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Frank
Owen		  
Nickname: Yip
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 23, 1879 in Yipsilanti, MI.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1910    1916   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 WS1 AL $ 1,485,714 10 3 3 3 7 8 7 10 10 10
1902 22 WS1 AL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 7 8 8 10 10 10
1903 23 WS1 AL $ 4,564,286 10 4 4 4 7 8 8 9 9 9
1904 24 WS1 AL $ 4,564,286 10 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
1905 25 WS1 AL $ 4,564,286 10 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1906 26 PHA AL $ 300,000 10 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1907 27 PHA AL $ 2,184,000 10 5 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1908 28 DET AL $ 2,650,000 10 4 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1909 29 DET AL $ 2,650,000 10 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8
1910 30 DET AL $ 2,650,000 10 4 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1911 31 BRO NL $ 852,000 10 4 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1913 33 CHA AL $ 1,150,000 10 4 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1914 34 CHA AL $ 1,150,000 9 5 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1915 35 BRO NL $ 300,000 9 4 5 5 7 8 7 7 7 7
1916 36 SLN NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,564,286 10 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 WS1 AL $ 1,485,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1902 22 WS1 AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1903 23 WS1 AL $ 4,564,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1904 24 WS1 AL $ 4,564,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1905 25 WS1 AL $ 4,564,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1906 26 PHA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 27 PHA AL $ 2,184,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 28 DET AL $ 2,650,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 29 DET AL $ 2,650,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 30 DET AL $ 2,650,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 31 BRO NL $ 852,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 33 CHA AL $ 1,150,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 34 CHA AL $ 1,150,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 35 BRO NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 36 SLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,564,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1901 21 WS1 AL 11 14 .440 29 29 22 0 0 249.3 267 106 11 57 57 3.83 .275 .313 .386 .699 7.7
1902 22 WS1 AL 14 11 .560 35 35 9 2 0 260.7 251 86 11 45 60 2.97 .255 .286 .349 .635 17.2
1903 23 WS1 AL 16 13 .552 38 38 0 0 0 253.3 252 92 10 63 122 3.27 .260 .306 .364 .670 16.9
1904 24 WS1 AL 16 17 .485 46 46 4 2 0 310.0 325 142 19 65 154 4.12 .269 .305 .400 .705 17.1
1905 25 WS1 AL 12 19 .387 41 41 2 0 0 281.3 305 144 26 49 146 4.61 .273 .304 .428 .732 8.4
1906 26 PHA AL 8 5 .615 16 16 12 0 0 138.0 129 33 4 38 69 2.15 .246 .295 .307 .601 10.6
    AAA   5 2 .714 7 7 5 1 0 61.7 29 5 2 13 92 0.73 .134 .183 .194 .378  
1907 27 PHA AL 14 22 .389 41 41 34 1 0 357.0 315 116 25 91 187 2.92 .235 .283 .346 .629 17.8
1908 28 DET AL 14 15 .483 34 34 25 2 0 283.3 298 121 17 87 171 3.84 .267 .318 .366 .684 9.3
1909 29 DET AL 11 7 .611 23 21 16 1 0 180.3 150 49 2 49 115 2.45 .220 .276 .270 .547 10.9
1910 30 DET AL 3 5 .375 12 9 7 0 1 71.0 82 36 5 20 40 4.56 .288 .339 .382 .721 0.0
1911 31 BRO NL 3 6 .333 12 6 4 0 0 57.7 57 27 6 23 34 4.21 .266 .338 .383 .721 2.9
1913 33 CHA AL 6 2 .750 20 7 5 1 2 76.7 68 26 1 38 37 3.05 .237 .325 .307 .632 6.6
1914 34 CHA AL 2 6 .250 23 0 0 0 3 22.7 31 12 1 10 10 4.77 .341 .406 .440 .846 0.2
1915 35 BRO NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 2 1 1 0 18.00 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 0.0
1916 36 SLN NL 1 0 1.000 5 1 1 0 0 11.7 9 1 0 13 4 0.77 .214 .421 .238 .659 1.7
