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Derek Lowe

Birthdate: 6/1/1973 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-6/230 Position: P
Contract: Add New Contract

5/22/2013: Lowe cleared waivers Wednesday and now has the option to report to Triple-A Round Rock or test the free-agent market, CBSSports.com reports.

3/31/2013 - Bullpen Report: March 31, 2013 by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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3/6/2013 - Setting a Derek Lowe Baseline by Jeff Sullivan (FanGraphs)

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8/13/2012 - Bullpen Report: August 13, 2012 by Alan Harrison (RotoGraphs)

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5/24/2012 - AL SP: The Sell High Guys by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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4/26/2012 - AL SP Mid/Bottom Tier Notes by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2007	FA	1361	341	364	99	74	14	2	9	19	48	0	0	4	14	.290	83.5	93.6	90.1
2007	SL	360	91	99	15	12	1	0	2	8	30	0	0	0	0	.165	55.6	90.4	82.6
2007	CH	280	73	73	18	15	2	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	2	.247	79.6	87.3	85.2
2007	CU	54	13	16	4	2	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	.308	79.9	86.1	81.9
2007	SI	46	9	11	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	.222	87.1	91.4	90.1
2008	FA	1663	401	434	113	81	21	3	8	21	56	1	4	7	10	.282	84.1	92.3	89.7
2008	SL	985	256	269	44	33	8	0	3	10	65	0	2	1	6	.172	79.4	88.8	83.3
2008	CH	214	69	70	21	14	6	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	2	.304	81.4	87.4	85.1
2008	SI	91	19	23	3	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	.158	87.1	90.7	89.3
2008	CU	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	68.8	82.6	79.8
2009	FA	1655	416	457	127	94	20	4	9	25	43	3	5	8	22	.305	85.4	91.8	88.3
2009	SL	757	165	182	46	26	14	3	3	14	38	0	0	3	1	.279	78.0	90.3	81.8
2009	SI	489	132	146	39	28	8	1	2	13	17	0	1	0	5	.295	87.2	91.8	89.3
2009	CH	168	29	31	11	8	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	1	.379	79.4	86.0	83.3
2009	CU	76	17	18	6	4	1	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	.353	78.7	88.4	80.9
2009	FC	39	12	14	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	.167	85.2	89.6	87.0
2010	SI	1949	468	514	133	98	25	1	9	36	67	2	0	8	21	.284	83.3	91.8	88.3
2010	SL	533	123	136	35	28	2	1	4	9	37	0	2	2	2	.285	77.3	85.8	81.1
2010	CH	395	110	112	24	18	2	1	3	2	23	0	0	0	3	.218	81.3	86.4	84.0
2010	FC	145	28	31	6	3	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	.214	82.1	89.5	86.0
2010	FA	85	15	18	3	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	.200	84.6	90.2	87.6
2011	SI	1558	369	417	116	87	20	2	7	40	47	3	0	5	13	.314	83.5	90.5	87.9
2011	SL	802	188	209	45	32	9	1	3	18	52	0	1	2	5	.239	76.5	84.6	80.2
2011	CH	525	125	134	33	25	5	1	2	6	21	0	2	1	3	.264	80.0	86.1	83.1
2011	FC	317	63	67	18	11	4	1	2	2	17	0	2	0	0	.286	82.6	89.1	85.7
2011	FA	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	86.3	87.0	86.7
2012	SI	1473	374	416	126	94	24	1	7	36	17	2	1	3	19	.337	84.9	90.8	87.9
2012	SL	345	82	87	17	12	3	0	2	3	25	1	1	0	2	.207	77.6	83.4	80.8
2012	CH	290	69	75	17	10	6	0	1	3	12	0	3	0	1	.246	80.2	86.1	83.4
2012	FC	212	55	59	20	17	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	.364	82.7	89.6	86.5
2013	SI	140	35	38	9	4	3	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	2	.257	85.3	90.1	87.8
2013	FC	32	9	11	5	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	.556	82.4	89.0	86.8
2013	SL	22	7	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.143	78.4	81.9	80.0
2013	CH	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	83.0	84.7	84.1
Total	SI	5746	1406	1565	428	314	81	5	28	132	157	8	3	16	61	.304	83.3	91.8	88.2
Total	FA	4767	1174	1274	342	250	57	9	26	67	149	5	9	19	47	.291	83.5	93.6	89.3
Total	SL	3804	912	989	203	143	37	5	18	62	249	1	6	8	16	.223	55.6	90.4	81.7
Total	CH	1877	476	496	125	91	23	2	9	14	95	0	5	1	12	.263	79.4	87.4	83.9
Total	FC	745	167	182	51	38	8	1	4	10	28	3	2	0	5	.305	82.1	89.6	86.1
Total	CU	139	32	36	10	6	3	0	1	4	11	0	0	0	0	.313	68.8	88.4	81.2

