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Frank
Owens		  
Nickname: Yip
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 26, 1886 in Can, ON, TORONTO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1911    1913    1914    1916    1918   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1905 19 CHA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7
1906 20 CHA AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7
1907 21 CHA AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 8
1908 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 8 8
1909 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 9 8 8
1910 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 9
1911 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 9
1912 26 CHA AL $ 2,307,143   6 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 9
1913 27 CHA AL $ 3,178,571   6 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4 10 9 9
1914 28 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 3 4 10 9 9
1915 29 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 3 4 10 9 9
1916 30 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 3 4 9 9 9
1917 31 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 8
1918 32 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 8
1919 33 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 8
1920 34 CHA AL $ 4,900,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 8 7 8
1921 35 CHA AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 7 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,900,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 4 3 4 10 9 9
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
1905 19 A   119 366 34 78 11 4 11 28 3 12 36 127 .213 .284 .355 .639 35.2  
1906 20 AA   103 338 25 70 8 5 7 29 5 14 39 94 .207 .289 .322 .612 30.0  
    A   16 48 4 9 1 1 1 5 0 1 7 15 .188 .291 .313 .603 4.5  
1907 21 AA   118 472 55 117 17 5 20 52 4 12 52 126 .248 .323 .432 .755 64.2  
1908 22 CHA AL 21 71 5 15 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 23 .211 .243 .310 .553 4.8 0.7
    AAA   115 360 32 89 16 3 4 31 6 7 34 87 .247 .312 .342 .654 37.8  
1909 23 CHA AL 130 464 38 102 15 4 1 51 1 1 17 76 .220 .247 .276 .523 28.6 2.3
1910 24 CHA AL 125 453 47 126 21 4 3 74 2 1 25 72 .278 .317 .362 .679 50.5 12.8
1911 25 CHA AL 131 512 65 136 27 9 6 83 0 3 25 73 .266 .297 .389 .686 55.8 8.4
1912 26 CHA AL 129 502 63 155 18 10 2 78 5 1 36 66 .309 .351 .396 .747 66.6 13.0
1913 27 CHA AL 132 490 68 142 14 15 6 74 0 4 30 38 .290 .328 .416 .744 61.6 11.9
1914 28 CHA AL 132 478 72 141 17 13 7 77 3 4 52 41 .295 .361 .429 .790 68.3 15.3
1915 29 CHA AL 130 482 50 120 14 11 7 72 3 0 50 46 .249 .318 .367 .685 57.1 15.7
1916 30 CHA AL 130 484 57 129 19 5 8 72 4 0 48 35 .267 .331 .376 .707 62.2 13.5
1917 31 CHA AL 103 387 36 99 13 6 4 47 0 3 36 41 .256 .315 .351 .667 39.4 6.8
1918 32 CHA AL 121 429 37 117 17 4 4 61 0 1 31 43 .273 .319 .359 .678 48.4 9.7
1919 33 CHA AL 114 413 40 106 21 2 3 55 3 0 21 44 .257 .291 .339 .630 36.3 5.3
1920 34 CHA AL 120 459 59 121 16 3 7 65 1 3 30 37 .264 .308 .357 .666 44.8 5.6
1921 35 CHA AL 28 85 10 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 12 .212 .247 .247 .494 4.9 0.0
14 Years Sim 1546 5709 647 1527 218 88 58 819 23 21 407 647 .267 .314 .367 .681 629.5 121.0
