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John Lowe (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

  1. ^ Neyer, Rob (April 13, 2006). "Quality start still a good measure of quality". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Longtime Free Press writer Lowe wins BBWAA excellence award". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Paul, Tony. "Free Press' John Lowe enters Baseball HOF: 'The whole ride has been outstanding'". The Detroit News. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Jaffe, Jay (October 23, 2014). "In honor of John Lowe, examining the numbers behind the quality start stat". si.com. Retrieved December 7, 2022.


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