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Owen
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 21, 1927 in Usa, IL, GRANITE CITY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 22 NYA AL     3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1950 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1951 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1952 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1953 26 NYA AL     3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1954 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1955 28 NYA AL     3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1956 29 NYA AL     3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 22 AA   27 95 10 18 3 0 2 13 0 1 14 21 .189 .294 .284 .578 8.6  
    A   110 421 63 116 20 4 19 68 4 5 68 62 .276 .376 .477 .854 75.4  
1950 23 NYA AL 100 303 21 45 8 2 3 17 0 0 27 60 .149 .221 .218 .438 10.9 0.0
    A   31 110 24 32 3 0 12 32 1 2 24 22 .291 .418 .645 1.063 28.2  
1951 24 NYA AL 72 182 12 35 6 0 4 26 0 0 15 34 .192 .253 .291 .544 13.9 0.0
1952 25 NYA AL 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   2 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.6  
    AA   81 320 58 84 21 1 21 49 2 4 51 45 .263 .364 .531 .895 60.7  
1953 26 AAA   135 474 52 107 31 2 16 68 2 5 43 96 .226 .290 .401 .691 54.6  
1954 27 NYA AL 6 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .176 .125 .301 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   122 494 70 113 25 0 24 71 3 3 33 89 .229 .277 .425 .702 58.8  
1955 28 AAA   106 391 44 78 14 0 23 64 2 4 36 80 .199 .267 .412 .679 45.0  
    AA   31 115 17 26 4 0 10 24 1 2 12 15 .226 .299 .522 .821 18.4  
1956 29 AA   82 312 44 74 9 2 15 32 2 5 34 54 .237 .312 .423 .735 41.6  
    A   54 199 27 52 7 0 14 33 1 2 35 32 .261 .372 .508 .879 38.0  
1957 30 AA   136 504 55 114 26 4 21 75 4 5 47 106 .226 .292 .419 .711 62.3  
4 Years Sim 190 507 34 82 14 2 7 43 0 0 43 99 .162 .228 .239 .467 23.9 0.0
4 Years AAA 365 1367 167 302 70 2 63 204 7 12 112 265 .221 .281 .413 .694 160.0  
5 Years AA 357 1346 184 316 63 7 69 193 9 17 158 241 .235 .314 .446 .760 191.5  
3 Years A 195 730 114 200 30 4 45 133 6 9 127 116 .274 .382 .511 .893 141.6  
12 Years Minors 917 3443 465 818 163 13 177 530 22 38 397 622 .238 .316 .447 .763 493.0  
162 Game Average 432 28 69 11 1 5 36 0 0 36 84 .162 .228 .239 .467 20.4  
Career Highs 100 303 21 45 8 2 4 26 0 0 27 60 .192 .253 .291 .544 13.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   297 20 47 5 0 7 30 0 0 28 51 .158 .231 .246 .477 16.7
vs LH   210 14 35 9 2 0 13 0 0 15 48 .167 .225 .229 .453 8.9
Home 88 242 13 39 4 1 4 21 0 0 19 50 .161 .221 .236 .457 11.7
Away 102 265 21 43 10 1 3 22 0 0 24 49 .162 .234 .242 .476 13.9
RISP   116 0 18 4 0 1 33 0 0 7 21 .155 .202 .216 .417 3.8
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   38 2 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 4 .211 .279 .316 .595 3.3
Mar/Apr 51 136 11 20 6 0 2 13 0 0 11 30 .147 .209 .235 .445 5.8
May 41 94 4 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 11 20 .149 .238 .213 .451 4.7
June 39 115 6 20 4 1 1 11 0 0 7 19 .174 .221 .252 .473 5.6
July 31 89 8 12 1 1 1 5 0 0 7 18 .135 .206 .202 .408 2.7
August 16 41 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .195 .267 .268 .535 3.1
Sep/Oct 12 32 2 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .250 .314 .344 .658 3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1950 23 NYA AL 3B 99 99 816.0 51 223 12 18 .958 3.02   2.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 24 NYA AL SS 41 29 282.0 55 130 3 25 .984 5.90   1.3
    2B 28 14 140.0 36 66 2 14 .981 6.56   0.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 25 NYA AL SS 6 0 11.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 6.55   0.1
    2B 5 0 9.7 1 5 1 1 .857 5.59   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 27 NYA AL 1B 5 5 43.0 61 4 3 8 .956 13.60   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 102 99 820.0 51 223 12 18 .958 3.01   2.0
  SS 49 29 295.7 58 135 3 25 .985 5.87   1.4
  2B 33 14 149.7 37 71 3 15 .973 6.49   0.6
  1B 5 5 43.0 61 4 3 8 .956 13.60   0.1
Career Totals   189 147 1308.3 207 433 21 66 .968 4.40   4.1
Career Highs   100 99 817.0 91 223 12 39 .983 12.81    
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  6. Casey Wise (950)
  7. George Williams (947)
  8. Mel Roach (945)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1949
Injured on 4/2/1949 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/1/1949 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1950, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Released by New York (A) on 10/16/1957
 
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