Larry Owen
Lawrence Thomas Owen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 31, 1955 in Cleveland, OH
School: Bowling Green State University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1981
Final Game: September 25, 1988
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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
1981 26 ATL NL 13 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .059 .000 .059 -82 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1982 27 ATL NL 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 170 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1983 28 ATL NL 17 17 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .118 .118 .118 .235 -36 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
1985 30 ATL NL 26 82 71 7 17 3 0 2 12 0 0 8 17 .239 .313 .366 .679 86 26 2 0 2 1 3 2
1987 32 KCR AL 76 188 164 17 31 6 0 5 14 0 0 16 51 .189 .260 .317 .577 51 52 5 0 7 1 0 2
1988 33 KCR AL 37 94 81 5 17 1 0 1 3 0 0 9 23 .210 .304 .259 .564 60 21 0 2 2 0 0 2
6 Seasons 171 401 352 30 68 11 0 8 30 0 1 34 98 .193 .267 .293 .559 51 103 7 2 11 2 3
162 Game Avg. 162 380 333 28 64 10 0 8 28 0 1 32 93 .193 .267 .293 .559 51 98 7 2 10 2 3
ATL (4 yrs) 58 119 107 8 20 4 0 2 13 0 1 9 24 .187 .248 .280 .528 45 30 2 0 2 1 3
KCR (2 yrs) 113 282 245 22 48 7 0 6 17 0 0 25 74 .196 .275 .298 .573 54 73 5 2 9 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 58 119 107 8 20 4 0 2 13 0 1 9 24 .187 .248 .280 .528 45 30 2 0 2 1 3
AL (2 yrs) 113 282 245 22 48 7 0 6 17 0 0 25 74 .196 .275 .298 .573 54 73 5 2 9 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1981 26 ATL NL 17 16 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .265 .059 .330 .000 .379 .059 .710 -82 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .063 .063 .000
1982 27 ATL NL 3 2 1 13.5 98 .500 .333 .270 .333 .334 .667 .393 1.000 .727 170 .894 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
1983 28 ATL NL 17 16 0 0.0 103 .133 .118 .272 .118 .342 .118 .404 .235 .746 -36 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .063 -0.059 .000
1985 30 ATL NL 82 59 8 3.7 99 .283 .239 .266 .313 .334 .366 .396 .679 .730 86 .436 -1.3 -0.1 .607 .239 .127 .0
1987 32 KCR AL 188 146 13 2.4 108 .239 .189 .267 .260 .336 .317 .429 .577 .765 51 .206 -12.2 -1.2 .493 .226 .128 .0
1988 33 KCR AL 94 66 7 2.8 95 .281 .210 .260 .304 .326 .259 .392 .564 .718 60 .309 -4.3 -0.4 .500 .160 .049 .0
6 Seasons 401 305 29 2.6 102 .242 .193 .266 .267 .333 .293 .410 .559 .743 51 .252 -24.7 -2.5 .473 .193 .099 .0
162 Game Avg. 380 289 27 2.6 102 .242 .193 .266 .267 .333 .293 .410 .559 .743 51 .252 -24.7 -2.5 .473 .193 .099
ATL (4 yrs) 119 93 9 2.6 99 .220 .187 .267 .248 .335 .280 .395 .528 .730 45 .295 -8.2 -0.9 .422 .168 .093 .0
KCR (2 yrs) 282 212 20 2.5 104 .253 .196 .265 .275 .333 .298 .417 .573 .750 54 .236 -16.5 -1.6 .495 .204 .102 .0
NL (4 yrs) 119 93 9 2.6 99 .220 .187 .267 .248 .335 .280 .395 .528 .730 45 .295 -8.2 -0.9 .422 .168 .093 .0
AL (2 yrs) 282 212 20 2.5 104 .253 .196 .265 .275 .333 .298 .417 .573 .750 54 .236 -16.5 -1.6 .495 .204 .102 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1981 26 ATL NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 5.9% 0.0% 4.00 4.0 1.00 71%
1982 27 ATL NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 67%
1983 28 ATL NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.5 17.0 0.86 88%
1985 30 ATL NL 82 2.4% 20.7% 9.8% 6.1% 29% 2.13 4.2 35.5 5.9 0.58 65%
1987 32 KCR AL 188 2.7% 27.1% 8.5% 5.9% 36% 3.19 3.2 32.8 11.7 0.69 58%
