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Eric Owens
Eric Blake Owens

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 3, 1971 in Danville, VA
High School: Tunstall (Dry Fork, VA)
School: Ferrum College
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1995
Final Game: September 27, 2003
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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
1995	24	CIN	NL	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	2	0	0	1	0	0	/5
1996	25	CIN	NL	88	232	205	26	41	6	0	0	9	16	2	23	38	.200	.281	.229	.511	37	47	2	1	1	2	1	7/45
1997	26	CIN	NL	27	61	57	8	15	0	0	0	3	3	2	4	11	.263	.311	.263	.575	52	15	2	0	0	0	0	/7849
1998	27	MIL	NL	34	43	40	5	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	6	.125	.167	.250	.417	8	10	3	0	1	0	0	7/849
1999	28	SDP	NL	149	485	440	55	117	22	3	9	61	33	7	38	50	.266	.327	.391	.718	88	172	12	3	2	2	2	*7893/54
2000	29	SDP	NL	145	636	583	87	171	19	7	6	51	29	14	45	63	.293	.346	.381	.727	90	222	16	4	0	4	4	*978/4
2001	30	FLA	NL	119	434	400	51	101	16	1	5	28	8	6	29	59	.253	.302	.335	.637	67	134	13	0	4	1	2	98/D7
2002	31	FLA	NL	131	425	385	44	104	15	5	4	37	26	9	31	33	.270	.324	.366	.690	84	141	11	0	8	1	1	*798
2003	32	ANA	AL	111	257	241	29	65	6	0	1	20	11	8	10	24	.270	.300	.307	.607	63	74	4	1	4	1	0	897/D
9 Seasons				806	2576	2353	305	621	86	16	26	214	126	48	182	284	.264	.318	.347	.665	75	817	63	9	21	11	10
162 Game Avg.				162	518	473	61	125	17	3	5	43	25	10	37	57	.264	.318	.347	.665	75	164	13	2	4	2	2

CIN (3 yrs)				117	296	264	34	58	6	0	0	13	19	4	27	49	.220	.293	.242	.535	43	64	4	1	2	2	1
SDP (2 yrs)				294	1121	1023	142	288	41	10	15	112	62	21	83	113	.282	.338	.385	.723	89	394	28	7	2	6	6
FLA (2 yrs)				250	859	785	95	205	31	6	9	65	34	15	60	92	.261	.313	.350	.663	75	275	24	0	12	2	3
ANA (1 yr)				111	257	241	29	65	6	0	1	20	11	8	10	24	.270	.300	.307	.607	63	74	4	1	4	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				34	43	40	5	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	6	.125	.167	.250	.417	8	10	3	0	1	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				695	2319	2112	276	556	80	16	25	194	115	40	172	260	.263	.320	.352	.672	77	743	59	8	17	10	10
AL (1 yr)				111	257	241	29	65	6	0	1	20	11	8	10	24	.270	.300	.307	.607	63	74	4	1	4	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
1995	24	CIN	NL	3	1	2	53.8	107	1.000	1.000	.270	1.000	.340	1.000	.421	2.000	.761	432	.988	0.9	0.1		.000	.000
1996	25	CIN	NL	232	171	17	2.7	108	.243	.200	.271	.281	.340	.229	.424	.511	.764	37	.252	-18.7	-1.8	.506	.210	.029	.0
1997	26	CIN	NL	61	46	4	2.3	110	.326	.263	.273	.311	.345	.263	.428	.575	.773	52	.206	-4.2	-0.4	.435	.088	.000	.0
1998	27	MIL	NL	43	39	1	0.7	107	.121	.125	.269	.167	.340	.250	.424	.417	.764	8	.027	-5.6	-0.5	.316	.175	.125	.0
1999	28	SDP	NL	485	346	58	4.5	108	.282	.266	.266	.327	.340	.391	.428	.718	.767	88	.424	-7.5	-0.7	.699	.270	.125	14.1
2000	29	SDP	NL	636	446	75	4.5	109	.319	.293	.263	.346	.339	.381	.430	.727	.770	90	.422	-7.5	-0.7	.647	.190	.087	9.9
2001	30	FLA	NL	434	323	38	3.1	109	.285	.253	.265	.302	.336	.335	.434	.637	.770	67	.298	-19.8	-1.9	.519	.160	.083	6.2
2002	31	FLA	NL	425	310	45	3.9	105	.287	.270	.262	.324	.336	.366	.417	.690	.753	84	.405	-9.4	-0.9	.628	.221	.096	6.9
2003	32	ANA	AL	257	193	21	2.9	105	.295	.270	.265	.300	.331	.307	.425	.607	.756	63	.269	-13.2	-1.2	.468	.091	.037	1.8
9 Seasons				2576	1875	261	3.7	108	.290	.264	.265	.318	.338	.347	.427	.665	.765	75	.360	-84.9	-8.1	.589	.194	.083	43.1
162 Game Avg.				518	377	52	3.7	108	.290	.264	.265	.318	.338	.347	.427	.665	.765	75	.360	-84.9	-8.1	.589	.194	.083	9

