Jim Owens

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: January 16, 1934 in Gifford, PA us

Died: September 8, 2020 in Houston, TX

High School: Bradford HS (Bradford, PA)

Debut: April 19, 1955 (Age 21-093d, 11,237th in major league history)
vs. BRO 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: June 20, 1967 (Age 33-155d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: James Philip Owens

Nicknames: Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

ERA

4.31

286

103

885.1

516

WHIP

1.437

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 84 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 35 go ahead

3 Tms
PHI	61
HOU	17
CIN	6

Platoon
vs RHB	58
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	36

Outs
1	34
0	26
2	24

9 Opps
SFG	14
STL	14
PIT	13
CHC	10
CIN	9
MLN	8
LAD/BRO	7
NYM	5
PHI	4

60 Batters
Willie Mays	4
Charlie Neal	3
Frank Robinson	3
Ernie Banks	3
Eddie Mathews	3
Billy Williams	3
Eddie Kasko	2
Dick Groat	2
Dick Stuart	2
Roberto Clemente	2
Dick Allen	2
Orlando Cepeda	2
Duke Snider	2
Bill White	2
Daryl Spencer	2
Don Hoak	2
Frank Thomas	2
Ron Santo	1
Jim Hickman	1
Ken Boyer	1
Walt Moryn	1
Matty Alou	1
Del Crandall	1
Tom Haller	1
Hal Smith	1
Lee Maye	1
Eddie Miksis	1
Felipe Alou	1
Hobie Landrith	1
Roy Campanella	1
Vada Pinson	1
Henry Aaron	1
Jerry Lynch	1
Ted Kluszewski	1
Carl Furillo	1
Jim Ray Hart	1
Sammy Taylor	1
Rubén Amaro	1
Curt Flood	1
Tony Pérez	1
Tommy Davis	1
Johnny Logan	1
Roy McMillan	1
Johnny Callison	1
Gino Cimoli	1
Bob Schmidt	1
Stan Williams	1
Gene Oliver	1
Bob Skinner	1
Gary Blaylock	1
Stan Musial	1
Don Ferrarese	1
Carl Sawatski	1
Bobby Bolin	1
Gus Bell	1
Willie Kirkland	1
Bill Mazeroski	1
Jim Pagliaroni	1
Frank Bolling	1
Lou Brock	1

13 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	32
Forbes Fld (PIT)	10
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	7
Crosley Fld (CIN)	6
Astrodome (HOU)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Polo Grounds (NYC)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Colt Stad (HOU)	3
Seals Stad (SFO)	3
LA Coliseum (LOS)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	39
9	17
78	6
8	5
89	4

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	51
2·HR gms	15
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	16
-2-	7
12-	6
--3	5
123	2
-23	2
1-3	1

136 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	45
1 on	28
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	39