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2007	FA	1361	5.2 %	13.2 %	0.40	.290	.328	.422	.750	.132	.317	44.4	-0.6	.329	104
2007	SL	360	8.1 %	30.3 %	0.27	.165	.232	.242	.474	.077	.220	2.9	-9.3	.219	35
2007	CH	280	0.0 %	26.0 %	0.00	.247	.247	.315	.562	.068	.321	3.8	-5.2	.246	51
2007	CU	54	18.8 %	31.3 %	0.60	.308	.438	.462	.899	.154	.500	2.9	1.0	.402	152
2007	SI	46	18.2 %	18.2 %	1.00	.222	.364	.333	.697	.111	.286	1.3	-0.1	.325	104
2008	FA	1663	4.8 %	12.9 %	0.38	.282	.316	.409	.725	.127	.308	48.4	-3.8	.318	93
2008	SL	985	3.7 %	24.2 %	0.15	.172	.201	.238	.440	.066	.216	3.2	-29.2	.197	20
2008	CH	214	1.4 %	21.4 %	0.07	.304	.314	.435	.749	.130	.377	8.3	-0.1	.326	105
2008	SI	91	13.0 %	8.7 %	1.50	.158	.261	.316	.577	.158	.118	1.4	-1.3	.258	64
2008	CU	9	0.0 %	50.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
2009	FA	1655	5.5 %	9.4 %	0.58	.305	.345	.438	.783	.132	.320	59.9	5.1	.342	109
2009	SL	757	7.7 %	20.9 %	0.37	.279	.335	.455	.790	.176	.347	24.1	2.3	.344	113
2009	SI	489	8.9 %	11.6 %	0.76	.295	.356	.417	.773	.121	.325	19.1	1.6	.342	117
2009	CH	168	6.5 %	16.1 %	0.40	.379	.419	.552	.971	.172	.435	6.1	2.4	.423	173
2009	CU	76	5.6 %	27.8 %	0.20	.353	.389	.588	.977	.235	.455	3.5	1.4	.420	173
2009	FC	39	7.1 %	21.4 %	0.33	.167	.286	.167	.452	.000	.222	0.5	-1.1	.231	49
2010	SI	1949	7.0 %	13.0 %	0.54	.284	.338	.400	.738	.115	.316	62.3	3.3	.329	103
2010	SL	533	6.6 %	27.2 %	0.24	.285	.328	.415	.743	.130	.369	16.3	0.6	.327	110
2010	CH	395	1.8 %	20.5 %	0.09	.218	.232	.336	.569	.118	.250	6.4	-6.5	.249	58
2010	FC	145	6.5 %	19.4 %	0.33	.214	.290	.464	.755	.250	.200	3.8	0.2	.330	114
2010	FA	85	11.1 %	11.1 %	1.00	.200	.333	.333	.667	.133	.231	1.9	-0.2	.309	99
2011	SI	1558	9.6 %	11.3 %	0.85	.314	.386	.436	.822	.122	.346	63.2	16.4	.366	136
2011	SL	802	8.6 %	24.9 %	0.35	.239	.304	.346	.650	.106	.313	19.4	-4.1	.291	87
2011	CH	525	4.5 %	15.7 %	0.29	.264	.293	.368	.661	.104	.298	12.3	-2.8	.290	86
2011	FC	317	3.0 %	25.4 %	0.12	.286	.299	.476	.775	.190	.348	8.2	0.7	.329	119
2011	FA	3	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-0.2	.000	-100
2012	SI	1473	8.7 %	4.1 %	2.12	.337	.397	.463	.860	.126	.339	68.0	20.6	.377	145
2012	SL	345	3.4 %	28.7 %	0.12	.207	.241	.317	.558	.110	.268	5.0	-4.9	.245	63
2012	CH	290	4.0 %	16.0 %	0.25	.246	.267	.377	.643	.130	.271	6.1	-2.5	.273	82
2012	FC	212	6.8 %	1.7 %	4.00	.364	.407	.418	.825	.055	.370	9.1	2.4	.365	143
2013	SI	140	5.3 %	13.2 %	0.40	.257	.316	.514	.830	.257	.250	5.6	1.3	.357	132
2013	FC	32	9.1 %	9.1 %	1.00	.556	.636	.556	1.192	.000	.625	3.1	1.9	.530	241
2013	SL	22	0.0 %	28.6 %	0.00	.143	.143	.571	.714	.429	.000	0.7	-0.1	.296	96
2013	CH	5	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	.000	1.000	0.6	0.5	.885	474
Total	SI	5746	8.4 %	10.0 %	0.84	.304	.367	.429	.796	.124	.327	221.2	41.9	.352	124
Total	FA	4767	5.3 %	11.7 %	0.45	.291	.330	.422	.752	.130	.313	154.5	0.3	.329	102
Total	SL	3804	6.3 %	25.2 %	0.25	.223	.271	.333	.604	.111	.284	71.9	-44.4	.269	70
Total	CH	1877	2.8 %	19.2 %	0.15	.263	.281	.376	.657	.113	.308	43.6	-14.2	.286	83
Total	FC	745	5.5 %	15.4 %	0.36	.305	.352	.437	.789	.132	.343	24.8	4.1	.346	128
Total	CU	139	11.1 %	30.6 %	0.36	.313	.389	.500	.889	.188	.450	6.1	1.8	.389	148

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2007	FA	1361	14.9 %	66.0 %	19.1 %	12.7 %	16.4 %	858	503	1361	-10.6	3.8	11.4
2007	SL	360	17.2 %	58.6 %	24.1 %	14.3 %	14.3 %	235	125	360	0.6	1.1	2.2
2007	CH	280	9.6 %	84.6 %	5.8 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	174	106	280	-8.0	2.0	8.5
2007	CU	54	16.7 %	83.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	34	20	54	1.6	-1.5	3.2
2007	SI	46	14.3 %	57.1 %	28.6 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	23	23	46	-5.2	3.7	6.8
2008	FA	1663	14.2 %	64.2 %	21.5 %	12.2 %	10.8 %	1033	630	1663	-9.8	4.2	10.8
2008	SL	985	16.4 %	55.6 %	28.0 %	17.0 %	5.7 %	655	330	985	0.9	1.9	2.9
2008	CH	214	19.6 %	49.0 %	31.4 %	6.3 %	6.3 %	125	89	214	-7.0	2.7	7.8
2008	SI	91	17.6 %	58.8 %	23.5 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	53	38	91	-5.8	3.2	6.8
2008	CU	9	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5	4	9	2.3	-2.5	3.6
2009	FA	1655	16.9 %	58.6 %	24.5 %	8.8 %	9.9 %	1070	585	1655	-9.0	3.4	9.8
2009	SL	757	17.5 %	43.7 %	38.9 %	20.4 %	6.1 %	463	294	757	1.8	0.8	2.8
2009	SI	489	18.3 %	59.1 %	22.6 %	0.0 %	7.7 %	311	178	489	-10.4	3.0	11.0
2009	CH	168	17.4 %	65.2 %	17.4 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	81	87	168	-5.2	1.4	6.2
2009	CU	76	8.3 %	75.0 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	43	33	76	2.8	-2.4	4.2
2009	FC	39	11.1 %	55.6 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	26	13	39	-1.8	5.2	6.2
2010	SI	1949	18.5 %	59.4 %	22.1 %	7.0 %	10.5 %	1235	714	1949	-9.2	1.2	9.5
2010	SL	533	23.3 %	50.0 %	26.7 %	13.0 %	17.4 %	323	210	533	2.5	-2.1	4.0
2010	CH	395	16.3 %	59.3 %	24.4 %	23.8 %	14.3 %	234	161	395	-6.2	0.3	6.5
2010	FC	145	13.6 %	36.4 %	50.0 %	18.2 %	18.2 %	76	69	145	-2.6	4.6	6.0
2010	FA	85	7.7 %	76.9 %	15.4 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	46	39	85	-6.5	3.5	7.6
2011	SI	1558	18.4 %	65.7 %	15.9 %	8.0 %	14.0 %	952	606	1558	-9.9	0.8	10.1
2011	SL	802	19.3 %	53.3 %	27.4 %	18.9 %	8.1 %	520	282	802	1.6	-1.8	3.1
2011	CH	525	15.5 %	56.3 %	28.2 %	10.3 %	6.9 %	302	223	525	-7.7	-0.3	7.9
2011	FC	317	12.5 %	35.4 %	52.1 %	4.0 %	8.0 %	184	133	317	-2.5	4.7	5.8
2011	FA	3	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	1	3	-9.1	5.7	10.8
2012	SI	1473	19.9 %	63.8 %	16.2 %	12.3 %	12.3 %	886	587	1473	-9.2	1.3	9.4
2012	SL	345	13.8 %	50.0 %	36.2 %	9.5 %	9.5 %	231	114	345	1.9	-0.4	2.8
2012	CH	290	19.0 %	55.2 %	25.9 %	26.7 %	6.7 %	164	126	290	-7.2	-0.2	7.6
2012	FC	212	18.9 %	41.5 %	39.6 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	128	84	212	-4.3	5.2	7.2
2013	SI	140	16.7 %	70.0 %	13.3 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	86	54	140	-9.8	3.0	10.4
2013	FC	32	25.0 %	37.5 %	37.5 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	21	11	32	-4.6	5.1	7.5
2013	SL	22	0.0 %	40.0 %	60.0 %	33.3 %	33.3 %	16	6	22	3.5	-1.2	4.2
2013	CH	5	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	3	5	-5.2	-0.1	5.4
Total	SI	5746	18.8 %	62.5 %	18.7 %	7.9 %	12.2 %	3546	2200	5746	-9.4	1.4	9.7
Total	FA	4767	15.3 %	62.9 %	21.8 %	10.8 %	11.7 %	3009	1758	4767	-9.7	3.8	10.6
Total	SL	3804	17.8 %	51.8 %	30.4 %	17.0 %	9.0 %	2443	1361	3804	1.5	0.0	3.0
Total	CH	1877	16.3 %	60.2 %	23.5 %	14.8 %	10.2 %	1082	795	1877	-7.0	0.7	7.5
Total	FC	745	15.7 %	39.3 %	45.0 %	17.5 %	6.3 %	435	310	745	-3.1	4.9	6.3
Total	CU	139	10.5 %	78.9 %	10.5 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	82	57	139	2.3	-2.1	3.7

