Adam Loewen
Canadian baseball player (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adam Alexander Loewen (born April 9, 1984) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Adam Loewen | |||||||||||||||
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Pitcher / Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1984-04-09) April 9, 1984 (age 40) Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
May 23, 2006, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||||||||
Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
August 14, 2016, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 10–8 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 5.85 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 159 | ||||||||||||||
Batting average | .189 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Loewen pitched in major leagues for the Orioles from 2006 to 2008, before converting to a position player. He played with the Blue Jays as an outfielder in 2011. After spending the next two seasons in the minor leagues as a position player, Loewen converted back into a pitcher, and was called up to the Phillies in August 2015. He pitched for the Diamondbacks in 2016.
Though there have been full-time pitchers who have converted to full-time position players, and vice versa, Loewen's three stage career (converting from full-time pitcher to full-time position player and back to full-time pitcher) is unique in major league history.