Mickey Owen
Arnold Malcolm Owen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 4, 1916 in Nixa, MO
High School: Washington (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1937
Final Game: September 11, 1954
Died: July 13, 2005 in Mt. Vernon, MO
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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
1937 21 STL NL 80 253 234 17 54 4 2 0 20 1 15 13 .231 .277 .265 .542 47 62 8 0 4 2
1938 22 STL NL 122 433 397 45 106 25 2 4 36 2 32 14 .267 .325 .370 .695 86 147 15 2 2 *2
1939 23 STL NL 131 402 344 32 89 18 2 3 35 6 43 28 .259 .344 .349 .693 82 120 11 2 13 *2
1940 24 STL NL 117 349 307 27 81 16 2 0 27 4 34 13 .264 .341 .329 .670 81 101 10 2 6 *2
1941 25 BRO NL 128 437 386 32 89 15 2 1 44 1 34 14 .231 .296 .288 .584 62 111 13 2 15 *2 AS
1942 26 BRO NL 133 484 421 53 109 16 3 0 44 10 44 17 .259 .330 .311 .642 87 131 16 1 18 *2 AS,MVP-4
1943 27 BRO NL 106 395 365 31 95 11 2 0 54 4 25 15 .260 .309 .301 .611 77 110 9 1 4 2/56 AS
1944 28 BRO NL 130 503 461 43 126 20 3 1 42 4 36 17 .273 .326 .336 .662 88 155 18 0 6 *2/4 AS
1945 29 BRO NL 24 98 84 5 24 9 0 0 11 0 10 2 .286 .368 .393 .761 113 33 5 1 3 2
1949 33 CHC NL 62 214 198 15 54 9 3 2 18 1 12 13 .273 .318 .379 .696 88 75 2 1 3 2
1950 34 CHC NL 86 277 259 22 63 11 0 2 21 2 13 16 .243 .282 .309 .591 56 80 8 1 4 2
1951 35 CHC NL 58 146 125 10 23 6 0 0 15 1 0 19 13 .184 .292 .232 .524 42 29 4 0 2 2
1954 38 BOS AL 32 81 68 6 16 3 0 1 11 0 1 9 6 .235 .309 .324 .632 66 22 3 0 0 4 2
13 Seasons 1209 4072 3649 338 929 163 21 14 378 36 1 326 181 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 1176 122 13 80 4
162 Game Avg. 162 546 489 45 124 22 3 2 51 5 44 24 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 158 16 2 11
BRO (5 yrs) 521 1917 1717 164 443 71 10 2 195 19 149 65 .258 .319 .315 .634 81 540 61 5 46
STL (4 yrs) 450 1437 1282 121 330 63 8 7 118 13 124 68 .257 .326 .335 .661 77 430 44 6 25
CHC (3 yrs) 206 637 582 47 140 26 3 4 54 4 0 44 42 .241 .296 .316 .612 64 184 14 2 9
BOS (1 yr) 32 81 68 6 16 3 0 1 11 0 1 9 6 .235 .309 .324 .632 66 22 3 0 0 4
NL (12 yrs) 1177 3991 3581 332 913 160 21 13 367 36 0 317 175 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 1154 119 13 80
AL (1 yr) 32 81 68 6 16 3 0 1 11 0 1 9 6 .235 .309 .324 .632 66 22 3 0 0 4

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
1937 21 STL NL 253 192 17 2.4 103 .244 .231 .282 .277 .344 .265 .400 .542 .745 47 .235 -18.0 -1.8 .415 .103 .034 .0
1938 22 STL NL 433 308 47 4.1 104 .269 .267 .282 .325 .347 .370 .401 .695 .748 86 .467 -7.5 -0.8 .598 .189 .103 2.7
1939 23 STL NL 402 279 41 3.9 108 .275 .259 .287 .344 .354 .349 .411 .693 .765 82 .431 -8.0 -0.8 .643 .233 .090 4.0
1940 24 STL NL 349 242 34 3.8 103 .276 .264 .279 .341 .344 .329 .401 .670 .745 81 .435 -7.0 -0.7 .597 .189 .065 .0
1941 25 BRO NL 437 325 33 2.7 97 .237 .231 .270 .296 .342 .288 .381 .584 .723 62 .316 -19.8 -2.1 .477 .148 .057 1.0
1942 26 BRO NL 484 346 43 3.4 88 .270 .259 .258 .330 .330 .311 .359 .642 .689 87 .441 -6.4 -0.7 .567 .181 .052 .0
1943 27 BRO NL 395 283 34 3.2 89 .271 .260 .265 .309 .333 .301 .359 .611 .692 77 .410 -11.3 -1.2 .502 .121 .041 .0
1944 28 BRO NL 503 359 51 3.8 92 .282 .273 .266 .326 .332 .336 .373 .662 .706 88 .456 -7.0 -0.7 .552 .150 .063 1.6
1945 29 BRO NL 98 68 12 4.7 96 .293 .286 .272 .368 .342 .393 .375 .761 .717 113 .546 2.1 0.2 .677 .226 .107
1949 33 CHC NL 214 149 24 4.3 101 .284 .273 .267 .318 .340 .379 .399 .696 .739 88 .472 -3.7 -0.4 .610 .172 .106 1.3
