Sean Lowe
Jonathan Sean Lowe
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
Final Game: July 30, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 26 STL NL 0 2 .000 9.35 6 4 1 0 0 0 17.1 27 21 18 2 10 0 8 1 0 0 89 45 2.135 14.0 1.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
1998 27 STL NL 0 3 .000 15.19 4 1 2 0 0 0 5.1 11 9 9 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 31 28 3.000 18.6 1.7 8.4 3.4 0.40
1999 28 CHW AL 4 1 .800 3.67 64 0 13 0 0 0 95.2 90 39 39 10 46 1 62 4 0 4 406 134 1.422 8.5 0.9 4.3 5.8 1.35
2000 29 CHW AL 4 1 .800 5.48 50 5 8 0 0 0 70.2 78 47 43 10 39 3 53 6 0 3 325 92 1.656 9.9 1.3 5.0 6.8 1.36
2001 30 CHW AL 9 4 .692 3.61 45 11 9 0 0 3 127.0 123 55 51 12 32 2 71 7 0 6 529 128 1.220 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.22
2002 31 TOT NL 5 3 .625 5.79 51 1 8 0 0 0 79.1 101 58 51 9 41 6 64 7 1 1 379 74 1.790 11.5 1.0 4.7 7.3 1.56
2002 31 PIT NL 4 2 .667 5.35 43 1 8 0 0 0 69.0 85 45 41 8 34 6 57 7 1 1 326 79 1.725 11.1 1.0 4.4 7.4 1.68
2002 31 COL NL 1 1 .500 8.71 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 16 13 10 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 53 55 2.226 13.9 0.9 6.1 6.1 1.00
2003 32 KCR AL 1 1 .500 6.25 28 0 6 0 0 0 44.2 55 32 31 7 21 5 28 2 0 2 208 78 1.701 11.1 1.4 4.2 5.6 1.33
7 Seasons 23 15 .605 4.95 248 22 47 0 0 3 440.0 485 261 242 51 194 17 288 27 1 16 1967 95 1.543 9.9 1.0 4.0 5.9 1.48
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .605 4.95 62 6 12 0 0 1 111 122 66 61 13 49 4 73 7 0 4 495 95 1.543 9.9 1.0 4.0 5.9 1.48
CHW (3 yrs) 17 6 .739 4.08 159 16 30 0 0 3 293.1 291 141 133 32 117 6 186 17 0 13 1260 118 1.391 8.9 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.59
STL (2 yrs) 0 5 .000 10.72 10 5 3 0 0 0 22.2 38 30 27 3 15 0 10 1 0 0 120 39 2.338 15.1 1.2 6.0 4.0 0.67
KCR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.25 28 0 6 0 0 0 44.2 55 32 31 7 21 5 28 2 0 2 208 78 1.701 11.1 1.4 4.2 5.6 1.33
COL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.71 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 16 13 10 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 53 55 2.226 13.9 0.9 6.1 6.1 1.00
PIT (1 yr) 4 2 .667 5.35 43 1 8 0 0 0 69.0 85 45 41 8 34 6 57 7 1 1 326 79 1.725 11.1 1.0 4.4 7.4 1.68
NL (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 6.88 61 6 11 0 0 0 102.0 139 88 78 12 56 6 74 8 1 1 499 62 1.912 12.3 1.1 4.9 6.5 1.32
AL (4 yrs) 18 7 .720 4.37 187 16 36 0 0 3 338.0 346 173 164 39 138 11 214 19 0 15 1468 110 1.432 9.2 1.0 3.7 5.7 1.55

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 26 STL NL 6 88 74 21 27 5 0 2 2 0 10 8 .365 .437 .514 .950 .379 38 3 1 1 2 0
1998 27 STL NL 4 31 25 9 11 4 0 1 0 0 5 2 .440 .533 .720 1.253 .455 18 1 0 1 0 0
1999 28 CHW AL 64 406 344 39 90 19 1 10 5 4 46 62 .262 .347 .410 .757 .285 141 13 4 3 9 1
2000 29 CHW AL 50 325 275 47 78 14 1 10 4 3 39 53 .284 .383 .451 .834 .319 124 8 6 4 1 3
2001 30 CHW AL 45 529 480 55 123 25 3 12 14 3 32 71 .256 .308 .396 .704 .275 190 13 7 3 7 2
2002 31 COL NL 8 53 46 13 16 2 0 1 1 0 7 7 .348 .434 .457 .890 .395 21 3 0 0 0 0
2002 31 PIT NL 43 326 277 45 85 12 2 8 4 3 34 57 .307 .393 .451 .844 .358 125 5 7 5 3 6
2002 31 TOT NL 51 379 323 58 101 14 2 9 5 3 41 64 .313 .398 .452 .850 .364 146 8 7 5 3 6
2003 32 KCR AL 28 208 183 32 55 13 0 7 4 3 21 28 .301 .377 .486 .863 .322 89 3 2 1 1 5
7 Seasons 248 1966 1704 261 485 94 7 51 34 16 194 288 .285 .362 .438 .800 .313 746 49 27 18 23 17
