Owen Friend
Owen Lacey Friend (Red)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 21, 1927 in Granite City, IL
High School: Granite City (Granite City, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1949
Final Game: September 18, 1955
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 SLB AL 22 2B 2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 6.00 .975 5.15
1950 SLB AL 23 2B 93 568 244 302 22 62 .961 5.87 .976 5.39
1950 SLB AL 23 3B 24 63 24 32 7 4 .889 2.33 .963 3.04
1950 SLB AL 23 SS 3 10 3 6 1 2 .900 3.00 .960 4.73
1953 TOT AL 26 2B 45 225 106 111 8 36 .964 4.82 .979 5.13
1953 DET AL 26 2B 26 151 74 69 8 22 .947 5.50 .979 5.13
1953 CLE AL 26 2B 19 74 32 42 0 14 1.000 3.89 .978 5.13
1953 CLE AL 26 SS 8 21 6 15 0 2 1.000 2.63 .967 4.53
1953 CLE AL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1955 TOT MLB 28 SS 15 14 111.2 62 21 38 3 5 .952 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 0.9 0.0 -1 4.76 3.93 .960 4.93 4.08
1955 BOS AL 28 SS 14 14 109.2 61 20 38 3 5 .951 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 0.9 0.0 -1 4.76 4.14 .959 4.93 4.04
1955 BOS AL 28 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1955 CHC NL 28 3B 2 2 16.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 37.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 3.15 2.80
1955 CHC NL 28 SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.60
4 Seasons 2B 141 0 2.0 805 354 421 30 99 .963 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3487.50 5.50 .977 5.40 5.30
3 Seasons 3B 27 2 16.0 67 26 34 7 4 .896 0.5 37.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 33.75 2.22 .963 3.15 3.02
3 Seasons SS 26 14 111.2 93 30 59 4 9 .957 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 0.9 0.0 -1 7.17 3.42 .961 4.93 4.29
5 Seasons TOT 194 16 129.2 965 410 514 41 112 .958 0.4 3.7 1.4 1.4 0.0 -1 64.13 4.76 .932 4.72 4.85

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 SLB AL 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 SLB AL 23 119 119 119 0 0 0 93 24 3 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 26 34 34 34 0 0 0 19 1 8 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 26 31 31 31 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS AL 28 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 28 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 CHC NL 29 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 208 16 208 208 0 0 0 141 27 26 0 0 0 0 3 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 BOS AL 28 479 68% 75% 25% 50 88% 0 19 12 5 2 38 27 9 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1 Season 479 68% 75% 25% 50 88% 0 19 12 5 2 38 27 9 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 CHC NL 28 34 56% 85% 38% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 34 56% 85% 38% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 BOS AL 28 8 63% 100% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 63% 100% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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