David Nathaniel Lowe…Graduated from Pope High School in Marietta, Ga...Began his college career at Mercer (Ga.) University before attending St. John's River (Fla.) State College and Mississippi State University...Married his wife, Brenna, during the 2024 offseason...Younger brother, Josh, plays for the Tampa Bay Rays...Their father, David, was selected by the Mariners in 1986 but chose to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and spent 20 years as a pilot in the United States Navy...With the Rangers, Nathaniel spent multiple New Year’s Days on mission trips to the Bahamian Island of Eleuthera…The trips centered around youth ministry and athletic activities.
2024
Paced the Rangers and ranked in the American League in walks (sixth, 71) and on-base percentage (ninth, .361)...His 12.6% walk rate ranked fourth in all of Major League Baseball...Ranked among American League first basemen in on-base percentage (second, .361) and OPS (third, .762)...Defensively, he ranked second among American League first basemen with seven outs above average and fourth with a .995 fielding percentage...Hit .330/.438/.461 with runners in scoring position...The .438 OBP ranked fifth in the American League and the .330 average ranked ninth...Hit 14 home runs and posted a .448 slugging percentage in his last 82 games of 2024...Slashed .327/.425/.545 with four doubles, six homers, 21 RBI, 16 walks and 15 runs scored in his final 30 games...Ranked fourth among MLB left-handed hitters with a .396 on-base percentage and seventh with a .292 average against left-handed pitching...Opened the season on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain suffered in Spring Training.
2023
After capturing his first career Silver Slugger Award in 2022, the 28-year-old Lowe slashed .262/.360/.414/.775 (163-623) with 17 home runs, setting career highs with 38 doubles, 82 RBIs, 89 runs and 93 walks over 161 games last season…Ranked among A.L. leaders in walks (2nd), times on base (3rd, 261), 2B (5th), H (T8th), and OBP (10th)…Started 161 of Texas’ 162 games at first base (lone DNP on 6/14 vs. LAA), reaching base safely via hit or walk in 136 games… Enters 2024 having played 95 consecutive games for Texas...Earned his first Gold Glove Award in ’23 with a career-best .998 fielding pct. (3 E/1330 TC) over 161 games/ starts at first base, the second-highest mark among qualified A.L. first basemen (.999-SEA’s Ty France)…set a Rangers club record for games at first base in a season…was a significant improvement from his 2022 figure (.993), and the third-best single-season mark by a 1B in WSH/TEX franchise history behind only Mitch Moreland in 2016 (higher .998) and Mark Teixeira in 2005 (higher .998)…his 3 Defensive Runs Saved were a career high (prev. 2 in 2020) and led all qualified A.L. first basemen…in 2022, was involved in both Texas triple plays turned in 2022 (9/20/22 vs. LAA, 4/20/22 at SEA...Enters 2024 with a club-record streak of 113 consecutive errorless games at 1st base (last error on 5/23/23 at PIT), besting previous Rangers mark of 90 straight errorless contests by Mitch Moreland from 5/26-9/25/15...Lowe produced four hit streaks of 11+ games, including a career-best 13-G run from 4/30-5/14…he was the only player with four such streaks in MLB in ‘23 and first player in Texas history with four different 11+ G hit streaks in a single season…also produced 20-G on-base streak from 4/25-5/16.
POSTSEASON: Reached safely via hit or walk in 15 of the Rangers’ 17 postseason games en route to the 2023 World Series championship, batting .212/.278/.379/.657 (14-66) with three HR, two 2B and six RBIs…K’d in 22 of 72 PA’s (30.6%)…hit HR in ALDS G3 vs. BAL, ALCS G5 vs. HOU,and ALCS G7 at HOU…his two-run HR in the sixth inning of ALCS G7 at HOU gave the Rangers a 10-2 lead in eventual 11-4, series-clinching win…only playoff experience prior to last season was with Tampa Bay in 2020 ALWC G1 vs. TOR…was not on Rays’ playoff rosters for ALDS, ALCS, or WS that season, but was on the taxi squad for those series and attended the Fall Classic games in Arlington. In 2023 ALWC G2, brothers Nathaniel (1B for TEX) and Josh Lowe (RF for TB) both started, becoming just the seventh set of brothers in MLB history to face off in a postseason series (last Aaron/Austin Nola in 2022 NLCS).