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2007	FA	1361	22.4 %	61.5 %	40.9 %	68.8 %	92.2 %	85.5 %	47.5 %	6.0 %	1.66	0.12
2007	SL	360	37.9 %	59.1 %	46.7 %	55.0 %	77.3 %	66.7 %	41.4 %	15.6 %	4.96	1.38
2007	CH	280	49.3 %	72.7 %	53.9 %	64.9 %	95.0 %	72.9 %	19.6 %	14.6 %	-0.49	-0.18
2007	CU	54	27.8 %	61.1 %	38.9 %	50.0 %	72.7 %	61.9 %	33.3 %	14.8 %	-2.59	-4.80
2007	SI	46	19.4 %	80.0 %	39.1 %	66.7 %	83.3 %	77.8 %	32.6 %	8.7 %	-0.24	-0.52
2008	FA	1663	19.6 %	57.6 %	38.1 %	80.8 %	92.1 %	89.1 %	48.7 %	4.2 %	1.37	0.08
2008	SL	985	39.8 %	61.8 %	48.4 %	50.8 %	84.1 %	67.5 %	39.3 %	15.7 %	25.64	2.60
2008	CH	214	42.7 %	71.9 %	50.5 %	62.7 %	85.4 %	71.3 %	26.6 %	14.5 %	-3.85	-1.80
2008	SI	91	24.5 %	57.9 %	38.5 %	76.9 %	95.5 %	88.6 %	41.8 %	4.4 %	0.14	0.15
2008	CU	9	42.9 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	33.3 %		33.3 %	22.2 %	22.2 %	0.57	6.33
2009	FA	1655	25.7 %	60.1 %	42.2 %	87.3 %	95.0 %	92.6 %	48.0 %	3.1 %	-1.35	-0.08
2009	SL	757	30.2 %	61.4 %	41.7 %	59.7 %	87.8 %	75.0 %	37.0 %	10.4 %	-6.07	-0.80
2009	SI	489	29.9 %	64.7 %	44.2 %	82.6 %	93.1 %	88.9 %	41.1 %	4.9 %	-1.35	-0.28
2009	CH	168	26.5 %	49.0 %	33.3 %	67.7 %	88.0 %	76.8 %	30.4 %	7.7 %	-5.54	-3.30
2009	CU	76	31.5 %	77.3 %	44.7 %	41.2 %	82.4 %	61.8 %	29.0 %	17.1 %	-2.16	-2.84
2009	FC	39	45.5 %	82.4 %	61.5 %	50.0 %	78.6 %	66.7 %	43.6 %	20.5 %	1.08	2.77
2010	SI	1949	30.1 %	62.5 %	43.3 %	76.4 %	92.3 %	85.8 %	40.7 %	6.2 %	4.10	0.21
2010	SL	533	33.8 %	53.6 %	41.1 %	49.1 %	81.9 %	64.8 %	36.8 %	14.5 %	-3.97	-0.74
2010	CH	395	42.3 %	81.4 %	52.4 %	65.3 %	81.9 %	72.0 %	25.8 %	14.7 %	0.80	0.20
2010	FC	145	20.5 %	56.1 %	34.5 %	77.8 %	87.5 %	84.0 %	39.3 %	5.5 %	-1.72	-1.18
