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American sportswriter
John Lowe
is an American retired
sportswriter
.
In 1985, while writing for
The Philadelphia Inquirer
, Lowe invented the
quality start
statistic.
[1]
He wrote that it "shows exactly how many times a baseball pitcher has done his job."
[2]
The next year, he joined the
Detroit Free Press
to cover the
Detroit Tigers
. In December 2022, Lowe was named as the recipient of the
BBWAA Career Excellence Award
.
[3]
In 2023 he was honored at the
baseball hall of fame
.
[4]
Lowe graduated from the
University of Southern California
(USC) and worked for the
Los Angeles Daily News
early in his career.
[5]
He served as president of the
Baseball Writers' Association of America
(BBWAA), and in 2012 was named Michigan sports writer of the year.
[5]
He retired in 2014.
[6]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Neyer, Rob (April 13, 2006).
"Quality start still a good measure of quality"
. ESPN
. Retrieved
December 7,
2022
.
- ^
Lowe, John (December 26, 1985).
"A stat for off-season: A new gauge of starting pitchers"
.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
. p. 1D
. Retrieved
January 24,
2023
– via newspapers.com.
- ^
"Longtime Free Press writer Lowe wins BBWAA excellence award"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
December 7,
2022
.
- ^
Paul, Tony.
"Free Press' John Lowe enters Baseball HOF: 'The whole ride has been outstanding'
"
.
The Detroit News
. Retrieved
May 4,
2024
.
- ^
a
b
Crawford, Kirkland; Petzold, Evan (December 6, 2022).
"Former Free Press writer John Lowe wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award, going to Hall of Fame"
.
Detroit Free Press
. Retrieved
January 30,
2023
.
- ^
Jaffe, Jay (October 23, 2014).
"In honor of John Lowe, examining the numbers behind the quality start stat"
.
si.com
. Retrieved
December 7,
2022
.
