DH · 2026
Nathaniel Lowe
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #46
- Born
- July 7, 1995 in Norfolk, VA, USA
- MLB debut
- April 29, 2019
- Drafted
- 2016, round 13
- College
- Mississippi State
- High school
- Pope
- dbWAR
- 3.2 3 season(s)
- PA
- 292
- AVG
- .267
- OBP
- .339
- SLG
- .485
- wRC+
- 128 100 = avg
Nathaniel Lowe is a designated hitter for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2026 he hit 13 home runs and knocked in 43 RBIs, notching 70 hits across 292 plate appearances in 85 games. His batting average was .267, 9.6% higher than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .339 clip and slugged .485, for an OPS of .824, 14.5% higher than the league mark of .719 — the second best on his team, and 47th of 417 among MLB batters with 100+ plate appearances. He averaged 89.4 mph off the bat, hit 44.0% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 77.9% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 128 wRC+ puts his offence 28% above average. That comes to 1.1 dbWAR — +9.4 runs with the bat, -0.4 on the bases, -7.6 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to +11.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 27 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .111 | .077 | .093 | 22.2% |
| vs RHP | 265 | 236 | 68 | 13 | 28 | 68 | .288 | .362 | .530 | .384 | 25.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2026.
Situational hitting
How Nathaniel Lowe hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 292 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .267 | .339 | .485 | .357 |
| Bases empty | 163 | 149 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 49 | .208 | .276 | .423 | .305 |
| Runner on first | 59 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | .321 | .390 | .509 | .394 |
| Runners on | 129 | 113 | 39 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 25 | .345 | .419 | .566 | .423 |
| RISP | 70 | 60 | 22 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 12 | .367 | .443 | .617 | .449 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Counted from play-by-play, 2026.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 292 | 70 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 29 | 74 | .267 | .339 | .485 | .218 | .324 | 9.9% | 25.3% | .357 | +9.4 | 128 | 1.1 | |
| 2025 | 152 | 609 | 123 | 18 | 84 | 1 | 62 | 159 | .228 | .307 | .381 | .154 | .285 | 10.2% | 26.1% | .304 | -5.8 | 92 | 0.1 | |
| 2024 | 140 | 565 | 129 | 16 | 69 | 2 | 71 | 125 | .265 | .361 | .401 | .136 | .324 | 12.6% | 22.1% | .340 | +13.2 | 126 | 2.0 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by discipline, contact, power and speed, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.