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Marv Owen
Marvin James Owen (Freck)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 22, 1906 in Agnew, CA
High School: Bellarmine Prep (San Jose, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1931
Final Game: August 2, 1940
Died: June 22, 1991 in Mountain View, CA
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Standard Batting

Glossary · Click to sort · · · · LINK · Click rows to sum ()

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	Pos	Awards
1931	25	DET	AL	105	420	377	35	84	11	6	3	39	2	2	29	38	.223	.282	.308	.590	53	116		2	12	563/4

1933	27	DET	AL	138	613	550	77	144	24	9	2	65	2	2	44	56	.262	.321	.349	.670	76	192		4	15	*5
1934	28	DET	AL	*154*	637	565	79	179	34	9	8	96	3	3	59	37	.317	.385	.451	.837	115	255		4	9	*5	MVP-9
1935	29	DET	AL	134	544	483	52	127	24	5	2	71	1	4	43	37	.263	.326	.346	.672	76	167		2	16	*5
1936	30	DET	AL	154	655	583	72	172	20	4	9	105	9	6	53	41	.295	.361	.389	.750	85	227		7	12	*5/3
1937	31	DET	AL	107	441	396	48	114	22	5	1	45	3	4	41	24	.288	.358	.376	.734	84	149		2	2	*5
1938	32	CHW	AL	141	631	577	84	162	23	6	6	55	6	4	45	31	.281	.337	.373	.710	76	215		4	5	*5
1939	33	CHW	AL	58	218	194	22	46	9	0	0	15	4	5	16	15	.237	.302	.284	.585	49	55	3	2	6	5
1940	34	BOS	AL	20	65	57	4	12	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	4	.211	.308	.211	.518	35	12	3	0	0	/53
9 Seasons				1011	4224	3782	473	1040	167	44	31	497	30	30	338	283	.275	.339	.367	.706	80	1388	6	27	77
162 Game Avg.				162	677	606	76	167	27	7	5	80	5	5	54	45	.275	.339	.367	.706	80	222		4	12

DET (6 yrs)				792	3310	2954	363	820	135	38	25	421	20	21	269	233	.278	.342	.374	.717	84	1106		21	66
CHW (2 yrs)				199	849	771	106	208	32	6	6	70	10	9	61	46	.270	.328	.350	.678	69	270	3	6	11
BOS (1 yr)				20	65	57	4	12	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	4	.211	.308	.211	.518	35	12	3	0	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
1931	25	DET	AL	420	307	32	2.8	110	.241	.223	.290	.282	.358	.308	.415	.590	.772	53	.262	-27.8	-2.7	.498	.162	.085	2.4

1933	27	DET	AL	613	423	60	3.8	108	.289	.262	.283	.321	.355	.349	.408	.670	.763	76	.400	-20.2	-2.0	.588	.167	.087	2.0
1934	28	DET	AL	637	398	97	6.5	112	.329	.317	.288	.385	.362	.451	.415	.837	.777	115	.616	13.2	1.2	.817	.239	.135	4.4
1935	29	DET	AL	544	376	53	3.8	109	.282	.263	.284	.326	.356	.346	.410	.672	.766	76	.372	-17.0	-1.6	.581	.166	.083	1.3
1936	30	DET	AL	655	429	80	5.0	121	.306	.295	.299	.361	.374	.389	.439	.750	.813	85	.450	-14.1	-1.3	.695	.190	.094	9.0
1937	31	DET	AL	441	288	52	4.8	119	.305	.288	.292	.358	.368	.376	.436	.734	.804	84	.456	-9.6	-0.9	.668	.189	.088	1.5
1938	32	CHW	AL	631	424	71	4.4	120	.289	.281	.293	.337	.372	.373	.436	.710	.808	76	.418	-23.0	-2.1	.635	.173	.092	6.0
1939	33	CHW	AL	218	162	16	2.6	116	.257	.237	.290	.302	.366	.284	.429	.585	.795	49	.230	-15.2	-1.4	.462	.124	.046	.0
1940	34	BOS	AL	65	48	4	2.2	114	.226	.211	.284	.308	.358	.211	.431	.518	.788	35	.186	-5.5	-0.5	.417	.140	.000
9 Seasons				4224	2855	465	4.3	114	.291	.275	.290	.339	.364	.367	.423	.706	.787	80	.425	-119.4	-11.3	.631	.181	.092	30.5
162 Game Avg.				677	457	75	4.3	114	.291	.275	.290	.339	.364	.367	.423	.706	.787	80	.425	-119.4	-11.3	.631	.181	.092	5

