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Derek Lowe played 17 major-league seasons (1997-2013) as a P (681). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24 | SEA|BOS | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1998 | 25 | BOS | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | -41 |
| 2000 | 27 | BOS | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2001 | 28 | BOS | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2002 | 29 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .833 | 130 |
| 2003 | 30 | BOS | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2004 | 31 | BOS | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .750 | 89 |
| 2005 | 32 | LAN | 35 | 65 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .154 | .364 | -1 |
| 2006 | 33 | LAN | 35 | 64 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .094 | .270 | -27 |
| 2007 | 34 | LAN | 33 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .119 | .303 | -17 |
| 2008 | 35 | LAN | 34 | 65 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .138 | .315 | -13 |
| 2009 | 36 | ATL | 34 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .222 | .498 | 38 |
| 2010 | 37 | ATL | 34 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .151 | .451 | 26 |
| 2011 | 38 | ATL | 34 | 52 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .173 | .540 | 51 |
| 2012 | 39 | CLE|NYA | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 178 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24 | SEA|BOS | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 52 | 23 | 6.13 | 74 |
| 1998 | 25 | BOS | 63 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 123 | 77 | 42 | 4.02 | 116 |
| 1999 | 26 | BOS | 74 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 109.1 | 80 | 25 | 2.63 | 184 |
| 2000 | 27 | BOS | 74 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 91.1 | 79 | 22 | 2.56 | 192 |
| 2001 | 28 | BOS | 67 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 91.2 | 82 | 29 | 3.53 | 127 |
| 2002 | 29 | BOS | 32 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 219.2 | 127 | 48 | 2.58 | 173 |
| 2003 | 30 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 203.1 | 110 | 72 | 4.47 | 101 |
| 2004 | 31 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 182.2 | 105 | 71 | 5.42 | 85 |
| 2005 | 32 | LAN | 35 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 222 | 146 | 55 | 3.61 | 117 |
| 2006 | 33 | LAN | 35 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 218 | 123 | 55 | 3.63 | 123 |
| 2007 | 34 | LAN | 33 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 199.1 | 147 | 59 | 3.88 | 114 |
| 2008 | 35 | LAN | 34 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 211 | 147 | 45 | 3.24 | 132 |
| 2009 | 36 | ATL | 34 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 194.2 | 111 | 63 | 4.67 | 90 |
| 2010 | 37 | ATL | 33 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 193.2 | 136 | 61 | 4.00 | 100 |
| 2011 | 38 | ATL | 34 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 187 | 137 | 70 | 5.05 | 75 |
| 2012 | 39 | CLE|NYA | 38 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 142.2 | 55 | 51 | 5.11 | 80 |
| 2013 | 40 | TEX | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 9.00 | 44 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | P | 20 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | P | 63 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | P | 74 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | P | 74 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | P | 67 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | P | 32 | 32 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | P | 33 | 33 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | P | 33 | 33 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | P | 35 | 35 | 21 | 48 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | P | 35 | 34 | 19 | 49 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | P | 33 | 32 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | P | 34 | 34 | 15 | 39 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | P | 34 | 34 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | P | 33 | 33 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | P | 34 | 34 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | P | 38 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Derek Lowe won: TSN All-Star 2002 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2002.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 41 / 140 | 0 |
| 2002 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.