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John
Lowenstein		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 27, 1947 in Usa, MT, WOLF POINT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 23 SEM AL     5 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1971 24 SEM AL     5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1972 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6
1973 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
1974 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6
1975 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6
1976 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1977 30 SEM AL $ 960,714   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1978 31 SEM AL $ 1,521,429   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 5
1979 32 SEM AL     7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 5
1980 33 IND AL $ 5,000,001   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
1981 34 IND AL $ 5,000,001   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
1982 35 IND AL $ 5,000,001   3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
1983 36 PIT NL $ 5,000,001   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,001   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 23 AA   136 529 97 144 24 2 28 92 9 3 90 81 .272 .378 .484 .862 99.0  
1971 24 AAA   137 514 82 153 13 2 33 101 11 3 67 75 .298 .379 .523 .902 100.6  
1972 25 SEM AL 17 51 10 14 4 0 2 5 0 1 5 9 .275 .333 .471 .804 8.1 1.4
    AAA   134 458 75 114 24 4 26 77 6 1 56 66 .249 .331 .489 .820 75.7  
1973 26 SEM AL 15 20 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 .250 .385 .250 .635 3.1 0.4
1974 27 SEM AL 11 34 6 10 1 0 3 9 0 0 2 3 .294 .333 .588 .922 5.8 1.1
    AAA   133 502 104 146 13 2 29 89 6 7 80 82 .291 .388 .498 .886 96.1  
1975 28 SEM AL 82 231 22 54 9 1 5 21 1 1 26 46 .234 .308 .346 .654 25.2 2.4
1976 29 SEM AL 84 164 23 46 3 0 3 25 0 0 20 30 .280 .355 .354 .708 21.6 3.6
1977 30 SEM AL 94 193 33 62 9 1 2 22 0 1 29 24 .321 .408 .409 .817 31.3 6.6
1978 31 SEM AL 97 152 20 43 6 2 2 26 0 0 21 20 .283 .362 .388 .750 23.4 4.6
1979 32 SEM AL 97 163 24 39 4 0 3 21 1 0 29 26 .239 .354 .319 .673 19.6 2.7
1980 33 IND AL 147 491 78 160 21 4 15 64 2 0 53 74 .326 .392 .477 .869 85.5 19.6
1981 34 IND AL 137 520 68 150 19 6 13 87 0 0 49 77 .288 .348 .423 .771 71.1 14.0
1982 35 IND AL 90 284 30 60 7 1 3 25 1 1 27 66 .211 .279 .275 .553 22.9 1.6
1983 36 AAA   137 492 50 101 10 1 8 51 4 2 53 123 .205 .283 .278 .561 41.3  
11 Years Sim 871 2303 318 643 83 15 51 306 6 5 266 377 .279 .352 .395 .747 317.7 58.1
4 Years AAA 541 1966 311 514 60 9 96 318 27 13 256 346 .261 .345 .448 .793 313.6  
1 Years AA 136 529 97 144 24 2 28 92 9 3 90 81 .272 .374 .484 .858 99.0  
5 Years Minors 677 2495 408 658 84 11 124 410 36 16 346 427 .264 .351 .455 .807 412.6  
162 Game Average 428 59 119 15 2 9 56 1 0 49 70 .279 .352 .395 .747 59.1  
Career Highs 147 520 78 160 21 6 15 87 2 1 53 77 .326 .408 .588 .922 85.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1906 263 540 72 14 41 261 4 5 222 292 .283 .356 .400 .756 275.4
vs LH   397 55 103 11 1 10 45 2 0 44 85 .259 .332 .368 .700 51.0
Home 440 1187 164 337 41 8 25 143 2 3 135 196 .284 .354 .395 .749 169.0
Away 431 1116 154 306 42 7 26 163 4 2 131 181 .274 .349 .394 .744 157.3
RISP   630 0 176 20 3 11 240 0 0 86 96 .279 .357 .373 .730 90.0
Pinch Hitting   238 37 69 3 0 3 49 0 0 47 31 .290 .403 .340 .743 37.7
Close/Late   370 49 107 12 2 9 55 0 0 43 63 .289 .361 .405 .766 55.1
Mar/Apr 139 321 41 92 14 3 5 43 3 3 36 59 .287 .356 .396 .751 45.2
May 150 414 57 119 9 4 13 72 0 0 36 73 .287 .345 .423 .768 59.8
June 140 386 67 109 19 2 8 46 0 1 52 60 .282 .366 .404 .770 58.0
July 133 360 46 114 14 4 5 46 1 0 40 62 .317 .382 .419 .802 57.1
August 136 351 46 97 9 2 8 45 1 0 37 53 .276 .343 .382 .724 47.5
Sep/Oct 170 471 61 112 18 0 12 54 1 1 65 70 .238 .328 .352 .680 58.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 25 SEM AL 1B 11 11 90.0 106 11 1 5 .992 11.70   0.2
    LF 6 5 42.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.07   0.1
1973 26 SEM AL LF 4 1 21.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.43   0.0
