Spike Owen
Spike Dee Owen
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 19, 1961 in Cleburne, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1983
Final Game: October 2, 1995
Relatives: Brother of Dave Owen
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 SEA AL 22 SS 80 79 682.2 366 122 233 11 45 .970 -7.7 -13.5 -6.7 0.3 -7.1 -1 4.68 4.44 .963 4.75 4.15
1984 SEA AL 23 SS 151 148 1307.0 725 245 463 17 86 .977 3.2 2.9 4.2 -1.0 5.2 -1 4.88 4.69 .961 4.76 3.93
1985 SEA AL 24 SS 117 111 964.0 571 196 361 14 76 .975 2.4 3.0 3.4 -0.6 4.0 -1 5.20 4.76 .964 4.64 3.93
1986 TOT AL 25 SS 154 153 1323.4 767 279 467 21 133 .973 -6.4 -5.8 -9.4 -4.3 -5.0 3 5.07 4.84 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 SEA AL 25 SS 112 112 973.2 598 209 372 17 99 .972 -2.2 -2.7 -3.2 -1.2 -1.9 1 5.37 5.19 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 BOS AL 25 SS 42 41 349.2 169 70 95 4 34 .976 -4.2 -14.4 -6.2 -3.1 -3.1 2 4.25 3.93 .967 4.53 3.94
1987 BOS AL 26 SS 130 127 1117.2 525 176 336 13 69 .975 -8.9 -9.6 -6.9 -4.8 -2.2 -2 4.12 3.94 .970 4.59 4.02
1988 BOS AL 27 SS 76 71 619.0 304 102 192 10 34 .967 -2.2 -4.3 -1.2 -1.1 0.0 -1 4.27 3.87 .971 4.69 4.14
1988 BOS AL 27 DH 7
1989 MON NL 28 SS 142 140 1212.1 633 232 388 13 65 .979 -10.9 -10.8 -9.9 -6.9 -3.0 -1 4.60 4.37 .966 4.51 3.88
1990 MON NL 29 SS 148 136 1194.1 562 216 340 6 52 .989 -9.5 -9.5 -7.5 -3.6 -3.9 -2 4.19 3.76 .966 4.59 4.00
1991 MON NL 30 SS 133 119 1066.0 573 189 376 8 64 .986 11.4 12.8 11.4 3.5 7.9 0 4.77 4.25 .965 4.67 3.88
1992 MON NL 31 SS 116 112 972.0 497 188 300 9 44 .982 -5.2 -6.4 -3.2 -1.8 -1.4 -2 4.52 4.21 .969 4.59 3.86
1993 NYY AL 32 SS 96 88 797.1 442 116 312 14 44 .968 2.0 3.0 2.0 -2.6 4.6 0 4.83 4.46 .973 4.69 4.13
1993 NYY AL 32 DH 2
1994 CAL AL 33 3B 70 66 593.1 180 42 130 8 16 .956 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 1.1 -2.6 1 2.61 2.46 .948 2.64 2.34
1994 CAL AL 33 SS 5 4 36.0 12 4 8 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -3.3 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 1 3.00 2.40 .967 4.65 4.22
1994 CAL AL 33 1B 4 1 16.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 10.12 4.50 .994 9.56 8.50
1994 CAL AL 33 DH 2
1994 CAL AL 33 2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.10 4.50
1995 CAL AL 34 3B 29 23 211.2 55 16 36 3 3 .945 -2.8 -15.9 -2.8 -1.1 -1.7 0 2.21 1.79 .953 2.61 2.19
1995 CAL AL 34 SS 25 8 105.1 63 22 38 3 7 .952 1.6 18.2 1.6 1.5 0.1 0 5.13 2.40 .975 4.71 4.16
1995 CAL AL 34 2B 16 11 100.0 48 27 21 0 7 1.000 -2.4 -28.8 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 -1 4.32 3.00 .981 5.11 4.34
13 Seasons SS 1373 1296 11397.0 6040 2087 3814 139 723 .977 -30.3 -3.2 -23.3 -21.6 -1.7 -7 4.66 4.30 .966 4.63 3.97
2 Seasons 3B 99 89 805.0 235 58 166 11 19 .953 -3.3 -4.9 -4.3 0.0 -4.3 1 2.50 2.26 .949 2.63 2.30
2 Seasons 2B 17 11 103.0 49 28 21 0 7 1.000 -2.4 -28.0 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 -1 4.28 2.88 .982 5.11 4.35
3 Seasons DH 11
1 Season 1B 4 1 16.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 10.12 4.50 .994 9.56 8.50
13 Seasons TOT 1493 1397 12321.0 6342 2190 4002 150 750 .976 -35.0 -3.4 -28.0 -22.8 -5.2 -7 4.52 4.15 .942 4.51 3.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1983 SEA AL 22 80 79 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 SEA AL 23 152 148 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 SEA AL 24 118 111 118 117 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1986 SEA AL 25 112 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 25 42 41 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 BOS AL 26 132 127 132 130 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1988 BOS AL 27 89 71 89 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
