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Mickey Owen
Arnold Malcolm Owen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 2, 1937
Final Game September 11, 1954
Born April 4, 1916 in Nixa, MO
Died July 13, 2005 in Mt. Vernon, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 21 STL NL  80  234   17   54   4  2   0   20   1     15  13  .231  .277  .265   47   62   4           0   8
 1938 22 STL NL 122  397   45  106  25  2   4   36   2     32  14  .267  .325  .370   86  147   2           2  15
 1939 23 STL NL 131  344   32   89  18  2   3   35   6     43  28  .259  .344  .349   82  120  13           2  11
 1940 24 STL NL 117  307   27   81  16  2   0   27   4     34  13  .264  .341  .329   81  101   6           2  10
 1941 25 BRO NL 128  386   32   89  15  2   1   44   1     34  14  .231  .296  .288   62  111  15           2  13 AS
 1942 26 BRO NL 133  421   53  109  16  3   0   44  10     44  17  .259  .330  .311   87  131  18           1  16 MVP-4,AS
 1943 27 BRO NL 106  365   31   95  11  2   0   54   4     25  15  .260  .309  .301   77  110   4           1   9 AS
 1944 28 BRO NL 130  461   43  126  20  3   1   42   4     36  17  .273  .326  .336   88  155   6           0  18 AS
 1945 29 BRO NL  24   84    5   24   9  0   0   11   0     10   2  .286  .368  .393  113   33   3           1   5
 1949 33 CHC NL  62  198   15   54   9  3   2   18   1     12  13  .273  .318  .379   88   75   3           1   2
 1950 34 CHC NL  86  259   22   63  11  0   2   21   2     13  16  .243  .282  .309   56   80   4           1   8
 1951 35 CHC NL  58  125   10   23   6  0   0   15   1  0  19  13  .184  .292  .232   42   29   2           0   4
 1954 38 BOS AL  32   68    6   16   3  0   1   11   0  1   9   6  .235  .309  .324   67   22   0   4       0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1209 3649  338  929 163 21  14  378  36  1 326 181  .255  .318  .322   76 1176  80   4   0  13 122
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        489   45  124  22  3   2   51   5  0  44  24  .255  .318  .322   76  158  11   1   0   2  16
 Career High    133  461   53  126  25  3   4   54  10  1  44  28  .273  .344  .370   88  155  18   4   0   2  18

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 21 STL NL  253  192   17   2.4   103| .231  .282| .277  .344| .265  .400| .542  .745|  47  .235 -18.0  -1.8     
 1938 22 STL NL  433  308   47   4.1   104| .267  .282| .325  .347| .370  .401| .695  .748|  86  .467  -7.5  -0.8     
 1939 23 STL NL  402  279   41   3.9   108| .259  .287| .344  .354| .349  .411| .693  .765|  82  .431  -8.0  -0.8     
 1940 24 STL NL  349  242   34   3.8   103| .264  .279| .341  .344| .329  .401| .670  .745|  81  .435  -7.0  -0.7     
 1941 25 BRO NL  437  325   33   2.7    97| .231  .270| .296  .342| .288  .381| .584  .723|  62  .316 -19.8  -2.1     
 1942 26 BRO NL  484  346   43   3.4    88| .259  .258| .330  .330| .311  .359| .641  .689|  87  .441  -6.4  -0.7     
 1943 27 BRO NL  395  283   34   3.2    89| .260  .265| .309  .333| .301  .359| .610  .692|  77  .410 -11.3  -1.2     
 1944 28 BRO NL  503  359   51   3.8    92| .273  .266| .326  .332| .336  .373| .662  .706|  88  .456  -7.0  -0.7     
 1945 29 BRO NL   98   68   12   4.7    96| .286  .272| .368  .342| .393  .375| .761  .717| 113  .546   2.1   0.2     
 1949 33 CHC NL  214  149   24   4.3   101| .273  .267| .318  .340| .379  .399| .697  .739|  88  .472  -3.7  -0.4     
 1950 34 CHC NL  277  208   22   2.8   107| .243  .268| .282  .345| .309  .416| .591  .761|  56  .281 -16.8  -1.7     
 1951 35 CHC NL  146  108    9   2.2   105| .184  .270| .292  .344| .232  .409| .524  .753|  42  .217  -9.9  -1.0 100%
 1954 38 BOS AL   81   60    7   3.1   108| .235  .278| .309  .355| .324  .406| .633  .762|  67  .363  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4072 2927  374   3.4    99| .255  .272| .318  .341| .322  .388| .640  .729|  76  .400 -116.1 -12.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1937 21 STL NL   C   78    287   49    9    6  .974  .980  4.31  4.62               4             
 1938 22 STL NL   C  116    463   67   11    8  .980  .979  4.57  4.26               7             
 1939 23 STL NL   C  126    452   52    9    8  .982  .982  4.00  3.93               9             
 1940 24 STL NL   C  113    378   56    9    8  .980  .978  3.84  4.05               5             
 1941 25 BRO NL   C  128    530   64    3    7  .995  .983  4.64  4.06               2              AS
 1942 26 BRO NL   C  133    595   66    9   12  .987  .979  4.97  4.28               5              AS
 1943 27 BRO NL   C  100    414   47    6   11  .987  .981  4.61  4.13               9              AS
                 3B    3      3    8    1    0  .917  .948  3.67  2.97                              AS
                 SS    1      4    2    0    0 1.000  .952  6.00  5.00                              AS
 1944 28 BRO NL   C  125    506   57   12    8  .979  .979  4.50  3.95              11              AS
                 2B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.00                              AS
 1945 29 BRO NL   C   24     92   13    4    2  .963  .978  4.38  3.83               2             
 1949 33 CHC NL   C   59    219   35    8    5  .969  .982  4.31  4.39               7             
 1950 34 CHC NL   C   86    318   39    8    8  .978  .982  4.15  4.53               6             
 1951 35 CHC NL   C   57    188   28    7    6  .969  .981  3.79  4.43               5             
 1954 38 BOS AL   C   30     85    8    1    4  .989  .986  3.10  4.76               1             
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1944 28 BRO NL  2B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.00                             

