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John Lee Lowenstein

First name: John

Last name: Lowenstein

Birthdate: 1947-01-27

Bats: L Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 117960

Retro ID: lowej001

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1970	CLE	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.1	2
1971	CLE	2.0	0.5	2.5	-1.0	-0.2	2.8	-1
1972	CLE	2.2	0.3	2.6	0.3	1.1	1.5	3
1973	CLE	4.2	0.8	5.0	0.9	2.4	2.6	7
1974	CLE	7.5	1.1	8.6	2.1	4.6	4.0	14
1975	CLE	3.8	0.4	4.1	-0.8	0.5	3.7	1
1976	CLE	3.3	0.5	3.8	-0.7	0.4	3.4	1
1977	CLE	2.2	0.2	2.4	-0.3	0.4	2.0	1
1978	TEX	2.8	0.4	3.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	4
1979	BAL	2.9	0.4	3.3	2.2	3.2	0.2	9
1980	BAL	2.9	0.4	3.3	1.3	2.3	1.1	7
1981	BAL	2.7	0.4	3.1	-1.6	-0.6	3.8	-2
1982	BAL	4.8	0.7	5.5	3.7	5.3	0.1	16
1983	BAL	4.6	0.6	5.2	2.0	3.5	1.7	11
1984	BAL	3.9	0.4	4.3	-0.5	0.7	3.5	2
1985	BAL	0.4	0.0	0.4	-0.5	-0.4	0.8	-1
Career		50.8	7.3	57.9	7.9	25.3	33.1	74

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1970	CLE	44	-1	-1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	4
1971	CLE	159	-7	-8	0	-1	1	0	-5	0	0	-13	8.8	-1.5	0.0	0.0	-1.5	-1
1972	CLE	171	1	0	2	-1	0	0	-1	-2	0	0	7.5	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1
1973	CLE	335	4	3	2	4	1	1	-11	-1	0	0	9.9	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-5
1974	CLE	574	-9	-9	3	-2	2	1	12	-4	0	7	9.1	0.8	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	20
1975	CLE	297	0	0	1	-6	0	-2	-5	-1	-2	-12	9.4	-1.3	-0.3	0.0	-1.6	-2
1976	CLE	257	-10	-9	-1	4	1	0	-6	-2	0	-11	8.7	-1.3	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	-2
1977	CLE	172	-1	0	1	-7	-1	0	1	-1	-1	-6	9.5	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	3
1978	TEX	217	4	4	0	-1	0	0	-4	0	-1	-1	9.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-1
1979	BAL	232	6	7	2	-2	0	0	9	-2	0	16	9.2	1.7	-0.2	0.0	1.5	12
1980	BAL	231	8	9	0	0	1	-1	-1	-2	0	8	9.6	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.6	2
1981	BAL	213	1	1	-1	-4	-1	-1	-12	-2	0	-18	9.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-9
1982	BAL	384	33	33	-1	-1	0	-1	-2	-4	0	28	9.6	2.9	-0.4	0.1	2.6	3
1983	BAL	366	16	17	1	-1	1	-1	-6	-3	0	11	9.6	1.1	-0.3	0.1	0.9	-1
1984	BAL	307	-3	-2	-6	1	0	1	-4	-2	-1	-10	9.1	-1.1	-0.3	0.0	-1.4	-1
1985	BAL	29	-5	-5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-6	10.3	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-1
Career		3,988	37	40	3	-16	5	-3	-33	-26	-5	-4	-	-0.9	-3.1	0.1	-3.9	22

