| Carlton Loewer | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1973-09-24)September 24, 1973 (age 52) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 14, 1998, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 7, 2003, for the San Diego Padres | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 10–18 |
| Earned run average | 6.12 |
| Strikeouts | 118 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Carlton Edward Loewer (September 24, 1973) is an American formerMajor League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who was chiefly a starter over parts of four seasons from1998-2003. He played for thePhiladelphia Phillies andSan Diego Padres and now owns a real estate company inWyoming.[1]
Loewer attendedMississippi State University, and in 1994 he playedcollegiate summer baseball with theHyannis Mets of theCape Cod Baseball League.[2] He was selected by the Phillies in the first round of the1994 MLB Draft. Projected byBaseball America to be the 15th pick, he fell to the Phillies at 23rd overall primarily due to coming off an unimpressivejunior season with theBulldogs in which he had a 4.63earned run average (ERA) and allowed 110 hits in 103 innings.[3] He was ranked a top ten prospect in the Phillies organization byBaseball America for four straight years, reaching as high as fourth in 1995.[4] While with theScranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 1997, he established a franchise record for moststrikeouts in a season with 152 which was surpassed byMatt Krook in 2022.[5]
His MLB debut was acomplete-game, five-hit 4–2 win over theChicago Cubs atVeterans Stadium on June 14, 1998.[6] He ended his rookie campaign at 7–8 with a 6.09 ERA.[7] He pitched his first-ever major-leagueshutout in a 3–0 home victory over thePadres on May 4, 1999.[8] He would not win another game until June 2, 2003 when he was with thePadres in a 4–1 triumph over theArizona Diamondbacks atQualcomm Stadium.[9]
After a season in which he started 13 of 20 games and had a 2–6 record with a 5.12 ERA despite missing nearly four months because of astress fracture in his righthumerus, Loewer was traded along withAdam Eaton andSteve Montgomery from thePhillies to the Padres forAndy Ashby on November 10, 1999.[10] The Padres' expectation for Loewer to become the third starter in its rotation was dashed two months after the trade when he suffered a compoundfracture of his lefttibia and a dislocatedankle as a result of falling out of ahunting blind in a tree near his home at the time inEunice, Louisiana on January 2, 2000.[11] He missed the entireseason when he underwent surgery on July 18, 2000 to repair a partialrotator cuff tear which he sustained while recovering from his hunting accident injuries.[12]
Loewer was activated from thedisabled list and optioned to thePortland Beavers on May 31, 2001.[13] Four days after being recalled from Portland on June 6, 2001,[14] he made his first MLB appearance since September 29, 1999 by allowing six runs and six hits in the first2+1⁄3 innings of an 8–1Padres loss to theSeattle Mariners atSafeco Field on June 10.[15] Six days later in a 9–2 defeat to the Mariners atQualcomm Stadium on June 16, he surrendered six runs, seven hits and both adouble in the second inning and atriple in the third toJohn Olerud who completed his second MLB careercycle later in the game.[16][17] Loewer was optioned back to the Beavers the following day on June 17.[18] He was outrighted to Portland on October 11, 2001.[19] After spending an entire year away from the sport, he signed a minor-league contract with the Padres on December 9, 2002.[20] His contract was purchased by thePadres on May 16, 2003.[21]
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