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Jim Owens

James Philip Owens (Bear)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 16, 1934 in Gifford, PA
High School: Bradford HS (Bradford, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1955
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros/Colt.45's/Reds 1955-1967

Final Game: June 20, 1967
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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
1955 21 PHI NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1956 22 PHI NL 10 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958 24 PHI NL 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 /1
1959 25 PHI NL 31 84 75 0 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 35 .120 .185 .133 .319 -13 10 0 0 3 0 0 1
1960 26 PHI NL 31 49 44 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .068 .109 .068 .177 -50 3 2 0 3 0 0 1
1961 27 PHI NL 21 36 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .074 .194 .074 .268 -24 2 2 0 5 0 0 1/9
1962 28 PHI NL 23 18 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 .143 .200 .214 .414 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1963 29 CIN NL 19 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 30 HOU NL 48 30 29 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .103 .103 .138 .241 -31 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 31 HOU NL 50 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1966 32 HOU NL 40 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 33 HOU NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 287 251 218 4 22 4 0 0 11 0 1 14 102 .101 .159 .119 .278 -22 26 4 1 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 142 123 2 12 2 0 0 6 0 1 8 58 .101 .159 .119 .278 -22 15 2 1 10 0 0
PHI (7 yrs) 120 200 169 2 17 2 0 0 11 0 1 14 76 .101 .174 .112 .286 -21 19 4 1 16 0 0
HOU (4 yrs) 148 43 41 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 .098 .098 .122 .220 -37 5 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 19 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 4 2 0 0 0 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
1955 21 PHI NL 3 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .486 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1956 22 PHI NL 10 8 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .511 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1958 24 PHI NL 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .511 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1959 25 PHI NL 31 84 -13 0 0 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $ 1
1960 26 PHI NL 31 49 -9 -0 -0 0 5 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1961 27 PHI NL 21 36 -6 0 -0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1/9
1962 28 PHI NL 23 18 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1963 29 CIN NL 19 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1964 30 HOU NL 48 30 -4 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1965 31 HOU NL 50 9 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1966 32 HOU NL 40 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1967 33 HOU NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
12 Seasons 287 251 -36 -1 0 0 29 -8 -0.9 9 0 -1.0 .497 .500 -1.0 0.1 0 $
PHI (7 yrs) 120 200 -29 -1 0 0 23 -7 -0.7 7 0 -0.7 .494 .499 -0.7 0.0 0 $
HOU (4 yrs) 148 43 -7 -0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.1 -0 $
CIN (1 yr) 19 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1955 21 PHI NL 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .417 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1956 22 PHI NL 8 6 0 0.0 101 .333 .167 .262 .286 .328 .167 .413 .452 .742 27 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
1958 24 PHI NL 3 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .268 .333 .336 .000 .420 .333 .756 -1 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1959 25 PHI NL 84 69 2 0.8 106 .225 .120 .271 .185 .338 .133 .420 .319 .758 -13 .036 -12.5 -1.2 .242 .093 .013
1960 26 PHI NL 49 46 0 0.0 98 .111 .068 .262 .109 .328 .068 .402 .177 .730 -50 .000 -9.2 -1.0 .116 .045 .000
1961 27 PHI NL 36 32 1 0.8 103 .133 .074 .267 .194 .333 .074 .415 .268 .748 -24 .042 -4.8 -0.5 .222 .148 .000
1962 28 PHI NL 18 16 1 1.7 101 .250 .143 .266 .200 .333 .214 .404 .414 .738 13 .137 -1.7 -0.2 .231 .071 .071
1963 29 CIN NL 8 7 0 0.0 92 .250 .125 .258 .125 .320 .250 .385 .375 .705 4 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .125 .125
1964 30 HOU NL 30 27 0 0.0 89 .231 .103 .256 .103 .313 .138 .381 .241 .694 -31 .000 -4.9 -0.5 .154 .034 .034
1965 31 HOU NL 9 8 0 0.0 87 .200 .125 .249 .125 .311 .125 .376 .250 .687 -27 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1966 32 HOU NL 4 4 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .000 .314 .000 .386 .000 .700 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
12 Yrs 251 219 4 0.5 100 .190 .101 .265 .159 .329 .119 .406 .278 .735 -22 .017 -37.5 -3.8 .199 .078 .018
162 Game Avg. 142 124 2 0.5 100 .190 .101 .265 .159 .329 .119 .406 .278 .735 -22 .017 -37.5 -3.8 .199 .078 .018
PHI (7 yrs) 200 173 4 0.6 103 .183 .101 .267 .174 .334 .112 .413 .286 .747 -21 .025 -29.3 -3.0 .210 .089 .012
HOU (4 yrs) 43 39 0 0.0 88 .211 .098 .255 .098 .313 .122 .380 .220 .693 -37 .000 -7.2 -0.8 .135 .024 .024
CIN (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 92 .250 .125 .258 .125 .320 .250 .385 .375 .705 4 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .125 .125

