Jim Owens
James Philip Owens (Bear)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 16, 1934 in Gifford, PA
High School: Bradford (Bradford, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1955
Final Game: June 20, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PHI NL 21 P 3 2 8.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.33 .900 2.08 0.83
1956 PHI NL 22 P 10 5 29.2 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 2.12 0.70 .971 2.06 0.83
1958 PHI NL 24 P 1 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.93 0.80
1959 PHI NL 25 P 31 30 221.1 42 8 33 1 4 .976 1.67 1.32 .952 1.99 0.82
1960 PHI NL 26 P 31 22 150.0 30 6 22 2 0 .933 1.68 0.90 .963 2.09 0.87
1961 PHI NL 27 P 20 17 106.2 19 4 13 2 3 .895 1.43 0.85 .963 2.18 0.88
1961 PHI NL 27 OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60
1962 PHI NL 28 P 23 12 69.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.68 0.57 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 CIN NL 29 P 19 3 42.1 14 4 9 1 0 .929 2.76 0.68 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 HOU NL 30 P 48 11 118.0 21 2 17 2 0 .905 1.45 0.40 .957 2.14 0.84
1965 HOU NL 31 P 50 0 71.1 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.26 .954 2.08 0.81
1966 HOU NL 32 P 40 0 50.0 12 0 12 0 1 1.000 2.16 0.30 .942 1.96 0.74
1967 HOU NL 33 P 10 0 10.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.78
12 Seasons P 286 103 885.1 173 33 132 8 10 .954 1.68 0.58 .955 2.07 0.82
1 Season OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1 Season RF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60
12 Seasons TOT 287 104 885.1 173 33 132 8 10 .954 1.68 0.57 .909 2.07 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 PHI NL 21 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PHI NL 22 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PHI NL 24 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 25 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PHI NL 26 31 22 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 27 21 18 21 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1962 PHI NL 28 23 12 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 29 19 3 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 30 48 11 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 31 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 32 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 33 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 287 104 287 287 286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 PHI NL 21 45 71% 27% 2 50% 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1956 PHI NL 22 146 68% 18% 5 100% 0 2 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1958 PHI NL 24 33 76% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 25 950 78% 31% 36 86% 2 8 0 5 33 23 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 7 71%
1960 PHI NL 26 716 79% 26% 24 88% 2 5 0 5 23 15 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1961 PHI NL 27 476 85% 25% 16 81% 0 4 0 4 14 9 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 4 50%
1962 PHI NL 28 333 84% 27% 9 100% 1 6 1 2 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 CIN NL 29 212 75% 23% 11 82% 0 4 1 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1964 HOU NL 30 509 76% 28% 19 84% 0 2 1 1 16 14 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1965 HOU NL 31 315 74% 28% 12 100% 0 2 0 2 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1966 HOU NL 32 228 78% 27% 14 86% 0 0 0 0 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 33%
1967 HOU NL 33 46 83% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 4009 78% 27% 149 87% 6 33 3 22 133 98 15 8 0 5 3 5 10 8 10 0 37 73%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 82%

* 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.

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