David Nathaniel Lowe Jr. ( ; born July 7, 1995) is an American

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for the Texas Rangers of

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(MLB). He previously played in MLB for the

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Amateur career

Lowe attended

Pope High School Alan C. Pope High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, within unincorporated Cobb County. The school was founded in 1987 and serves approximately 1,888 students in grades 9- 12. The school mascot is the gre ...

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. He enrolled at

Mercer University Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the state and enrolls more than 9,00 ...

and played

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for the Mercer Bears in 2014. He transferred to St. Johns River State College for the 2015 season, and transferred to Mississippi State University to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs for 2016. That year, he was named a Second Team

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n by Louisville Slugger.

Professional career

Tampa Bay Rays

The Rays selected Lowe in the 13th round, with the 390th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the Class A Short Season New York-Penn League, batting .300/.382/.437 with four

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s and 40

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(RBIs) in 67 games. He played for both the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League and the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced

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in 2017, hitting .274 with seven home runs and 59 RBIs in 115 games between both teams. Lowe began the 2018 season with Charlotte. He received a midseason promotion to the Montgomery Biscuits of the

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Southern League, and was named to represent the Rays in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. The Rays promoted Lowe again, to the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League, in August. Lowe was named to the 2018 MLB Pipeline team of the year after hitting .330/.416/.568 with 27 home runs and 102 RBIs in 130 games between the three clubs. He returned to Durham to begin 2019. The Rays promoted Lowe to the major leagues on April 29, 2019. On July 5, 2019 he hit his first major league home run against the

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. On July 13, 2019 Lowe recorded his first multi home run game. In 2020 for the Rays, Lowe appeared in 21 games, slashing .224/.316/.433 with 4 home runs 11 RBIs in 76 at-bats.

Texas Rangers

On December 10, 2020, the Rays traded Lowe to the Texas Rangers along with Jake Guenther and Carl Chester in exchange for Heriberto Hernandez,

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, and Alexander Ovalles.

2021

Over 157 games in 2021, Lowe hit .264/.357/.415/.771 with 18 home runs and 72 RBIs.

2022

On June 15, 2022, Lowe became the first major leaguer to strike out in two immaculate innings in one game versus the Houston Astros. It was also the first occurrence in major league history of more than one immaculate inning thrown on the same date. The first was hurled in the second inning by starter Luis Garcia and the second in the seventh inning by reliever

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. Lowe hit into 3–6 triple play in the fourth inning on August 22, lining out to

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first baseman José Miranda, who put out Corey Seager and threw to shortstop Carlos Correa to put out Marcus Semien at second base. For the week ending August 28, 2022, Lowe was named AL Player of the Week. In six games, he batted .385/.407/.923/1.331 (10-for-26) with four home runs and 11 RBI He led all MLB players in RBI, home runs (tied), and total bases (tied-24). Lowe finished the 2022 season hitting .302/.358/.492/.851 with 27 home runs and 76 RBI. He received the 2022 American League Silver Slugger Award for first basemen. On January 13, 2023, Lowe agreed to a one-year, $4.05 million contract with the Rangers for the 2023 season, avoiding salary arbitration.

Personal life

His brother, Josh Lowe, plays in the Rays organization. They were teammates with Bowling Green and Charlotte. His father, David, was drafted by the

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in the 1986 MLB Draft, but instead attended the U.S. Naval Academy and became a Naval Aviator and career fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Nate 1995 births Living people Baseball players from Norfolk, Virginia Baseball players from Marietta, Georgia Major League Baseball first basemen Silver Slugger Award winners Tampa Bay Rays players Texas Rangers players Mercer Bears baseball players St. Johns River State Vikings baseball players Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball players Hudson Valley Renegades players Bowling Green Hot Rods players Charlotte Stone Crabs players Montgomery Biscuits players Durham Bulls players Leones del Escogido players American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic