Dave Owen

Dave Owen

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 25, 1958 in Cleburne, TX
High School: Cleburne (Cleburne, TX)
School: University of Texas at Arlington
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Royals 1983-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
Relatives: Brother of Spike Owen
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1979	21	CHC-min	A,Rk	55	190	152	23	25	3	0	0	4	14	2	38	25	.164	.332	.184	.516		28						QDS,CBF · MIDW,GULF
1980	22	CHC-min	AA,A	134	582	445	88	123	13	1	3	48	30	13	119	89	.276	.427	.330	.758		147		2	11	5		MDL,QDS · TL,MIDW
1981	23	CHC-min	AA	80	299	247	40	53	8	1	0	23	10	4	48	73	.215	.342	.255	.597		63		0	4	0	0	MDL · TL
1982	24	CHC-min	AA	125	492	427	59	135	12	9	4	40	15	4	56	71	.316	.393	.415	.808		177		1	4	4	1	MDL · TL
1983	25	CHC-min	AAA	126	488	425	67	110	21	3	6	39	30	6	46	77	.259	.335	.365	.700		155		4	11	2	2	IWA · AA
1983	25	CHC	NL	16	26	22	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	7	.091	.160	.182	.342	-7	4	0	0	1	1	0	6/5
1984	26	CHC-min	AAA	43	165	136	18	31	5	1	1	9	11	3	27	33	.228	.356	.301	.657		41		0	2	0	2	IWA · AA
1984	26	CHC	NL	47	104	93	8	18	2	2	1	10	1	2	8	15	.194	.269	.290	.560	53	27	0	2	0	1	1	6/54
1985	27	CHC-min	AAA	100	382	321	60	73	13	5	11	40	25	11	56	65	.227	.343	.402	.745		129		1	3	1	1	IWA · AA
1985	27	CHC	NL	22	20	19	6	7	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	5	.368	.400	.368	.768	109	7	0	0	0	0	0	/564

1988	30	KCR-min	AAA	115	424	352	44	94	11	4	3	34	14	8	59	67	.267	.370	.347	.717		122		2	5	6	3	OMA · AA
1988	30	KCR	AL	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1989	31	CHC-min	AAA	79	268	227	30	56	9	5	1	22	4	5	32	42	.247	.337	.344	.681		78		0	7	2	1	IWA · AA
4 Seasons				92	155	139	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	30	.194	.260	.273	.533	46	38	0	2	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	273	245	26	48	4	5	2	28	5	5	19	53	.194	.260	.273	.533	46	67	0	4	2	4	2

CHC (3 yrs)				85	150	134	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	27	.201	.268	.284	.552	51	38	0	2	1	2	1
KCR (1 yr)				7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				85	150	134	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	27	.201	.268	.284	.552	51	38	0	2	1	2	1
AL (1 yr)				7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1983	25	CHC	NL	26	-3	0	1	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	6/5
1984	26	CHC	NL	104	-6	-1	0	1	-3	2	3	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$	6/54
1985	27	CHC	NL	20	0	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	/564

1988	30	KCR	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/6
4 Seasons				155	-10	-1	1	1	-5	2	5	-8	-0.9	-2	-0.2	-0.7	$

CHC (3 yrs)				150	-9	-1	1	1	-4	2	5	-6	-0.7	-1	-0.1	-0.6	$
KCR (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1983	25	CHC	NL	26	22	1	1.2	100	.125	.091	.268	.160	.337	.182	.397	.342	.734	-7	.093	-3.4	-0.4	.350	.227	.091	.0
1984	26	CHC	NL	104	78	8	2.8	100	.218	.194	.272	.269	.339	.290	.396	.560	.735	53	.319	-6.3	-0.7	.468	.172	.097	1.0
1985	27	CHC	NL	20	13	3	6.2	103	.500	.368	.271	.400	.341	.368	.404	.768	.745	109	.672	0.2	0.0	.615	.053	.000	.0

1988	30	KCR	AL	5	5	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.392	.000	.718	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Seasons				155	118	12	2.7	100	.236	.194	.271	.260	.338	.273	.397	.533	.735	46	.314	-10.9	-1.1	.443	.158	.079	1.5
162 Game Avg.				273	208	21	2.7	100	.236	.194	.271	.260	.338	.273	.397	.533	.735	46	.314	-10.9	-1.1	.443	.158	.079	3