 1943 27 BRO NL  3B    3      3    8    1    0  .917  .948  3.67  2.97                             

 1937 21 STL NL   C   78    287   49    9    6  .974  .980  4.31  4.62               4             
 1938 22 STL NL   C  116    463   67   11    8  .980  .979  4.57  4.26               7             
 1939 23 STL NL   C  126    452   52    9    8  .982  .982  4.00  3.93               9             
 1940 24 STL NL   C  113    378   56    9    8  .980  .978  3.84  4.05               5             
 1941 25 BRO NL   C  128    530   64    3    7  .995  .983  4.64  4.06               2             
 1942 26 BRO NL   C  133    595   66    9   12  .987  .979  4.97  4.28               5             
 1943 27 BRO NL   C  100    414   47    6   11  .987  .981  4.61  4.13               9             
 1944 28 BRO NL   C  125    506   57   12    8  .979  .979  4.50  3.95              11             
 1945 29 BRO NL   C   24     92   13    4    2  .963  .978  4.38  3.83               2             
 1949 33 CHC NL   C   59    219   35    8    5  .969  .982  4.31  4.39               7             
 1950 34 CHC NL   C   86    318   39    8    8  .978  .982  4.15  4.53               6             
 1951 35 CHC NL   C   57    188   28    7    6  .969  .981  3.79  4.43               5             
 1954 38 BOS AL   C   30     85    8    1    4  .989  .986  3.10  4.76               1             

 1943 27 BRO NL  SS    1      4    2    0    0 1.000  .952  6.00  5.00                             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C 1175   4527  581   96   93  .982  .980  4.35  4.20              73             
                 3B    3      3    8    1    0  .917  .948  3.67  2.97                             
                 SS    1      4    2    0    0 1.000  .952  6.00  5.00                             
                 2B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.00                             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1180   4535  591   97   93  .981  .980  4.34  4.20

An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   5  12   1   2  0  1  0   2   3   0  .167  .333  .333   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1941   BRO NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1942   BRO NL       1   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1943   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1944   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/4      1   2   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 2.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1941 (C)
1942 *
1943
1944

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-NL-4-0.31
Car-577-0.31 shares

Stolen Bases
1942 NL-10-9

Sac. Hits
1941 NL-15-3
1942 NL-18-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1942 NL-16-5
1944 NL-18-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1938 NL-28.4-6
1941 NL-27.6-8
1942 NL-24.8-9
1943 NL-24.3-8
1944 NL-27.1-5

Oldest Player
1954 AL-38-5

Youngest Player
1937 NL-21-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (866) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1935 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
December 4, 1940: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Gus Mancuso, John Pintar (minors), and $65,000.
July 2, 1949: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
December 21, 1951: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
February 26, 1954: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
January 11, 1955: Released by 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.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1941 (C) 1942 * 1943 1944	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1942-NL-4-0.31 Car-577-0.31 shares	Stolen Bases 1942 NL-10-9	Sac. Hits 1941 NL-15-3 1942 NL-18-4	Grounded into Double Plays 1942 NL-16-5 1944 NL-18-4	At Bats per Strikeout 1938 NL-28.4-6 1941 NL-27.6-8 1942 NL-24.8-9 1943 NL-24.3-8 1944 NL-27.1-5
Oldest Player 1954 AL-38-5	Youngest Player 1937 NL-21-6