Nathaniel Lowe

David Nathaniel Lowe Jr. (born July 7, 1995) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Amateur career
Lowe attended Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia, where he also played upright bass in orchestra and jazz bands. He enrolled at Mercer University and played college baseball for the Mercer Bears in 2014. He transferred to St. Johns River State College for the 2015 season, and transferred to Mississippi State University to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs for 2016. That year, he was named a Second Team All-American by Louisville Slugger.

Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays selected Lowe in the 13th round, with the 390th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the Class A Short Season New York-Penn League, batting .300/.382/.437 with four home runs and 40 runs batted in (RBIs) in 67 games. He played for both the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League and the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in 2017, hitting .274 with seven home runs and 59 RBIs in 115 games between both teams.

Lowe began the 2018 season with Charlotte. He received a midseason promotion to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Class AA Southern League, and was named to represent the Rays in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. The Rays promoted Lowe again, to the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League, in August. Lowe was named to the 2018 MLB Pipeline team of the year after hitting .330/.416/.568 with 27 home runs and 102 RBIs in 130 games between the three clubs. He returned to Durham to begin 2019.

The Rays promoted Lowe to the major leagues on April 29, 2019. On July 5, 2019, he hit his first major league home run against the New York Yankees. On July 13, 2019, Lowe recorded his first multi home run game. In 2020 for the Rays, Lowe appeared in 21 games, slashing .224/.316/.433 with 4 home runs 11 RBIs in 76 at-bats.

Texas Rangers
On December 10, 2020, the Rays traded Lowe to the Texas Rangers along with Jake Guenther and Carl Chester in exchange for Heriberto Hernandez, Osleivis Basabe, and Alexander Ovalles. Over 157 games in 2021, Lowe hit .264/.357/.415/.771 with 18 home runs and 72 RBIs.

On June 15, 2022, Lowe became the first major leaguer to strike out in two immaculate innings in one game versus the Houston Astros. It was also the first occurrence in major league history of more than one immaculate inning thrown on the same date. The first was hurled in the second inning by starter Luis Garcia and the second in the seventh inning by reliever Phil Maton.

Lowe hit into 3–6 triple play in the fourth inning on August 22, lining out to Minnesota Twins first baseman José Miranda, who put out Corey Seager and threw to shortstop Carlos Correa to put out Marcus Semien at second base. For the week ending August 28, 2022, Lowe was named AL Player of the Week. In six games, he batted .385/.407/.923/1.331 (10-for-26) with four home runs and 11 RBI He led all MLB players in RBI, home runs (tied), and total bases (tied-24).

Lowe finished the 2022 season hitting .302/.358/.492/.851 with 27 home runs and 76 RBI. He received the 2022 American League Silver Slugger Award for first basemen.

On January 13, 2023, Lowe agreed to a one-year, $4.05 million contract with the Rangers for the 2023 season, avoiding salary arbitration. Over 161 games in 2023, Lowe hit .262/.360/.414/.775 with 17 home runs and 82 RBI. Lowe and Texas won the 2023 World Series. Lowe won the American League Gold Glove Award for first base in 2023, the first of his career.

Personal life
His brother, Josh Lowe, plays for the Rays. They were teammates with Bowling Green and Charlotte. His father, David, was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1986 MLB Draft, but instead attended the U.S. Naval Academy and became a Naval Aviator and career fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy for twenty years.

Prior to the 2021 MLB season, Lowe was known as Nate Lowe. However, Lowe's mom asked for him to be known as Nathaniel professionally after seeing a birthday tweet by Bally Sports Southwest calling him Nate.

As of March 29, 2023, Nathaniel Lowe is the third commentator on the ¨Straight up Texas¨ podcast, the official podcast of the Texas Rangers, with radio broadcaster Jared Sandler.