1950 34 CHC NL 277 208 22 2.8 107 .253 .243 .268 .282 .345 .309 .416 .591 .761 56 .281 -16.8 -1.6 .471 .124 .066 2.0
1951 35 CHC NL 146 108 9 2.2 105 .205 .184 .270 .292 .344 .232 .409 .524 .753 42 .217 -9.9 -1.0 .462 .208 .048 .0
1954 38 BOS AL 81 60 7 3.1 108 .231 .235 .279 .309 .356 .324 .408 .632 .764 66 .363 -2.9 -0.3 .536 .206 .088 .0
13 Seasons 4072 2927 374 3.4 99 .265 .255 .272 .318 .341 .322 .388 .640 .729 76 .400 -116.2 -11.9 .545 .167 .068 20.2
162 Game Avg. 546 392 50 3.4 99 .265 .255 .272 .318 .341 .322 .388 .640 .729 76 .400 -116.2 -11.9 .545 .167 .068 3
BRO (5 yrs) 1917 1381 173 3.4 92 .267 .258 .265 .319 .335 .315 .369 .634 .703 81 .417 -42.3 -4.5 .534 .154 .056 3.6
STL (4 yrs) 1437 1021 139 3.6 105 .268 .257 .283 .326 .348 .335 .404 .661 .751 77 .409 -40.5 -4.1 .575 .185 .078 9.1
CHC (3 yrs) 637 465 55 3.2 105 .254 .241 .268 .296 .343 .316 .409 .612 .752 64 .333 -30.5 -3.0 .513 .158 .076 4.0
BOS (1 yr) 81 60 7 3.1 108 .231 .235 .279 .309 .356 .324 .408 .632 .764 66 .362 -2.9 -0.3 .536 .206 .088 .0
NL (12 yrs) 3991 2867 367 3.4 99 .265 .255 .272 .318 .341 .322 .388 .640 .728 76 .400 -113.3 -11.6 .545 .166 .067 19.1
AL (1 yr) 81 60 7 3.1 108 .231 .235 .279 .309 .356 .324 .408 .632 .764 66 .362 -2.9 -0.3 .536 .206 .088 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1941 25 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 15 12 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 .167 .333 .333 .667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 15 12 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 .167 .333 .333 .667 4 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 BRO NL 25 as C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BRO NL 26 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1943 BRO NL 27 DNP
1944 BRO NL 28 DNP
4 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 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
1937 21 STL NL 253 0.0% 5.1% 5.9% 2.4% 11% 0.87 18.0 11.7 87%
1938 22 STL NL 433 0.9% 3.2% 7.4% 7.2% 29% 0.44 28.4 99.3 11.0 88%
1939 23 STL NL 402 0.8% 7.0% 10.7% 5.7% 26% 0.65 12.3 114.7 9.8 78%
1940 24 STL NL 349 0.0% 3.7% 9.7% 5.2% 22% 0.38 23.6 11.4 84%
1941 25 BRO NL 437 0.2% 3.2% 7.8% 4.1% 20% 0.41 27.6 386.0 8.8 85%
1942 26 BRO NL 484 0.0% 3.5% 9.1% 3.9% 17% 0.39 24.8 9.6 83%
1943 27 BRO NL 395 0.0% 3.8% 6.3% 3.3% 14% 0.60 24.3 6.8 89%
1944 28 BRO NL 503 0.2% 3.4% 7.2% 4.8% 19% 0.47 27.1 461.0 11.0 88%
1945 29 BRO NL 98 0.0% 2.0% 10.2% 9.2% 38% 0.20 42.0 7.6 84%
1949 33 CHC NL 214 0.9% 6.1% 5.6% 6.5% 26% 1.08 15.2 99.0 11.0 86%
1950 34 CHC NL 277 0.7% 5.8% 4.7% 4.7% 21% 1.23 16.2 129.5 12.3 87%
1951 35 CHC NL 146 0.0% 8.9% 13.0% 4.1% 26% 0.68 9.6 8.3 77%
1954 38 BOS AL 81 1.2% 7.4% 11.1% 4.9% 25% 0.67 11.3 68.0 6.2 0.81 80%
13 Seasons 4072 0.3% 4.4% 8.0% 4.9% 21% 0.56 20.2 260.6 9.7 0.81 85%
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
1954 38 BOS AL 1 0 21% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 5 4 1 2 0 2 2 1 1
13 Seasons 1 0 26% 38 36 1 1800% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 5 4 1 2 0 2 2 1 1
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
1954 38 BOS AL 79 22% 16 1 1 0 1 5.05 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 3 20% 11 5 45% 70 10 14% 9 4 44% 6 1 17% 3
13 Seasons 79 22% 929 1 1 0 1 5.05 14 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 80 15 122 813% 11 5 45% 70 10 14% 9 4 44% 6 1 17% 3
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
1937 21 80 253 234 17 54 4 2 0 20 1 15 13 .231 .277 .265 .542 47 62 8 0 4
