Jayhawk Owens

Claude Jayhawk Owens

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 213 lb.

Born: February 10, 1969 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Glen Este HS (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
Drafted
by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1993
Team: Rockies 1993-1996

Final Game: September 28, 1996
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Standard Batting

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
1993 24 COL NL 33 94 86 12 18 5 0 3 6 1 0 6 30 .209 .277 .372 .649 62 32 1 2 0 0 1 2
1994 25 COL NL 6 15 12 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .400 .417 .817 101 5 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1995 26 COL NL 18 49 45 7 11 2 0 4 12 0 0 2 15 .244 .286 .556 .841 95 25 0 1 0 1 0 2
1996 27 COL NL 73 213 180 31 43 9 1 4 17 4 1 27 56 .239 .338 .367 .705 71 66 1 1 3 2 0 2
4 Yrs 130 371 323 54 75 16 2 11 36 5 1 38 104 .232 .318 .396 .714 74 128 3 4 3 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 462 403 67 93 20 2 14 45 6 1 47 130 .232 .318 .396 .714 74 160 4 5 4 4 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1993 24 COL NL 33 94 -5 0 -0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .485 .497 -0.1 0.1 -1 $109,000 2
1994 25 COL NL 6 15 0 -0 -0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .510 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $121,500 /2
1995 26 COL NL 18 49 -1 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.1 0.2 1 $123,500 2
1996 27 COL NL 73 213 -6 1 0 -2 3 -4 -0.5 6 2 0.1 .494 .497 0.3 0.0 4 $155,000 2
4 Seasons 130 371 -12 0 0 -1 5 -7 -0.8 10 3 0.2 .494 .499 0.3 0.4 4 $509,000

Advanced Batting

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
1993 24 COL NL 94 69 9 3.5 117 .283 .209 .289 .277 .356 .372 .440 .649 .797 62 .374 -5.2 -0.5 .594 .244 .163 1.5
1994 25 COL NL 15 10 2 5.4 123 .333 .250 .294 .400 .363 .417 .460 .817 .823 101 .539 0.0 0.0 .800 .417 .167
1995 26 COL NL 49 35 8 6.2 129 .259 .244 .301 .286 .374 .556 .469 .841 .843 95 .607 -0.6 -0.1 .824 .356 .311 .0
1996 27 COL NL 213 144 25 4.7 125 .320 .239 .295 .338 .368 .367 .462 .705 .830 71 .483 -7.9 -0.8 .698 .294 .128 4.0
4 Yrs 371 258 44 4.6 123 .303 .232 .294 .318 .366 .396 .457 .714 .823 74 .480 -13.8 -1.3 .690 .294 .164 6.9
162 Game Avg. 462 322 55 4.6 123 .303 .232 .294 .318 .366 .396 .457 .714 .823 74 .480 -13.8 -1.3 .690 .294 .164 9

Postseason Batting

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
1995 26 COL NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1993 24 COL NL 94 3.2% 31.9% 6.4% 8.5% 44% 5.00 2.9 28.7 14.3 0.77 1.24 56% 21% 11.5% 16%
1994 25 COL NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 6.7% 33% 1.00 4.0 12.0 0.29 0.75 60% 33% 0.0% 43%
1995 26 COL NL 49 8.2% 30.6% 4.1% 12.2% 55% 7.50 3.0 11.3 3.8 0.55 0.82 55% 16% 22.2% 10%
1996 27 COL NL 213 1.9% 26.3% 12.7% 6.6% 33% 2.07 3.2 45.0 10.6 0.54 0.60 57% 26% 6.0% 17%
4 Yrs 371 3.0% 28.0% 10.2% 7.8% 39% 2.74 3.1 29.4 9.0 0.58 0.76 57% 24% 9.6% 17%
MLB Averages 2.6% 15.9% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 1.78 5.6 34.2 7.5 0.83 1.10 71% 21% 7.8% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 24 COL NL -5.3 -0.5 97 -0.3 1.1 -1.5 .83 -0.4 -0.0 -4.1 -0.4 0.84 -3.2 0.29 2
1994 25 COL NL 0.0 0.0 15 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .70 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.90 0.3 0
1995 26 COL NL -0.7 -0.1 49 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .65 0.0 -0.3 3.1 0.3 0.86 2.7 2.27 2
1996 27 COL NL -7.9 -0.8 222 -0.5 2.8 -3.3 .85 0.0 -0.6 -4.6 -0.4 0.93 -2.8 2.13 7
4 Yrs -13.9 -1.4 383 -1.1 4.5 -5.6 .81 -0.4 -1.0 -5.5 -0.5 0.90 -3.1 1.82 11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1993 24 COL NL 1 0 39% 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 38% 3 2 1 2 2 0 3 1 2
1994 25 COL NL 0 0 67% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1995 26 COL NL 0 0 30% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1996 27 COL NL 4 0 40% 90 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 43% 16 12 4 5 2 3 7 2 5
4 Yrs 5 0 41% 143 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 44% 22 15 6 8 4 4 11 3 8