2010	FA	85	11.6 %	54.8 %	32.9 %	60.0 %	95.7 %	89.3 %	49.4 %	3.5 %	0.45	0.52
2011	SI	1558	25.6 %	54.7 %	37.7 %	79.0 %	94.4 %	88.3 %	41.7 %	4.4 %	-11.23	-0.72
2011	SL	802	37.3 %	53.8 %	43.3 %	52.1 %	83.4 %	66.3 %	36.4 %	14.6 %	6.60	0.82
2011	CH	525	40.6 %	78.5 %	49.3 %	65.2 %	88.4 %	73.8 %	23.1 %	13.0 %	-2.19	-0.42
2011	FC	317	22.9 %	59.2 %	37.2 %	77.3 %	97.3 %	89.8 %	39.4 %	3.8 %	-2.93	-0.92
2011	FA	3	0.0 %	100.0 %	33.3 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.21	7.13
2012	SI	1473	22.5 %	60.4 %	41.2 %	80.4 %	95.4 %	91.3 %	49.4 %	3.6 %	-12.91	-0.88
2012	SL	345	41.5 %	54.1 %	47.3 %	42.3 %	85.9 %	65.0 %	45.5 %	16.5 %	4.68	1.36
2012	CH	290	38.7 %	68.1 %	47.9 %	72.7 %	91.9 %	81.3 %	31.4 %	9.0 %	-2.00	-0.69
2012	FC	212	21.9 %	72.9 %	47.6 %	87.0 %	92.3 %	91.1 %	50.5 %	4.3 %	-1.13	-0.53
2013	SI	140	21.3 %	63.1 %	40.7 %	62.5 %	87.8 %	80.7 %	46.4 %	7.9 %	-0.07	-0.05
2013	FC	32	33.3 %	70.6 %	53.1 %	80.0 %	100.0 %	94.1 %	53.1 %	3.1 %	-1.16	-3.61
2013	SL	22	53.3 %	71.4 %	59.1 %	75.0 %	100.0 %	84.6 %	31.8 %	9.1 %	-0.15	-0.68
2013	CH	5	25.0 %	100.0 %	40.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	-0.66	-13.19
Total	SI	5746	26.7 %	60.1 %	41.2 %	78.2 %	93.7 %	88.0 %	43.3 %	5.0 %	-21.57	-0.38
Total	FA	4767	22.4 %	59.5 %	40.2 %	79.8 %	93.2 %	89.3 %	48.1 %	4.3 %	2.35	0.05
Total	SL	3804	36.5 %	58.0 %	44.8 %	52.2 %	84.0 %	68.1 %	38.6 %	14.3 %	31.69	0.83
Total	CH	1877	41.1 %	72.6 %	49.1 %	66.1 %	87.9 %	74.3 %	25.5 %	12.6 %	-13.93	-0.74
Total	FC	745	23.7 %	65.0 %	41.6 %	77.0 %	92.9 %	87.7 %	43.4 %	5.1 %	-5.86	-0.79
Total	CU	139	30.9 %	66.7 %	41.7 %	43.3 %	78.6 %	60.3 %	30.2 %	16.6 %	-4.18	-3.01

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