Inning
1	10
2	10
3	11
4	8
5	7
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	31
4-6	25
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	6
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	29
-1	13
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	24
Tied	29
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	12
3B	12
CF	11
LF	10
1B	9
C	9
SS	9
2B	7
P	4
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	16
4th	16
7th	11
5th	11
2nd	9
6th	7
8th	6
1st	4
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	39
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1955-04-19	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	1--	2	6	9	13%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Amorós Scores
2	2	2	2	1955-04-19	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	---	1	7	2	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1956-05-06 (1)	Frank Robinson	CIN		PHI	tied 2-2	b 3	0	1--	2	2	7	17%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Temple Scores
4	4	2	1	1956-06-17 (2)	Eddie Miksis	CHC	@	PHI	tied 3-3	t 6	2	1--	2	1	5	30%	77%		Home Run; S. Jones Scores
5	5	3	1	1956-07-01 (1)	Duke Snider	BRO		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3	3	8	17%	80%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Gilliam Scores; P. Reese Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1958-09-23	Eddie Mathews	MLN		PHI	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	5	19%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF); R. Schoendienst Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1959-04-24	Dick Stuart	PIT	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	3	17%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Clemente Scores/unER; D. Stuart Scores/unER
8	8	2	1	1959-05-07	Ted Kluszewski	PIT		PHI	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---	1	4	3	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1959-05-16	Gary Blaylock	STL		PHI	tied 0-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	9	1	17%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Smith Scores
10	10	4	1	1959-05-23	Johnny Logan	MLN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	6	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	1	1959-05-28	Frank Robinson	CIN		PHI	behind 0-3	b 6	1	---	1	4	3	9%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	6	2	1959-05-28	Gus Bell	CIN		PHI	behind 1-3	b 8	0	---	1	5	9	14%	31%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
13	13	7	1	1959-06-16 (2)	Gino Cimoli	STL		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	8	15%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Blasingame Scores
14	14	8	1	1959-06-26	Willie Mays	SFG		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	8	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	9	1	1959-07-24	Eddie Kasko	CIN		PHI	tied 0-0	b 8	1	---	1	8	6	29%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	10	1	1959-07-28	Willie Kirkland	SFG		PHI	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	5	9	13%	41%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	11	2	1959-07-28	Orlando Cepeda	SFG		PHI	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	12	1	1959-08-22	Hobie Landrith	SFG	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	20%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Spencer Scores
19	19	13	1	1959-08-27 (1)	Daryl Spencer	SFG	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	6	4	14%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	14	1	1959-09-18	Sammy Taylor	CHC		PHI	behind 2-4	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	14%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1960-04-19	Bob Skinner	PIT		PHI	behind 0-4	b 3	0	12-	3	3	7	19%	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Hoak Scores/unER; D. Groat Scores
22	22	2	1	1960-04-24 (2)	Roy McMillan	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	6	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	2	1960-04-24 (2)	Eddie Kasko	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	--3	2	8	5	10%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Bailey Scores
24	24	4	1	1960-04-29	Del Crandall	MLN		PHI	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	12%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	5	1	1960-05-16	Daryl Spencer	STL	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 7	1	---	1	6	4	21%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1960-06-05 (2)	Dick Stuart	PIT	@	PHI	behind 0-4	t 8	2	---	1	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	7	1	1960-06-10	Ernie Banks	CHC		PHI	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	2	3	6	23%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); B. Will Scores
28	28	8	1	1960-06-15	Duke Snider	LAD		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	8	19%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); W. Moon Scores
29	29	9	1	1960-06-21 (1)	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 3	1	-2-	2	3	6	20%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores
30	30	10	2	1960-06-21 (1)	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	PHI	tied 4-4	t 7	1	---	1	3	6	22%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	11	1	1960-06-25	Ken Boyer	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 9	0	---	1	4	5	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	12	1	1960-06-30	Charlie Neal	LAD	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 2	1	--3	2	7	4	15%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Roseboro Scores
33	33	13	1	1960-07-03	Bob Schmidt	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 9-5	t 9	2	1--	2	8	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Alou Scores
34	34	14	1	1960-07-17	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	PHI	ahead 5-2	t 7	0	-2-	2	3	5	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Crandall Scores
35	35	15	1	1960-07-24	Stan Williams	LAD		PHI	ahead 6-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	9	1	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Pignatano Scores
36	36	16	1	1960-08-10	Walt Moryn	STL	@	PHI	behind 0-3	t 4	2	---	1	6	9	8%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	17	2	1960-08-10	Bill White	STL	@	PHI	behind 1-3	t 5	2	1-3	3	3	3	37%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Jackson Scores; J. Javier Scores
38	38	18	1	1960-09-04	Don Hoak	PIT		PHI	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	7	5	11%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	19	2	1960-09-04	Roberto Clemente	PIT		PHI	ahead 4-3	b 7	0	---	1	5	9	10%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
