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Mickey Owen
Arnold Malcolm Owen

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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Minors
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- 1939
- 1949
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- 1951
- 1942
- 1954
- 1943
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- 1937
- 1944
- 1938
- 1945
- 1939
- 1949
- 1940
- 1950
- 1941
- 1951
- 1942
- 1954
- 1943
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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	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

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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1937	STL	NL	21	C	78			345	287	49	9	6	.974					4.31	.980		4.62	4
1938	STL	NL	22	C	116			541	463	67	11	8	.980					4.57	.979		4.26	7
1939	STL	NL	23	C	126			513	452	52	9	8	.982					4.00	.982		3.93	9
1940	STL	NL	24	C	113			443	378	56	9	8	.980					3.84	.978		4.05	5
1941	BRO	NL	25	C	128			597	530	64	3	7	.995					4.64	.983		4.06	2					AS
1942	BRO	NL	26	C	133			670	595	66	9	12	.987					4.97	.979		4.28	5					AS,MVP-4
1943	BRO	NL	27	C	100			467	414	47	6	11	.987					4.61	.981		4.13	9					AS
1943	BRO	NL	27	3B	3			12	3	8	1	0	.917					3.67	.950		2.97						AS
1943	BRO	NL	27	SS	1			6	4	2	0	0	1.000					6.00	.950		5.00						AS
1944	BRO	NL	28	C	125			575	506	57	12	8	.979					4.50	.979		3.95	11					AS
1944	BRO	NL	28	2B	1			1	1	0	0	0	1.000					1.00	1.000		5.00						AS
1945	BRO	NL	29	C	24			109	92	13	4	2	.963					4.38	.978		3.83	2
1949	CHC	NL	33	C	59			262	219	35	8	5	.969					4.31	.982		4.39	7
1950	CHC	NL	34	C	86			365	318	39	8	8	.978					4.15	.982		4.53	6
1951	CHC	NL	35	C	57			223	188	28	7	6	.969					3.79	.981		4.43	5
1954	BOS	AL	38	C	30	16	172.0	94	85	8	1	4	.989	0.0	0.0	0	4.87	3.10	.986	5.40	4.76	1	3	5	4	44%
13 Seasons				C	1175	16	172.0	5204	4527	581	96	93	.982	0.0	0.0	0	267.28	4.35	.980	5.40	4.20	73	3	5	4	44%
1 Season				3B	3			12	3	8	1	0	.917					3.67	.950		2.97
1 Season				2B	1			1	1	0	0	0	1.000					1.00	1.000		5.00
1 Season				SS	1			6	4	2	0	0	1.000					6.00	.950		5.00
13 Seasons				TOT	1180	16	172.0	5223	4535	591	97	93	.981	0.0	0.0	0	268.22	4.34	.962	5.40	4.20	73	3	5	4	44%

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 (577th)	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--28.357--6th 1941 NL--27.571--8th 1942 NL--24.765--9th 1943 NL--24.333--8th 1944 NL--27.118--5th Career--20.160--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

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 17 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Red Shannon (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Royce Clayton (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Kolloway (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Ripken (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Snyder (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Chalk (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve O'Neill (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Lind (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Buddy Rosar (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cy Perkins (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cy Perkins (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cy Perkins (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1935 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1940: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Dodgers for John Pintar (minors), Gus Mancuso and $65,000.

July 2, 1949: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

December 21, 1951: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

February 26, 1954: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

January 11, 1955: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 17 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50