Dwight Lowry

Dwight Lowry
born Dwight Lowery

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 23, 1957 in Lumberton, NC
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1984
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Twins 1984-1988

Final Game: April 23, 1988
Died: July 10, 1997 in Jamestown, NY
Buried: Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, Littleton, NC
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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	Awards
1980	22	DET-min	A	45	166	142	18	28	5	0	0	16	0	0	21	22	.197	.295	.232	.528		33		0	0	3			LAK · FLOR
1981	23	DET-min	A,AA	86	318	283	33	66	8	0	2	36	6	2	32	46	.233	.308	.283	.591		80		0	0	3	4		MAC,BIR · SALL,SOUL
1982	24	DET-min	A	93	312	278	33	77	11	2	7	28	0	1	28	31	.277	.342	.406	.748		113		0	5	1	6		LAK · FLOR
1983	25	DET-min	AA	90	325	288	42	77	9	2	9	44	3	2	32	34	.267	.341	.406	.747		117		1	2	2	3		BIR · SOUL
1984	26	DET-min	AAA	61	199	177	23	39	5	1	5	28	2	0	18	51	.220	.294	.345	.639		61		1	2	1	3		EVN · AA
1984	26	DET	AL	32	52	45	8	11	2	0	2	7	0	0	3	11	.244	.292	.422	.714	96	19	3	0	4	0	0	2

1985	27	DET-min	AAA	74	234	203	20	37	7	1	2	13	2	2	24	51	.182	.273	.256	.529		52		2	3	2	1		NVL · AA
1986	28	DET-min	AAA	18	64	57	5	14	1	0	1	6	1	2	5	14	.246	.302	.316	.617		18		0	1	1	0		NVL · AA
1986	28	DET	AL	56	174	150	21	46	4	0	3	18	0	0	17	19	.307	.392	.393	.785	115	59	4	4	3	0	0	2/39
1987	29	DET-min	AAA	42	108	93	8	18	3	0	0	3	1	0	12	18	.194	.292	.226	.518		21		1	2	0	0		TOL · IL
1987	29	DET	AL	13	25	25	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.280	.480	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	2/3
1988	30	MIN-min	AAA	79	269	244	33	63	13	3	5	32	3	0	20	45	.258	.316	.398	.714		97		2	0	3	0		POR · PCL
1988	30	MIN	AL	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1990	32	WSN-min	AAA	73	210	187	23	58	6	1	2	25	0	3	19	34	.310	.367	.385	.752		72		0	0	4	0		INA · AA
4 Yrs				108	258	227	29	62	8	0	5	26	0	0	20	38	.273	.343	.374	.717	97	85	7	4	7	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	387	341	44	93	12	0	8	39	0	0	30	57	.273	.343	.374	.717	97	128	11	6	11	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				101	251	220	29	62	8	0	5	26	0	0	20	36	.282	.352	.386	.739	102	85	7	4	7	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1984	26	DET	AL	32	52	0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	2	2	0.3	.503	.501	0.3	0.1	2	$	2

1986	28	DET	AL	56	174	5	-0	0	1	2	8	0.9	5	14	1.4	.515	.505	1.3	0.4	13	$62,500	2/39
1987	29	DET	AL	13	25	-3	-1	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.471	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	2/3
1988	30	MIN	AL	7	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$67,500	/2
4 Seasons				108	258	0	-0	0	-0	4	4	0.4	8	12	1.2	.503	.501	1.2	0.4	12	$130,000

DET (3 yrs)				101	251	2	-0	0	-0	4	5	0.6	8	13	1.4	.505	.501	1.4	0.4	13	$62,500
MIN (1 yr)				7	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$67,500

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	PwrSpd
1984	26	DET	AL	52	41	5	3.3	96	.281	.244	.262	.292	.325	.422	.396	.714	.721	96	.356	-0.4	-0.0	.595	.244	.178	.0

1986	28	DET	AL	174	111	24	5.8	100	.336	.307	.262	.392	.329	.393	.408	.785	.737	115	.596	3.9	0.4	.741	.200	.087	.0
1987	29	DET	AL	25	20	1	1.3	102	.263	.200	.260	.200	.328	.280	.418	.480	.746	28	.083	-2.5	-0.2	.350	.080	.080
1988	30	MIN	AL	7	7	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.327	.000	.394	.000	.721	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				258	179	30	4.5	100	.310	.273	.262	.343	.328	.374	.406	.717	.735	97	.482	-1.0	-0.1	.634	.189	.101	.0
162 Game Avg.				387	269	45	4.5	100	.310	.273	.262	.343	.328	.374	.406	.717	.735	97	.482	-1.0	-0.1	.634	.189	.101

