Noah Lowry

Trivia

• Prior to the 2006 season, the Giants signed Lowry to a four-year deal with an option for a fifth year, valued at $9.25 million. At the time, it was the second largest contract for a pitcher with only one full season of big league service.
• In eighteen starts before the 2005 All-Star break, Lowry posted an ERA of 5.07. He had an 8-4 record and a 2.43 ERA after the break.
• With an early victory to start off the 2005 season, Lowry began his career with a 7-0 record, the longest winning streak for any pitcher in San Francisco Giants history.
• He was named the National League's Player of the Week for the week of August 9, 2003.
• Following a September call-up in 2003, Lowry enjoyed a very successful partial rookie year for the Giants in 2004, going 6-0, and finishing with a 3.82 ERA in fourteen starts.
• Lowry was first drafted out of high school by the Texas Rangers in the nineteenth round of the 1999 MLB Draft, but instead opted to attend Pepperdine University, where he roomed with Dan Haren.
• He is occasionally used as a pinch hitter when the team is out of position players. He is also occasionally used as a pinch runner.
• In 2005, he hit .271, drove in seven runs, and had six extra base hits in 59 at bats.
• When he was called up in September 2003, he hit a double in his first career at bat.
• Lowry, is also known as one of the better hitting pitchers in the National League, with a career batting average of .170.