Jed Lowrie
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| Jed Lowrie | |
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| Boston Red Sox — No. 12 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: April 17, 1984 Salem, Oregon |
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| Bats: Switch | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 15, 2008 for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Career statistics (through 2009) |
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| Batting average | .245 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 46 |
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Jed Carlson Lowrie (born April 17, 1984 in Salem, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Boston Red Sox.
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[edit] Baseball career
[edit] College
In 2004, while playing for Stanford, Lowrie earned Pac-10 Player of the Year honors. Lowrie was a First Team All-American in 2004 and 2005.
[edit] Minor Leagues
From 2005 through 2007, Lowrie played for Boston at three different minor league levels. During the 2007 season, he made the Eastern League All-Star team, was named the Portland Sea Dogs Most Valuable Player, and the Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Year as well. He was promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket late in the season.
[edit] Boston Red Sox
Lowrie was called up from the minor leagues on April 10, 2008 after Mike Lowell was placed on the DL. He made his debut on April 15, driving home three runs in a 5–3 victory in Cleveland.
Lowrie was called up to replace Julio Lugo when he went on the DL. On August 1, 2008, in teammate Jason Bay's first game on the Red Sox, Lowrie hit a game winning infield single in the 12th inning to knock in Bay with the decisive run and upend the Oakland Athletics, 2-1[1]. Lowrie was responsible for the other Red Sox run in that game, as a sacrifice fly in the second inning allowed Bay to score from third. On August 24, he hit his second home run of the season, a game-winner, as the Sox won 6-5.[2]. He committed no errors in 49 games played at shortstop during the regular season,[3] and played regularly in the 2008 postseason as one of Boston's two starting shortstops. On October 6th, 2008, Lowrie drove in the series-winning run against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Lowrie's pre-season grand slam on April 4, 2009 was the first major league home run at Citi Field. [4]
During the 2009 regular season, Lowrie appeared in five games for Boston this season before landing on the 15-day disabled list with a left wrist sprain on April 13 (retroactive to April 12). On April 21, the switch-hitter underwent an ulnar styloid excision and arthroscopic ligament repair on his left wrist performed by Dr. Donald Sheridan which landed him on the 60-day disabled list. Lowrie began a minor league rehab assignment on June 21 and on July 8th the Red Sox activated him from the 60-day DL. Lowrie will first be eligible to play for Boston on July 18, the second game after the All-Star break.[5]
[edit] Major League Statistics
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
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| 2008 | BOS | 81 | 260 | 34 | 67 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 35 | 68 | .258 | .339 | .400 |
| 2009 | BOS | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .056 | .150 | .056 |
| Total | 2 year | 81 | 260 | 34 | 67 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 35 | 68 | .258 | .339 | .400 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/08/02/lowrie_leaves_an_impression/
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080824&content_id=3359826&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb/
- ^ Chuck, Bill. 100 random things about the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees, The Boston Globe. Published April 2, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
- ^ http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/perez-falters-in-tune-up-but-achieves-citi-field-milestone/
- ^ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090708&content_id=5769576&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos
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