    1B 2 2 16.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 14.06   0.0
    RF 1 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 27 SEM AL LF 10 10 81.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.3
1975 28 SEM AL CF 36 34 290.7 92 0 1 0 .989 2.85   2.1
    RF 14 13 122.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    1B 4 4 34.0 34 8 1 2 .977 11.12   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 29 SEM AL CF 15 15 124.0 31 2 0 1 1.000 2.40   0.5
    RF 8 8 68.7 16 0 1 0 .941 2.10    
    LF 14 1 35.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1977 30 SEM AL LF 23 6 94.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.7
    CF 11 10 93.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.52    
    1B 9 7 65.7 68 6 1 8 .987 10.14   0.1
    RF 6 6 53.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1978 31 SEM AL CF 11 9 84.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 3.43   0.7
    1B 8 7 61.0 73 7 0 5 1.000 11.80   0.1
    RF 5 5 45.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
    LF 6 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1979 32 SEM AL LF 15 10 101.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   1.0
    RF 11 9 74.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    CF 7 7 60.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    1B 6 5 47.0 73 5 1 5 .987 14.94   0.1
1980 33 IND AL 1B 119 111 972.7 1239 71 15 112 .989 12.12   1.1
    LF 8 4 45.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.3
    CF 11 1 32.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.31    
    RF 6 2 28.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1981 34 IND AL 1B 113 108 966.7 1177 102 9 112 .993 11.91   2.2
    RF 10 9 80.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.6
    CF 7 2 31.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.90    
    LF 5 3 30.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1982 35 IND AL RF 80 77 632.3 142 4 2 2 .986 2.08   1.8
    CF 2 1 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
  1B 274 255 2257.0 2800 211 28 250 .991 12.01   4.0
  RF 141 130 1114.0 244 8 3 2 .988 2.04   2.4
  CF 101 79 727.7 227 4 2 1 .991 2.86   3.3
  LF 94 41 473.3 102 1 0 0 1.000 1.96   2.5
Career Totals   610 505 4572.0 3373 224 33 253 .991 7.08   12.2
Career Highs   144 122 1107.7 1266 104 15 112 1.000 11.17    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 28 SEM AL 14 45 5 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 8 .244 .308 .378 .685
1976 29 SEM AL 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
1977 30 SEM AL 7 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .067 .243
1978 31 SEM AL 13 9 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .556 .692 .556 1.248
1979 32 SEM AL 8 10 1 3 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 .300 .273 .600 .873
1981 34 IND AL 9 32 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 10 .188 .316 .219 .535
Career Post-Season Batting 54 114 17 28 4 0 3 17 1 0 17 22 .246 .336 .360 .695
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1980-3-.326
 On-Base Pct
1980-4-.392
 Slugging Pct
1980-6-.477
 OPS
1980-3-.869
 RBIs
1981-10-87
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1970
Injured on 4/10/1971 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/12/1971 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/1/1972, off Steve Hargan (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/1972, off Bob Reynolds (NYA)
Injured on 4/19/1974 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Injured on 9/18/1974 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $960,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,521,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,521,429 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Released by Seattle on 10/28/1979
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/9/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,001 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 5/23/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Drove in 8 runs against Milwaukee on 7/8/1981
 
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