Mark Lowe

Mark Lowe
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – No. 38
Relief pitcher
Born: (1983-06-07) June 7, 1983 Houston, Texas
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 7, 2006 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics (through April 15, 2013)
Win–loss record	8–20
Earned run average	4.12
Strikeouts	235
Teams
Seattle Mariners (2006–2010) Texas Rangers (2010–2012) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013–present)

Mark Christopher Lowe (born June 7, 1983) is a professional baseball relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. His fastball has been clocked as high as 101 mph. He also throws a slider and a circle changeup.

College career

Mark Lowe attended the University of Texas-Arlington. He also pitched for the Wisconsin Woodchucks in the 2002 and 2003 summer seasons and was a part of their championship team in 2003.

Professional career

Seattle Mariners

Lowe was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the 2004 MLB Draft and began his career with the Everett AquaSox of the Class-A Northwest League. In 22 starts with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in 2005, he made 22 starts and was 6-6 with a 5.47 ERA. He proceeded to play for the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino and San Antonio Missions in 2006.

2006

He made his Major League debut for the Seattle Mariners on July 7, 2006 in relief against the Detroit Tigers, loading the bases before striking out the side. He opened his career by throwing 17-2/3 scoreless innings. He picked up his first win on July 19 against the New York Yankees. Lowe was placed on the disabled list on August 20 with right elbow tendinitis and was later transferred to the 60-day disabled list. He underwent arthroscopic surgery on his elbow after the season.

2007

Lowe was placed on 60-Day disabled list on April 1 and began a rehabilitation assignment on July 3 with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. He also made rehab appearances for the Short Season Everett AquaSox and the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx before being activated on July 24, He was 0-0, with a 6.75 ERA in four relief appearances, during his seven rehab appearances in West Tennessee, Everett and Tacoma. He was optioned to Tacoma on August 9 to make room on the roster for John Parrish. He was recalled from Tacoma and placed on 15-day DL on August 28. He was rated by Baseball America as the Mariners number 8 prospect heading into the 2008 season.

2008-2009

In 2008 Lowe set career-highs in games (57), innings (63.2), and strikeouts (55). Among Mariners relievers, he ranked second in games, third in innings and third in strikeouts. He was 0-2, with a 3.60 ERA at home, the 6th-lowest home ERA by a reliever in the American League. He began the season by making 12 scoreless relief appearances in his first 13 games. Lowe recorded a 0.55 ERA by allowing just one run in 16.1 innings from March 31 to June 13. He tossed at least 2 innings in 12 of his 57 appearances.

He recorded his first Major League save April 11 against the Los Angeles Angels. Lowe was optioned to Tacoma on August 25, but did not make an appearance. He was recalled on September 2.

Texas Rangers

On July 9, 2010, Lowe was traded to the Texas Rangers with Cliff Lee for Justin Smoak and prospects Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke and Matt Lawson. He made his debut for the Rangers on September 29, 2010 against Seattle, coming back from injury to throw a scoreless inning against his former team.

Lowe was included on the Rangers postseason roster for 2011. He was on the mound when David Freese hit the walk off home run to end game 6 of the 2011 World Series. He appeared in 36 games in 2012, with a 3.43 ERA.

Los Angeles Angels

On February 8, 2013 he signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers that included an invitation to spring training. The Dodgers released him on March 24 and he signed another minor league contract, this time with the Los Angeles Angels on March 27.

Personal life

Lowe played High School Baseball at Fort Bend Baptist Academy in Sugar Land, TX. Lowe was diagnosed with diabetes in 2008. Although initially he was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic, his diagnosis was changed to Type 1 before the 2009 season.

Mark married his fiancé Stephanie Morgan on December 4, 2010.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)