Situational Hitting*

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
1993 24 COL NL 94 27% 18 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.29 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 8 0 0% 36 3 8% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1994 25 COL NL 15 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 9 1 11% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1995 26 COL NL 49 35% 11 2 0 2 1 0 0 2.27 4 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 4 1 25% 24 8 33% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1996 27 COL NL 213 51% 43 6 0 7 1 0 3 2.13 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 3 3 100% 41 1 2% 24 9 38% 127 15 12% 12 5 42% 16 7 44% 0
4 Yrs 371 41% 75 10 0 11 2 0 3 1.82 11 0 4 6 5 8 3 0 4 3 75% 61 3 5% 38 10 26% 196 27 14% 20 6 30% 24 10 42% 0
MLB Averages 57% 71% 11% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1993 24 COL NL 91 303 3.33 205 68% 15% 29% 31% 25% 85% 1% 57% 66% 57% 3% 3 0 9% 8 4 1% 1 1 30% 3 0 0
1994 25 COL NL 12 47 3.92 30 64% 23% 10% 47% 20% 77% 0% 49% 87% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 3 1 8% 1 0 67% 3 0 0
1995 26 COL NL 48 204 4.25 139 68% 15% 24% 39% 22% 85% 0% 58% 71% 31% 0% 0 0 13% 6 6 6% 3 3 13% 1 0 0
1996 27 COL NL 201 789 3.93 485 61% 21% 26% 28% 25% 79% 0% 48% 67% 42% 6% 12 0 12% 24 9 10% 20 7 23% 12 0 2
4 Yrs 352 1343 3.82 859 64% 19% 26% 31% 24% 81% 0% 52% 68% 45% 4% 15 0 12% 41 20 7% 25 11 25% 19 0 2
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

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
1993 24 33 94 86 12 18 5 0 3 6 1 0 6 30 .209 .277 .372 .649 62 32 1 2 0 0 1
1994 25 39 109 98 16 21 5 1 3 7 1 0 9 33 .214 .294 .378 .671 67 37 2 2 0 0 1
1995 26 57 158 143 23 32 7 1 7 19 1 0 11 48 .224 .291 .434 .725 76 62 2 3 0 1 1
1996 27 130 371 323 54 75 16 2 11 36 5 1 38 104 .232 .318 .396 .714 74 128 3 4 3 3 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1993 24 33 91 84 10 16 4 0 3 5 1 5 30 .190 .253 .345 .598 7 33
1994 25 8 21 17 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 .235 .381 .353 .734 3 6
1995 26 20 52 48 6 10 2 0 4 10 0 2 17 .208 .250 .500 .750 6 18
1996 27 73 203 174 24 37 8 1 3 13 3 23 56 .213 .305 .322 .627 17 73
4 Yrs 134 367 323 46 67 14 2 10 29 4 34 107 .207 .288 .356 .644 33 130
162 Game Avg. 162 444 390 56 81 17 2 12 35 5 41 129 .207 .288 .356 .644 40 130

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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