MLB / Players

John Lowenstein

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb

BornJanuary 27, 1947 · Wolf Point, MT, USA

MLB debutSeptember 2, 1970

Final gameMay 4, 1985

Seasons16 (1970–1985)

Cleveland Indians 1970–1977; Texas Rangers 1978; Baltimore Orioles 1979–1985

Percentile snapshot

1974 season — qualified batters

140

25.2

574

33.6

508

35.1

32.8

123

4.6

22.9

34.4

RBI

22.1

51.9

26.7

92.4

3.1

.242

10.7

OBP

.313

14.5

SLG

.325

OPS

.638

13.7

wRC+

86.0

16.8

OPS+

84.6

16.8

wOBA

.303

13.7

sWAR

0.5

6.1

of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

110.0

61.3

OPS+

108.4

59.2

sWAR

12.1

88.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	17	44	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	1	9	1	0	.256	.273	.442	.715	86.2	90.0	.319	0.1
1971	58	159	140	15	26	5	0	4	9	16	28	1	5	.186	.269	.307	.576	53.7	57.7	.273	-0.4
1972	68	172	151	16	32	8	1	6	21	20	43	2	4	.212	.304	.397	.701	109.3	104.8	.332	0.4
1973	98	334	305	42	89	16	1	6	40	23	41	5	3	.292	.338	.410	.748	110.0	109.0	.345	1.3
1974	140	574	508	65	123	14	2	8	48	53	85	36	17	.242	.313	.325	.638	86.0	84.6	.303	0.5
1975	91	297	265	37	64	5	1	12	33	28	28	15	10	.242	.313	.404	.717	101.1	101.9	.330	0.5
1976	93	257	229	33	47	8	2	2	14	25	35	11	8	.205	.283	.284	.567	66.1	67.9	.271	-0.5
1977	81	172	149	24	36	6	1	4	12	21	29	1	8	.242	.335	.376	.711	100.0	96.9	.326	0.2
1978	77	217	176	28	39	8	3	5	21	37	29	16	3	.222	.363	.386	.749	118.7	112.3	.352	0.9
1979	97	232	197	33	50	8	2	11	34	30	37	16	4	.254	.351	.482	.833	125.3	127.8	.366	1.1
1980	104	231	196	38	61	8	0	4	27	32	29	7	3	.311	.403	.413	.816	133.2	127.4	.378	1.2
1981	83	213	189	19	47	7	0	6	20	22	32	7	6	.249	.329	.381	.710	108.1	105.8	.331	0.5
1982	122	384	322	69	103	15	2	24	66	54	59	7	6	.320	.415	.602	1.017	174.7	177.7	.435	4.1
1983	122	366	310	52	87	13	2	15	60	49	55	2	1	.281	.374	.481	.855	139.0	137.1	.382	2.5
1984	105	307	270	34	64	13	0	8	28	33	54	1	0	.237	.319	.374	.693	93.9	94.1	.314	0.2
1985	12	29	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	.077	.138	.077	.215	-42.2	-38.2	.113	-0.5

Career totals

1,368

3,988

3,476

510

881

137

116

RBI

441

446

596

128

.2535

OBP

.3373

SLG

.4033

OPS

.7406

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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1981-09-05	ATH @ BAL Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9
1983-08-30	BAL @ KC Gameday	4	2	4	2	1	0	1	1	8
1982-07-25	ATH @ BAL Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	8
1983-08-15	BAL @ TEX Gameday	3	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	7
1972-09-01	CLE @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	7

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.