John Lowe, the former longtime Detroit Tigers beat writer for the Free Press, has been elected the 2023 winner of the Baseball Writers Association of America Career Excellence Award, the BBWAA announced on Tuesday.
Lowe will be honored during next summer's Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.
Well known among baseball scribes and professed "seamheads" for his shirt, tie, suitcoat and Panama hat in the press box, Lowe covered the Tigers for 29 seasons. His mark on how journalists and fans view the game has been etched in time with his creation of the stat "quality start" for when a starting pitcher throws six or more innings and allows three earned runs or fewer.