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Spike
Owen		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: April 19, 1961 in Usa, TX, CLEBURNE
 
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
1983 22 MIN AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1984 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1985 24 MIN AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1986 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1987 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1988 27 MIN AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1989 28 MIN AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1990 29 MIN AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
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
1983 22 AA   137 498 48 116 22 7 4 49 10 6 89 27 .233 .349 .329 .679 63.8  
1984 23 AAA   112 426 62 106 22 5 6 36 9 8 73 28 .249 .359 .366 .725 59.3  
    AA   25 91 9 22 5 2 1 5 3 1 20 6 .242 .378 .374 .752 14.5  
1985 24 AAA   107 420 31 83 15 5 1 21 15 7 58 35 .198 .295 .264 .559 36.3  
    AA   29 116 13 31 5 3 2 11 1 0 16 7 .267 .356 .414 .770 17.6  
1986 25 MIN AL 153 617 70 147 39 4 5 41 11 1 54 42 .238 .299 .339 .637 63.5 11.2
1987 26 MIN AL 111 377 44 85 28 3 4 22 6 3 42 26 .225 .303 .347 .651 38.4 3.7
1988 27 AAA   135 486 66 120 33 1 10 45 17 4 74 40 .247 .346 .381 .727 69.0  
1989 28 AAA   136 502 71 135 36 6 8 67 7 7 72 43 .269 .361 .412 .773 74.4  
1990 29 AAA   137 529 77 146 33 5 13 68 14 5 74 36 .276 .365 .431 .796 84.5  
2 Years Sim 264 994 114 232 67 7 9 63 17 4 96 68 .233 .300 .342 .642 101.9 14.9
5 Years AAA 627 2363 307 590 139 22 38 237 62 31 351 182 .250 .347 .375 .722 323.6  
3 Years AA 191 705 70 169 32 12 7 65 14 7 125 40 .240 .353 .349 .702 95.9  
8 Years Minors 818 3068 377 759 171 34 45 302 76 38 476 222 .247 .348 .369 .717 419.5  
162 Game Average 609 69 142 41 4 5 38 10 2 58 41 .233 .300 .342 .642 62.5  
Career Highs 153 617 70 147 39 4 5 41 11 3 54 42 .238 .303 .347 .651 63.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   700 84 172 49 5 7 49 11 1 65 51 .246 .309 .360 .669 79.1
vs LH   294 30 60 18 2 2 14 6 3 31 17 .204 .279 .299 .578 25.1
Home 134 498 48 113 36 3 3 34 8 1 48 40 .227 .294 .329 .623 49.3
Away 130 496 66 119 31 4 6 29 9 3 48 28 .240 .307 .355 .662 54.9
RISP   160 0 28 9 2 1 43 0 0 16 9 .175 .247 .275 .522 10.8
Pinch Hitting   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Close/Late   103 15 26 6 0 1 9 0 0 11 10 .252 .325 .340 .664 11.6
Mar/Apr 48 201 19 46 15 0 1 11 2 1 10 15 .229 .264 .318 .583 15.8
May 36 135 20 40 14 3 0 13 1 0 9 11 .296 .340 .444 .785 18.8
June 30 119 11 18 6 1 0 4 3 0 10 11 .151 .215 .218 .434 5.1
July 47 177 21 39 8 0 1 6 3 0 17 12 .220 .289 .282 .571 15.3
August 53 184 25 48 11 1 6 19 6 1 26 9 .261 .352 .429 .782 29.1
Sep/Oct 50 178 18 41 13 2 1 10 2 2 24 10 .230 .322 .343 .664 20.1
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
1986 25 MIN AL 2B 150 150 1316.0 311 565 9 112 .990 5.99   6.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 26 MIN AL 2B 108 107 891.0 179 349 12 63 .978 5.33   1.4
    3B 4 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
  2B 258 257 2207.0 490 914 21 175 .985 5.73   8.2
  3B 4 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   263 257 2217.0 491 916 21 175 .985 5.71   8.3
Career Highs   151 150 1318.0 311 565 12 112 .990 5.98    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1986-5-617
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dave May (967)
  2. Bobby Young (964)
  3. Craig Reynolds (960)
  4. Pat Crawford (957)
  5. Bob Boken (953)
  6. Mike Blowers (953)
  7. Bill Rigney (952)
  8. Jim Dyck (951)
  9. Buddy Blair (949)
  10. Steve Dillard (948)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 79th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1978
Injured on 6/30/1978 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Released by Cleveland (A) on 2/14/1982
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1983
Injured on 7/14/1984 with a Bruised Heel, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/3/1986, off Andy Mcgaffigan (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1986, off Mark Lee (IND)
Injured on 5/11/1987 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/3/1989 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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