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
1955 21 PHI NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1956 22 PHI NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.0 3.0 38%
1958 24 PHI NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1959 25 PHI NL 84 0.0% 41.7% 7.1% 1.2% 11% 5.83 2.1 12.5 4.83 48%
1960 26 PHI NL 49 0.0% 34.7% 4.1% 0.0% 0% 8.50 2.6 44.0 3.14 55%
1961 27 PHI NL 36 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.3 27.0 42%
1962 28 PHI NL 18 0.0% 33.3% 5.6% 5.6% 50% 6.00 2.3 14.0 2.00 44%
1963 29 CIN NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 2.0 50%
1964 30 HOU NL 30 0.0% 53.3% 0.0% 3.3% 33% 1.8 4.00 43%
1965 31 HOU NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 0.67 56%
1966 32 HOU NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25%
12 Yrs 251 0.0% 40.6% 5.6% 1.6% 18% 7.29 2.1 19.8 4.48 46%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.1% 8.5% 6.4% 29% 1.67 6.3 39.1 8.6 1.05 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 21 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.81 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.19 -0.4 0
1956 22 PHI NL -0.6 -0.1 8 0.2 0.3 -0.1 1.29 0.0 0.2 2.0 0.2 1.21 0.2 0
1958 24 PHI NL -0.2 -0.0 3 0.0 0.1 -0.0 1.40 -0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.98 -0.1 0
1959 25 PHI NL -12.5 -1.2 84 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 1.02 -1.2 0.0 -10.2 -1.0 0.95 -13.0 0
1960 26 PHI NL -9.2 -1.0 49 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 1.03 -0.8 -0.0 -8.9 -0.9 0.97 -9.1 0
1961 27 PHI NL -4.9 -0.5 36 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 1.19 -0.6 -0.0 -8.3 -0.8 1.04 -7.1 0
1962 28 PHI NL -1.7 -0.2 19 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .85 -0.3 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 -2.9 0
1963 29 CIN NL -1.0 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .43 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.73 -1.0 0
1964 30 HOU NL -4.9 -0.5 30 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .74 -0.5 -0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.74 -4.7 0
1965 31 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.51 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.92 -1.3 0
1966 32 HOU NL -1.0 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .88 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.77 -1.0 0
1967 33 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Yrs -37.6 -3.8 252 -3.8 1.7 -5.5 1.02 -3.8 0.1 -36.0 -3.7 0.95 -40.5 0

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
1955 21 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 22 PHI NL 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1958 24 PHI NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 25 PHI NL 0 0 0% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1960 26 PHI NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 PHI NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 28 PHI NL 1 0 0% 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 29 CIN NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 30 HOU NL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 31 HOU NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 32 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 4 0 11% 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 7 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 0

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
1955 21 PHI NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 22 PHI NL 8 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 2 25% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1958 24 PHI NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 25 PHI NL 84 38% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 14 0 0% 17 3 18% 59 6 10% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1960 26 PHI NL 49 45% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 2 25% 10 3 30% 30 1 3% 1 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1961 27 PHI NL 36 39% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 11 2 18% 10 3 30% 30 1 3% 4 1 25% 3 2 67% 0
1962 28 PHI NL 18 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 0 0% 5 1 20% 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1963 29 CIN NL 8 38% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 30 HOU NL 30 23% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 5 1 20% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1965 31 HOU NL 9 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1966 32 HOU NL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 251 34% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 23 18 78% 48 4 8% 54 12 22% 161 11 7% 12 2 17% 12 7 58% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 53%

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
1955 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1956 22 13 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 11 1 0 0 2 0 0
1957 23 13 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 11 1 0 0 2 0 0
1958 24 14 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .111 .273 .111 .384 9 1 0 1 2 0 0
1959 25 45 97 84 2 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 7 41 .119 .196 .131 .327 -11 11 0 1 5 0 0
1960 26 76 146 128 2 13 1 0 0 9 0 0 9 58 .102 .167 .109 .276 -24 14 2 1 8 0 0
1961 27 97 182 155 2 15 1 0 0 10 0 0 13 70 .097 .172 .103 .275 -24 16 4 1 13 0 0
1962 28 120 200 169 2 17 2 0 0 11 0 1 14 76 .101 .174 .112 .286 -21 19 4 1 16 0 0
1963 29 139 208 177 3 18 3 0 0 11 0 1 14 80 .102 .172 .119 .291 -20 21 4 1 16 0 0
1964 30 187 238 206 3 21 4 0 0 11 0 1 14 96 .102 .163 .121 .284 -21 25 4 1 17 0 0
1965 31 237 247 214 4 22 4 0 0 11 0 1 14 99 .103 .162 .121 .283 -21 26 4 1 18 0 0
1966 32 277 251 218 4 22 4 0 0 11 0 1 14 102 .101 .159 .119 .278 -22 26 4 1 18 0 0
1967 33 287 251 218 4 22 4 0 0 11 0 1 14 102 .101 .159 .119 .278 -22 26 4 1 18 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
1955 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1956 22 10 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 10
1958 24 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1
1959 25 32 89 79 0 10 1 0 0 7 0 7 37 .127 .198 .139 .337 2 31
1960 26 32 51 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 31
1961 27 22 37 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 21
1962 28 23 20 15 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 .200 .294 .333 .627 1 23
1963 29 19 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
1964 30 48 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 48
1965 31 50 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 50
1966 32 40 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 40
11 Yrs 280 261 226 1 13 3 0 0 9 0 16 106 .058 .123 .071 .194 3 277
162 Game Avg. 162 151 131 1 8 2 0 0 5 0 9 61 .058 .123 .071 .194 2 277

* 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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