DET (6 yrs)				3310	2221	374	4.5	113	.295	.278	.289	.342	.362	.374	.420	.717	.783	84	.443	-75.6	-7.2	.647	.188	.097	22.2
CHW (2 yrs)				849	586	87	3.9	119	.281	.270	.292	.328	.370	.350	.434	.678	.805	69	.371	-38.2	-3.6	.588	.161	.080	7.5
BOS (1 yr)				65	48	4	2.2	114	.226	.211	.284	.308	.358	.211	.431	.518	.788	35	.186	-5.5	-0.5	.417	.140	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	IBB
1934	28	DET	AL	WS	STL	L	7	30	29	0	2	1	1	0	5	.069	.100	.069	.169	2	1	0	0
1935	29	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	6	24	20	2	1	1	0	2	3	.050	.174	.050	.224	1	1	1	1
2 Seasons (2 Series)							13	54	49	2	3	2	1	2	8	.061	.132	.061	.193	3	2	1	1
2 WS							13	54	49	2	3	2	1	2	8	.061	.132	.061	.193	3	2	1	1

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
1931	25	105	420	377	35	84	11	6	3	39	2	2	29	38	.223	.282	.308	.590	53	116		2	12
1932	26	105	420	377	35	84	11	6	3	39	2	2	29	38	.223	.282	.308	.590	53	116		2	12
1933	27	243	1033	927	112	228	35	15	5	104	4	4	73	94	.246	.305	.332	.637	67	308		6	27
1934	28	397	1670	1492	191	407	69	24	13	200	7	7	132	131	.273	.336	.377	.713	85	563		10	36
1935	29	531	2214	1975	243	534	93	29	15	271	8	11	175	168	.270	.333	.370	.703	83	730		12	52
1936	30	685	2869	2558	315	706	113	33	24	376	17	17	228	209	.276	.340	.374	.714	83	957		19	64
1937	31	792	3310	2954	363	820	135	38	25	421	20	21	269	233	.278	.342	.374	.717	84	1106		21	66
1938	32	933	3941	3531	447	982	158	44	31	476	26	25	314	264	.278	.341	.374	.715	82	1321		25	71
1939	33	991	4159	3725	469	1028	167	44	31	491	30	30	330	279	.276	.339	.369	.709	81	1376	3	27	77
1940	34	1011	4224	3782	473	1040	167	44	31	497	30	30	338	283	.275	.339	.367	.706	80	1388	6	27	77

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1931	25	110	414	385	31	79	10	6	3	34	2	27	40	.205	.261	.286	.547	28	105

1933	27	147	620	573	71	140	23	9	2	60	2	43	60	.244	.302	.326	.628	55	138
1934	28	162	637	577	71	171	32	9	8	87	3	56	39	.296	.363	.425	.787	87	154
1935	29	142	545	501	49	124	23	5	2	67	1	42	39	.248	.308	.325	.634	50	134
1936	30	161	637	584	58	154	18	4	8	85	8	47	43	.264	.325	.349	.674	65	154
1937	31	111	438	398	41	105	20	5	1	39	3	38	25	.264	.331	.347	.678	45	107
1938	32	149	636	590	72	151	21	6	6	47	6	42	33	.256	.310	.342	.652	61	141
1939	33	61	216	199	19	43	8	0	0	13	4	15	16	.216	.278	.256	.534	14	58
1940	34	21	65	58	3	11	0	0	0	5	0	7	4	.190	.277	.190	.467	3	20
9 Seasons		1064	4208	3865	415	978	155	44	30	437	29	317	299	.253	.314	.339	.653	408	1011
162 Game Avg.		162	641	588	63	149	24	7	5	67	4	48	46	.253	.314	.339	.653	62	1011

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1934 AL (9, 16%) 0.16 Career Shares (790th)	Games Played s c a p y 1934 AL 154 (1st) 1936 AL 154 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1934 AL 9 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1933 AL 56 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1933 AL 4 (3rd) 1934 AL 4 (3rd) 1936 AL 7 (4th) 1938 AL 4 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1931 AL 12 (3rd) 1933 AL 15 (5th) 1935 AL 16 (4th) 1936 AL 12 (5th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1933 AL 423 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Batting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 10 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Bill Friel (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Brubaker (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Dressen (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Peanuts Lowrey (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50