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Owen Friend

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Full Name: Owen Lacey Friend Primary Position: 2B,SS,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180 First Game: October 2, 1949
Birthdate: March 21, 1927 Final Game: May 16, 1956
Birthplace: Granite City, Illinois MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Owen Friend (Owen Lacey Friend) was born on March 21, 1927 in Granite City, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on October 2, 1949 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 8 home runs and 50 RBI. Friend played for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Owen Friend's best season was 1950, when he knocked in 50 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1949 STL A 2 8 1 3 0 1 .375 .375 .375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL A 119 372 48 88 8 50 .237 .312 .352 15 2 40 68 1 14 2 0 14
1953 DET A 31 96 10 17 3 10 .177 .233 .313 4 0 6 9 1 1 0 0 5
1953 CLE A 34 68 7 16 2 13 .235 .288 .353 2 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 2
1953 TOT A 65 164 17 33 5 23 .201 .256 .329 6 0 11 25 1 1 0 0 7
1955 CHI N 6 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS A 14 42 3 11 0 2 .262 .326 .333 3 0 4 11 0 0 0 0 2
1955 Total 20 52 3 12 0 2 .231 .286 .288 3 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 2
1956 CHI N 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 8 12 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 200 586 69 135 13 76 .230 .299 .345 24 2 55 104 2 15 2 0 23
Total 208 598 69 136 13 76 .227 .295 .339 24 2 55 109 2 15 2 0 23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1949 STL A 2B 2 0 0 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 STL A SS 3 0 0 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1950 STL A 2B 93 0 0 244 302 22 62 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1950 STL A 3B 24 0 0 24 32 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1953 DET A 2B 26 0 0 74 69 8 22 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1953 CLE A SS 8 0 0 6 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CLE A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 CLE A 2B 19 0 0 32 42 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 TOT A 2B 45 0 0 106 111 8 36 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1955 CHI N 3B 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 CHI N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BOS A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 BOS A SS 14 0 0 20 38 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1955 Total SS 15 0 0 21 38 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total 2B 141 0 0 354 421 30 99 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total 3B 27 0 0 26 34 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .896
Total SS 26 0 0 30 59 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 .957

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1944).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Bob Nieman and JW Porter to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Virgil Trucks, Hal White and Johnny Groth (December 4, 1952).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Art Houtteman, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik (June 15, 1953).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox (October 14, 1954).
  • Sold by Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs (June 12, 1955).

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