Jed Lowrie Announces Retirement
2 years agoSecond baseman Jed Lowrie announced his retirement from professional baseball on Thursday, which included three different stints with the Oakland Athletics. Lowrie finishes his 14-year major-league career with a .257/.330/.406 slash line, .736 OPS, 121 home runs, 594 RBI, 590 runs scored and eight stolen bases in 5,196 regular season plate appearances and 1,307 games played. He spent half of his time in the big leagues playing for the A's, and his lone All-Star appearance came with Oakland in 2018, when he hit .267/.353/.448 with an .801 OPS, career-high 23 home runs, 99 RBI and 78 runs scored in 157 games. Lowrie also played for the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and New York Mets in his career.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle - Susan Slusser
Source: San Francisco Chronicle - Susan Slusser