Carlton Loewer

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|name=Carlton Loewer

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|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1973|9|24}}

|birth_place=Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 14

|debutyear=1998

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 7

|finalyear=2003

|finalteam=San Diego Padres

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=10–18

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.12

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=118

|teams=

Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1998}}–{{baseball year|1999}})
San Diego Padres ({{baseball year|2001}}, {{baseball year|2003}})

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Carlton Edward Loewer (September 24, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who was chiefly a starter over parts of four seasons from {{Baseball year|1998}}-{{Baseball year|2003}}. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres and now owns a real estate company in Wyoming.{{cite web |url=http://www.jhreassociates.com/Carlton_Loewer.htm |title=Carlton Loewer |access-date=2010-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724060014/http://www.jhreassociates.com/Carlton_Loewer.htm |archive-date=2010-07-24 }}

Loewer attended Mississippi State University, and in 1994 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}} He was selected by the Phillies in the first round of the 1994 MLB Draft. Projected by Baseball America to be the 15th pick, he fell to the Phillies at 23rd overall primarily due to coming off an unimpressive junior season with the Bulldogs in which he had a 4.63 earned run average (ERA) and allowed 110 hits in 103 innings.[https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1994-06-03-2974146-story.html Bostrom, Don. "Phillies Draft Another Carlton, Surprised Loewer Not Taken Higher," The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), Thursday, June 2, 1994.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. He was ranked a top ten prospect in the Phillies organization by Baseball America for four straight years, reaching as high as fourth in 1995.[https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/1983-2000-top-10-prospects-rankings-archive/ 1983–2000 Top 10 Prospects Rankings Archive – Baseball America.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. While with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 1997, he established a franchise record for most strikeouts in a season with 152 which was surpassed by Matt Krook in 2022.[https://www.milb.com/scranton-wb/news/klutch-matt-krook-sets-franchise-record-in-crucial-win "Klutch: Matt Krook sets franchise record in crucial win," Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Sunday, September 25, 2022.] Retrieved January 16, 2023.

His MLB debut was a complete-game, five-hit 4–2 win over the Chicago Cubs at Veterans Stadium on June 14, 1998.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/loewer-lifts-phillies-in-mlb-debut/ "Loewer Lifts Phillies In MLB Debut," CBSNews.com, Sunday, June 14, 1998.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. He ended his rookie campaign at 7–8 with a 6.09 ERA.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36302611/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ Salisbury, Jim. "Phillies season ends quietly with a split against Marlins," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Monday, September 28, 1998.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. He pitched his first-ever major-league shutout in a 3–0 home victory over the Padres on May 4, 1999.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phillies-blank-padres/ "Phillies Blank Padres," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, May 4, 1999.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. He would not win another game until June 2, 2003 when he was with the Padres in a 4–1 triumph over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Qualcomm Stadium.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2003/06/03/the-white-sox-are-at-a-loss-again/78372a23-8937-4ee5-b775-c04ccacd05d4/ "The White Sox Are at a Loss – Again," The Washington Post, Tuesday, June 3, 2003.] Retrieved January 16, 2023.

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 a stress fracture in his right humerus, Loewer was traded along with Adam Eaton and Steve Montgomery from the Phillies to the Padres for Andy Ashby on November 10, 1999.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/padres-send-ashby-to-philly/ "Padres Send Ashby To Philly," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, November 11, 1999.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. The Padres' expectation for Loewer to become the third starter in its rotation was dashed two months after the trade when he suffered a compound fracture of his left tibia and a dislocated ankle as a result of falling out of a hunting blind in a tree near his home at the time in Eunice, Louisiana on January 2, 2000.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/01/04/Report-Padres-hurler-injured/2279946962000/ "Report: Padres hurler injured," United Press International (UPI), Tuesday, January 4, 2000.] Retrieved January 16, 2023. He missed the entire season when he underwent surgery on July 18, 2000 to repair a partial rotator cuff tear which he sustained while recovering from his hunting accident injuries.[https://apnews.com/article/9b50daa3c2ea2b697aa5ca70ba55791e "Boehringer, Loewer Have Surgery," The Associated Press (AP), Tuesday, July 18, 2000.] Retrieved January 16, 2023.

Loewer was activated from the disabled list and optioned to the Portland Beavers on May 31, 2001.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/06/01/SPORTS-TRANSACTIONS-FOR-THURSDAY-MAY-31/9372991368000/ "Sports Transactions for Thursday, May 31," United Press International (UPI), Friday, June 1, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023. Four days after being recalled from Portland on June 6, 2001,[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/sports/transactions-688800.html "Transactions," The New York Times, Thursday, June 7, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023. he made his first MLB appearance since September 29, 1999 by allowing six runs and six hits in the first {{frac|2|1|3}} innings of an 8–1 Padres loss to the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on June 10.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=20010611&id=N3EfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mBMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3420,2238637 Cour, Jim. "Mariners start new streak, finish homestand at 11–1," The Associated Press (AP), Monday, June 11, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023. Six days later in a 9–2 defeat to the Mariners at Qualcomm Stadium on June 16, he surrendered six runs, seven hits and both a double in the second inning and a triple in the third to John Olerud who completed his second MLB career cycle later in the game.[https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/06/17/Seattle-9-San-Diego-2/5628992750400/ "Seattle 9, San Diego 2," United Press International (UPI), Sunday, June 17, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/06/17/olerud-takes-the-cycle-for-another-wild-ride/42c8a03a-068a-4a70-b770-abead88d13ec/ "Olerud Takes the Cycle For Another Wild Ride," The Washington Post, Sunday, June 17, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023. Loewer was optioned back to the Beavers the following day on June 17.[https://web.archive.org/web/20230131014244/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/06/18/cardinals-drew-out-4-6-weeks/ "Cardinals' Drew out 4-6 weeks," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Monday, June 18, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023. He was outrighted to Portland on October 11, 2001.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/10/12/transactions/c1db2438-0ceb-4060-8b33-bda43b3ea0ef/ "Transactions," The Washington Post, Friday, October 12, 2001.] Retrieved January 30, 2023. After spending an entire year away from the sport, he signed a minor-league contract with the Padres on December 9, 2002.[https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2002/12/09/Anderson-Loewer-sign-minor-league-deals/48331039484696/ "Anderson, Loewer sign minor league deals," United Press International (UPI), Monday, December 9, 2002.] Retrieved February 1, 2023. His contract was purchased by the Padres on May 16, 2003.[https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2003/05/17/brewers-dump-cincy/28750251007/ "Brewers dump Cincy," The Associated Press (AP), Saturday, May 17, 2003.] Retrieved February 1, 2023.