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Owen Friend
Owen Lacey Friend (Red)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut October 2, 1949
Final Game May 16, 1956
Born March 21, 1927 in Granite City, IL

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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        Owen Friend was a great gentleman who was a ballplayer, coach and manager. He was on the original Kansas City Royals staff and wore #5 before George Brett.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 22 SLB AL   2    8    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .375  .375  .375   96    3   0           0   0
 1950 23 SLB AL 119  372   48   88  15  2   8   50   2  1  40  68  .237  .312  .352   67  131  14           1  14
 1953 26 TOT AL  65  164   17   33   6  0   5   23   0  1  11  25  .201  .256  .329   58   54   1           1   7
         DET AL  31   96   10   17   4  0   3   10   0  1   6   9  .177  .233  .313   47   30   1           1   5
         CLE AL  34   68    7   16   2  0   2   13   0  0   5  16  .235  .288  .353   74   24   0           0   2
 1955 28 TOT     20   52    3   12   3  0   0    2   0  0   4  14  .231  .286  .288   50   15   0   0   0   0   2
         BOS AL  14   42    3   11   3  0   0    2   0  0   4  11  .262  .326  .333   72   14   0   0   0   0   2
         CHC NL   6   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .100  .100  .100  -46    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 29 CHC NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      208  598   69  136  24  2  13   76   2  2  55 109  .227  .295  .339   63  203  15   0   0   2  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        466   54  106  19  2  10   59   2  2  43  85  .227  .295  .339   63  158  12   0   0   2  18
 Career High    119  372   48   88  15  2   8   50   2  1  40  68  .237  .312  .352   67  131  14   0   0   1  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 22 SLB AL    8    5    1   5.3   110| .375  .276| .375  .368| .375  .400| .750  .768|  96  .568  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1950 23 SLB AL  427  313   41   3.5   117| .237  .283| .312  .371| .352  .424| .664  .796|  67  .342 -20.2  -1.9  66%
 1953 26 TOT AL  177  140   13   2.5   101| .201  .268| .256  .344| .329  .394| .585  .738|  58  .256 -10.4  -1.1   0%
         DET AL  104   86    6   1.9   102| .177  .268| .233  .344| .313  .395| .546  .740|  47  .169  -7.7  -0.8   0%
         CLE AL   73   54    7   3.5   101| .235  .267| .288  .343| .353  .393| .641  .736|  74  .388  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1955 28 TOT      56   42    4   2.6   109| .231  .274| .286  .354| .288  .414| .574  .768|  50  .254  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         BOS AL   46   33    4   3.2   110| .262  .277| .326  .358| .333  .412| .659  .770|  72  .347  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL   10    9    0   0.0   105| .100  .265| .100  .336| .100  .420| .200  .757| -46  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1956 29 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .262| .000  .330| .000  .415| .000  .744|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       670  502   59   3.1   112| .227  .278| .295  .362| .339  .415| .634  .777|  63  .315 -35.1  -3.5  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 22 SLB AL 2B 2 4 8 0 1 1.000 .976 6.00 5.15 1950 23 SLB AL 2B 93 244 302 22 62 .961 .976 5.87 5.39 3B 24 24 32 7 4 .889 .961 2.33 3.04 SS 3 3 6 1 2 .900 .957 3.00 4.73 1953 26 TOT AL 2B 45 106 111 8 36 .964 .979 4.82 5.13 DET AL 2B 26 74 69 8 22 .947 .979 5.50 5.13 CLE AL 2B 19 32 42 0 14 1.000 .979 3.89 5.13 SS 8 6 15 0 2 1.000 .968 2.62 4.53 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1955 28 TOT SS 15 21 38 3 5 .952 .959 3.93 4.08 BOS AL SS 14 20 38 3 5 .951 .959 4.14 4.04 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 CHC NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 22 SLB AL 2B 2 4 8 0 1 1.000 .976 6.00 5.15 1950 23 SLB AL 2B 93 244 302 22 62 .961 .976 5.87 5.39 1953 26 TOT AL 2B 45 106 111 8 36 .964 .979 4.82 5.13 DET AL 2B 26 74 69 8 22 .947 .979 5.50 5.13 CLE AL 2B 19 32 42 0 14 1.000 .979 3.89 5.13 1955 28 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1950 23 SLB AL 3B 24 24 32 7 4 .889 .961 2.33 3.04 1953 26 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1955 28 CHC NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 1950 23 SLB AL SS 3 3 6 1 2 .900 .957 3.00 4.73 1953 26 CLE AL SS 8 6 15 0 2 1.000 .968 2.62 4.53 1955 28 TOT SS 15 21 38 3 5 .952 .959 3.93 4.08 BOS AL SS 14 20 38 3 5 .951 .959 4.14 4.04 CHC NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 141 354 421 30 99 .963 .977 5.50 5.30 3B 27 26 34 7 4 .896 .960 2.22 3.02 SS 26 30 59 4 9 .957 .961 3.42 4.29 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 194 410 514 41 112 .958 .974 4.76 4.85
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1950 AL-14-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bob Nieman and Jay Porter to the Detroit Tigers for Virgil Trucks, Hal White, and Johnny Groth.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Joe Ginsberg, Art Houtteman, and Bill Wight to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik.

October 14, 1954: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

June 12, 1955: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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