162 Game Avg. 62 495 429 66 122 24 2 13 9 4 49 73 .285 .362 .438 .800 .313 188 12 7 5 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1997 26 STL NL 6 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 41 23 8 2 0 3 5.3 3.0 3.4 69 4 0 0 0 75
1998 27 STL NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 22 22 22 2 0 0 1 3.0 13.5 1.7 51 1 0 0 0 51
2000 29 CHW AL 50 5 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 .800 1 1 0 0 1 20% 51 73 21 32 12 1 2 6.1 6.4 4.9 81 1 4 0 0 91
2001 30 CHW AL 45 11 4 4 3 1 1 6 5 .545 0 2 0 0 5 45% 48 71 16 24 4 1 3 4.4 4.0 6.1 94 3 2 6 0 117
2002 31 TOT NL 51 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19 19 28 10 0 0 5.0 6.8 3.3 80 0 1 0 0 80
2002 31 PIT NL 43 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19 19 19 28 10 0 0 5.0 6.8 3.3 80 0 1 0 0 80
5 Seasons 148 22 5 8 9 2 1 11 11 .500 1 4 0 0 6 27% 43 73 16 94 28 2 9 4.9 4.7 5.0 84 9 7 6 0 117
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 26 STL NL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0.949 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.5 21
1998 27 STL NL 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 1.518 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.7 23
1999 28 CHW AL 64 64 13 4 1 3 0 3 0% 9 6 59 20 34% 6 0.621 14 14 35 14 8 42 34 30 28 18 33 14 4.5 25
2000 29 CHW AL 50 45 8 3 1 0 0 0 6 6 43 12 28% 6 0.901 12 10 23 21 5 19 25 20 15 20 17 7 3.1 20
2001 30 CHW AL 45 34 9 5 0 3 3 0 100% 6 3 26 7 27% 7 0.760 6 9 19 13 4 17 16 18 23 4 24 7 5.3 26
2002 31 TOT NL 51 50 8 5 2 2 0 2 0% 12 10 32 6 19% 0.816 11 18 21 17 5 28 20 30 24 18 28 9 4.6 26
2002 31 PIT NL 43 42 8 4 1 2 0 2 0% 11 9 26 5 19% 6 0.797 9 15 18 14 4 24 16 26 20 15 24 7 4.7 26
2002 31 COL NL 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 17% 4 0.931 2 3 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3.9 24
2003 32 KCR AL 28 28 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 8 7 12 8 67% 7 0.915 9 6 13 16 3 9 6 22 18 4 18 3 4.8 29
7 Seasons 248 226 47 18 7 9 3 6 33% 41 32 176 54 31% 0.802 54 59 111 81 27 118 103 123 111 65 123 40 4.4 25

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1997 26 STL NL 89 42% 2.3% 9.1% 11.4% 8.0% 26% 1.09 1.59 75% 23% 6.7% 6% 29 3 10%
1998 27 STL NL 31 58% 3.2% 6.5% 16.1% 16.1% 46% 2.29 71% 21% 14.3% 0% 11 1 9%
1999 28 CHW AL 406 42% 2.5% 15.3% 11.3% 7.4% 33% 0.91 1.07 69% 18% 8.1% 19% 93 13 14%
2000 29 CHW AL 325 42% 3.1% 16.3% 12.0% 7.7% 32% 0.74 1.00 66% 27% 9.5% 14% 78 8 10%
2001 30 CHW AL 529 49% 2.3% 13.4% 6.1% 7.6% 33% 0.85 1.28 76% 24% 6.3% 11% 100 13 13%
2002 31 TOT NL 379 35% 2.4% 16.9% 10.8% 6.6% 25% 0.97 1.62 67% 27% 8.0% 11% 86 8 9%
2002 31 PIT NL 326 34% 2.5% 17.5% 10.4% 6.8% 26% 0.94 1.47 66% 26% 8.2% 12% 74 5 7%
2002 31 COL NL 53 42% 1.9% 13.2% 13.2% 5.7% 19% 1.18 3.00 72% 31% 6.3% 6% 12 3 25%
2003 32 KCR AL 208 51% 3.4% 13.5% 10.1% 9.6% 36% 0.95 1.29 72% 18% 9.5% 6% 39 3 8%
7 Seasons 1967 44% 2.6% 14.7% 9.9% 7.7% 31% 0.90 1.27 71% 23% 7.9% 12% 436 49 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 26 STL NL 89 315 3.54 181 57% 28% 14% 20% 38% 72% 0% 42% 81% 39% 9% 8 4 12% 11 7 1 13% 1 4 0 0 0
1998 27 STL NL 31 119 3.84 62 52% 32% 5% 24% 39% 68% 0% 35% 93% 42% 19% 6 3 10% 3 1 1 0% 0 3 0 0 0
1999 28 CHW AL 406 1577 3.88 904 57% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 0% 40% 82% 52% 9% 35 23 14% 57 23 2 31% 7 11 0 0 2
2000 29 CHW AL 325 1278 3.93 745 58% 30% 13% 27% 30% 70% 2% 41% 82% 50% 8% 25 13 20% 65 35 2 26% 4 9 0 0 0
