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Mickey Owen

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: April 4, 1916 in Nixa, MO us

Died: July 13, 2005 in Mount Vernon, MO

Buried: Patterson Cemetery, Springfield, MO

High School: George Washington Preparatory HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: May 2, 1937 (Age 21-028d, 8,255th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1954 (Age 38-160d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Arnold Malcolm Owen

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

3649

929

.255

338

RBI

378

OBP

.318

SLG

.322

OPS

.640

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-36 / in Starts: 23-32
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	123 (56-50-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	143 (74-46-23)

Most Driven In
H Reich	4
H Sauer	4
A Pafko	3
B Scheffing	1
F Baumholtz	1
P Cavarretta	1
R Smalley	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
H Jeffcoat	3
B Ramazzotti	2
W Terwilliger	2
F Gustine	2
D Lade	2
S Burgess	1
Self	1
R Smalley	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	972	72 (71)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.03	-0.053	.04	0.00%	-0.83	C
2	973	74 (1)	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	2.56	-0.106	.09	0.00%	-0.74	C
3	974	75	Jul 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-23	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	7	.17	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
4	975	76	Jul 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	5	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.417	.845	7	1.25	0.201	.02	0.00%	1.70	C
5	976	77	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.438	.882	8	1.51	0.042	.02	0.00%	0.19	C
6	977	78	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG(13)	6	5	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.476	.522	.714	1.236	8	1.54	0.247	.01	0.00%	2.07	C
7	978	80 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.458	.500	.667	1.167	7						C
8	979	82 (1)	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.481	.517	.667	1.184	7	.59	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
9	980	84 (1)	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.452	.485	.613	1.098	6	.59	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
10	981	85	Jul 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.606	1.106	7	.72	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
11	982	86	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.432	.475	.568	1.043	6	1.44	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.41	C
12	983	87	Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	7-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.410	.452	.538	.991	6	1.93	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH C
13	984	88	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.372	.413	.488	.901	6	.98	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.04	C
14	985	89	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.413	.488	.901	8						C
15	986	91 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.380	.447	.827	8	.54	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-1.15	C
16	987	92	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	5-GF	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.367	.404	.510	.914	8	.19	0.042	.00	0.00%	1.19	PR C
17	988	93	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.358	.393	.509	.902	8	.24	-0.011	.00	0.00%	1.27	C
18	989	94	Jul 27	CHC		BRO	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.390	.500	.890	8	.76	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.05	C
19	990	95	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.397	.508	.905	8	.63	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
20	991	97 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.339	.388	.484	.872	8	.73	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
21	992	98	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.388	.484	.872	6						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	993	99	Aug 1	CHC		NYG	L,3-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.380	.462	.842	8	.34	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
23	994	101 (1)	Aug 3	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.378	.456	.834	7	.93	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.12	C
24	995	102	Aug 4	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.364	.437	.800	7	.80	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
25	996	103	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.307	.358	.427	.785	7	.67	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.33	C
26	997	104	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,10-4	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.353	.418	.771	7	.40	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
27	998	105	Aug 7 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,0-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.345	.407	.752	7	.48	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
28	999	106	Aug 7 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.341	.412	.752	7	1.23	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
29	1000	107	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.337	.404	.741	7	1.54	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
30	1001	108	Aug 10	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.337	.402	.739	7	1.30	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.20	C
31	1002	109	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.327	.389	.716	7	1.08	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.43	C
32	1003	110	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.324	.384	.708	7	.93	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
33	1004	111	Aug 14 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.318	.385	.703	7	1.67	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.84	C
34	1005	112	Aug 14 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.315	.381	.696	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
35	1006	113	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.278	.322	.380	.701	7	.74	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.87	C
36	1007	114	Aug 16	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.270	.319	.369	.689	6	1.69	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
37	1008	115	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.311	.360	.671	6	1.24	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
38	1009	116	Aug 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.269	.315	.361	.676	6	1.20	-0.096	.00	0.00%	0.08	C
39	1010	117	Aug 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.358	.671	6	1.40	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
40	1011	119 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.313	.358	.671	7	.68	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
41	1012	120	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.319	.378	.696	7	.40	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.83	C
42	1013	122 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.369	.691	7	.86	-0.016	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
43	1014	123	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.319	.366	.685	7	1.37	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
44	1015	124	Aug 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.270	.324	.380	.704	7	.59	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.67	C
45	1016	125	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.331	.386	.717	7	.71	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
46	1017	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.329	.382	.711	7	.56	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-1.01	C
47	1018	128 (1)	Aug 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.327	.378	.705	7						C
48	1019	129	Aug 31	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.319	.368	.687	7	1.30	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-0.97	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	1020	130	Sep 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.317	.366	.683	9	.73	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
50	1021	131	Sep 3	CHC		PIT	W,11-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.372	.693	7	.85	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.96	C
51	1022	132	Sep 4	CHC		PIT	W,11-7	CG(7)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.320	.369	.689	7	.76	0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
52	1023	134 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.268	.318	.366	.684	7	.43	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.25	C
53	1024	135	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.331	.387	.718	7	1.07	0.204	.00	0.00%	1.27	C
54	1025	136	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.326	.380	.706	7	.49	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.96	C
55	1026	138 (1)	Sep 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.323	.392	.715	7						C
56	1027	140 (1)	Sep 14	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.321	.389	.710	7	1.92	0.187	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
57	1028	141	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.325	.392	.717	1	6.39	0.343	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
58	1029	142	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.323	.389	.712	7	1.21	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
59	1030	144 (1)	Sep 19	CHC		BRO	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.318	.383	.701	7	.90	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
60	1031	145	Sep 20	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.315	.379	.694	7	.90	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
61	1032	153 (7)	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.314	.376	.690	7	.84	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.31	C
62	1033	154	Oct 2	CHC		STL	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.318	.379	.696	7	.61	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
							26-36		214	198	15	54	9	3	2	19	12	1	13	1	3		3	3	1	1	.273	.318	.379	.696		.99	0.198	.00	0.00%	-4.65

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