Devon Eugene Lowery (born March 24, 1983) is a retired professional baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

, who played for the

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in 2008.

Professional career

Lowery was drafted by the

in the 14th round of the

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. After seven years in the minors, he was called up for the first time on September 1, . After retiring, he became a coach in the Royals' farm system.

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