CIN (3 yrs)				296	218	23	2.8	108	.267	.220	.271	.293	.341	.242	.425	.535	.766	43	.272	-22.0	-2.1	.500	.182	.023	.0
SDP (2 yrs)				1121	792	133	4.5	109	.303	.282	.264	.338	.339	.385	.429	.723	.769	89	.423	-15.0	-1.4	.670	.225	.104	24.2
FLA (2 yrs)				859	633	83	3.5	107	.286	.261	.264	.313	.336	.350	.426	.663	.761	75	.351	-29.2	-2.8	.572	.190	.089	14.2
ANA (1 yr)				257	193	21	2.9	105	.295	.270	.265	.300	.331	.307	.425	.607	.756	63	.268	-13.2	-1.2	.468	.091	.037	1.8
MIL (1 yr)				43	39	1	0.7	107	.121	.125	.269	.167	.340	.250	.424	.417	.764	8	.027	-5.6	-0.5	.316	.175	.125	.0

NL (8 yrs)				2319	1682	240	3.8	108	.289	.263	.265	.320	.338	.352	.427	.672	.766	77	.371	-71.7	-6.8	.603	.205	.089	41.1
AL (1 yr)				257	193	21	2.9	105	.295	.270	.265	.300	.331	.307	.425	.607	.756	63	.268	-13.2	-1.2	.468	.091	.037	1.8

