Mike Lowell

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Mike Lowell
Mike Lowell at Spring Training 2007
Mike Lowell at Spring Training 2007
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Third baseman
Born: February 24, 1974 in
San Juan , Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico 
Strikes: Right Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 13,  1998  with the  New York Yankees
Last MLB assignment
October 2,  2010  at the  Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 279
Home runs    223
Runs Batted In    952
Teams

Awards

Michael Averett Lowell (born February 24, 1974 in San Juan , Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican baseball player with Cuban ancestry. Lowell was active as a third baseman with the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball until 2010 . He was previously with the New York Yankees in 1998 and with the Florida Marlins from 1999 to 2005 . He ended his professional career on October 2, 2010.

Career

Youth and personal

Mike Lowell grew up in Miami , Florida , (USA) . He is the son of the former pitcher Carlos Lowell, a Cuban exile with Irish and German ancestry who lived in Puerto Rico from 1962 to 1974 and played there for the Puerto Rican national team.

In 1992 Lowell graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables , Florida . During his time in high school, Lowell was the star player on the school's baseball team. During this time Lowell also met his future wife Bertica Lowell, with whom he has two children. The family currently lives in Pinecrest , Florida.

On February 19, 1999, Lowell was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which is why he missed nearly two months of the 1999 season due to necessary treatment.

Florida International University

Lowell received an athletic scholarship for Florida International University . In 1994 he played for the Chatham A's in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Lowell's shirt number 15 is no longer awarded after he was three times All Conference player at Florida International University. Lowell graduated from the university in 1997 with a graduate degree in finance .

Major League Baseball

New York Yankees

1995 Lowell was in the 20th round by the New York Yankees drafted . In September 1998 he made his MLB debut and played a total of eight games for the Yankees. In the off season he was traded to the Florida Marlins .

Florida marlins

Shortly after Lowell was traded on 1 February 1999 to the Florida Marlins, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in him, so he until May 29, 1999, following the treatment of 21 February is not the squad was the Marlins. Upon returning to the team, Lowell ended the season with a .253 batting average , 12  home runs and 47  RBI .

More successful years in Florida followed, in which he rose to one of the best third baseman in the league. In 2001 he finished the season with 18 home runs and 100 RBI.

During the 2003 season, which was on his way to playing the best season of his career, Lowell suffered a broken hand due to a hit by pitch by the Montreal Expos pitcher Hector Almonte . As a result of the injury, Lowell missed 32 games. Nevertheless, he finished the season with 32 homers and 105 RBI and, after his injury, played a decisive role in the Marlins' victory in the 2003 World Series .

In 2004 Lowell achieved the best batting average of his career with .293 at 27 home runs and 85 RBI.

Despite a disappointing 2005 season with only 8 home runs, Lowell got his first Gold Glove that year . In November 2005, Lowell was part of a trade by the Marlins and the Boston Red Sox . In addition to Lowell, Josh Beckett and Guillermo Mota also moved to Boston. In return, Hanley Ramírez , Aníbal Sánchez , Jesús Delgado and Harvey García moved to Florida.

Boston Red Sox

Lowell in the spring of 2007.

Lowell was unexpectedly strong on his new team in the 2006 season. At times he headed the list of doubles. He also showed a very good defensive performance at third base. Lowell finished the season with 20 home runs and 80 RBI and shared first place in the statistics of the highest percentage fielding (fewest errors ) as third baseman with Eric Chavez .

The subsequent 2007 season turned out to be one of Mike Lowell's best. He improved his career records in hits, RBI, average and OPS. He was also instrumental in winning the 2007 World Series , the Red Sox's second success in four years. An early highlight of the season was the match against the New York Yankees on April 22, in which Lowell was one of four Red Sox players to hit four home runs in a row. At the end of the season, Lowell had 120 RBI, which in addition to a personal record was also a franchise record for a third baseman of the Red Sox. At the end of the season, Lowell was named a World Series MVP after winning the team's seventh World Series with the Red Sox . During the 4-0 sweep against the Colorado Rockies , Lowell reached .400 with a home run and four RBIs. He was only the second Puerto Rican to be elected MVP (the first was Roberto Clemente ).

Mike Lowell is known for the so-called hidden ball trick , a play in baseball in which the passing of the ball to the pitcher is simulated, but the ball actually remains hidden in the glove of the previous player. If the player of the offense now takes his lead in the belief that the ball is at the pitcher, it can be made "out".

On May 6, 2008, Lowell's autobiography Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within was published .

Achievements and Awards

  • 4 participations in the All-Star Game: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
  • Tony Conigliaro Award 1999

literature

  • Mike Lowell, Rob Bradford: Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within. 2008, ISBN 978-0-451-22555-9

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Commons : Mike Lowell  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Lowell, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lowell, Michael Averett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan (Puerto Rico) , Puerto Rico