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Micah Owings

Micah Burton Owings

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 28, 1982 in Gainesville, GA
High School: Gainesville (Gainesville, GA)
Schools: Georgia Institute of Technology, Tulane University
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 8, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2007
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Reds 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.035, Arb Eligible: 2011, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Lonnie Cooper [*]
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2005	22	ARI-min	A+	1	1	.500	2.45	16	0	1	0	0	0	22.0	17	6	6	0	4	0	30	0	0	0	83		0.955	7.0	0.0	1.6	12.3	7.50	LNR · CALL
2006	23	ARI-min	AAA,AA	16	2	.889	3.33	27	27	0	1	0	0	162.0	162	64	60	8	51	2	130	11	0	7	677		1.315	9.0	0.4	2.8	7.2	2.55	TUC,KNX · PCL,SOUL
2007	24	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	18		1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	12.6	7.00	TUC · PCL
2007	24	ARI	NL	8	8	.500	4.30	29	27	0	2	1	0	152.2	146	81	73	20	50	2	106	14	0	5	651	111	1.284	8.6	1.2	2.9	6.2	2.12	SS
2008	25	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	8	5	5	3	6	0	9	4	0	1	49		1.273	6.5	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.50	TUC · PCL
2008	25	ARI	NL	6	9	.400	5.93	22	18	2	0	0	0	104.2	104	73	69	14	41	0	87	12	0	4	466	78	1.385	8.9	1.2	3.5	7.5	2.12
2009	26	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.87	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	8	1	1	1	7	0	5	1	0	0	44		1.452	7.0	0.9	6.1	4.4	0.71	LOU · IL
2009	26	CIN	NL	7	12	.368	5.34	26	19	4	0	0	1	119.2	126	75	71	18	64	3	68	6	0	1	542	79	1.588	9.5	1.4	4.8	5.1	1.06
2010	27	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		2.21	8	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	20	5	5	1	10	0	13	6	0	0	94		1.475	8.9	0.4	4.4	5.8	1.30	LOU · IL
2010	27	CIN	NL	3	2	.600	5.40	22	0	9	0	0	0	33.1	28	20	20	3	25	0	35	3	1	1	153	76	1.590	7.6	0.8	6.8	9.5	1.40
2011	28	ARI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.85	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	41	23	21	5	9	0	27	2	0	0	167		1.282	9.5	1.2	2.1	6.2	3.00	REN · PCL
2011	28	ARI	NL	8	0	1.000	3.57	33	4	2	0	0	0	63.0	56	27	25	8	23	0	44	2	0	3	263	111	1.254	8.0	1.1	3.3	6.3	1.91
5 Seasons				32	31	.508	4.91	132	68	17	2	1	1	473.1	460	276	258	63	203	5	340	37	1	14	2075	91	1.401	8.7	1.2	3.9	6.5	1.67
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.508	4.91	45	23	6	1	0	0	161	156	94	88	21	69	2	116	13	0	5	706	91	1.401	8.7	1.2	3.9	6.5	1.67

ARI (3 yrs)				22	17	.564	4.69	84	49	4	2	1	0	320.1	306	181	167	42	114	2	237	28	0	12	1380	97	1.311	8.6	1.2	3.2	6.7	2.08
CIN (2 yrs)				10	14	.417	5.35	48	19	13	0	0	1	153.0	154	95	91	21	89	3	103	9	1	2	695	78	1.588	9.1	1.2	5.2	6.1	1.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2007	24	ARI	NL	152.2	27	81	97	2	1.0	16	1.5	$	SS
2008	25	ARI	NL	104.2	18	73	68	-2	1.0	-5	-0.6	$402,000
2009	26	CIN	NL	119.2	19	75	68	5	1.0	-7	-0.8	$420,000
2010	27	CIN	NL	33.1	0	20	16	0	.7	-4	-0.4	$440,000
2011	28	ARI	NL	63.0	4	27	33	1	.8	6	0.5	$
5 Seasons				473.1	68	276	281	7	1.0	5	0.2	$1,262,000

ARI (3 yrs)				320.1	49	181	198	1	1.0	17	1.4	$402,000
CIN (2 yrs)				153.0	19	95	84	6	.9	-12	-1.2	$860,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2007	24	ARI	NL	NLCS	L	COL	0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	6	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	21	2.182	14.7	2.5	4.9	4.9	1.00

2011	28	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	MIL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							1	1	.500	2.70	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	6	2	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	32	1.500	10.8	1.4	2.7	4.1	1.50
1 NLDS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
1 NLCS							0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	6	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	21	2.182	14.7	2.5	4.9	4.9	1.00

