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Bob Owchinko
Robert Dennis Owchinko

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Eastern Michigan University

Debut September 25, 1976
  vs. ATL 1.7 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game October 1, 1986
Born January 1, 1955 in Detroit, MI

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1976 21 SDP NL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    4.3   11    8    8   0    3    4   0   1    27   1   1 16.62  3.30   20 3.231
 1977 22 SDP NL   9  12  30  28   3   2   0  0  170.0  191   93   84  20   67  101   0   5   743   5   2  4.45  3.56   80 1.518
 1978 23 SDP NL  10  13  36  33   4   1   1  0  202.3  198   87   80  14   78   94   1   1   851  12   3  3.56  3.29   93 1.364
 1979 24 SDP NL   6  12  42  20   2   0   7  0  149.3  144   73   62  16   55   66   2   3   631   6   0  3.74  3.52   94 1.333
 1980 25 CLE AL   2   9  29  14   1   1   2  0  114.3  138   71   67  13   47   66   2   7   516   2   0  5.27  4.12   78 1.618
 1981 26 OAK AL   4   3  29   0   0   0  12  2   39.3   34   15   14   2   19   26   1   0   164   2   0  3.20  3.48  109 1.347
 1982 27 OAK AL   2   4  54   0   0   0  23  3  102.0  111   60   59  11   52   67   0   4   463   5   1  5.21  3.88   74 1.598
 1983 28 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    2    1    1   1    0    0   0   0     2   0   0   inf  0.00    0   inf
 1984 29 CIN NL   3   5  49   4   0   0   9  2   94.0   91   47   43  10   39   60   0   3   407   2   0  4.12  3.77   92 1.383
 1986 31 MON NL   1   0   3   3   0   0   0  0   15.0   17    6    6   1    3    6   0   1    62   0   0  3.60  3.73  104 1.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .381  37  60 275 104  10   4  54  7  890.7  937  461  424  88  363  490   6  25  3866  35   7  4.28  3.62   85 1.460
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  10  49  18   1   0   9  1  159.7  168   82   76  15   65   87   1   4   693   6   1  4.28  3.62   85 1.460
 Career High     10  13  54  33   4   2  23  3  202.3  198   93   84  20   78  101   2   7   851  12   3  3.56  4.12   94 1.333

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 21 SDP NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1977 22 SDP NL  30   49    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  18  .082  .151  .082  -32    4  11   0   0   0   0
 1978 23 SDP NL  36   63    3   11   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  26  .175  .200  .206   19   13   6   0   0   0   0
 1979 24 SDP NL  42   33    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  14  .121  .194  .121   -9    4   7   0   0   0   0
 1984 29 CIN NL  49   12    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .167  .333  .250   64    3   1   0   0   0   2
 1986 31 MON NL   3    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .200  .333  .200   51    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     164  163    9   22   3  0   0    5   0  0  13  66  .135  .199  .153    2   25  26   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        161    9   22   3  0   0    5   0  0  13  65  .135  .199  .153    2   25  26   0   0   0   2
 Career High     49   63    3   11   2  0   0    4   0  0   4  26                          13  11   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 21 SDP NL    2    2    0   0.0    85| .000  .253| .000  .318| .000  .361| .000  .679|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1977 22 SDP NL   64   56    1   0.5    94| .082  .257| .151  .323| .082  .392| .233  .715| -32  .016  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1978 23 SDP NL   71   58    3   1.4    87| .175  .251| .200  .318| .206  .369| .406  .687|  19  .116  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1979 24 SDP NL   43   36    1   0.8    94| .121  .260| .194  .325| .121  .386| .315  .711|  -9  .038  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1984 29 CIN NL   16   13    1   2.1    97| .167  .268| .333  .333| .250  .390| .583  .723|  64  .217  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1986 31 MON NL    6    4    0   0.0    97| .200  .261| .333  .332| .200  .394| .533  .726|  51  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      202  169    6   1.0    92| .135  .256| .199  .322| .153  .382| .352  .704|   2  .059 -21.1  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1976 21 SDP NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.70 2.09 1.88 2 4.3 1977 22 SDP NL P 30 2 21 0 1 1.000 .950 0.77 0.67 1.22 1.85 28 170.0 1978 23 SDP NL P 36 6 30 0 3 1.000 .950 1.00 0.72 1.60 1.91 33 202.3 1979 24 SDP NL P 42 2 24 2 2 .929 .952 0.62 0.66 1.57 1.80 20 149.3 1980 25 CLE AL P 29 3 18 1 0 .955 .959 0.72 0.77 1.65 1.85 14 114.3 1981 26 OAK AL P 29 0 6 1 1 .857 .968 0.21 0.81 1.37 1.97 0 39.3 1982 27 OAK AL P 54 7 7 0 1 1.000 .959 0.26 0.73 1.24 1.80 0 102.0 1983 28 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 1984 29 CIN NL P 49 4 11 0 0 1.000 .955 0.31 0.67 1.44 1.88 4 94.0 1986 31 MON NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.67 1.20 1.92 3 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 21 SDP NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.70 2.09 1.88 2 4.3 1977 22 SDP NL P 30 2 21 0 1 1.000 .950 0.77 0.67 1.22 1.85 28 170.0 1978 23 SDP NL P 36 6 30 0 3 1.000 .950 1.00 0.72 1.60 1.91 33 202.3 1979 24 SDP NL P 42 2 24 2 2 .929 .952 0.62 0.66 1.57 1.80 20 149.3 1980 25 CLE AL P 29 3 18 1 0 .955 .959 0.72 0.77 1.65 1.85 14 114.3 1981 26 OAK AL P 29 0 6 1 1 .857 .968 0.21 0.81 1.37 1.97 0 39.3 1982 27 OAK AL P 54 7 7 0 1 1.000 .959 0.26 0.73 1.24 1.80 0 102.0 1983 28 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 1984 29 CIN NL P 49 4 11 0 0 1.000 .955 0.31 0.67 1.44 1.88 4 94.0 1986 31 MON NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.67 1.20 1.92 3 15.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 275 24 120 4 8 .973 .954 0.52 0.71 104 890.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 275 24 120 4 8 .973 .954 0.52 0.71
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   0   5.40  0  0  0  0   1.2   3   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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
1977 NL-11-10

Shutouts
1977 NL-2-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

February 15, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Jim Wilhelm to the Cleveland Indians for Jerry Mumphrey.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Gary Alexander, Victor Cruz, and Rafael Vasquez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen.

April 6, 1981: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and cash. The Oakland Athletics sent Ernie Camacho (April 10, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

March 28, 1983: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

May 2, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 12, 1983: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

April 15, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

July 17, 1985: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.

September 24, 1985: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

February 25, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.


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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