1989 MON NL 28 142 140 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 MON NL 29 149 136 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1991 MON NL 30 139 119 139 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
1992 MON NL 31 122 112 122 116 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1993 NYY AL 32 103 88 103 96 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
1994 CAL AL 33 82 71 82 79 0 0 4 1 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1995 CAL AL 34 82 42 82 67 0 0 0 16 29 25 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
13 Seasons 1544 1397 1544 1489 0 0 4 17 99 1373 0 0 0 0 0 80 26
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1983 SEA AL 22 3114 58% 76% 25% 284 89% 2 119 47 56 16 230 175 41 1 8 11 0 11 0 9 44 17 2 11 3 4 39 20 18 3 1 2
1984 SEA AL 23 5958 58% 75% 24% 554 97% 2 247 102 100 45 469 353 105 0 13 17 0 12 5 10 88 40 7 22 5 3 80 48 30 5 1 4
1985 SEA AL 24 4401 57% 76% 26% 425 97% 2 191 88 77 26 361 279 74 1 7 14 0 13 1 10 74 27 6 25 4 2 66 34 31 5 3 2
1986 SEA AL 25 4478 56% 77% 29% 432 91% 6 212 76 102 34 367 281 76 2 3 17 3 11 3 11 100 40 4 35 9 5 95 44 49 3 1 2
1986 BOS AL 25 1526 54% 74% 25% 112 88% 1 68 26 32 10 95 75 18 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 34 9 2 16 4 2 34 11 22 0 0 0
1987 BOS AL 26 5051 52% 76% 28% 417 91% 2 176 78 77 21 333 243 82 0 3 13 0 10 3 10 70 26 3 23 3 1 60 29 27 5 1 4
1988 BOS AL 27 2805 53% 75% 28% 253 90% 1 100 44 43 13 195 147 45 1 1 10 0 4 6 8 36 18 1 11 0 2 33 20 13 0 0 0
1989 MON NL 28 5345 51% 76% 34% 517 89% 4 233 108 95 30 385 293 75 4 8 13 1 9 3 10 64 23 5 19 7 0 61 30 26 2 0 2
1990 MON NL 29 5199 50% 76% 31% 468 93% 1 212 111 76 25 346 284 51 0 6 6 1 2 3 4 53 19 5 12 6 2 47 24 20 3 1 1
1991 MON NL 30 4703 53% 77% 32% 495 82% 2 189 76 81 31 377 305 51 3 7 8 0 6 2 7 64 14 6 21 6 1 56 22 29 8 5 2
1992 MON NL 31 4334 51% 76% 33% 437 80% 1 188 69 88 31 300 245 49 0 4 9 2 4 3 4 44 17 4 13 4 2 41 21 19 2 1 1
1993 NYY AL 32 3569 62% 77% 35% 377 88% 5 115 39 68 8 311 247 54 0 3 14 0 7 7 13 45 16 6 14 3 2 44 22 20 1 1 0
1994 CAL AL 33 178 54% 70% 29% 10 80% 0 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1995 CAL AL 34 485 62% 75% 29% 49 92% 1 22 11 6 5 38 29 7 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 4 1 2 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0
13 Seasons 51146 54% 76% 29% 4830 90% 30 2076 876 903 296 3815 2962 730 13 64 139 7 93 39 101 727 272 53 225 54 26 667 333 307 37 15 20
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 CAL AL 33 2726 68% 76% 29% 180 89% 3 42 27 8 7 128 99 27 0 3 8 0 6 2 7 16 11 2 14 1 0 1 11 55%
1995 CAL AL 34 946 57% 74% 28% 54 91% 1 16 13 2 1 36 28 7 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 3672 65% 75% 29% 234 90% 4 58 40 10 8 164 127 34 0 3 11 0 7 4 10 19 14 2 17 1 0 1 12 58%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 88% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1994 CAL AL 33 23 57% 78% 9% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CAL AL 34 470 65% 77% 29% 27 89% 1 28 7 16 5 21 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 6 1 5 1 0 1
2 Seasons 493 64% 77% 28% 27 89% 1 29 7 17 5 21 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 6 1 5 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 CAL AL 33 85 52% 69% 27% 5 100% 0 17 0 17 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 85 52% 69% 27% 5 100% 0 17 0 17 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 94% 87%

* 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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