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Frank Owen

Frank Malcolm Owen (Yip)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 23, 1879 in Ypsilanti, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1901 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers 1901-1909

Final Game: May 12, 1909 (Age 29)
Died: November 24, 1942 in Dearborn, MI
Buried: Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1901 21 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.34 8 5 3 3 0 0 56.0 70 43 27 1 30 17 4 0 3 266 89 1.786 11.3 0.2 4.8 2.7 0.57
1903 23 CHW AL 8 12 .400 3.50 26 20 6 15 1 1 167.1 167 85 65 1 44 66 7 0 1 695 81 1.261 9.0 0.1 2.4 3.5 1.50
1904 24 CHW AL 21 15 .583 1.94 37 36 1 34 4 1 315.0 243 95 68 2 61 103 11 1 6 1206 127 0.965 6.9 0.1 1.7 2.9 1.69
1905 25 CHW AL 21 13 .618 2.10 42 38 3 32 3 0 334.0 276 110 78 6 56 125 9 0 4 1282 117 0.994 7.4 0.2 1.5 3.4 2.23
1906 26 CHW AL 22 13 .629 2.33 42 36 4 27 7 0 293.0 289 114 76 4 54 66 4 0 2 1166 109 1.171 8.9 0.1 1.7 2.0 1.22
1907 27 CHW AL 2 3 .400 2.49 11 4 6 2 0 0 47.0 43 22 13 1 13 15 0 0 0 188 97 1.191 8.2 0.2 2.5 2.9 1.15
1908 28 CHW AL 6 7 .462 3.41 25 14 10 5 1 0 140.0 142 79 53 2 37 48 3 0 3 587 68 1.279 9.1 0.1 2.4 3.1 1.30
1909 29 CHW AL 1 1 .500 4.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.0 19 8 8 0 3 3 1 0 0 72 54 1.375 10.7 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.00
8 Yrs 82 67 .550 2.55 194 155 34 119 16 2 1368.1 1249 556 388 17 298 443 39 1 19 5462 100 1.131 8.2 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.49
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .550 2.55 38 30 7 23 3 0 267 243 108 76 3 58 86 8 0 4 1064 100 1.131 8.2 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.49
CHW (7 yrs) 81 64 .559 2.48 186 150 31 116 16 2 1312.1 1179 513 361 16 268 426 35 1 16 5196 101 1.103 8.1 0.1 1.8 2.9 1.59
DET (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.34 8 5 3 3 0 0 56.0 70 43 27 1 30 17 4 0 3 266 89 1.786 11.3 0.2 4.8 2.7 0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1901 21 DET AL 56.0 8 5 43 6.91 5.33 0.11 0.00 105.0 5.49 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .417 .496
1903 23 CHW AL 167.1 26 20 85 4.57 4.15 0.01 0.00 95.0 3.94 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.2 0.6 3 .463 .494
1904 24 CHW AL 315.0 37 36 95 2.71 3.50 0.46 0.00 95.0 2.88 10 1.2 1.0 -0.3 4.0 30 .533 .508
1905 25 CHW AL 334.0 42 38 110 2.96 3.66 0.46 0.00 93.0 2.98 3 0.3 1.0 -0.2 3.4 28 .507 .502
1906 26 CHW AL 293.0 42 36 114 3.50 3.66 0.32 0.00 95.0 3.17 -10 -1.2 1.0 -0.2 1.5 13 .472 .493
1907 27 CHW AL 47.0 11 4 22 4.21 3.65 0.28 0.00 95.0 3.20 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .445 .496
1908 28 CHW AL 140.0 25 14 79 5.08 3.45 0.35 0.00 97.0 3.00 -33 -3.6 1.0 -0.1 -2.3 -22 .357 .478
1909 29 CHW AL 16.0 3 2 8 4.50 3.49 0.36 0.00 95.0 2.98 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .405 .498
8 Seasons 1368.1 194 155 556 3.66 3.73 0.34 0.00 95.1 3.23 -55 -5.7 1.0 -1.1 6.7 48 .470 .496
CHW (7 yrs) 1312.1 186 150 513 3.52 3.66 0.35 0.00 94.7 3.13 -47 -5.1 1.0 -1.1 6.8 50 .473 .496
DET (1 yr) 56.0 8 5 43 6.91 5.33 0.11 0.00 105.0 5.49 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .417 .496

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1906 26 CHW AL WS W CHC 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 26 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
1 WS 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 26 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67

Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1901 21 DET AL 9 23 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .050 .095 .100 .195 -47 2 0 2 /1O
1903 23 CHW AL 26 66 57 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 7 21 .123 .219 .123 .342 7 7 0 2 1
1904 24 CHW AL 37 121 107 10 23 2 0 2 7 2 10 25 .215 .288 .290 .578 86 31 1 3 1
1905 25 CHW AL 42 137 124 8 18 2 0 0 4 2 5 26 .145 .178 .161 .340 10 20 0 8 1
1906 26 CHW AL 42 117 103 7 14 4 0 0 7 0 8 27 .136 .205 .175 .380 21 18 1 5 1
1907 27 CHW AL 11 16 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 62 4 0 0 1
1908 28 CHW AL 25 54 50 3 9 3 0 0 4 1 3 15 .180 .226 .240 .466 53 12 0 1 1
1909 29 CHW AL 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 7 1 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 195 540 483 33 77 12 0 2 26 5 34 123 .159 .218 .197 .414 32 95 2 21
162 Game Avg. 162 449 401 27 64 10 0 2 22 4 28 102 .159 .218 .197 .414 32 79 2 17
CHW (7 yrs) 186 517 463 32 76 11 0 2 25 5 33 116 .164 .223 .201 .424 36 93 2 19
DET (1 yr) 9 23 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .050 .095 .100 .195 -47 2 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1901 21 DET AL 9 23 -5 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .466 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 /1O
1903 23 CHW AL 26 66 -7 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1904 24 CHW AL 37 121 -2 -0 0 0 8 6 0.7 4 10 0.7 .519 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 1
1905 25 CHW AL 42 137 -12 -0 0 0 10 -2 -0.3 5 3 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.3 -0.0 3 1
1906 26 CHW AL 42 117 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 4 3 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 3 1
1907 27 CHW AL 11 16 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 1
1908 28 CHW AL 25 54 -3 -0 0 0 4 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 1
1909 29 CHW AL 3 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 /1
8 Seasons 195 540 -39 0 0 0 37 -1 -0.1 19 18 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 -0.0 18
CHW (7 yrs) 186 517 -34 0 0 0 36 2 0.2 19 21 0.2 .502 .500 0.3 -0.0 21
DET (1 yr) 9 23 -5 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .466 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 26 CHW AL WS CHC W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1901 DET AL 21 P 8 56.0 32 7 24 1 2 .969 4.98 3.88 .930 2.99 2.90
1901 DET AL 21 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .930 2.00 1-0-0
1903 CHW AL 23 P 26 167.1 82 11 68 3 4 .963 4.25 3.04 .948 3.19 3.13
1904 CHW AL 24 P 37 315.0 151 21 130 0 8 1.000 4.31 4.08 .952 3.45 3.39
1905 CHW AL 25 P 42 334.0 143 20 120 3 1 .979 3.77 3.33 .942 3.25 3.21
1906 CHW AL 26 P 42 293.0 135 22 110 3 1 .978 4.05 3.14 .948 3.22 3.17
1907 CHW AL 27 P 11 47.0 21 5 16 0 0 1.000 4.02 1.91 .946 3.27 3.25
1908 CHW AL 28 P 25 140.0 64 6 54 4 2 .938 3.86 2.40 .946 3.20 3.19
1909 CHW AL 29 P 3 16.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.81 1.67 .942 3.21 3.13
8 Seasons P 194 1368.1 633 92 527 14 18 .978 4.07 3.19 .946 3.27 3.21
1 Season OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .930 2.00 1-0-0
8 Seasons TOT 195 1368.1 634 92 527 15 18 .976 4.07 3.17 .946 3.27 3.20 1-0-0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1904 AL  1.94 (5th)
1905 AL  2.10 (8th)
Career  2.55 (49th)

Wins s c a p y
1904 AL  21 (8th)
1905 AL  21 (6th)
1906 AL  22 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1904 AL  .583 (8th)
1905 AL  .618 (10th)
1906 AL  .629 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1904 AL  0.965 (3rd)
1905 AL  0.994 (3rd)
Career  1.131 (37th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 AL  6.943 (2nd)
1905 AL  7.437 (7th)
Career  8.215 (194th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 AL  1.509 (3rd)
1906 AL  1.659 (8th)
Career  1.960 (79th)

Games Played s c a p y
1905 AL  42 (3rd)
1906 AL  42 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1903 AL  1 (6th)
1904 AL  1 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1905 AL  334.0 (3rd)
1906 AL  293.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1904 AL  36 (10th)
1905 AL  38 (3rd)
1906 AL  36 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1904 AL  34 (10th)
1905 AL  32 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1906 AL  7 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1905 AL  6 (6th)
1906 AL  4 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1905 AL  276 (4th)
1906 AL  289 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1905 AL  2.232 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 AL  0.054 (2nd)
Career  0.112 (44th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1906 AL  76 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1905 AL  1,282 (3rd)
1906 AL  1,166 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1903 AL  6 (4th)
1908 AL  10 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1904 AL  127 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1904 AL  19 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1904 AL  2.2 (7th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1905 AL  42 (3rd)
1906 AL  42 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1904 AL  130 (4th)
1905 AL  120 (4th)
1906 AL  110 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1903 AL  4.25 (1st)
1904 AL  4.31 (5th)
1906 AL  4.05 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1904 AL  4.08 (5th)
Career  3.19 (6th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1904 AL  1.000 (1st)
1905 AL  .979 (3rd)
1906 AL  .978 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 59 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (524), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1003rd), 6.6 career WAR/8.8 7yr-peak WAR/7.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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