CHC (3 yrs)				150	113	12	2.9	100	.241	.201	.271	.268	.339	.284	.397	.552	.736	51	.332	-9.6	-1.0	.464	.164	.082	1.5
KCR (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.392	.000	.718	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				150	113	12	2.9	100	.241	.201	.271	.268	.339	.284	.397	.552	.736	51	.332	-9.6	-1.0	.464	.164	.082	1.5
AL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.392	.000	.718	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1983	25	CHC	NL	26	0.0%	26.9%	7.7%	3.9%	50%	3.50	3.1		11.0		0.56	62%
1984	26	CHC	NL	104	1.0%	14.4%	7.7%	4.8%	28%	1.88	6.2	93.0	9.3		1.46	75%
1985	27	CHC	NL	20	0.0%	25.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.8		4.8		0.75	70%

1988	30	KCR	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			1.00	1.00	40%	0%	0.0%	0%
4 Seasons				155	0.7%	19.4%	7.1%	3.9%	22%	2.73	4.6	139.0	8.7	1.00	1.16	71%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.9%	30%	1.70	6.2	39.8	8.3	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	25	CHC	NL	-3.4	-0.4	27	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.88	-0.2	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.95	-2.1		0
1984	26	CHC	NL	-6.3	-0.7	110	-0.3	1.1	-1.4	.69	-0.3	-0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.98	-5.1	1.45	3
1985	27	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	22	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.66	0.1	-0.1	1.1	0.1	0.93	0.4	0.53	3

1988	30	KCR	AL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.10	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.62	-1.3		0
4 Seasons				-10.9	-1.1	164	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	.73	-0.6	-0.3	-8.3	-0.8	0.96	-8.1	0.99	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	25	CHC	NL	1	0	25%	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1984	26	CHC	NL	2	0	26%	40	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	27%	8	7	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1985	27	CHC	NL	0	0	75%	19	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	57%	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	1

1988	30	KCR	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons				3	0	36%	68	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	42%	13	9	4	1	0	1	5	1	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1983	25	CHC	NL	26	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	17	2	12%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1984	26	CHC	NL	104	100%	18			3	2	0	1	1.45	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		16	0	0%	9	4	44%	69	9	13%	7	4	57%	5	2	40%	0
1985	27	CHC	NL	20	100%	7			3	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	4	40%	2	2	100%	0	0		0

1988	30	KCR	AL	5	100%	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		0
4 Seasons				155	100%	27	0	0	6	2	0	1	0.99	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	20	0	0%	14	6	43%	96	15	16%	11	8	73%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	KCR	AL	5	21	4.20	13	62%	54%	15%	15%	15%	46%	0%	29%	67%	20%	20%	1	0	40%	2	0	20%	1	0	67%	0	0	0
1 Season				5	21	4.20	13	62%	54%	15%	15%	15%	46%	0%	29%	67%	20%	20%	1	0	40%	2	0	20%	1	0	67%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.59		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1983	25	16	26	22	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	7	.091	.160	.182	.342	-7	4	0	1	1	0
1984	26	63	130	115	9	20	2	3	1	12	2	2	10	22	.174	.248	.270	.518	41	31	2	1	2	1
1985	27	85	150	134	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	27	.201	.268	.284	.552	51	38	2	1	2	1
1986	28	85	150	134	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	27	.201	.268	.284	.552	51	38	2	1	2	1
1987	29	85	150	134	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	27	.201	.268	.284	.552	51	38	2	1	2	1
1988	30	92	155	139	15	27	2	3	1	16	3	3	11	30	.194	.260	.273	.533	46	38	2	1	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	25	16	25	22	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	7	.091	.160	.182	.342	1	16
1984	26	47	104	93	8	18	2	2	1	10	1	8	15	.194	.269	.290	.560	7	47
1985	27	22	20	19	6	7	0	0	0	4	1	1	5	.368	.400	.368	.768	3	22

1988	30	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
4 Seasons		92	154	139	15	27	2	3	1	17	3	11	30	.194	.260	.273	.533	11	92
162 Game Avg.		162	271	245	26	48	4	5	2	30	5	19	53	.194	.260	.273	.533	19	92

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