Jed Lowrie

Infobox MLB player

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width = 150px
name = Jed Lowrie
team = Boston Red Sox
number = 12
position = Shortstop
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|4|17
birthplace = city-state|Salem|Oregon
bats = Switch
throws = Right
debutdate = April 15
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Boston Red Sox
statyear = 2008
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .258
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 2
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 46
teams =
*Boston Red Sox (by|2008-present)

Jed Carlson Lowrie (born April 17, 1984 in Salem, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6'0", 180 lb., Lowrie is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed. He was acquired by Boston in the 2005 draft, 1st round, out of Stanford University.

While playing for Stanford, in 2004 Lowrie gained the Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, and was selected for the First Team All-American by "Baseball America", "Louisville Slugger" and "Sports Weekly". Then, in 2005 was honored for the First Team Preseason All-American by "Baseball America", "Louisville Slugger", and the "National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association". From 2005 through 2007, Lowrie has played for Boston at three different minor league levels. During the 2007 season, he made the Eastern League All-Star team, was named the Portland Sea Dogs Most Valuable Player, and the Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Year as well. He was promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket late in the season.

Lowrie was called up from the minors on April 10, 2008 after Mike Lowell was placed on the DL. He made his debut on April 15, driving home three runs in a 5-3 victory in Cleveland.

Most recently, he was called up to replace Julio Lugo when he went on the DL. He is currently on the active roster. On August 2nd, 2008, in teammate Jason Bay's first game on the Red Sox, Lowrie hit a game winning infield single in the 12th inning to knock in Bay with the decisive run and upend the Oakland Athletics, 2-1 [http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/08/02/lowrie_leaves_an_impression/] . On August 24, he hit his second home run of the season, a game-winner, as the Sox won 6-5. [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080824&content_id=3359826&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb/] . He played regularly in the 2008 postseason as one of Boston's two starting shortstops. On October 6th, 2008, Jed Lowrie drove in the game winning and series winning run against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

In game four of the 2008 ALDS against the Angels, Lowrie singled in the bottom of the 9th bringing in Jason Bay for the winning run.

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External links

* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/265012.html Baseball America IL Top 20 Prospects]
* [http://www.soxprospects.com/players/lowrie-jed.htm Boston Red Sox prospects]
* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=8591 Baseball Reference] minor league statistics