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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
2005	22	ARI-min	A+	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	LNR · CALL
2006	23	ARI-min	AAA,AA	31	63	59	9	21	6	0	1	13	0	0	0	17	.356	.361	.508	.869		30	2	1	2	1	0	TUC,KNX · PCL,SOUL
2007	24	ARI-min	AAA	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2007	24	ARI	NL	35	64	60	9	20	7	1	4	15	0	0	2	16	.333	.349	.683	1.033	152	41	0	0	1	1	0	1	SS
2008	25	ARI-min	AAA	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250		0	0	1	1	0	0	TUC · PCL
2008	25	TOT	NL	40	62	56	7	17	3	0	1	6	0	0	5	21	.304	.361	.411	.771	97	23	2	0	1	0	0	1
2008	25	ARI	NL	36	58	52	7	15	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	21	.288	.351	.385	.735	88	20	2	0	1	0	0	1
2008	25	CIN	NL	4	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	221	3	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	CIN-min	AAA	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
2009	26	CIN	NL	41	58	54	7	14	4	1	3	10	0	0	1	19	.259	.281	.537	.818	110	29	0	1	1	1	0	1
2010	27	CIN-min	AAA	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
2010	27	CIN	NL	27	14	14	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.429	.643	67	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	28	ARI-min	AAA	10	14	12	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	5	.250	.357	.500	.857		6	0	0	0	0	0	REN · PCL
2011	28	ARI	NL	31	19	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.211	.211	.211	.421	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Seasons				174	217	203	27	58	14	2	9	35	0	0	8	70	.286	.313	.507	.820	108	103	2	1	3	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	202	189	25	54	13	2	8	33	0	0	7	65	.286	.313	.507	.820	108	96	2	1	3	2	0

ARI (3 yrs)				102	141	131	18	39	9	1	5	19	0	0	7	45	.298	.331	.496	.827	108	65	2	0	2	1	0
CIN (3 yrs)				72	76	72	9	19	5	1	4	16	0	0	1	25	.264	.280	.528	.808	108	38	0	1	1	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2007	24	ARI	NL	64	4	0	0	0	0	7	2	13	1.3	13	1.3	0.0	$	1	SS
2008	25	ARI	NL	58	-1	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$402,000	1
2008	25	CIN	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
2009	26	CIN	NL	58	1	0	-0	0	0	5	2	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$420,000	1
2010	27	CIN	NL	14	-1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$440,000	1
2011	28	ARI	NL	19	-2	0	-0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				217	2	0	0	0	0	20	7	30	3.0	30	3.0	0.0	$1,262,000

ARI (3 yrs)				141	1	0	-0	0	0	14	4	19	1.9	19	1.9	0.0	$402,000
CIN (3 yrs)				76	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	11	1.1	11	1.1	0.0	$860,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2007	24	ARI	NL	NLCS	COL	L	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

2011	28	ARI	NL	NLDS	MIL	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2007	ARI	NL	24	P	29			152.2	28	6	20	2	1	.929	0	0	1.53	0.90	.965	1.68	1.67					SS
2008	ARI	NL	25	P	22	18	0	104.2	26	13	12	1	1	.962	3	6	2.15	1.14	.959	1.73	1.72	3	2	40%	0
2009	CIN	NL	26	P	26			119.2	30	17	11	2	0	.933	0	0	2.11	1.08	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	CIN	NL	27	P	22			33.1	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.89	0.32	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	ARI	NL	28	P	33	4	0	63.0	12	3	8	1	2	.917	2	6	1.57	0.33	.955	1.80	1.79	2	2	50%	1
	5 Seasons			P	132	22	0	473.1	103	44	53	6	4	.942	5	2	1.84	0.73	.959	1.72	1.72	5	4	44%	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	132	22	0	473.1	103	44	53	6	4	.942	5	12	1.84	0.73	.959	1.72	1.72	5	4	44%	1

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2007 NL 14 (2nd) 2008 NL 12 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 19th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2005.
September 12, 2008: the Arizona Diamondbacks sent Micah Owings to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on August 11, 2008. August 11, 2008: The Arizona Diamondbacks sent players to be named later and Dallas Buck (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Adam Dunn and cash.
October 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 24, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
December 12, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2008	25	Arizona Diamondbacks	$402,000
2009	26	Cincinnati Reds	$420,000
2010	27	Cincinnati Reds	$440,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,262,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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