2022
SILVER SLUGGER: Was named winner of the 2022 Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award at first base in the American League, his first career Silver Slugger selection…became the first Ranger to win a Silver Slugger since 3B Adrián Beltré in 2014... joined Mark Teixeira, who captured the award in back-to-back seasons in 2004-05, as the only Texas first basemen to win Silver Slugger honors since the award’s inception in 1980...STRONG FINISH: Hit .339/.399/.566/.964 (93-274) with 15 HR and 38 RBI in 72 G after the 2022 All-Star break...led MLB with 93 hits following the break and ranked among A.L.’s 2nd ‘half’ leaders in BA (2nd), total bases (2nd, 155), times on base (3rd, 120), and OPS (4th)...marked the most post-break hits by a Ranger since Michael Young in 2011 (97) and highest second ‘half’ BA by a Texas qualifier since Shin-Soo Choo in 2015 (.343)… was named “A.L. Player of Week” for 8/22-28, his first career weekly honor, after batting .385 (10-26) and leading all MLB players in RBI (11), HR (tied-4), TB (tied-24)...joined teammate Corey Seager (7/4-10) as the only Rangers to win the circuit’s weekly award in 2022...2022: Lowe was voted as Rangers Player of the Year by the Dallas-Forth Worth chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America after batting .302/.358/.492/.851 with career highs in home runs (27), RBI (76), hits (179) and total bases (292)… became the first Texas qualifier to bat .300+ since Elvis Andrus (.302) and Adrián Beltré (.300) both did it in 2016...led club and ranked among American League leaders in multi-hit games (2nd, 54), H (4th), TB (6th), BA (7th), OPS (8th), and SLG (8th)… over the last 9 seasons (beg. 2014), the only other Ranger to bat .300 and hit 25+ HR in the same season was Beltré in 2016 (.300 BA, 32 HR)…Lowe was just the 5th first baseman (min. 75% of games at 1B) in club history to post a qualifying season with a BA of .300-or-higher, joining Will Clark (3x, last 1998), Rafael Palmeiro (2x, last 1991), Teixeira in 2005, and Mike Hargrove in 1977…Lowe’s team-high .851 OPS was the best mark by a qualified Ranger since Danny Santana in 2019 (.857) and the highest by a TEX first baseman since Teixeira in 2006 (.886)... his 141 adjusted OPS+ figure was the highest by a TEX qualifier since Beltré in 2014 (144)…selected as “Rangers Player of the Month” for April (.313/.368/.400/.768, 1 HR, 4 2B, 9 RBI) and August (.389/.450/.649/1.098, 7 HR, 5 2B, 3B, 21 RBI) by writers and broadcasters that cover the team on a regular basis, his first time(s) to win team’s monthly award...70 total bases in Aug. were the most by a TEX batter over a single month since Prince Fielder in May 2015 (80) and 42 hits marked the highest monthly total for TEX since Elvis Andrus in Aug. 2017 (43)...the only other MLB players to hit at least .389 with an OPS of 1.098+ in a month this season: ATL’s Austin Riley (July), HOU’s Yordan Alvarez (June), and STL’s Paul Goldschmidt (May)...NOTES: 24 of career-high 27 HR came after 6/1, T4th-most in A.L. over that span behind only NYY’s Aaron Judge (44), LAA’s Mike Trout (27), and teammate Marcus Semien (25)…HR in career-high three straight from 8/23-26...hit second career walk-off HR on 5/18 vs. LAA…produced career-best 11-game hit streak from 7/25- 8/4, which was T2nd-longest by a Ranger in 2022 (23-García)… reached base safely via hit or walk in 22 consecutive games from 7/25-8/16, the 2nd-longest on-base streak of his career (25, 4/17-5/13/21) and T12th-longest by an A.L. batter in 2022...batted .383 (31-81) and registered a .432 on-base pct. over the course of the streak…appeared in 157 of team’s 162 games, logging 154 starts at 1B (150) and DH (4)...150 starts at 1B were most in the A.L. and most by a Ranger since Mark Teixeira in 2006 (159)…played career-high 1327.1 innings at 1B, 3rd-most in MLB to ATL’s Matt Olson (1441.0) and LAD’s Freddie Freeman (1377.2)...nine errors as a first baseman were T4th-most in MLB (11-CWS’ Jose Abreu/PHI’s Rhys Hoskins, 10-TOR’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 9-Lowe/WAS-SD’s Josh Bell)… was involved in both Texas triple plays turned in 2022 (9/20 vs. LAA, 4/20 at SEA).
