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Mickey
Owen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 4, 1916 in Usa, MO, NIXA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 21 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9
1938 22 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 10
1939 23 MIN AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1940 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1941 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1942 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1943 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1944 28 PIT NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1945 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 7 7
1946 30 PIT NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1947 31 PIT NL $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1948 32 DET AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1949 33 DET AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1950 34 DET AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1951 35 BSN NL $ 555,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
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
1937 21 AA   112 424 52 113 23 2 4 43 5 4 54 6 .267 .349 .358 .708 54.5  
1938 22 AAA   17 61 4 12 4 0 0 6 1 0 3 2 .197 .234 .262 .497 3.4  
    AA   119 473 51 131 34 0 1 50 6 4 47 16 .277 .342 .355 .697 56.9  
1939 23 AAA   123 381 45 111 9 5 4 46 8 6 27 17 .291 .338 .373 .711 46.7  
1940 24 MIN AL 13 35 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .200 .256 .229 .485 1.8 0.0
1941 25 MIN AL 49 124 11 27 3 1 0 14 1 0 3 17 .218 .242 .258 .500 3.5 0.0
1942 26 MIN AL 90 322 37 87 16 2 3 39 2 1 21 51 .270 .316 .360 .676 32.1 2.6
1943 27 MIN AL 52 162 13 53 9 0 1 22 0 0 5 17 .327 .343 .401 .744 20.4 2.8
1944 28 MIN AL 7 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .150 .190 .150 .340 -0.1 0.0
  PIT NL 52 127 9 36 6 0 2 18 0 0 6 16 .283 .313 .378 .691 13.8 1.7
  TOT   59 147 10 39 6 0 2 20 0 0 7 17 .265 .297 .347 .644 13.7 1.7
1945 29 PIT NL 49 131 10 37 8 0 1 16 0 0 9 14 .282 .336 .366 .702 15.0 2.1
1946 30 PIT NL 42 113 18 34 5 0 3 11 0 0 13 23 .301 .373 .425 .798 16.7 3.4
1947 31 PIT NL 75 155 24 40 5 1 1 16 0 0 12 22 .258 .310 .323 .632 14.4 1.1
1948 32 DET AL 78 175 29 51 10 2 2 33 0 1 14 31 .291 .344 .406 .749 21.5 2.7
1949 33 DET AL 69 149 12 45 10 0 1 27 1 0 11 23 .302 .354 .389 .743 18.6 2.5
1950 34 DET AL 34 84 6 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 10 15 .202 .287 .274 .561 6.6 0.0
1951 35 AAA   14 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4  
11 Years Sim 610 1597 173 437 76 6 15 208 4 2 107 234 .274 .320 .357 .677 164.4 19.0
3 Years AAA 154 450 49 125 13 5 4 52 9 6 30 22 .278 .322 .356 .678 50.5  
2 Years AA 231 897 103 244 57 2 5 93 11 8 101 22 .272 .344 .357 .701 111.4  
5 Years Minors 385 1347 152 369 70 7 9 145 20 14 131 44 .274 .337 .356 .693 161.9  
162 Game Average 424 45 116 20 1 3 55 1 0 28 62 .274 .320 .357 .677 43.7  
Career Highs 90 322 37 87 16 2 3 39 2 1 21 51 .327 .373 .425 .798 32.1  
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   1094 128 299 57 5 12 142 3 1 75 162 .273 .321 .367 .688 125.4
vs LH   503 45 138 19 1 3 66 1 1 32 72 .274 .319 .334 .653 52.2
Home 302 790 96 226 45 2 9 106 0 1 64 109 .286 .340 .382 .723 99.7
Away 308 807 77 211 31 4 6 102 4 1 43 125 .261 .300 .332 .632 77.9
RISP   410 0 129 23 3 2 179 0 0 28 61 .315 .351 .400 .751 55.6
Pinch Hitting   165 19 52 7 2 1 20 0 0 17 23 .315 .377 .400 .777 24.5
Close/Late   186 16 56 6 1 2 30 0 0 13 21 .301 .350 .376 .726 23.7
Mar/Apr 105 266 32 78 13 1 2 33 1 0 18 40 .293 .343 .372 .715 32.5
May 110 284 27 63 10 2 3 27 0 0 14 46 .222 .260 .303 .563 21.1
June 97 248 27 76 16 0 4 38 0 0 20 38 .306 .359 .419 .779 35.6
July 99 263 33 68 15 0 2 32 0 1 16 40 .259 .305 .338 .643 25.6
August 104 267 31 73 11 2 1 44 2 0 22 39 .273 .325 .341 .666 30.2
Sep/Oct 94 269 23 79 11 1 3 34 1 1 17 31 .294 .334 .375 .710 32.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1940 24 MIN AL C 12 10 84.7 33 3 1 0 .973 3.83 2 0 .000 0 0.3
1941 25 MIN AL C 45 34 312.3 176 9 2 1 .989 5.33 13 3 .231 4 1.4
1942 26 MIN AL C 90 87 764.3 342 34 5 2 .987 4.43 44 16 .364 5 4.3
1943 27 MIN AL C 37 35 292.3 98 12 2 0 .982 3.39 6 3 .500 2 1.9
1944 28 MIN AL C 4 4 39.1 18 1 0 0 1.000 4.37 1 0 .000 0 0.2
  PIT NL C 33 29 249.6 117 3 2 0 .984 4.33 5 2 .400 2 0.4
  TOT   C 37 33 288.7 135 4 2 0 .986 4.33 6 2 .333 2 0.6
1945 29 PIT NL C 41 36 312.3 135 7 2 0 .986 4.09 11 1 .091 1 0.5
1946 30 PIT NL C 38 33 286.3 105 13 1 0 .992 3.71 11 4 .364 4 1.3
1947 31 PIT NL C 40 36 312.0 132 13 0 1 1.000 4.18 15 7 .467 2 1.6
1948 32 DET AL C 35 35 301.0 157 9 0 0 1.000 4.96 8 3 .375 5 1.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 33 DET AL C 29 29 239.0 111 6 1 0 .992 4.41 7 1 .143 0 0.5
1950 34 DET AL C 20 18 158.7 59 6 0 0 1.000 3.69 8 4 .500 1 0.4
  C 424 386 3351.7 1483 116 16 4 .990 4.29 131 44 .336 26 14.4
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   425 386 3352.7 1483 117 16 4 .990 4.30 131 44 .336 26 14.4
Career Highs   90 87 764.3 342 34 5 2 1.000 5.33 44 16 .500 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 33 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1937
Injured on 8/6/1937 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Injured on 5/2/1938 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/23/1939 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit on 4/14/1940, off Ralph Buxton (TAM)
Injured on 5/4/1940 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1942, off George Blaeholder (SDP)
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1944 (Going to MIN: P Bob Chipman. Going to PIT: P Butch Wensloff, C Mickey Owen)
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 3/3/1948 (Going to PIT: C Ken Silvestri, P Jake Mooty, LF Nino Bongiovanni, 1B Frank Secory. Going to DET: P Johnny Sain, P Frank Papish, C Mickey Owen)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/17/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $555,000 per year
4/2/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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