Jerry Owens

Jerry Lee Owens

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 16, 1981 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Hart HS (Newhall, CA)
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), The Master's College (Santa Clarita, CA)
Drafted
by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2006
Team: WhiteSox 2006-2009

Final Game: April 29, 2009
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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
2006 25 CHW AL 12 9 9 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 96 4 0 0 0 0 0 /D89
2007 26 CHW AL 93 389 356 44 95 9 2 1 17 32 8 27 63 .267 .324 .312 .636 67 111 5 3 3 0 0 87/D
2008 27 CHW AL 12 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 4 0 0 1 0 0 /78
2009 28 CHW AL 12 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .083 .267 .083 .350 -3 1 1 0 0 0 0 /87D
4 Yrs 129 430 393 49 103 10 2 1 18 36 9 30 72 .262 .319 .305 .625 64 120 6 3 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 540 494 62 129 13 3 1 23 45 11 38 90 .262 .319 .305 .625 64 151 8 4 5 0 0

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
2006 25 CHW AL 12 9 -0 0 0 1 -1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /D89
2007 26 CHW AL 93 389 -16 4 1 3 1 -7 -0.6 13 6 0.6 .493 .496 0.3 0.4 3 $ 87/D
2008 27 CHW AL 12 17 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $397,500 /78
2009 28 CHW AL 12 15 -2 1 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /87D
4 Seasons 129 430 -19 5 1 5 -0 -9 -0.8 15 6 0.6 .493 .499 0.1 0.6 1 $397,500

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
2006 25 CHW AL 9 6 2 8.9 114 .429 .333 .280 .333 .345 .444 .445 .778 .791 96 .726 -0.1 -0.0 .833 .222 .111 .0
2007 26 CHW AL 389 277 39 3.8 110 .322 .267 .276 .324 .344 .312 .431 .636 .775 67 .368 -18.3 -1.7 .602 .188 .045 1.9
2008 27 CHW AL 17 14 1 1.9 109 .333 .250 .273 .250 .341 .250 .428 .500 .770 32 .148 -1.7 -0.2 .385 .063 .000 .0
2009 28 CHW AL 15 12 0 0.0 112 .111 .083 .273 .267 .343 .083 .438 .350 .781 -3 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .417 .333 .000 .0
4 Yrs 430 309 42 3.6 110 .319 .262 .276 .319 .344 .305 .431 .625 .775 64 .353 -21.9 -2.1 .590 .188 .043 1.9
162 Game Avg. 540 388 53 3.6 110 .319 .262 .276 .319 .344 .305 .431 .625 .775 64 .353 -21.9 -2.1 .590 .188 .043 2

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
2006 25 CHW AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 4.5 1.33 1.00 78% 14% 0.0% 33%
2007 26 CHW AL 389 0.3% 16.2% 6.9% 3.1% 13% 2.33 5.7 356.0 20.9 1.61 1.99 75% 17% 1.0% 7%
2008 27 CHW AL 17 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 16.0 2.67 8.00 71% 8% 0.0% 0%
2009 28 CHW AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.0 2.00 2.00 60% 11% 0.0% 33%
4 Yrs 430 0.2% 16.7% 7.0% 3.0% 13% 2.40 5.5 393.0 21.8 1.64 2.04 74% 17% 1.0% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 2.01 5.1 33.0 7.6 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 25 CHW AL -0.1 -0.0 10 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .76 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.90 -0.0 0.23 2
2007 26 CHW AL -18.3 -1.7 437 -1.4 5.4 -6.8 .94 -1.4 -0.2 -13.6 -1.3 0.91 -18.3 0.79 7
2008 27 CHW AL -1.7 -0.2 20 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 1.03 -0.1 0.0 -2.3 -0.2 1.05 -1.6 0.00 1
2009 28 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 17 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .53 -0.1 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 1.00 -2.0 0.35 4
4 Yrs -22.0 -2.1 484 -1.6 5.8 -7.4 .93 -1.6 -0.1 -18.2 -1.7 0.92 -21.9 0.53 14

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
2006 25 CHW AL 0 0 133% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 26 CHW AL 5 0 35% 145 32 8 80% 30 7 2 1 0 0 5 2 1 11 66% 12 5 7 4 3 1 16 2 13
2008 27 CHW AL 0 0 25% 16 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2009 28 CHW AL 0 0 0% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 5 0 36% 183 36 9 80% 34 8 2 1 0 0 5 2 2 13 66% 16 6 10 4 3 1 18 3 14

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
2006 25 CHW AL 9 89% 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 CHW AL 389 80% 95 25 8 7 2 0 0 0.79 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 43% 56 5 9% 24 9 38% 166 18 11% 17 8 47% 10 7 70% 0
2008 27 CHW AL 17 82% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 11 1 9% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2009 28 CHW AL 15 80% 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 430 81% 103 27 8 14 2 0 0 0.53 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 9 4 44% 65 6 9% 29 10 34% 187 19 10% 19 9 47% 10 7 70% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 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
2006 25 CHW AL 9 38 4.22 26 68% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 0% 50% 79% 11% 0% 0 0 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 26 CHW AL 390 1501 3.85 996 66% 31% 11% 28% 30% 69% 0% 46% 84% 22% 2% 9 0 10% 40 7 7% 27 4 24% -1 0 0
2008 27 CHW AL 17 48 2.82 34 71% 32% 9% 21% 38% 68% 0% 48% 87% 35% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 6% 1 1 50% 0 0 0
2009 28 CHW AL 15 65 4.33 37 57% 35% 11% 30% 24% 65% 0% 37% 83% 13% 7% 1 0 13% 2 1 20% 3 0 33% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 431 1652 3.83 1093 66% 31% 11% 28% 30% 69% 0% 45% 84% 22% 2% 10 0 10% 44 9 7% 31 5 25% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2006 25 12 9 9 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 96 4 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 105 398 365 48 98 10 2 1 17 33 8 27 65 .268 .324 .315 .639 67 115 5 3 3 0 0
2008 27 117 415 381 49 102 10 2 1 18 35 9 27 69 .268 .321 .312 .634 66 119 5 3 4 0 0
2009 28 129 430 393 49 103 10 2 1 18 36 9 30 72 .262 .319 .305 .625 64 120 6 3 4 0 0

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
2006 25 12 9 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 1 12
2007 26 93 384 352 41 91 9 2 1 16 31 26 63 .259 .315 .304 .619 33 93
2008 27 12 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 12
2009 28 12 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 12
4 Yrs 129 425 389 45 98 10 2 1 17 35 29 72 .252 .309 .296 .604 35 129
162 Game Avg. 162 534 489 57 123 13 3 1 21 44 36 90 .252 .309 .296 .604 44 129

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2007 AL  32 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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