BIOGRAPHY
Brandon Lowe was born July 6, 1994, in Newport News, Virginia. He is a second baseman in the MLB.
Lowe ended the 2018 season slashing .233/.324/.450 with six home runs and 25 runs batted in over 148 plate appearances. While spending majority of his time at second base, Lowe played 15 games in the outfield.
Lowe signed a six-year contract extension, with two options, with the Rays for a reported $24 million guaranteed. On April 12, 2019 Lowe went 2-for-5 against the Toronto Blue Jays recording his first multi homer game of his career. On July 3, 2019, Lowe was named as a reserve for the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, this was his first career All-Star appearance.
In 2021, Lowe was named AL Player of the Week by MLB.com after hitting .448 with 4 home runs during the second week of August. He finished the season hitting .269/.362/.554 with 14 home runs and 37 RBIs during the shortened 60-game season. Lowe was named team MVP by the Tampa Bay members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The Rays finished the year with the best record in the American League. In the playoffs, Lowe struggled mightily, going 6–56 with one home run through the first game of the World Series. Despite his slump, Lowe never batted lower than the third spot in the batting order. In-game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lowe broke out of his slump, hitting two home runs. His second home run set a record for most home runs by a team in the postseason. He became the first Ray and the 6th-second baseman to hit two home runs in a World Series game.