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1970	CLE	2B	184	39	5.0	5	4	10	9	-0.1	0.3	0	4
1970	CLE	3B	53	12	-1.0	-1	-1	1	1	-0.1	0.0	0	-1
1970	CLE	SS	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1971	CLE	2B	640	105	-3.0	-3	-2	-3	-3	-0.1	-0.6	-1	-3
1971	CLE	SS	75	11	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	-3	-0.3	0.0	0	-1
1972	CLE	1B	13	1	0.0	0	0	-1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1973	CLE	1B	18	3	1.0	1	1	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	1
1973	CLE	2B	568	89	-3.0	-3	-2	-12	-9	0.0	1.0	1	-1
1973	CLE	3B	201	31	-1.0	-1	-1	3	2	0.1	0.0	0	-1
1974	CLE	1B	285	32	1.0	1	1	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	1
1974	CLE	2B	49	11	1.0	1	1	3	3	-0.1	0.0	0	1
1974	CLE	3B	698	110	6.0	5	4	8	3	-0.2	0.0	0	4
1975	CLE	2B	11	4	0.0	0	0	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
1975	CLE	3B	170	23	-2.0	-2	-1	-6	-5	-0.3	0.0	0	-1
1976	CLE	1B	228	21	-2.0	-2	-1	-4	-5	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1977	CLE	1B	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1978	TEX	3B	591	86	0.0	0	0	4	1	-0.7	0.0	-1	-1
1979	BAL	1B	6	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1979	BAL	3B	30	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1983	BAL	2B	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1984	BAL	1B	39	2	0.0	0	0	-2	-2	0.0	0.0	0	0
		1B	595	60	0.0	0	1	-2	-4	0.0	0.0	0	1
		2B	1454	248	0.0	0	1	-1	2	-0.3	0.7	0	1
		3B	1743	266	2.0	1	1	10	2	-1.2	0.0	-1	0
		SS	78	11	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	-3	-0.3	0.0	0	-1

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1970	CLE	LF	11	2	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1971	CLE	LF	86	8	0.0	0	0	0	6	0	0
1971	CLE	CF	22	1	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	0	-1
1971	CLE	RF	104	17	0.0	0	0	0	13	0	0
1972	CLE	LF	391	44	0.0	0	0	4	19	0	0
1972	CLE	CF	88	9	0.0	0	0	-2	3	0	0
1972	CLE	RF	437	64	-1.0	-2	-2	-2	23	1	-1
1973	CLE	LF	295	28	-3.0	-3	-3	-4	14	1	-2
1973	CLE	CF	100	12	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	11	0	-1
1973	CLE	RF	537	73	-6.0	-7	-6	-13	30	-1	-7
1974	CLE	LF	2275	255	7.0	6	5	6	104	1	6
1974	CLE	CF	173	23	1.0	1	1	0	8	0	1
1974	CLE	RF	66	10	0.0	0	0	-3	8	-1	-1
1975	CLE	LF	387	33	-2.0	-2	-2	-8	16	0	-2
1975	CLE	CF	87	14	1.0	1	1	3	8	0	1
1975	CLE	RF	292	44	-4.0	-4	-3	-6	20	0	-3
1976	CLE	LF	257	31	0.0	0	0	2	11	1	1
1976	CLE	CF	410	58	-4.0	-4	-3	-5	20	1	-2
1976	CLE	RF	414	61	-4.0	-5	-4	-12	35	0	-4
1977	CLE	LF	423	49	-1.0	-1	-1	1	25	0	-1
1977	CLE	CF	76	12	0.0	0	0	2	4	0	0
1977	CLE	RF	230	35	2.0	2	2	0	11	0	2
1978	TEX	LF	234	20	-2.0	-2	-2	-6	9	-1	-3
1978	TEX	RF	6	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
1979	BAL	LF	815	97	7.0	7	6	10	41	0	6
1979	BAL	CF	14	2	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1979	BAL	RF	332	65	5.0	4	3	4	26	0	3
1980	BAL	LF	1502	179	1.0	1	1	5	90	-1	0
1980	BAL	RF	78	12	-1.0	-1	-1	0	8	0	-1
1981	BAL	LF	1388	151	-10.0	-10	-9	-17	90	-2	-11
1981	BAL	RF	72	10	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	6	0	-1
1982	BAL	LF	2517	289	2.0	2	2	-4	122	-5	-3
1982	BAL	RF	17	4	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	1
1983	BAL	LF	2296	243	-6.0	-6	-5	-21	110	-1	-6
1984	BAL	LF	1409	148	-4.0	-5	-4	-8	17	0	-4
1985	BAL	LF	88	12	-1.0	-1	-1	0	1	0	-1
		LF	14374	1589	-12.0	-14	-13	-39	675	-7	-20
		CF	970	131	-4.0	-4	-3	-4	55	1	-2
		RF	2585	396	-9.0	-13	-11	-32	182	-1	-12

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1979	BAL	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0
1983	BAL	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	-0.2	1
Career		0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.0	1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	Fld	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM	DVoDH
1979	BAL	22	0	0	1	-1	0	9.6	0.0	0.0	-1
1983	BAL	20	2	2	0	0	2	6.7	0.3	0.3	0
Career		42	2	2	1	-1	2	-	0.3	0.3	-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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