Derek Lowe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 230lb (198cm, 104kg)

Born: June 1, 1973 in Dearborn, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Edsel Ford HS (Dearborn, MI).

High School: Edsel Ford HS (Dearborn, MI)

Last Game: May 19, 2013 (Age 39-352d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Derek Christopher Lowe

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Career

WAR

34.3

176

157

ERA

4.03

681

377

2671.1

1722

WHIP

1.330

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1991	18	-1.8	Mariners	ARIZ	Rk	SEA	5	3	.625	2.41	3.30	12	12	0	0	0	0	71.0	58	26	19	1	21	0	60	2	6	4	295	1.113	7.4	0.1	2.7	7.6	2.86
1992	19	-2.1	Bellingham	NORW	A-	SEA	7	3	.700	2.42	3.57	14	13	1	2	1	0	85.2	69	34	23	2	22	0	66	4	4	5	349	1.062	7.2	0.2	2.3	6.9	3.00
1993	20	-2.6	Riverside	CALL	A+	SEA	12	9	.571	5.26	6.08	27	26	1	3	2	0	154.0	189	104	90	9	60	0	80	2	9	12	687	1.617	11.0	0.5	3.5	4.7	1.33
1994	21	-3.0	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	SEA	7	10	.412	4.94	5.47	26	26	0	2	0	0	151.1	177	92	83	7	50	1	75	9	7	11	676	1.500	10.5	0.4	3.0	4.5	1.50
1995	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	SEA	2	6	.250	5.29	6.00	12	12	0	1	0	0	63.0	75	42	37	8	24	1	41	3	0	2	279	1.571	10.7	1.1	3.4	5.9	1.71
1995	22	-2.1	Port City	SOUL	AA	SEA	1	6	.143	6.08	6.92	10	10	0	1	0	0	53.1	70	41	36	8	22	1	30	3	0	2	244	1.725	11.8	1.4	3.7	5.1	1.36
1995	22	2.7	Mariners	ARIZ	Rk	SEA	1	0	1.000	0.93	0.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	5	1	1	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	35	0.724	4.7	0.0	1.9	10.2	5.50
1996	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SEA	11	12	.478	3.97	4.82	27	26	0	1	1	0	170.0	174	91	75	14	54	1	87	4	2	1	721	1.341	9.2	0.7	2.9	4.6	1.61
1996	23	-3.1	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	6	9	.400	4.54	5.49	17	16	0	1	1	0	105.0	118	64	53	7	37	1	54	3	2	1	463	1.476	10.1	0.6	3.2	4.6	1.46
1996	23	-1.2	Port City	SOUL	AA	SEA	5	3	.625	3.05	3.74	10	10	0	0	0	0	65.0	56	27	22	7	17	0	33	1	0	0	258	1.123	7.8	1.0	2.4	4.6	1.94
1997	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	SEA	7	4	.636	3.08	3.49	16	14	1	1	0	0	87.2	76	34	30	6	31	0	70	3	0	1	363	1.221	7.8	0.6	3.2	7.2	2.26
1997	24		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-SEA	2	6	.250	6.13	6.39	20	9	1	0	0	0	69.0	74	49	47	11	23	3	52	4	0	2	298	1.406	9.7	1.4	3.0	6.8	2.26
1997	24	-2.4	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	3	4	.429	3.45	4.08	10	9	0	1	0	0	57.1	53	26	22	3	20	0	49	2	0	1	242	1.273	8.3	0.5	3.1	7.7	2.45
1997	24	-2.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	4	0	1.000	2.37	2.37	6	5	1	0	0	0	30.1	23	8	8	3	11	0	21	1	0	0	121	1.121	6.8	0.9	3.3	6.2	1.91
1997	24	-4.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	2	4	.333	6.96	7.30	12	9	1	0	0	0	53.0	59	43	41	11	20	2	39	2	0	2	234	1.491	10.0	1.9	3.4	6.6	1.95
1997	24	-4.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	2	.000	3.38	3.38	8	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	15	6	6	0	3	1	13	2	0	0	64	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	7.3	4.33
1998	25	-4.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	9	.250	4.02	4.76	63	10	8	0	0	4	123.0	126	65	55	5	42	5	77	4	0	8	527	1.366	9.2	0.4	3.1	5.6	1.83
1999	26	-3.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	3	.667	2.63	2.88	74	0	32	0	0	15	109.1	84	35	32	7	25	1	80	4	0	1	436	0.997	6.9	0.6	2.1	6.6	3.20
2000	27	-1.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	4	.500	2.56	2.66	74	0	64	0	0	42	91.1	90	27	26	6	22	5	79	2	1	2	379	1.226	8.9	0.6	2.2	7.8	3.59
2001	28	-0.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	10	.333	3.53	3.83	67	3	50	0	0	24	91.2	103	39	36	7	29	9	82	5	0	4	404	1.440	10.1	0.7	2.8	8.1	2.83
