 FLA NL 158 671 598 87 175 44 1 27 85 5 1 64 77 .293 .365 .505 .870 127 302 17 6 0 3 8 *5/D AS
2005 31 FLA NL 150 558 500 56 118 36 1 8 58 4 0 46 58 .236 .298 .360 .658 77 180 14 2 1 9 1 *5/4 GG
2006 32 BOS AL 153 631 573 79 163 47 1 20 80 2 2 47 61 .284 .339 .475 .814 104 272 22 4 0 7 5 *5
2007 33 BOS AL 154 653 589 79 191 37 2 21 120 3 2 53 71 .324 .378 .501 .879 124 295 19 3 0 8 4 *5 AS,MVP-5
2008 34 BOS AL 113 468 419 58 115 27 0 17 73 2 2 38 61 .274 .338 .461 .798 103 193 14 5 0 6 2 *5/D
2009 35 BOS AL 119 484 445 54 129 29 1 17 75 2 1 33 61 .290 .337 .474 .811 106 211 24 1 0 5 5 5/D
2010 36 BOS AL 56 186 166 15 39 10 0 4 20 0 0 18 24 .235 .306 .367 .674 78 61 5 0 0 2 1 3D/5
13 Seasons 1584 6440 5761 763 1606 391 7 222 946 30 14 543 807 .279 .342 .465 .806 108 2677 166 52 1 83 45
162 Game Avg. 162 659 589 78 164 40 1 23 97 3 1 56 83 .279 .342 .465 .806 108 274 17 5 0 8 5
FLA (7 yrs) 981 4003 3554 477 965 241 3 143 578 21 7 354 528 .272 .339 .462 .801 109 1641 82 39 1 55 28
BOS (5 yrs) 595 2422 2192 285 637 150 4 79 368 9 7 189 278 .291 .346 .471 .817 108 1032 84 13 0 28 17
NYY (1 yr) 8 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .267 .533 42 4 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 981 4003 3554 477 965 241 3 143 578 21 7 354 528 .272 .339 .462 .801 109 1641 82 39 1 55 28
AL (6 yrs) 603 2437 2207 286 641 150 4 79 368 9 7 189 279 .290 .346 .469 .815 107 1036 84 13 0 28 17