1938 22 202 686 631 62 160 29 4 4 56 3 47 27 .254 .307 .331 .639 72 209 23 2 6
1939 23 333 1088 975 94 249 47 6 7 91 9 90 55 .255 .321 .337 .658 75 329 34 4 19
1940 24 450 1437 1282 121 330 63 8 7 118 13 124 68 .257 .326 .335 .661 77 430 44 6 25
1941 25 578 1874 1668 153 419 78 10 8 162 14 158 82 .251 .319 .324 .643 74 541 57 8 40
1942 26 711 2358 2089 206 528 94 13 8 206 24 202 99 .253 .321 .322 .643 76 672 73 9 58
1943 27 817 2753 2454 237 623 105 15 8 260 28 227 114 .254 .320 .319 .638 76 782 82 10 62
1944 28 947 3256 2915 280 749 125 18 9 302 32 263 131 .257 .321 .321 .642 78 937 100 10 68
1945 29 971 3354 2999 285 773 134 18 9 313 32 273 133 .258 .322 .323 .645 79 970 105 11 71
1946 30 971 3354 2999 285 773 134 18 9 313 32 273 133 .258 .322 .323 .645 79 970 105 11 71
1947 31 971 3354 2999 285 773 134 18 9 313 32 273 133 .258 .322 .323 .645 79 970 105 11 71
1948 32 971 3354 2999 285 773 134 18 9 313 32 273 133 .258 .322 .323 .645 79 970 105 11 71
1949 33 1033 3568 3197 300 827 143 21 11 331 33 285 146 .259 .322 .327 .649 80 1045 107 12 74
1950 34 1119 3845 3456 322 890 154 21 13 352 35 298 162 .258 .319 .326 .644 78 1125 115 13 78
1951 35 1177 3991 3581 332 913 160 21 13 367 36 0 317 175 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 1154 119 13 80
1952 36 1177 3991 3581 332 913 160 21 13 367 36 0 317 175 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 1154 119 13 80
1953 37 1177 3991 3581 332 913 160 21 13 367 36 0 317 175 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 1154 119 13 80
1954 38 1209 4072 3649 338 929 163 21 14 378 36 1 326 181 .255 .318 .322 .640 76 1176 122 13 80 4

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
1937 21 84 261 245 18 56 4 2 0 21 1 16 14 .229 .276 .261 .537 18 80
1938 22 129 452 417 45 109 26 2 4 36 2 33 15 .261 .319 .362 .681 48 122
1939 23 138 403 358 31 90 18 2 3 34 6 43 29 .251 .335 .338 .673 40 131
1940 24 123 356 320 27 82 16 2 0 27 4 34 14 .256 .331 .319 .650 34 117
1941 25 133 439 401 34 93 16 2 1 46 1 36 15 .232 .298 .289 .588 34 128
1942 26 141 504 453 62 123 18 3 0 52 11 50 18 .272 .345 .325 .670 51 133
1943 27 111 417 388 36 106 12 2 0 63 4 28 16 .273 .324 .314 .638 40 106
1944 28 135 523 484 48 136 22 3 1 47 4 39 18 .281 .335 .345 .680 56 130
1945 29 25 99 88 5 25 9 0 0 12 0 10 2 .284 .364 .386 .750 13 24
1949 33 64 221 207 16 57 10 3 2 19 1 13 14 .275 .321 .382 .703 25 62
1950 34 90 283 269 22 64 11 0 2 21 2 13 17 .238 .276 .301 .577 22 86
1951 35 60 148 129 10 23 6 0 0 14 1 19 14 .178 .284 .225 .509 8 58
1954 38 33 81 69 5 15 3 0 1 10 0 8 6 .217 .284 .304 .588 6 32
13 Seasons 1266 4187 3828 359 979 171 21 14 402 37 342 192 .256 .319 .322 .641 395 1209
162 Game Avg. 162 536 490 46 125 22 3 2 51 5 44 25 .256 .319 .322 .641 51 1209

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1941 (C)
1942 *
1943
1944

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (4, 31%)
0.31 Career Shares (582nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1942 NL  10 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  15 (3rd)
1942 NL  18 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1942 NL  16 (5th)
1944 NL  18 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1938 NL  28.4 (6th)
1941 NL  27.6 (8th)
1942 NL  24.8 (9th)
1943 NL  24.3 (8th)
1944 NL  27.1 (5th)
Career  20.2 (103rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1954 AL  born 1916-04-04 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1937 NL  born 1916-04-04 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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