2002	29	0.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	21	8	.724	2.58	2.66	32	32	0	1	1	0	219.2	166	65	63	12	48	0	127	12	0	5	854	0.974	6.8	0.5	2.0	5.2	2.65
2003	30	1.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	17	7	.708	4.47	5.00	33	33	0	1	0	0	203.1	216	113	101	17	72	4	110	11	0	3	886	1.416	9.6	0.8	3.2	4.9	1.53
2004	31	2.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	14	12	.538	5.42	6.80	33	33	0	0	0	0	182.2	224	138	110	15	71	2	105	8	0	3	839	1.615	11.0	0.7	3.5	5.2	1.48
2005	32	2.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	15	.444	3.61	4.58	35	35	0	2	2	0	222.0	223	113	89	28	55	1	146	5	2	3	934	1.252	9.0	1.1	2.2	5.9	2.65
2006	33	3.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	8	.667	3.63	4.00	35	34	1	1	0	0	218.0	221	97	88	14	55	2	123	5	2	3	913	1.266	9.1	0.6	2.3	5.1	2.24
2007	34	5.0	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	14	.462	3.88	4.52	33	32	0	3	0	0	199.1	194	100	86	20	59	2	147	1	1	3	831	1.269	8.8	0.9	2.7	6.6	2.49
2008	35	6.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	11	.560	3.24	3.58	34	34	0	1	0	0	211.0	194	84	76	14	45	7	147	1	0	2	851	1.133	8.3	0.6	1.9	6.3	3.27
2009	36	7.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	15	10	.600	4.67	5.04	34	34	0	0	0	0	194.2	232	109	101	16	63	7	111	4	2	4	855	1.515	10.7	0.7	2.9	5.1	1.76
2010	37	8.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	16	12	.571	4.00	4.09	33	33	0	0	0	0	193.2	204	88	86	18	61	10	136	4	2	4	824	1.368	9.5	0.8	2.8	6.3	2.23
2011	38	9.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	9	17	.346	5.05	5.29	34	34	0	0	0	0	187.0	212	110	105	14	70	4	137	3	2	1	830	1.508	10.2	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.96
2012	39		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CLE-NYY	9	11	.450	5.11	5.55	38	21	10	1	1	1	142.2	180	88	81	10	51	5	55	3	1	7	640	1.619	11.4	0.6	3.2	3.5	1.08
2012	39	10.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	8	10	.444	5.52	5.97	21	21	0	1	1	0	119.0	156	79	73	8	45	3	41	3	1	5	542	1.689	11.8	0.6	3.4	3.1	0.91
2012	39	10.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	3.04	3.42	17	0	10	0	0	1	23.2	24	9	8	2	6	2	14	0	0	2	98	1.268	9.1	0.8	2.3	5.3	2.33
2013	40	11.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	0	1.000	9.00	9.00	9	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	16	13	13	3	3	0	8	2	0	0	57	1.462	11.1	2.1	2.1	5.5	2.67
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		176	157	.529	4.03	4.49	681	377	168	10	4	86	2671.1	2759	1333	1195	217	794	67	1722	78	13	55	11358	1.330	9.3	0.7	2.7	5.8	2.17
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		51	47	.520	4.11	4.86	134	129	3	10	4	0	782.2	818	423	357	47	262	3	479	27	28	36	3370	1.380	9.4	0.5	3.0	5.5	1.83
All Levels (23 Seasons)							227	204	.527	4.04	4.58	815	506	171	20	8	86	3454.0	3577	1756	1552	264	1056	70	2201	105	41	91	14728	1.341	9.3	0.7	2.8	5.7	2.08

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		13	13	.500	3.88	4.58	33	30	1	2	1	0	192.2	194	98	83	13	68	1	124	6	2	2	826	1.360	9.1	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.82
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		13	19	.406	4.71	5.34	46	46	0	3	0	0	269.2	303	160	141	22	89	2	138	13	7	13	1178	1.454	10.1	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.55
A+ (1 season)					Minors		12	9	.571	5.26	6.08	27	26	1	3	2	0	154.0	189	104	90	9	60	0	80	2	9	12	687	1.617	11.0	0.5	3.5	4.7	1.33
A- (1 season)					Minors		7	3	.700	2.42	3.57	14	13	1	2	1	0	85.2	69	34	23	2	22	0	66	4	4	5	349	1.062	7.2	0.2	2.3	6.9	3.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		6	3	.667	2.23	3.01	14	14	0	0	0	0	80.2	63	27	20	1	23	0	71	2	6	4	330	1.066	7.0	0.1	2.6	7.9	3.09