1988 33 KCR AL 94 1.1% 24.5% 9.6% 2.1% 12% 2.56 3.5 81.0 27.0 0.33 0.34 61% 22% 4.3% 45%
6 Seasons 401 2.0% 24.4% 8.5% 4.7% 28% 2.88 3.6 44.0 11.7 0.33 0.61 62% 22% 4.3% 45%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 26 ATL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 ATL NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 ATL NL 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 30 ATL NL 2 0 22% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 3
1987 32 KCR AL 2 0 29% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 26% 11 11 0 1 1 0 7 1 5
1988 33 KCR AL 0 0 15% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20% 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0
6 Seasons 4 0 23% 133 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 28% 16 16 0 3 2 1 13 2 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1981 26 ATL NL 17 24% 0 4 0 0 0 1.99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 0
1982 27 ATL NL 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 ATL NL 17 59% 2 1 0 0 0 0.98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 1 11% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1985 30 ATL NL 82 41% 17 2 0 0 0 2.52 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 100% 21 2 10% 12 4 33% 70 11 16% 8 4 50% 2 1 50% 0
1987 32 KCR AL 188 56% 31 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 5 2 3 0 7 7 100% 32 5 16% 21 8 38% 111 11 10% 7 2 29% 9 3 33% 0
1988 33 KCR AL 94 49% 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 12 0 0% 7 2 29% 49 2 4% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 401 50% 68 2 0 7 0 0 0 2.00 8 0 11 1 7 4 4 0 12 11 92% 67 7 10% 44 16 36% 248 25 10% 22 9 41% 16 7 44% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 33 KCR AL 94 358 3.81 216 60% 25% 22% 26% 28% 75% 0% 46% 71% 36% 3% 3 0 15% 14 10 11% 10 4 26% 0 0 0
1 Season 94 358 3.81 216 60% 25% 22% 26% 28% 75% 0% 46% 71% 36% 3% 3 0 15% 14 10 11% 10 4 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 26 13 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .059 .000 .059 -82 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 15 20 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .053 .100 .105 .205 -42 2 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 32 37 36 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 .083 .108 .111 .219 -39 4 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 32 37 36 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 .083 .108 .111 .219 -39 4 0 0 0 0 0
1985 30 58 119 107 8 20 4 0 2 13 0 1 9 24 .187 .248 .280 .528 45 30 2 0 2 1 3
1986 31 58 119 107 8 20 4 0 2 13 0 1 9 24 .187 .248 .280 .528 45 30 2 0 2 1 3
1987 32 134 307 271 25 51 10 0 7 27 0 1 25 75 .188 .255 .303 .558 49 82 7 0 9 2 3
1988 33 171 401 352 30 68 11 0 8 30 0 1 34 98 .193 .267 .293 .559 51 103 7 2 11 2 3

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
1981 26 20 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 13
1982 27 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
1983 28 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
1985 30 26 80 71 7 17 3 0 2 12 0 8 17 .239 .313 .366 .679 8 26
1987 32 76 179 163 16 30 6 0 5 14 0 15 51 .184 .251 .313 .564 13 76
1988 33 37 97 84 5 20 1 0 1 3 0 11 23 .238 .340 .286 .626 8 37
6 Seasons 178 402 362 29 67 10 0 8 29 0 36 100 .185 .261 .279 .540 30 171
162 Game Avg. 162 366 329 26 61 9 0 7 26 0 33 91 .185 .261 .279 .540 27 171

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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