Zac Lowther #59

2019
♦ Spent the entire season with Double-A Bowie, going 13-7 with a 2.55 ERA in 26 starts.
♦ Named Orioles Organization All-Star by MiLB.com for the second straight season.
♦ Earned Eastern League Midseason and Postseason All-Star selections.
♦ Honored as a Double-A All-Star by Baseball America.
♦ Ranked among Orioles minor leaguers in wins (1st, 13), strikeouts (1st, 154), starts (1st, 26), innings (1st, 148.0), average against (2nd, .197) and ERA (3rd, 2.55).
♦ Ranked among Eastern League leaders in wins (1st, 13), strikeouts (1st, 154), starts (T-1st, 26), ERA (2nd, 2.55), innings (4th, 148.0), average (4th, .197) and WHIP (7th, 1.11).
♦ His 13 victories tied for 5th in all of Minor League Baseball.
♦ Registered 154 strikeouts, the most by an Orioles minor leaguer since Tyler Wilson struck out 157 opponents in 2014. Was the highest strikeout total in the Eastern League since 2013.
♦ Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of 5/11 - 5/18.
♦ Went 3-1 with a 0.60 ERA (2 ER, 30.0 IP) over five starts in May, registering 29 strikeouts and just 21 hits allowed while holding Eastern League batters to a .198 average. Did not allow a run in four of his five starts that month.
♦ Recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts, 8/6 at Trenton.
♦ Allowed three earned runs or less in 23 of his 26 starts.
♦ Picked up a victory in four consecutive starts, 6/8 - 6/25. Won seven of eight decisions over an eight-start span, 6/8 - 7/19.
♦ Held right-handers to a .194 average, while left-handers batted just .203 against him.
♦ Went 7-4 with a 1.91 ERA (19 ER, 89.2 IP) in 15 road starts.
♦ Earned a playoff win at Harrisburg on 9/6, allowing one run over 6.1 innings.

2018
♦ Split the year between Class-A Delmarva and Class-A Frederick, going 8-4 with a 2.18 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) between the two clubs.
♦ Named Orioles Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year (along with LHP Keegan Akin).
♦ Named MLBPipeline.com's Orioles Pitching Prospect of the Year.
♦ Named the left-handed starting pitcher on MiLB.com's Orioles Organizational All-Star Team.
♦ Led Orioles farmhands in strikeouts (151) and ERA (2.18).
♦ Ranked among qualifying Minor League Baseball leaders in WHIP (7th, 0.98), ERA (11th, 2.18) and opponent's average (11th, .195)
♦ Opened the season with Delmarva, where he went 3-1 with a 1.16 ERA in six starts for the Shorebirds. He held South Atlantic League batters to a .115 average (12 hits in 31.0 IP), with left-handed batters hitting just .037 (1-27) against him.
♦ Registered 51 strikeouts in 31.0 innings with Delmarva, including a career-high 13 strikeouts in his season debut on 4/9 vs. Hickory. He also recorded double-digit strikeouts on 4/22 vs. Lakewood (11) and 5/23 at Hickory (10).
♦ Promoted to Frederick on 5/30 and made his final 17 appearances (16 starts) with the Keys, going 5-3 with a 2.53 ERA.
♦ Went 3-0 with a 0.71 ERA (2 ER, 25.1 IP) over his first five starts with the Keys.
♦ Finished 19.1 innings shy of qualifying among Carolina League leaders, where his 2.53 ERA would have led the circuit.
♦ Limited Carolina League batters to a .220 average, with left-handers hitting .207.
♦ Went 5-1 with a 1.82 ERA in 12 games (11 starts) at night with the Keys.

2017
♦ Appeared in 12 games (11 starts) for Class-A Aberdeen, going 2-2 with a 1.66 ERA.
♦ Named a New York-Penn League Midseason All-Star.
♦ Limited NYPL batters to a .182 average, with right-handers batting just .166 against him.
♦ Struck out 12 batters over 6.0 no-hit innings, 9/2 at Tri-Cities.

PERSONAL
♦ Selected by Baltimore in the 2nd round (#74 overall) of the 2017 draft.
♦ Attended Xavier University, and was the highest-ever Musketeer selected in the draft.
♦ Was an All-BIG EAST First Team selection during his junior season, setting a Xavier single-season strikeout record with 123 punchouts during the 2017 campaign. The 123 strikeouts ranked 12th among Division 1 pitchers. Was also named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team in 2017 and was named Preseason All-BIG EAST.
♦ Was a college roommate for two years with infielder Rylan Bannon, who was acquired by Baltimore from Los Angeles in a 2018 trade that sent IF Manny Machado to the Dodgers.
♦ Xavier University has produced Hall of Famers Jim Bunning and Frank Robinson.
♦ Led the Cape Cod League with 54 strikeouts during the summer of 2016.
♦ Played for the Cuyahoga Heights (OH) football and baseball teams in high school. Led the Greater Cleveland area with 148 strikeouts and had a 0.55 ERA during his 2013 season.
♦ Was First Team All-Ohio during his senior year, a season that included an 18-strikeout game and an OHSAA Division IV State Runner-Up finish.