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
1995	24	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				2.0	1.00		67%	33%	0.0%	0%
1996	25	CIN	NL	232	0.0%	16.4%	9.9%	2.6%	15%	1.65	5.4		22.8	0.87	0.94	73%	22%	0.0%	18%
1997	26	CIN	NL	61	0.0%	18.0%	6.6%	0.0%	0%	2.75	5.2		19.0	1.22	1.54	75%	13%	0.0%	33%
1998	27	MIL	NL	43	2.3%	14.0%	4.7%	7.0%	60%	3.00	6.7	40.0	10.0	2.09	2.56	77%	11%	11.1%	18%
1999	28	SDP	NL	485	1.9%	10.3%	7.8%	7.0%	29%	1.32	8.8	48.9	7.2	1.28	1.57	79%	16%	5.8%	8%
2000	29	SDP	NL	636	0.9%	9.9%	7.1%	5.0%	19%	1.40	9.3	97.2	11.4	1.28	1.88	81%	24%	2.9%	9%
2001	30	FLA	NL	434	1.2%	13.6%	6.7%	5.1%	22%	2.03	6.8	80.0	14.3	1.31	1.98	78%	22%	4.1%	15%
2002	31	FLA	NL	425	0.9%	7.8%	7.3%	5.7%	23%	1.06	11.7	96.3	10.4	1.44	2.01	82%	19%	3.3%	14%
2003	32	ANA	AL	257	0.4%	9.3%	3.9%	2.7%	11%	2.40	10.0	241.0	12.1	0.95	1.25	84%	23%	1.1%	12%
9 Seasons				2576	1.0%	11.0%	7.1%	5.0%	21%	1.56	8.3	90.5	11.0	1.24	1.67	80%	21%	3.3%	12%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	24	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	25	CIN	NL	4	0	40%	84	16	2	89%	14	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	47%	11	9	2	3	0	3	5	1	4
1997	26	CIN	NL	0	0	42%	34	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	46%	4	3	1	1	1	0	6	1	4
1998	27	MIL	NL	1	0	67%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1999	28	SDP	NL	5	0	31%	174	33	7	83%	27	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	3	15	60%	22	11	8	8	0	8	15	3	11
2000	29	SDP	NL	11	0	38%	277	29	14	67%	28	12	1	2	0	0	6	4	5	20	44%	36	24	11	3	1	2	20	7	13
2001	30	FLA	NL	5	0	37%	148	8	6	57%	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	15	44%	24	14	10	9	4	4	17	8	8
2002	31	FLA	NL	6	1	31%	159	26	9	74%	23	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	9	60%	11	8	3	5	0	5	9	2	7
2003	32	ANA	AL	3	0	37%	121	11	8	58%	9	5	2	1	0	2	3	3	4	5	27%	22	16	6	1	1	0	7	5	2
9 Seasons				35	1	36%	1011	126	48	72%	112	39	13	6	1	3	14	8	22	74	47%	130	85	41	30	7	22	80	28	49
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
1995	24	CIN	NL	3	33%	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1996	25	CIN	NL	232	52%	41	3	0	26	4	0	1	0.65	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	32	2	6%	15	4	27%	104	9	9%	8	3	38%	9	5	56%	0
1997	26	CIN	NL	61	41%	15	1	0	6	2	0	0	1.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	6	0	0%	29	3	10%	4	1	25%	5	2	40%	0
1998	27	MIL	NL	43	47%	5	2	0	9	2	0	1	1.27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	11	3	27%	6	1	17%	27	3	11%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	28	SDP	NL	485	31%	117	18	2	26	4	0	2	1.37	9	0	12	5	4	2	7	0	7	2	29%	99	12	12%	57	22	39%	309	54	17%	29	18	62%	34	20	59%	0
2000	29	SDP	NL	636	31%	171	41	4	2	1	0	0	1.84	6	0	15	2	4	4	2	0	1	0	0%	88	16	18%	38	12	32%	334	46	14%	28	18	64%	36	18	50%	0
2001	30	FLA	NL	434	27%	101	18	1	12	2	0	0	0.58	5	0	11	1	4	4	1	0	6	4	67%	76	13	17%	57	24	42%	248	25	10%	13	3	23%	39	18	46%	0
2002	31	FLA	NL	426	24%	104	25	1	15	4	0	0	1.03	4	0	13	3	1	2	2	0	9	8	89%	93	11	12%	46	20	43%	285	34	12%	21	10	48%	27	17	63%	0
2003	32	ANA	AL	257	59%	65	14	6	10	2	0	1	0.70	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	8	4	50%	44	4	9%	26	7	27%	150	20	13%	11	6	55%	15	6	40%	0
9 Seasons				2577	34%	621	122	14	107	22	0	5	0.98	26	0	58	12	14	12	14	0	34	21	62%	453	63	14%	252	91	36%	1488	195	13%	114	59	52%	166	87	52%	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
1995	24	CIN	NL	3	11	3.67	9	82%	0%	33%	22%	33%	89%	0%	73%	56%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	1
1996	25	CIN	NL	210	761	3.62	473	62%	32%	13%	22%	33%	68%	1%	42%	80%	30%	5%	11	0	16%	33	10	5%	11	5	46%	22	0	0
1997	26	CIN	NL	28	106	3.79	62	58%	34%	5%	31%	31%	66%	0%	39%	93%	21%	18%	5	0	25%	7	2	25%	7	3	80%	33	0	0
1998	27	MIL	NL	43	165	3.84	105	64%	28%	10%	29%	33%	72%	0%	46%	86%	26%	5%	2	1	16%	7	2	9%	4	1	17%	0	0	0
1999	28	SDP	NL	485	1703	3.51	1061	62%	25%	9%	29%	37%	75%	1%	47%	88%	31%	4%	21	1	18%	85	43	9%	44	23	28%	0	0	0
2000	29	SDP	NL	636	2218	3.49	1401	63%	29%	8%	25%	37%	71%	2%	45%	88%	24%	4%	27	0	14%	91	37	8%	54	21	35%	0	0	0
2001	30	FLA	NL	434	1578	3.64	1019	65%	28%	9%	29%	34%	72%	1%	47%	87%	29%	4%	18	1	13%	58	23	9%	40	20	42%	0	0	0
2002	31	FLA	NL	426	1478	3.47	955	65%	26%	7%	28%	38%	74%	1%	48%	90%	27%	5%	20	1	14%	60	20	8%	32	13	18%	0	0	0
2003	32	ANA	AL	257	826	3.21	565	68%	28%	9%	24%	39%	72%	0%	49%	88%	32%	3%	7	0	11%	28	9	4%	9	2	17%	0	0	0
9 Seasons				2522	8846	3.51	5650	64%	28%	9%	27%	36%	72%	1%	46%	87%	28%	4%	111	4	15%	369	146	8%	201	88	33%	55	0	1
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
1995	24	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	432	2	0	0	1	0	0
1996	25	90	235	207	26	43	6	0	0	10	16	2	23	38	.208	.288	.237	.524	40	49	2	1	2	2	1
1997	26	117	296	264	34	58	6	0	0	13	19	4	27	49	.220	.293	.242	.535	43	64	4	1	2	2	1
1998	27	151	339	304	39	63	8	0	1	17	19	4	29	55	.207	.277	.243	.520	38	74	7	1	3	2	1
1999	28	300	824	744	94	180	30	3	10	78	52	11	67	105	.242	.306	.331	.637	68	246	19	4	5	4	3
2000	29	445	1460	1327	181	351	49	10	16	129	81	25	112	168	.265	.324	.353	.676	78	468	35	8	5	8	7
2001	30	564	1894	1727	232	452	65	11	21	157	89	31	141	227	.262	.319	.349	.667	75	602	48	8	9	9	9
2002	31	695	2319	2112	276	556	80	16	25	194	115	40	172	260	.263	.320	.352	.672	77	743	59	8	17	10	10
2003	32	806	2576	2353	305	621	86	16	26	214	126	48	182	284	.264	.318	.347	.665	75	817	63	9	21	11	10