15 Years Sim 131 143 .478 377 324 141 9 7 2554.0 2541 993 139 649 1206 3.50 .259 .304 .364 .668 127.3
1 Years AAA 5 2 .714 7 7 5 1 0 61.7 29 5 2 13 92 0.73 .134 .183 .194 .378  
Season Average 8 9 .471 25 21 9 0 0 170.3 169 66 9 43 80 3.50 .259 .304 .364 .668  
Career Highs 16 22 1.000 46 46 34 2 3 357.0 325 144 26 91 187 18.00 .500 .600 1.250 1.850  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1402 529 72 323 793   .240 .280 .337 .617
vs LH   1139 464 67 326 413   .285 .339 .405 .744
Home 75 68 .524 195 169 76 6 1 1356.6 1315 504 74 335 649 3.34 .254 .300 .357 .657
Away 56 75 .427 182 155 65 3 6 1197.3 1226 489 65 314 557 3.68 .263 .310 .372 .682
Mar/Apr 10 12 .455 29 25 13 0 1 208.3 203 71 16 33 103 3.07 .259 .289 .387 .676
May 22 27 .449 70 56 30 3 1 450.6 465 203 24 113 199 4.05 .265 .309 .376 .685
June 22 18 .550 56 50 19 3 0 385.0 384 131 14 87 197 3.06 .257 .298 .343 .641
July 22 24 .478 66 58 24 1 1 447.0 453 192 22 109 215 3.87 .264 .308 .366 .674
August 26 32 .448 72 63 25 1 3 495.6 482 180 24 124 236 3.27 .253 .299 .360 .659
Sep/Oct 29 30 .492 84 72 30 1 1 567.3 554 216 39 183 256 3.43 .254 .312 .365 .677
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 21 WS1 AL 29 88 4 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 34 .068 .088 .102 .190 -2.7 0.0
1902 22 WS1 AL 35 99 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 34 .061 .070 .081 .151 -5.8 0.0
1903 23 WS1 AL 38 105 1 3 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 49 .029 .038 .048 .085 -7.4 0.0
1904 24 WS1 AL 46 115 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 62 .035 .043 .043 .087 -7.4 0.0
1905 25 WS1 AL 41 102 5 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 56 .078 .087 .127 .214 -2.6 0.0
1906 26 PHA AL 16 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 .000 .021 .000 .021 -3.9 0.0
1907 27 PHA AL 41 128 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 74 .047 .068 .055 .123 -6.8 0.0
1908 28 DET AL 34 103 10 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 51 .068 .086 .097 .183 -5.1 0.0
1909 29 DET AL 23 67 7 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 35 .090 .103 .119 .222 -1.8 0.0
1910 30 DET AL 12 28 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .107 .107 .143 .250 -0.7 0.0
1911 31 BRO NL 12 19 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 .105 .105 .211 .316 0.0 0.0
1913 33 CHA AL 20 28 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.0 0.0
1916 36 SLN NL 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 0.8 0.2
13 Years Sim 352 932 38 56 17 3 1 40 1 0 13 467 .060 .073 .088 .161 -43.4 0.2
162 Game Average 428 17 25 7 1 0 18 0 0 5 214 .060 .073 .088 .161 -20.0  
Career Highs 46 128 10 8 3 1 1 7 1 0 3 74 .250 .250 .750 1.000 0.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   616 31 44 11 2 0 33 1 0 9 299 .071 .085 .096 .180 -26.2
vs LH   316 7 12 6 1 1 7 0 0 4 168 .038 .050 .073 .123 -19.0
Home 184 472 19 30 8 2 0 27 1 0 3 239 .064 .069 .089 .158 -23.4
Away 168 460 19 26 9 1 1 13 0 0 10 228 .057 .076 .087 .163 -21.8
RISP   268 0 17 4 1 0 37 0 0 5 147 .063 .080 .086 .166 -12.5
Close/Late   76 5 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 37 .079 .091 .145 .236 -2.0
Mar/Apr 28 77 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 37 .065 .077 .078 .155 -3.9
May 64 168 7 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 81 .030 .047 .036 .082 -11.9
June 50 146 6 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 65 .068 .075 .068 .143 -7.7
July 58 160 7 10 6 0 1 9 0 0 4 82 .063 .085 .119 .204 -5.8
August 63 174 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 96 .052 .057 .069 .126 -10.2
Sep/Oct 81 207 10 17 8 2 0 12 1 0 3 106 .082 .094 .140 .234 -5.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1901 21 WS1 AL P 29 29 249.3 13 70 2 2 .976 3.00    
1902 22 WS1 AL P 35 35 260.7 27 68 2 3 .979 3.28    
1903 23 WS1 AL P 38 38 253.3 10 64 2 5 .974 2.63    
1904 24 WS1 AL P 46 46 310.0 29 69 3 4 .970 2.85    
1905 25 WS1 AL P 41 41 281.3 29 68 6 2 .942 3.10    