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 24 NYY AL 15 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.1 /5
1999 25 FLA NL 344 -5 -1 -2 -1 -1 1 10 1 0.1 $201,000 5
2000 26 FLA NL 582 6 -1 -3 -1 1 2 16 20 2.0 $255,000 *5
2001 27 FLA NL 614 5 -1 -2 -1 7 2 17 27 2.7 $500,000 *5
2002 28 FLA NL 677 8 -1 0 -2 0 2 18 25 2.6 $2,300,000 *5 AS
2003 29 FLA NL 557 22 1 -3 -3 4 1 15 37 3.7 $3,700,000 *5/D AS,MVP-11,SS
2004 30 FLA NL 671 27 -3 0 -2 4 2 18 46 4.7 $6,500,000 *5/D AS
2005 31 FLA NL 558 -16 -1 -1 -2 9 2 16 7 0.6 $7,500,000 *5/4 GG
2006 32 BOS AL 631 3 -2 0 -2 19 2 22 42 4.2 $9,000,000 *5
2007 33 BOS AL 653 21 -2 1 -1 9 2 22 52 5.1 $9,000,000 *5 AS,MVP-5
2008 34 BOS AL 468 0 -3 0 -2 14 1 16 26 2.6 $12,500,000 *5/D
2009 35 BOS AL 484 3 -2 -1 -4 -6 1 17 8 0.8 $12,500,000 5/D
2010 36 BOS AL 186 -5 0 0 0 2 -3 6 0 0.0 $12,500,000 3D/5
13 Seasons 6440 68 -16 -11 -21 63 15 194 292 29.2 $76,456,000
FLA (7 yrs) 4003 47 -7 -11 -12 24 12 110 163 16.4 $20,956,000
BOS (5 yrs) 2422 22 -9 0 -9 38 3 83 128 12.7 $55,500,000
NYY (1 yr) 15 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 29 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 7 23 20 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 .200 .304 .500 .804 10 0 0 0 0 1
2003 29 FLA NL WS NYY W 6 25 23 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .217 .280 .261 .541 6 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 11 9 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .333 .364 .556 .919 5 1 0 0 1 0
2007 33 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 7 32 27 3 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 3 .333 .375 .519 .894 14 1 1 0 2 0
2007 33 BOS AL WS COL W 4 18 15 6 6 3 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 .400 .500 .800 1.300 12 0 0 0 0 1
2008 34 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .200 .473 2 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (8 Series) 34 132 115 17 29 8 0 4 21 1 0 13 15 .252 .326 .426 .752 49 3 1 0 3 2
3 ALDS 8 31 27 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .185 .258 .259 .517 7 2 0 0 1 0
1 NLDS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 32 27 3 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 3 .333 .375 .519 .894 14 1 1 0 2 0
1 NLCS 7 23 20 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 .200 .304 .500 .804 10 0 0 0 0 1
2 WS 10 43 38 7 11 4 0 1 6 1 0 5 4 .289 .372 .474 .846 18 0 0 0 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 NYY AL 24 3B 7 3 36.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1 43 1.75 1.00 .943 2.55 2.51
1999 FLA NL 25 3B 83 81 716.1 206 59 143 4 12 .981 -1 -2 2.54 2.43 .951 2.69 2.66
2000 FLA NL 26 3B 136 135 1191.1 374 102 260 12 19 .968 1 1 2.73 2.66 .949 2.63 2.61
2001 FLA NL 27 3B 144 142 1250.2 377 107 261 9 35 .976 6 6 2.65 2.56 .949 2.57 2.54
2002 FLA NL 28 3B 159 159 1400.1 450 150 286 14 36 .969 -0 -0 2.80 2.74 .956 2.71 2.69 AS
2003 FLA NL 29 3B 128 128 1109.2 336 84 243 9 27 .973 4 -3 5 -3 2.65 2.55 .954 2.74 2.72 AS,MVP-11,SS
2003 FLA NL 29 DH 2 AS,MVP-11,SS
2004 FLA NL 30 3B 154 153 1326.0 396 117 272 7 30 .982 4 3 3 3 2.64 2.53 .955 2.76 2.75 AS
2004 FLA NL 30 DH 3 AS
2005 FLA NL 31 3B 135 126 1126.2 356 107 243 6 34 .983 12 -2 13 -2 2.80 2.59 .957 2.77 2.74 GG
2005 FLA NL 31 2B 8 9 67.0 32 18 13 1 3 .969 -2 -2 -45 -36 4.16 3.88 .981 4.98 4.92 GG
2006 BOS AL 32 3B 153 148 1298.2 463 143 314 6 39 .987 19 4 18 4 3.17 2.99 .959 2.85 2.80
2007 BOS AL 33 3B 154 150 1324.1 384 105 264 15 34 .961 9 5 8 5 2.51 2.40 .957 2.63 2.60 AS,MVP-5
2008 BOS AL 34 3B 110 108 935.2 307 80 217 10 20 .967 14 5 18 6 2.86 2.70 .958 2.74 2.71
2008 BOS AL 34 DH 2
2009 BOS AL 35 3B 107 105 895.0 265 82 174 9 14 .966 -7 -18 -9 -24 2.57 2.39 .957 2.68 2.65
2009 BOS AL 35 DH 8
2010 BOS AL 36 1B 29 26 232.2 240 224 15 1 23 .996 1 3 5 15 9.24 8.24 .994 9.36 9.25
2010 BOS AL 36 DH 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 BOS AL 36 3B 4 4 32.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1 1 41 38 2.25 2.00 .950 2.64 2.60
13 Seasons 3B 1474 1442 12642.2 3929 1140 2688 101 302 .974 65 -5 6 0 2.73 2.60 .955 2.71 2.68
1 Season 1B 29 26 232.2 240 224 15 1 23 .996 1 3 5 15 9.24 8.24 .994 9.36 9.25
1 Season 2B 8 9 67.0 32 18 13 1 3 .969 -2 -2 -45 -35 4.16 3.88 .981 4.98 4.92
13 Seasons TOT 1511 1477 12942.1 4201 1382 2716 103 328 .975 63 -4 6 0 2.85 2.71 .957 2.84 2.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 *
2003 *
2004 *
2007 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (11, 7%)
2007 AL (5, 32%)
0.39 Career Shares (506th)

Gold Gloves
2005 NL (3B)

Silver Sluggers
2003 NL (3B)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
Active  29.2 (41st)

