Derek Lowe

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 6 in · 230 lb

BornJune 1, 1973 · Dearborn, MI, USA

MLB debutApril 26, 1997

Final gameMay 19, 2013

Seasons17 (1997–2013)

Boston Red Sox 1997; Seattle Mariners 1997; Boston Red Sox 1998–2004; Los Angeles Dodgers 2005–2008; Atlanta Braves 2009–2011; Cleveland Indians 2012; New York Yankees 2012; Texas Rangers 2013

Percentile snapshot

2011 season — qualified pitchers

88.2

92.5

15.1

SHO

212

17.2

105

8.6

18.3

137

39.8

83.9

187.0

33.3

ERA

5.05

4.3

WHIP

1.508

3.2

K/9

6.59

39.8

FIP

3.67

FIP-

96.1

47.3

ERA+

75.6

sWAR

-0.6

4.3

of 94 qualified 2011 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

108.7

69.2

sWAR

36.5

97.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1997	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.0	-100.0	.000	-0.5
1998	63	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-26.4	-41.4	.147	2.1
1999	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
2000	74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.4	-100.0	.000	3.2
2001	67	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.1	-100.0	.000	1.9
2002	32	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	146.7	126.8	.405	7.0
2003	33	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.0	-100.0	.000	2.4
2004	33	5	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	81.8	86.2	.315	0.6
2005	35	76	65	3	10	2	0	4	2	17	1	.154	.179	.185	.364	-15.3	-3.1	.168	3.6
2006	35	79	64	5	6	2	0	3	4	19	0	.094	.145	.125	.270	-39.5	-29.4	.131	4.0
2007	33	71	59	2	7	0	0	1	5	17	0	.119	.185	.119	.303	-25.1	-18.5	.154	3.0
2008	34	75	65	4	9	0	0	5	3	20	0	.138	.176	.138	.315	-23.8	-14.2	.152	4.2
2009	34	70	54	6	12	0	0	1	4	16	0	.222	.276	.222	.498	31.6	34.3	.239	1.1
2010	34	69	53	6	8	4	0	3	5	14	0	.151	.224	.226	.451	20.6	23.4	.215	2.0
2011	34	65	52	4	9	4	1	7	4	18	0	.173	.232	.308	.540	42.6	47.4	.246	-0.6
2012	38	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	189.8	181.7	.444	-0.3
2013	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1997	20	9	2	6	0	0	0	74	47	23	52	11	69.0	6.13	1.406	6.78	4.88	107.4	74.4	-0.5
1998	63	10	3	9	4	0	0	126	55	42	77	5	123.0	4.02	1.366	5.63	3.62	77.3	116.4	2.1
1999	74	0	6	3	15	0	0	84	32	25	80	7	109.3	2.63	.997	6.59	3.37	68.8	185.9	3.6
2000	74	0	4	4	42	0	0	90	26	22	79	6	91.3	2.56	1.226	7.78	3.14	62.4	196.1	3.2
2001	67	3	5	10	24	0	0	103	36	29	82	7	91.7	3.53	1.440	8.05	3.41	76.0	127.2	1.9
2002	32	32	21	8	0	1	1	166	63	48	127	12	219.7	2.58	.974	5.20	3.43	75.2	176.8	7.0
2003	33	33	17	7	0	1	0	216	101	72	110	17	203.3	4.47	1.416	4.87	4.32	92.9	104.1	2.4
2004	33	33	14	12	0	0	0	224	110	71	105	15	182.7	5.42	1.615	5.17	4.37	91.6	88.1	0.6
2005	35	35	12	15	0	2	2	223	89	55	146	28	222.0	3.61	1.252	5.92	4.13	99.4	115.1	3.6
2006	35	34	16	8	0	1	0	221	88	55	123	14	218.0	3.63	1.266	5.08	3.64	81.1	123.6	4.0
2007	33	32	12	14	0	3	0	194	86	59	147	20	199.3	3.88	1.269	6.64	3.91	88.8	113.4	3.0
2008	34	34	14	11	0	1	0	194	76	45	147	14	211.0	3.24	1.133	6.27	3.23	77.5	128.5	4.2
2009	34	34	15	10	0	0	0	232	101	63	111	16	194.7	4.67	1.515	5.13	4.02	96.0	89.6	1.1
2010	33	33	16	12	0	0	0	204	86	61	136	18	193.7	4.00	1.368	6.32	3.92	98.9	99.1	2.0
2011	34	34	9	17	0	0	0	212	105	70	137	14	187.0	5.05	1.508	6.59	3.67	96.1	75.6	-0.6
2012	38	21	9	11	1	1	1	180	81	51	55	10	142.7	5.11	1.619	3.47	4.32	108.3	78.3	-0.3
2013	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	13	3	8	3	13.0	9.00	1.462	5.54	6.00	146.4	45.5	-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

682

534

436

RBI

129

.1491

OBP

.2013

SLG

.1858

OPS

.3871

Pitching

G (P)

681

143rd-most career G (P)

377

172nd-most career GS

176

175th-most career W

157

135th-most career L

209th-most career SV

SHO

2,671

210th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,722

152nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

794

264th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.026

WHIP

1.3300

K/9

5.80

416th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
2011-08-31	WSH @ ATL Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1	4
2006-08-20	LAD @ SF Gameday	4	0	2	1	0	1	3
2008-04-12	SD @ LAD Gameday	4	0	2	0	0	3	2
2008-07-26	WSH @ LAD Gameday	3	0	2	0	0	1	2
2009-05-23	TOR @ ATL Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2010-09-13	WSH @ ATL Gameday	8.0	6	0	0	0	12	0
2007-06-15	LAA @ LAD Gameday	7.0	4	1	1	1	11	0
2002-06-16	BOS @ ATL Gameday	7.0	7	1	1	0	10	0
2002-04-15	NYY @ BOS Gameday	7.0	2	1	1	1	9	0
2006-09-17	SD @ LAD Gameday	7.0	7	1	1	1	9	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.