40	40	20	1	1960-09-20 (2)	Hal Smith	PIT	@	PHI	tied 2-2	t 8	1	---	1	5	2	28%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	21	1	1960-09-28	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	5	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Crandall Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1961-07-16	Willie Mays	SFG		PHI	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	8	11%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	2	2	1961-07-16	Matty Alou	SFG		PHI	tied 1-1	b 5	2	12-	3	3	9	32%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Amalfitano Scores; H. Kuenn Scores
44	44	3	1	1961-07-21	Billy Williams	CHC	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 6	0	1--	2	3	7	23%	79%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); D. Zimmer Scores
45	45	4	1	1961-07-30	Willie Mays	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	---	1	4	8	12%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	5	1	1961-08-06 (2)	Carl Sawatski	STL		PHI	behind 0-2	b 7	2	1--	2	8	PH	33%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Flood Scores/unER; C. Sawatski Scores/unER
47	47	6	1	1961-08-18	Lee Maye	MLN		PHI	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	1	9	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
48	48	7	1	1961-08-24	Ron Santo	CHC	@	PHI	behind 1-7	t 4	1	---	1	6	5	2%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	8	1	1961-09-09	Billy Williams	CHC		PHI	behind 1-6	b 9	2	---	1	5	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1962-04-10	Roberto Clemente	PIT		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	123	4	5	9	17%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); D. Groat Scores; B. Skinner Scores/unER; D. Stuart Scores
51	51	2	2	1962-04-10	Don Hoak	PIT		PHI	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	---	1	7	5	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hoak Scores/unER
52	52	3	1	1962-04-28	Charlie Neal	NYM		PHI	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	1	5	4	7%	25%		Home Run
53	53	4	2	1962-04-28	Frank Thomas	NYM		PHI	behind 1-6	b 6	0	1--	2	4	7	8%	16%		Home Run; G. Bell Scores
54	54	5	3	1962-04-28	Charlie Neal	NYM		PHI	behind 3-6	b 6	0	---	1	5	4	10%	26%		Home Run
55	55	6	1	1962-05-04	Frank Thomas	NYM	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-23	3	4	7	17%	76%		Home Run; J. Hickman Scores; F. Mantilla Scores
56	56	7	1	1962-05-13 (1)	Billy Williams	CHC		PHI	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	1	3	7	15%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	8	1	1962-05-20 (1)	Lou Brock	CHC	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 2	1	123	4	1	8	27%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bertell Scores; A. Rodgers Scores; C. Koonce Scores
58	58	9	1	1962-06-22 (2)	Don Ferrarese	STL	@	PHI	behind 0-5	t 3	1	1--	2	9	1	9%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Maxvill Scores
59	59	10	2	1962-06-22 (2)	Gene Oliver	STL	@	PHI	behind 2-11	t 9	1	---	1	7	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	11	1	1962-07-05	Dick Groat	PIT		PHI	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	--3	2	2	6	9%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Mazeroski Scores
61	61	12	1	1962-08-10	Curt Flood	STL		PHI	behind 3-4	b 6	1	---	1	2	8	18%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1963-05-12 (2)	Jim Hickman	NYM		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	8	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	2	1	1963-05-17	Dick Groat	STL		CIN	ahead 8-2	b 4	0	---	1	2	6	1%	99%		Home Run
64	64	3	2	1963-05-17	Stan Musial	STL		CIN	ahead 9-2	b 4	1	-2-	2	5	7	1%	100%		Home Run; G. Altman Scores/unER
65	65	4	1	1963-06-05 (1)	Bill Mazeroski	PIT		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	4	23%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); T. Savage Scores; R. Clemente Scores
66	66	5	2	1963-06-05 (1)	Jim Pagliaroni	PIT		CIN	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	2	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	6	1	1963-07-21	Felipe Alou	SFG	@	CIN	ahead 6-3	t 6	2	1--	2	2	9	9%	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); H. Kuenn Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1964-04-16	Henry Aaron	MLN	@	HOU	behind 1-2	t 3	2	12-	3	3	9	34%	71%		Home Run; F. Alou Scores; L. Maye Scores
69	69	2	1	1964-04-26	Bill White	STL		HOU	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	1	6	3	19%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	3	1	1964-05-31	Dick Allen	PHI		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	16%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Rojas Scores
71	71	4	2	1964-05-31	Rubén Amaro	PHI		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	--3	2	8	6	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Herrnstein Scores
72	72	5	1	1964-06-13	Vada Pinson	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	---	1	3	8	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	6	1	1964-07-11	Tommy Davis	LAD	@	HOU	ahead 9-7	t 7	0	-2-	2	7	7	7%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); W. Parker Scores
74	74	7	1	1964-07-30 (2)	Jerry Lynch	PIT		HOU	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	7	15%	66%		Home Run
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1965-05-25	Tony Pérez	CIN	@	HOU	tied 4-4	t 9	1	-23	3	5	3	25%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harper Scores; V. Pinson Scores
76	76	2	1	1965-06-11	Johnny Callison	PHI		HOU	tied 5-5	b 10	2	---	1	3	9	47%	100%	Walk-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
77	77	3	1	1965-08-01 (2)	Frank Robinson	CIN		HOU	behind 5-6	b 7	1	---	1	4	9	24%	55%		Home Run
78	78	4	1	1965-08-08 (2)	Frank Bolling	MLN		HOU	ahead 7-3	b 8	0	---	1	7	4	1%	100%		Home Run
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
79	79	1	1	1966-04-24	Willie Mays	SFG	@	HOU	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	3	8	28%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	2	2	1966-04-24	Jim Ray Hart	SFG	@	HOU	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	1	5	5	31%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	3	1	1966-08-01	Dick Allen	PHI		HOU	tied 5-5	b 10	0	---	1	4	5	37%	100%	Walk-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
82	82	4	1	1966-08-14 (1)	Bobby Bolin	SFG		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 7	2	1--	2	9	1	9%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Gabrielson Scores
83	83	5	2	1966-08-14 (1)	Tom Haller	SFG		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	1	2	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
84	84	1	1	1967-06-20	Orlando Cepeda	STL	@	HOU	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	12-	3	4	3	17%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Javier Scores; C. Flood Scores

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