2001 30 CHW AL 529 1915 3.62 1199 63% 29% 11% 25% 35% 71% 1% 44% 84% 61% 5% 26 14 20% 105 47 7 31% 10 10 0 0 0
2002 31 TOT NL 379 1365 3.60 824 60% 30% 13% 25% 32% 70% 4% 42% 81% 58% 9% 33 16 22% 83 46 6 44% 16 11 0 0 0
2002 31 PIT NL 326 1175 3.60 706 60% 30% 13% 24% 32% 70% 5% 42% 81% 58% 9% 29 14 22% 71 40 6 42% 16 9 0 0 0
2002 31 COL NL 53 190 3.58 118 62% 26% 11% 30% 33% 74% 0% 46% 85% 60% 8% 4 2 23% 12 6 0 57% 0 2 0 0 0
2003 32 KCR AL 208 819 3.94 496 61% 32% 12% 24% 32% 68% 4% 41% 82% 58% 5% 11 4 22% 46 20 0 14% 7 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1967 7388 3.76 4411 60% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 2% 42% 83% 55% 7% 144 77 19% 370 179 19 31% 45 50 0 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1997 26 STL NL 89 27 8 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 13 9 1 69% 2 0 1 39 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1998 27 STL NL 31 11 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 CHW AL 406 90 13 2 10 0 15 5 5 6 4 30 18 5 60% 4 4 1 186 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 6 3 16 0
2000 29 CHW AL 325 78 7 1 10 0 20 6 4 8 2 28 10 4 36% 8 3 2 130 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 8 0
2001 30 CHW AL 529 123 9 2 12 0 13 7 5 8 4 34 23 1 68% 4 6 0 183 14 3 82% 12 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
2002 31 TOT NL 379 101 11 1 9 1 10 3 6 5 4 27 13 2 48% 7 1 2 178 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 8 0
2002 31 PIT NL 326 85 10 0 8 0 7 3 5 4 4 22 11 1 50% 5 1 1 149 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 0
2002 31 COL NL 53 16 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 5 2 1 40% 2 0 1 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 32 KCR AL 208 55 3 0 7 1 9 3 4 6 1 19 11 2 58% 4 2 0 81 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Seasons 1967 485 54 7 51 2 70 25 26 33 18 155 87 15 56% 29 16 6 815 34 16 68% 31 16 3 0 0 0 17 9 57 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1997 26 0 2 .000 9.35 6 4 1 0 0 0 17.1 27 21 18 2 10 0 8 1 0 0 89 45 2.135 14.0 1.0 5.2 4.2 0.80 45
1998 27 0 5 .000 10.72 10 5 3 0 0 0 22.2 38 30 27 3 15 0 10 1 0 0 120 39 2.338 15.1 1.2 6.0 4.0 0.67 39
1999 28 4 6 .400 5.02 74 5 16 0 0 0 118.1 128 69 66 13 61 1 72 5 0 4 526 95 1.597 9.7 1.0 4.6 5.5 1.18 95
2000 29 8 7 .533 5.19 124 10 24 0 0 0 189.0 206 116 109 23 100 4 125 11 0 7 851 94 1.619 9.8 1.1 4.8 6.0 1.25 94
2001 30 17 11 .607 4.56 169 21 33 0 0 3 316.0 329 171 160 35 132 6 196 18 0 13 1380 105 1.459 9.4 1.0 3.8 5.6 1.48 105
2002 31 22 14 .611 4.80 220 22 41 0 0 3 395.1 430 229 211 44 173 12 260 25 1 14 1759 97 1.525 9.8 1.0 3.9 5.9 1.50 97
2003 32 23 15 .605 4.95 248 22 47 0 0 3 440.0 485 261 242 51 194 17 288 27 1 16 1967 95 1.543 9.9 1.0 4.0 5.9 1.48 95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1997 26 0 1 .000 9.53 17.0 27 20 18 2 10 8 1 2.176 14.3 5.3 4.2 0.80 1.1 6
1998 27 0 0 14.40 5.0 11 9 8 1 5 2 0 3.200 19.8 9.0 3.6 0.40 1.8 4
1999 28 6 4 .600 3.46 91.0 85 39 35 9 43 59 4 1.407 8.4 4.3 5.8 1.37 0.9 64
2000 29 3 4 .429 4.76 70.0 73 41 37 9 36 52 6 1.557 9.4 4.6 6.7 1.44 1.2 50
2001 30 7 6 .538 3.48 124.0 119 53 48 12 31 69 7 1.210 8.6 2.3 5.0 2.23 0.9 45
2002 31 3 5 .375 5.65 78.0 99 54 49 9 40 63 7 1.782 11.4 4.6 7.3 1.58 1.0 51
2003 32 1 3 .250 5.73 44.0 53 31 28 7 20 28 2 1.659 10.8 4.1 5.7 1.40 1.4 28
7 Seasons 20 23 .465 4.68 429.0 467 247 223 49 185 281 27 1.520 9.8 5.9 1.52 1.0 248

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