Brandon Lowe

Bats L Throws R5'10" 185 lbBorn 1994 Newport News, USADebut 2018Team PIT1x All-StarDraft 2015 R3 #87 Tampa Bay Rays, MarylandContract 6 y/$24M (19-24)+25-26 opts 2026: $11,500,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 105.3FIELD+ 100.7 at 2BTotal 1.86 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	453	403	96	18	1	21	43	119	3	0.238	0.315	0.440	0.754	0.202	0.326	26.2	9.4	106.7	1.79
2027	494	441	101	19	1	22	45	135	3	0.230	0.305	0.424	0.729	0.194	0.317	27.4	9.2	102.4	1.68

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 115 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Richie Hebner	1978	124.5	110.1	549
2	Dave Magadan	1993	122.4	95.3	254
3	Jeff McNeil	2022	131.0	98.4	648
4	Robin Ventura	1998	115.7	127.6	671
5	Pete Ward	1968	118.0	104.4	238
6	Larry Gardner	1916	114.5	111.2	598
7	Larry Doyle	1917	126.8	122.7	298
8	Kyle Seager	2018	114.1	113.5	443
9	Matt Carpenter	2016	133.1	124.4	622
10	Charlie Gehringer	1933	117.1	146.2	708

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			494		101	19	1	22		3	45	135	0.230	0.305	0.424	0.729	102.4
2026*	PIT	120	531	76	120	25	1	27		2	47	153	0.253	0.318	0.480	0.798	114.7
2025	TB	134	553	79	130	19	0	31	83	3	38	149	0.256	0.307	0.477	0.785	114.4
2024	TB	107	425	56	94	19	3	21	58	5	33	112	0.244	0.311	0.473	0.783	120.3
2023	TB	109	436	58	87	15	1	21	68	7	50	119	0.231	0.328	0.443	0.771	114.8
2022	TB	65	266	31	52	10	2	8	25	1	27	61	0.221	0.308	0.383	0.691	104.5
2021	TB	149	615	97	132	31	0	39	99	7	68	167	0.247	0.340	0.523	0.863	139.8
2020	TB	56	224	36	52	9	2	14	37	3	25	58	0.269	0.362	0.554	0.916	150.0
2019	TB	82	327	42	80	17	2	17	51	5	25	113	0.270	0.336	0.514	0.850	124.4
2018	TB	43	148	16	30	6	2	6	25	2	16	38	0.233	0.324	0.450	0.774	114.2
Career		745	2994	415	657	126	12	157	446	33	282	817	0.247	0.326	0.481	0.807	123.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	531	91.2	16.2	12.2	46.8	34.9	32.7	0.241	0.437	0.327	27.0
2025	553	91.1	15.2	13.0	46.6	33.4	32.0	0.253	0.478	0.335	26.9
2024	425	89.8	14.5	12.4	44.7	32.7	30.8	0.248	0.488	0.344	27.2
2023	436	91.4	16.0	10.7	47.5	32.0	30.0	0.229	0.447	0.338	27.3
2022	266	89.4	16.6	10.3	38.9	33.5	29.9	0.229	0.412	0.319	27.5
2021	615	89.3	16.9	14.0	43.1	32.8	30.0	0.241	0.498	0.355	27.6
2020	224	89.8	18.1	17.6	43.1	35.7	21.3	0.258	0.547	0.381	27.4
2019	327	91.6	19.2	17.5	46.2	37.7	30.8	0.234	0.497	0.339	27.7
2018	148	89.3	14.3	11.9	43.5	36.7	25.6	0.219	0.436	0.330	27.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	2B	121	1015	183	302	8	86	0.984	-5.7
2025	TB	1B	3	19	20	1	0	4	1.000	-0.5
2024	TB	2B	58	459	80	123	0	26	1.000	-6.9
2024	TB	1B	13	96	71	7	0	9	1.000	+0.2
2023	TB	2B	105	863	158	230	8	51	0.980	-0.5
2022	TB	2B	53	438	74	112	6	23	0.969	+1.7
2022	TB	OF	1	3	0	0	0	0
2021	TB	2B	133	1093	187	270	11	78	0.976	-14.7
2021	TB	OF	15	88	17	0	1	0	0.944
2021	TB	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2020	TB	2B	44	324	54	68	2	21	0.984	-6.7
2020	TB	OF	12	85	21	0	0	0	1.000
2020	TB	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2019	TB	2B	69	555	107	161	3	49	0.989	+0.1
2019	TB	OF	7	52	5	0	0	0	1.000
2019	TB	1B	5	38	38	3	0	4	1.000	-0.1
2018	TB	2B	28	219	47	57	1	19	0.990	+0.7
2018	TB	OF	15	103	16	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	21	2 HR, 0 SB	0.235	1.028
2018	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	205	14 HR, 0 SB	0.304	0.993
2018	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	240	8 HR, 8 SB	0.291	0.908
2017	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	101	2 HR, 1 SB	0.253	0.659
2017	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	367	9 HR, 6 SB	0.311	0.927
2016	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Bat	449	5 HR, 6 SB	0.248	0.700

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.264	0.385	0.343	0.352
2025	0.260	0.373	0.324	0.362
2024	0.367	0.336	0.327	0.354
2023	0.260	0.356	0.358	0.326
2022	0.330	0.301	0.338	0.278
2021	0.291	0.409	0.369	0.377
2020	0.469	0.367	0.389	0.400
2019	0.282	0.394	0.357	0.384

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	20	76	7	9	0	4	8	6	28	0.118	0.183	0.276	0.459
2019	5	19	1	4	1	1	1	1	10	0.211	0.250	0.421	0.671
Career	29	113	8	13	1	5	9	7	47	0.115	0.167	0.257	0.423