Sean Lowe

Jonathan Sean Lowe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 29, 1971 in Dallas, TX
High School: Mesquite (Mesquite, TX)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed July 18, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1997
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Pirates/Royals/Cardinals/Rockies 1997-2003

Final Game: July 30, 2003
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Standard Batting

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
1992	21	STL-min	A-	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HAM · NYPL
1993	22	STL-min	A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SPT · FLOR
1994	23	STL-min	AA,A+	24	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		2	0	0	1	0	0	ARK,SPT · TL,FLOR
1995	24	STL-min	AA	24	25	24	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	.208	.240	.375	.615		9	0	0	0	0	0	ARK · TL
1996	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	31	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308		2	0	0	1	0	0	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1997	26	STL-min	AAA	26	20	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.263	.263	.316	.579		6	0	0	1	0	0	LOU · AA
1997	26	STL	NL	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	27	STL-min	AAA	26	37	30	1	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	.200	.273	.300	.573		9	0	0	4	0	0	MEM · PCL
1998	27	STL	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	28	CHW	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	29	CHW-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
2000	29	CHW	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	30	CHW-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
2001	30	CHW	AL	45	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	31	PIT-min	AAA	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
2002	31	TOT	NL	51	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
2002	31	PIT	NL	43	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
2002	31	COL	NL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2003	32	KCR-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · PCL
2003	32	KCR	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Seasons				248	24	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.136	.136	.136	.273	-28	3	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.136	.136	.136	.273	-28	2	0	0	1	0	0

CHW (3 yrs)				159	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				10	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				43	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	1	0	0	2	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				61	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.105	.105	.105	.211	-45	2	0	0	2	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				187	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	26	STL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1998	27	STL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

2001	30	CHW	AL	3	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$300,000	1
2002	31	PIT	NL	15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$950,000	1
2002	31	COL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
4 Seasons				24	-4	-1	0	0	0	1	0	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$1,250,000

STL (2 yrs)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
COL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
PIT (1 yr)				15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$950,000
CHW (1 yr)				3	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$300,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1997	26	STL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	107	.500	.333	.269	.333	.341	.333	.423	.667	.764	77	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1998	27	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.269	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2001	30	CHW	AL	3	2	0	0.0	110	.500	.333	.272	.333	.339	.333	.437	.667	.776	75	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
2002	31	TOT	NL	16	15	0	0.0	110	.125	.071	.269	.071	.344	.071	.429	.143	.772	-63	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.077	.000	.000
2002	31	PIT	NL	15	14	0	0.0	109	.125	.077	.268	.077	.343	.077	.427	.154	.769	-60	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
2002	31	COL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	120		.000	.284	.000	.360	.000	.452	.000	.812	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Seasons				24	21	0	0.0	109	.214	.136	.270	.136	.342	.136	.428	.273	.771	-28	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.158	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				16	14	0	0.0	109	.214	.136	.270	.136	.342	.136	.428	.273	.771	-28	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.158	.000	.000

STL (2 yrs)				5	4	0	0.0	107	.250	.200	.269	.200	.340	.200	.423	.400	.764	6	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
COL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	120		.000	.284	.000	.360	.000	.452	.000	.812	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
PIT (1 yr)				15	14	0	0.0	109	.125	.077	.268	.077	.343	.077	.427	.154	.769	-60	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
CHW (3 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	110	.500	.333	.272	.333	.339	.333	.437	.667	.776	75	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				21	19	0	0.0	109	.167	.105	.269	.105	.343	.105	.427	.211	.770	-45	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
AL (4 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	110	.500	.333	.272	.333	.339	.333	.437	.667	.776	75	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	26	STL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0					67%	0%
1998	27	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	50%	0.0%	0%

2001	30	CHW	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			0.00	0.00	67%	100%	0.0%	0%
2002	31	TOT	NL	16	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			0.60	0.80	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
2002	31	PIT	NL	15	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			0.60	0.80	53%	0%	0.0%	0%
2002	31	COL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
7 Seasons				24	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8			0.56	0.63	58%	19%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.5	7.5	0.78	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1997	26	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.72	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.4	0
1998	27	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.68	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5	0
1999	28	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	29	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	30	CHW	AL	-0.1	-0.0	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.59	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.57	-0.7	0
2002	31	TOT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	16	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.47	-0.3	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.83	-3.7	0
2002	31	PIT	NL	-3.1	-0.3	15	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.44	-0.3	0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.84	-3.4	0
2002	31	COL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.80	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
2003	32	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Seasons				-4.2	-0.4	25	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.69	-0.5	-0.0	-5.4	-0.5	0.92	-5.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	26	STL	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	27	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001	30	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	31	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2002	31	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2002	31	COL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1997	26	STL	NL	3	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	27	STL	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2001	30	CHW	AL	3	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2002	31	TOT	NL	16	25%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2002	31	PIT	NL	15	27%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2002	31	COL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Seasons				24	17%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	13	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			73%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	26	STL	NL	3	6	2.00	5	83%	40%	20%	0%	40%	60%	0%	50%	67%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	27	STL	NL	2	3	1.50	3	100%	0%	0%	33%	67%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2001	30	CHW	AL	3	9	3.00	7	78%	29%	29%	14%	29%	71%	0%	56%	60%	33%	0%	0	0	33%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	31	TOT	NL	16	50	3.13	36	72%	19%	33%	19%	28%	81%	0%	58%	59%	50%	0%	0	0	6%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	31	PIT	NL	15	45	3.00	33	73%	18%	33%	18%	30%	82%	0%	60%	59%	53%	0%	0	0	7%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	31	COL	NL	1	5	5.00	3	60%	33%	33%	33%	0%	67%	0%	40%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				24	68	2.83	51	75%	22%	29%	18%	31%	78%	0%	59%	63%	54%	0%	0	0	8%	2	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1997	26	6	3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	0
1998	27	10	5	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0
1999	28	74	5	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0
2000	29	124	5	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0
2001	30	169	8	8	2	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	2	0
2002	31	220	24	22	3	8	.136	.136	.136	.273	-28	3	2
2003	32	248	24	22	3	8	.136	.136	.136	.273	-28	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	26	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1998	27	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

2001	30	45	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	45
2002	31	51	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	51
4 Seasons		106	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	106
162 Game Avg.		162	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	106

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