Dave Owen
Dave Owen
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
Final Game: October 2, 1988
Relatives: Brother of Spike Owen
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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
1983 CHC NL 25 SS 14 6 68.1 38 10 28 0 5 1.000 -0.7 -12.3 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 5.00 2.71 .966 4.85 4.16
1983 CHC NL 25 3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.50 0.33 .900 2.70 2.30
1984 CHC NL 26 SS 35 23 223.1 127 37 86 4 19 .969 -1.0 -5.4 -1.0 -0.3 -0.8 0 4.96 3.51 .965 4.87 3.98
1984 CHC NL 26 3B 6 2 23.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 0 1.57 0.67 .950 2.78 2.37
1984 CHC NL 26 2B 4 0 10.0 7 1 3 3 0 .571 -1.9 -228.0 -1.9 -1.9 0.0 0 3.60 1.00 .986 5.40 4.70
1985 CHC NL 27 3B 7 1 19.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 3.32 1.00 .950 2.89 2.47
1985 CHC NL 27 SS 7 1 16.2 12 3 8 1 2 .917 0.3 21.6 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 5.94 1.57 .967 4.91 4.26
1985 CHC NL 27 2B 4 0 13.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -55.4 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 1.38 0.50 1.000 5.47 4.82
1988 KCR AL 30 SS 7 2 24.0 17 7 9 1 6 .941 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -0.2 -1.0 0 6.00 2.29 .971 4.69 4.14
4 Seasons SS 63 32 332.1 194 57 131 6 32 .969 -2.5 -9.0 -2.5 -0.2 -2.5 0 5.09 2.98 .965 4.85 4.07
3 Seasons 3B 16 3 48.0 13 4 8 1 0 .923 -0.4 -10.0 -0.4 -1.1 0.7 0 2.25 0.75 .946 2.81 2.40
2 Seasons 2B 8 0 23.0 9 2 4 3 0 .667 -2.5 -130.4 -2.5 -2.6 0.1 0 2.35 0.75 .989 5.44 4.76
4 Seasons TOT 87 35 403.1 216 63 143 10 32 .954 -5.4 -16.1 -5.4 -3.9 -1.7 0 4.60 2.37 .919 4.64 3.83

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
1983 CHC NL 25 16 6 16 16 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1984 CHC NL 26 47 25 47 44 0 0 0 4 6 35 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1985 CHC NL 27 22 2 22 18 0 0 0 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
1988 KCR AL 30 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 92 35 92 85 0 0 0 8 16 63 0 0 0 0 0 7 13
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
1983 CHC NL 25 330 46% 79% 28% 31 90% 1 14 4 8 2 29 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 26 977 55% 80% 28% 97 97% 0 36 16 16 4 88 71 15 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 19 8 0 6 2 1 17 8 9 2 1 1
1985 CHC NL 27 70 49% 77% 24% 10 90% 0 3 2 1 0 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1988 KCR AL 30 102 47% 75% 32% 10 60% 1 7 1 5 1 9 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 2 3 0 6 1 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1479 52% 79% 28% 148 93% 2 60 23 30 7 134 109 19 0 1 6 0 5 1 5 33 11 1 10 6 2 30 12 18 3 2 1
MLB Averages 56% 77% 27% 92%

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%
1983 CHC NL 25 28 36% 82% 32% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 26 91 38% 71% 18% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 27 90 51% 83% 20% 6 83% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 209 44% 78% 21% 10 90% 0 3 2 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 27% 91% 75%

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
1984 CHC NL 26 43 40% 77% 23% 5 40% 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 27 55 58% 85% 27% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 98 50% 82% 26% 7 57% 0 2 0 2 0 5 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 27% 95%

* 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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