1906 26 PHA AL P 16 16 138.0 12 31 0 3 1.000 2.80    
1907 27 PHA AL P 41 41 357.0 30 70 5 3 .952 2.52    
1908 28 DET AL P 34 34 283.3 21 76 2 4 .980 3.08    
1909 29 DET AL P 23 21 180.3 14 34 1 2 .980 2.40    
1910 30 DET AL P 12 9 71.0 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.54    
1911 31 BRO NL P 12 6 57.7 3 17 0 0 1.000 3.12    
1913 33 CHA AL P 20 7 76.7 4 27 3 3 .912 3.64    
1914 34 CHA AL P 23 0 22.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1915 35 BRO NL P 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1916 36 SLN NL P 5 1 11.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54    
Career Totals   377 324 2554.0 199 613 26 32 .969 2.86    
Career Highs   46 46 357.0 30 76 6 5 1.000 3.64    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1902-5-2.97
1903-4-3.27
1909-8-2.45
 Wins
1903-9-16
 Losses
1903-10-13
1904-7-17
1905-2-19
1907-1-22
1908-9-15
 Winning Pct
1909-8-.611
 Saves
1914-10-3
 Games Pitched
1903-7-38
1904-2-46
1905-10-41
1907-3-41
Games Started
1902-9-35
1903-5-38
1904-1-46
1905-7-41
1907-3-41
 Complete Games
1907-2-34
 Shutouts
1902-2-2
1904-5-2
1908-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1907-3-357.0
 Hits Allowed
1907-5-315
1908-8-298
 Homeruns Allowed
1901-8-11
1902-10-11
1903-8-10
1904-5-19
1905-1-26
1906-9-4
1907-1-25
1908-1-17
CAR-12-139
Strikeouts
1903-6-122
1904-2-154
1905-5-146
1907-2-187
1908-6-171
 Walks Allowed
1907-10-91
1908-7-87
 Walks per 9IP
1902-9-1.6
1904-10-1.9
1905-9-1.6
 Hits per 9IP
1902-9-8.7
1903-10-9.0
1909-7-7.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1903-3-4.3
1904-1-4.5
1905-2-4.7
1907-8-4.7
1908-4-5.4
1909-4-5.7
CAR-41-4.2
 WHiP
1902-6-1.14
1909-9-1.10
OAVG
1903-10-.260
1909-5-.220
 OOBP
1902-5-.286
1903-5-.306
1904-7-.305
1909-6-.276
CAR-38-.304
 OSLG
1909-5-.270
 OOPS
1902-9-.635
1903-7-.670
1909-2-.547
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 83    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1904-8-62
1907-7-74
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  1. Irv Higginbotham (949)
  2. Ralph Glaze (945)
  3. Rube Waddell (940)
  4. Ed Killian (937)
  5. Jake Boultes (932)
  6. Otto Hess (931)
  7. Sam Jones (928)
  8. Ray Fisher (925)
  9. Bill Holland (919)
  10. Ambrose Puttmann (912)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ray Fisher (989)
  2. Doc Scanlan (986)
  3. Lew Richie (982)
  4. Hi West (980)
  5. Ambrose Puttmann (980)
  6. Fred Burchell (980)
  7. Conny McGeehan (979)
  8. Ernie Groth (972)
  9. Dad Hale (971)
  10. John Terry (970)
History
Drafted in 7th round, 109th overall pick, by Washington in 1901
Earned first career win on 4/27/1901
Had first career hit on 5/9/1901, off Ben Beville (BLA)
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,564,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/31/1903 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,564,286 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1905, off Win Kellum (BOS)
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 6/11/1906 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 3/11/1907 to a 1-year deal worth $2,184,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1908 to a 3-year deal worth $2,650,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1908, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1908, going 3-1, 0.00
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1908, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
Injured on 8/13/1909 with a Fractured Socket Eye, out for 9 weeks
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 7/31/1911 to a 1-year deal worth $852,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/27/1913 to a 2-year deal worth $1,150,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 8/2/1915 to a minor league contract
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 3/14/1916 to a minor league contract
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916
 
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