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**Mark Lowe**
Mark Lowe
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	Seattle Mariners — No. 57
	Relief pitcher
	Born: June 7, 1983 (age 26); Houston, Texas
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	July 7, 2006 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics; (through September 3, 2009)
Win-Loss	4-11
Earned run average	3.96
Strikeouts	131
Teams
	Seattle Mariners (2006-present);

Mark Christopher Lowe (born June 7, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He made his Major League debut on July 7, 2006 in relief against the Detroit Tigers, loading the bases before striking out the side. 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.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2006

He began the season at the Class A Inland Empire 66ers and progressed all the way to the Major Leagues, where he set a club record when he opened his career by throwing 17-2/3 scoreless innings. Lowe was placed on the disabled list on August 20 with right elbow tendinitis and was later transferred to the 60-day disabled list. Lowe underwent arthroscopic surgery on his elbow after the season.^[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] 2008

In 2008 Lowe set career-highs in games, 57, innings, 63.2, and strikeouts, 55. Among Mariners relievers, he ranked 2nd in games, 3rd in innings and 3rd 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^[2] He was optioned to Tacoma on August 25, but did not make an appearance. He was recalled on September 2.

[edit] Personal life

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.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Seattle Mariners (September 29, 2006). "Update on right-handed pitcher Mark Lowe". Press release. http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060929&content_id=1690219&vkey=pr_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea.
^ Mariners hope its first of manymlb.com
^ Seattle Mariners Pitchers Deal with Diabetes ESPN, April 2, 2009

[edit] External links

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

[0] Seattle Mariners (September 29, 2006). "Update on right-handed pitcher Mark Lowe". Press release. http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060929&content_id=1690219&vkey=pr_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea.

[1] Mariners hope its first of manymlb.com

[2] Seattle Mariners Pitchers Deal with Diabetes ESPN, April 2, 2009

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