Batting Average s c a p y
2007 AL  .324 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 NL  160 (4th)
Active  1584 (41st)

At Bats s c a p y
2002 NL  597 (10th)
Active  5761 (43rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  6440 (45th)

Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  191 (7th)
Active  1606 (44th)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2677 (42nd)

Doubles s c a p y
2002 NL  44 (2nd)
2004 NL  44 (7th)
2006 AL  47 (3rd)
Active  391 (26th)
Career  391 (183rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
Active  222 (44th)
Career  222 (249th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2007 AL  120 (5th)
Active  946 (33rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  543 (42nd)

Singles s c a p y
2007 AL  131 (10th)
Active  986 (49th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  908 (47th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active  620 (35th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  2201 (48th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2000 NL  11 (5th)
2001 NL  10 (6th)
2002 NL  11 (1st)
2005 NL  9 (2nd)
2007 AL  8 (8th)
Active  83 (11th)
Career  83 (74th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL  22 (7th)
2009 AL  24 (3rd)
Active  166 (28th)
Career  166 (189th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.1 (38th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2002 NL  462 (8th)
Active  4419 (42nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 AL  30.86 (10th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2006 AL  19 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2001 NL  144 (5th)
2002 NL  159 (1st)
2004 NL  154 (3rd)
2006 AL  153 (4th)
2007 AL  154 (1st)
Active  1474 (5th)
Career  1474 (42nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2000 NL  102 (2nd)
2001 NL  107 (1st)
2002 NL  150 (1st)
2004 NL  117 (3rd)
2005 NL  107 (4th)
2006 AL  143 (1st)
2007 AL  105 (3rd)
Active  1140 (3rd)
Career  1140 (72nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2000 NL  260 (5th)
2002 NL  286 (4th)
2006 AL  314 (4th)
2007 AL  264 (3rd)
Active  2688 (4th)
Career  2688 (52nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2007 AL  15 (3rd)
Active  101 (10th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2001 NL  7 (4th)
2005 NL  12 (3rd)
2006 AL  19 (2nd)
2007 AL  9 (3rd)
2008 AL  14 (2nd)
Active  65 (5th)
Career  65 (19th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2005 NL  2.80 (5th)
2006 AL  3.17 (3rd)
2008 AL  2.86 (3rd)
Active  2.73 (10th)
Career  2.73 (63rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2000 NL  2.66 (2nd)
2002 NL  2.74 (5th)
2006 AL  2.99 (3rd)
2008 AL  2.70 (4th)
Active  2.60 (8th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1999 NL  .981 (1st)
2000 NL  .968 (3rd)
2001 NL  .976 (3rd)
2003 NL  .973 (1st)
2004 NL  .982 (2nd)
2005 NL  .983 (1st)
2006 AL  .987 (2nd)
2008 AL  .967 (4th)
Active  .974 (1st)
Career  .974 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 19 (1035), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (461), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Raul Ibanez (901)
  7. Ken Caminiti (896)
  8. Cliff Floyd (887)
  9. Pedro Guerrero (886)
  10. Mike Sweeney (884)
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  2. Doug DeCinces (914)
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  6. Todd Zeile (891)
  7. Cliff Floyd (888)
  8. Mike Sweeney (884)
  9. Rondell White (884)
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  6. Doug DeCinces (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Paul O'Neill (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ken Caminiti (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Caminiti (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 20th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1995.

February 1, 1999: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Florida Marlins for Todd Noel (minors), Mark Johnson and Ed Yarnall.

November 24, 2005: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Josh Beckett and Guillermo Mota to the Boston Red Sox for Jesus Delgado, Harvey Garcia, Hanley Ramirez and Anibal Sanchez.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

November 19, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199925Florida Marlins$201,0004/6/99 USA Today
200026Florida Marlins$255,0004/5/00 AP
200127Florida Marlins$500,0004/6/01 USA Today
200228Florida Marlins$2,300,0004/3/02 AP
200329Florida Marlins$3,700,0004/3/03 AP
200430Florida Marlins$6,500,0004/7/04 AP
200531Florida Marlins$7,500,000
200632Boston Red Sox$9,000,000
200733Boston Red Sox$9,000,000
200834Boston Red Sox$12,500,000
200935Boston Red Sox$12,500,000
201036Boston Red Sox$12,500,000
2011 StatusFree Agent, Earliest Free Agent: 2011
Career to date (may be incomplete)$76,456,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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