2021
Batted .264/.357/.415/.771 (147-557) with a career-high 18 home runs and 72 RBI in his first full Major League season and first year in the Texas organization…led Rangers and ranked among A.L. leaders in walks (T9th, 80), on-base percentage (16th, .357), and times on base (18th, 229)...162 strikeouts were 10th-most in A.L…80 walks were most by a primary TEX 1B since Mark Teixeria in 2006 (89 BB)...reached base safely via H/BB in 128 of 157 G, including team-high and career-best 25-game on-base streak from 4/17-5/13…played in 157 of team’s 162 games, making 151 starts at 1B (144) and DH (7)…closed the season by batting .316 (43-136) in his last 38 games (beg. 8/23), the 8th-highest BA among A.L. batters over that span (min. 125 AB)…had a pair of multi-homer games: 4/6 vs. TOR and 7/1 at OAK...hit walk-off RBI single in 10th inning on 4/18 vs. BAL, 2nd career walk-off hit (HR on 9/21/19 vs. BOS w/ TB)…slashed .305/.390/.519/.909 (40-131) with runners in scoring position, T15th-most hits w/ RISP among A.L. batters.
2020
Opened the season at TB’s Alternate Training Site in Port Charlotte, FL before recall on 9/1…started 19 of the Rays’ final 23 regular season games at 1B (15), DH (3), and 3B (1) beginning 9/2…tied for the team lead in RBI (11) and T2nd in homers (4) over season’s final month…handled 120 total chances without an error at 1B and 3B…lone postseason app. was start at 1B in Game 1 of A.L. Wild Card series vs. TOR (0-3)…was not on Rays’ playoff rosters for ALDS, ALCS, or WS.
2019
Made 36 starts at 1B (19), DH (16), and 3B (1) over 4 stints with the Rays (4/29-5/8; 6/1; 7/4-31; 9/1-end of season) in 1st Major League action…was selected from Durham (AAA) on 4/29 and made MLB debut as DH that night at KC…doubled off Scott Barlow in 8th inning for `1st hit…had his 1st MLB homer off NYY’s Masahiro Tanaka on 7/5 to end a 10-pitch at bat…became 1st player in Rays history with as many as 5 HR in 1st 17 games, including 2 in final game of that stretch on 7/13-2 at BAL…joined Mike Brosseau in becoming just the 4th pair of rookie teammates with multiple HR in the same game in MLB history and pair hit consecutive HR in the 9th inning…was selected as the A.L. Player of the Week for 7/8-14, hitting .471 with 3 HR and 7 RBI in 4 games…posted career high 4 hits, 7/12 at BAL…connected for 11th inning walk-off HR, 9/21 vs. BOS…hit .319 in 26 road games…was not on TB’s playoff roster for either A.L. Wild Card or ALDS…played in 93 games for Durham and ranked among the International League leaders in walks (2nd, 72), OBP (2nd, .421), and OPS (5th, .929).
2018
Was selected as TB’s Minor League Player of the Year, hitting .330 with 27 HR and 102 RBI in 130 total games with Charlotte (High-A), Montgomery (AA), and Durham…led Rays minor leaguers in HR and RBI and was 3rd in batting…was a Florida State League mid-season All-Star and was leading the FSL in batting (.356), RBI (44), and EBH (25) when promoted to Montgomery on 6/7…was the Rays minor league hitter of the month for both April and May…started at 1B for Team USA in 2018 All-Star Futures Game at WAS, going 1-for-2 with an RBI… was promoted to Durham on 8/8 and batted .267 with 6 RBI in postseason to help Bulls win the Governors’ Cup…was named to the Rays Organizational All-Star Team by MLB.com and selected to Baseball America’s Double-A All-Star Team.
2017
Began the season with Class-A Bowling Green and was named to the Midwest League midseason All-Star Team...Transferred to Charlotte on June 27...Hit .274/.373/.388 (110-for-402) with 7 HR and 59 RBI between the two levels.
2016
Spent his first professional season with Short-A Hudson Valley…named to the New York-Penn League midseason All-Star Team...Ranked 5th in the NYPL with a .300 avg., which was 4th among Rays minor leaguers…ranked among NYPL leaders in doubles (18, tied for 3rd), hits (74, 4th), extra-base hits (24, tied for 4th), slugging pct. (.437, 5th) and total bases (108, 5th).