DET (3 yrs)				251	172	30	4.7	100	.318	.282	.262	.352	.328	.386	.407	.739	.735	102	.499	0.9	0.1	.661	.195	.105	.0
MIN (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.327	.000	.394	.000	.721	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.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
1984	26	DET	AL	52	3.9%	21.2%	5.8%	7.7%	36%	3.67	4.1	22.5	6.4		1.90	62%

1986	28	DET	AL	174	1.7%	10.9%	9.8%	4.0%	15%	1.12	7.9	50.0	8.3		1.43	74%
1987	29	DET	AL	25	0.0%	24.0%	0.0%	8.0%	40%		4.2		25.0		0.33	76%
1988	30	MIN	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.5			1.50	1.50	71%	0%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				258	1.9%	14.7%	7.8%	5.0%	21%	1.90	6.0	45.4	8.7	1.50	1.30	71%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.7%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.72	6.1	39.1	8.3	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	26	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	53	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.63	-0.2	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	1.03	-0.4	0.07	4

1986	28	DET	AL	3.9	0.4	179	0.1	2.3	-2.3	.81	0.6	-0.5	3.1	0.3	0.94	6.5		0
1987	29	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	25	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.51	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.86	-3.3	0.00	1
1988	30	MIN	AL	-1.9	-0.2	7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.82	-0.1	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	1.26	-1.9	1.54	2
4 Yrs				-1.0	-0.1	264	-0.4	3.0	-3.4	.78	0.1	-0.7	-5.1	-0.5	0.96	0.9	0.48	7

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
1984	26	DET	AL	1	0	50%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1986	28	DET	AL	2	0	28%	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	55%	12	5	7	2	2	0	8	2	5
1987	29	DET	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	30	MIN	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				3	0	30%	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	50%	13	6	7	3	3	0	8	2	5

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
1984	26	DET	AL	52	79%	11			4	1	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	4	100%	13	3	23%	11	5	45%	41	5	12%	2	1	50%	6	4	67%	0

1986	28	DET	AL	174	84%	46			0	0	0	0		3	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	4	3	75%	32	4	13%	15	9	60%	103	16	16%	10	6	60%	6	4	67%	0
1987	29	DET	AL	25	76%	5			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	2	14%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1988	30	MIN	AL	7	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				258	83%	62	0	0	7	1	0	1	0.48	5	0	4	4	1	2	3	0	8	7	88%	49	7	14%	29	16	55%	165	23	14%	14	7	50%	12	8	67%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			34%			15%			52%			55%

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
1988	30	MIN	AL	7	18	2.57	13	72%	31%	23%	8%	38%	69%	0%	50%	67%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1 Yr				7	18	2.57	13	72%	31%	23%	8%	38%	69%	0%	50%	67%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1984	26	32	52	45	8	11	2	2	7	3	11	.244	.292	.422	.714	96	19	3	0	4
1985	27	32	52	45	8	11	2	2	7	3	11	.244	.292	.422	.714	96	19	3	0	4
1986	28	88	226	195	29	57	6	5	25	20	30	.292	.370	.400	.770	111	78	7	4	7
1987	29	101	251	220	29	62	8	5	26	20	36	.282	.352	.386	.739	102	85	7	4	7
1988	30	108	258	227	29	62	8	5	26	20	38	.273	.343	.374	.717	97	85	7	4	7

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
1984	26	32	53	46	9	12	2	0	2	8	0	3	11	.261	.306	.435	.741	6	32

1986	28	56	175	151	22	47	4	0	3	19	0	17	19	.311	.395	.397	.793	23	56
1987	29	13	24	24	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	.167	.167	.250	.417	1	13
1988	30	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
4 Yrs		108	259	228	31	63	8	0	5	28	0	20	38	.276	.345	.377	.722	30	108
162 Game Avg.		162	389	342	47	95	12	0	8	42	0	30	57	.276	.345	.377	.722	45	108

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