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
1995	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	2
1996	25	88	236	208	24	44	6	0	0	8	17	25	38	.212	.297	.240	.537	15	88
1997	26	27	60	56	7	14	0	0	0	3	3	4	11	.250	.300	.250	.550	4	27
1998	27	34	41	39	5	4	2	0	1	4	0	2	6	.103	.146	.231	.377	1	34
1999	28	149	482	439	52	116	22	3	9	58	33	38	50	.264	.326	.390	.715	55	149
2000	29	145	628	577	84	165	18	7	6	49	28	43	63	.286	.338	.373	.710	72	145
2001	30	119	424	395	50	96	15	1	5	27	8	28	59	.243	.292	.324	.617	37	119
2002	31	131	417	385	45	104	15	5	4	38	26	31	33	.270	.324	.366	.690	46	131
2003	32	111	251	239	29	63	6	0	1	20	11	10	24	.264	.295	.301	.596	21	111
9 Seasons		806	2541	2340	296	606	84	16	26	208	126	181	284	.259	.313	.342	.655	253	806
162 Game Avg.		162	511	470	59	122	17	3	5	42	25	36	57	.259	.313	.342	.655	51	806

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2000 NL 7 (7th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 2000 NL 29 (8th)	Singles s c a p y 2000 NL 139 (2nd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2000 NL 14 (2nd) 2003 AL 8 (9th)
AB per SO s c a p y 2000 NL 9.3 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Lee Tinsley (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tuck Stainback (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Walton Cruise (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Henry Cotto (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wilbur Good (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50