during the season, loewen was called up by the orioles. in his first four major league starts, he faced three former cy young award winners: randy johnson, tom glavine and roy halladay, whom he faced twice. this made loewen the first pitcher in major league baseball history to face cy young winners in his first four starts. he was injured early in the season, suffering a stress fracture to his pitching elbow and was later placed on the 15-day disabled list.