Jed Lowrie of the Oakland Athletics has been named to the American League All-Star Team for the 89th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17 at Nationals Park in Washington DC. It is his first career All-Star selection.
 
Lowrie is the first A's middle infielder to be selected to the All-Star Game since Miguel Tejada in 2002. He will join teammate Blake Treinen at the All-Star Game and Oakland will boast multiple All-Star selections for the first time since 2015 (Sonny Gray & Stephen Vogt).
 
Lowrie is hitting .288 (100-for-347) with 40 runs, 25 doubles, 16 home runs, 62 RBI, a .358 on-base percentage, a .504 slugging mark and an .863 OPS in 89 games this season. He is among the American League leaders in multiple offensive categories, including T2nd in RBI (62), 2nd in game-winning RBI (12), T4th in go-ahead RBI (17), T6th in multi-hit games (32), T9th in hits (100) and T8th in doubles (25). He's hitting .342 (25-for-73) with 6 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 40 RBI and a .987 OPS with runners in scoring position, and .429 (12-for-28) with runners in scoring position and two outs.
 
In 11 Major League seasons, he is hitting .263 (984-for-3735) with 483 runs, 247 doubles, 17 triples, 97 home runs and 472 RBI in 1041 games with Boston (2008-11), Houston (2012, 2015) and Oakland (2013-14, 2016-18).
 
MLB All-Star Week includes the MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Nationals Park (July 17th), Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the T-Mobile Home Run Derby (July 16th), All-Star Sunday featuring the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game (July 15th), GEICO All-Star FanFest at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (July 13th-17th), plus a lineup of additional events taking place around the city.
 
The 89th Midsummer Classic will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 180 countries. FOX Deportes will provide Spanish language coverage in the United States, while ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network, MLB.com and SiriusXM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information about MLB All-Star Week and to purchase tickets, please visit www.allstargame.com and follow @MLB and @AllStarGame on social media.