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Jim Owens (MLB)

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Full Name: James Philip Owens Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180 First Game: April 19, 1955
Birthdate: January 16, 1934 Final Game: June 20, 1967
Birthplace: Gifford, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 16, 1934 in Gifford, Pennsylvania, Jim Owens (James Philip Owens) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s and Houston Astros over the course of his 12 year career. Owens broke into the bigs on April 19, 1955 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.21 ERA in 221.1 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Owens's best season was 1959, when he posted a 3.21 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 135 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1955 PHI N 3 2 0 2 8.31 6 8 8 0 0 0 8.2 13 2 7 0 0 0
1956 PHI N 10 5 0 4 7.28 22 26 24 0 0 0 29.2 35 3 22 1 0 2
1958 PHI N 1 1 1 0 2.57 3 4 2 0 0 0 7 4 1 5 0 2 0
1959 PHI N 31 30 12 12 3.21 135 97 79 11 1 1 221.1 203 14 73 11 8 4
1960 PHI N 31 22 4 14 5.04 83 95 84 6 0 0 150 182 21 64 7 9 1
1961 PHI N 20 17 5 10 4.47 38 62 53 3 0 0 106.2 119 8 32 2 7 0
1962 PHI N 23 12 2 4 6.33 21 53 49 1 0 0 69.2 90 12 33 1 3 0
1963 CIN N 19 3 0 2 5.31 29 28 25 0 0 4 42.1 42 6 24 2 3 0
1964 HOU N 48 11 8 7 3.28 88 48 43 0 0 6 118 115 7 32 6 5 0
1965 HOU N 50 0 6 5 3.28 53 28 26 0 0 8 71.1 64 4 29 8 3 0
1966 HOU N 40 0 4 7 4.68 32 29 26 0 0 2 50 53 5 17 7 3 1
1967 HOU N 10 0 0 1 4.22 6 5 5 0 0 0 10.2 12 1 2 1 1 0
Total 286 103 42 68 4.31 516 483 424 21 1 21 885.1 932 84 340 46 44 8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 PHI N P 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PHI N P 10 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 PHI N P 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 PHI N P 31 30 221.1 8 33 1 4 0 1 8 7 3 .976
1960 PHI N P 31 22 150 6 22 2 0 0 4 8 7 0 .933
1961 PHI N OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 PHI N P 20 17 106.2 4 13 2 3 0 4 6 2 0 .895
1961 PHI N RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 PHI N P 23 12 69.2 5 8 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 1.000
1963 CIN N P 19 3 42.1 4 9 1 0 0 2 7 1 0 .929
1964 HOU N P 48 11 118 2 17 2 0 0 4 7 5 1 .905
1965 HOU N P 50 0 71.1 2 11 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1.000
1966 HOU N P 40 0 50 0 12 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 1.000
1967 HOU N P 10 0 10.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 286 96 847 33 132 8 10 0 19 45 28 4 .954
Total RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1955 PHI N 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1956 PHI N 10 6 1 1 0 2 .167 .286 .167 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
1958 PHI N 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI N 31 75 0 9 0 6 .120 .185 .133 1 0 6 35 0 3 0 0 0
1960 PHI N 31 44 0 3 0 1 .068 .109 .068 0 0 2 17 0 3 0 0 2
1961 PHI N 21 27 0 2 0 1 .074 .194 .074 0 0 4 12 0 5 0 0 2
1962 PHI N 23 14 0 2 0 1 .143 .200 .214 1 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 0
1963 CIN N 19 8 1 1 0 0 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU N 48 29 0 3 0 0 .103 .103 .138 1 0 0 16 0 1 0 0 0
1965 HOU N 50 8 1 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1966 HOU N 40 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU N 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 287 218 4 22 0 11 .101 .159 .119 4 0 14 102 1 18 0 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1951).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Cookie Rojas (November 27, 1962).
  • Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 2, 1963).
  • Released by Houston Astros (July 14, 1967).

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