1 Years AAA 115 360 32 89 16 3 4 31 6 7 34 87 .247 .311 .342 .652 37.8  
2 Years AA 221 810 80 187 25 10 27 81 9 26 91 220 .231 .309 .386 .695 94.2  
2 Years A 135 414 38 87 12 5 12 33 3 13 43 142 .210 .285 .350 .635 39.7  
5 Years Minors 471 1584 150 363 53 18 43 145 18 46 168 449 .229 .303 .367 .670 171.7  
162 Game Average 598 67 160 22 9 6 85 2 2 42 67 .267 .314 .367 .681 66.0  
Career Highs 132 512 72 155 27 15 8 83 5 4 52 76 .309 .361 .429 .790 68.3  
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   3977 450 1028 142 68 37 554 12 16 271 503 .258 .304 .356 .660 422.8
vs LH   1732 197 499 76 20 21 265 11 5 136 144 .288 .339 .391 .730 225.0
Home 768 2772 313 752 94 50 19 408 11 11 186 306 .271 .316 .362 .678 309.3
Away 778 2937 334 775 124 38 39 411 12 10 221 341 .264 .313 .372 .685 338.5
RISP   1736 0 489 75 31 17 714 0 0 186 188 .282 .341 .390 .731 237.2
Pinch Hitting   35 3 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 .200 .282 .286 .568 3.3
Close/Late   769 74 221 25 12 8 97 0 0 74 80 .287 .350 .382 .732 102.6
Mar/Apr 165 613 73 172 29 13 4 85 2 1 47 69 .281 .331 .390 .721 76.8
May 281 1021 112 251 30 9 13 131 5 2 72 108 .246 .294 .331 .625 100.0
June 255 951 118 241 43 11 6 116 2 1 66 99 .253 .300 .341 .641 95.9
July 276 1009 123 277 34 15 15 153 5 5 63 115 .275 .315 .383 .698 118.6
August 269 998 106 280 41 22 11 156 2 3 72 110 .281 .328 .399 .727 126.2
Sep/Oct 300 1117 115 306 41 18 9 178 7 9 87 146 .274 .323 .367 .690 130.3
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1908 22 CHA AL C 20 19 170.0 68 16 3 0 .966 4.45 52 13 .250 0 0.8
1909 23 CHA AL C 130 128 1175.0 521 101 12 0 .981 4.76 242 68 .281 5 7.4
1910 24 CHA AL C 124 124 1126.0 540 103 13 1 .980 5.14 258 82 .318 2 7.3
1911 25 CHA AL C 127 127 1126.7 537 123 15 0 .978 5.27 275 83 .302 5 8.5
1912 26 CHA AL C 127 127 1146.7 545 119 12 2 .982 5.21 278 91 .327 3 9.2
1913 27 CHA AL C 129 123 1117.3 578 109 14 0 .980 5.53 283 82 .290 2 7.3
1914 28 CHA AL C 126 123 1105.7 600 125 12 0 .984 5.90 249 95 .382 2 8.4
1915 29 CHA AL C 128 124 1125.7 588 129 7 2 .990 5.73 233 78 .335 2 7.3
1916 30 CHA AL C 130 129 1145.0 548 123 10 0 .985 5.27 258 98 .380 6 9.6
1917 31 CHA AL C 102 101 934.0 367 83 6 0 .987 4.34 167 65 .389 2 6.4
1918 32 CHA AL C 121 120 1085.3 478 104 4 0 .993 4.83 171 69 .404 1 8.3
1919 33 CHA AL C 113 112 1007.3 366 115 14 0 .972 4.30 190 75 .395 2 5.9
1920 34 CHA AL C 120 119 1056.7 407 91 14 4 .973 4.24 172 60 .349 2 5.4
1921 35 CHA AL C 21 20 177.3 68 12 3 0 .964 4.06 23 7 .304 2 0.6
Career Totals   1518 1496 13498.6 6211 1353 139 9 .982 5.04 2851 966 .339 36 92.4
Career Highs   130 129 1175.0 600 129 15 4 .993 5.90 283 98 .404 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1909 23 CHA AL 6 21 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .095 .095 .190 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 6 21 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .095 .095 .190 .286
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.
Batting Average
1914-9-.295
 Slugging Pct
1914-2-.429
 OPS
1914-4-.790
 Doubles
1911-9-27
 Triples
1913-6-15
1914-6-13
 Homeruns
1911-5-6
1913-7-6
1914-4-7
1915-3-7
1916-5-8
1918-8-4
1920-6-7
RBIs
1910-10-74
1911-7-83
1914-10-77
1915-6-72
1916-10-72
 Strikeouts
1909-7-76
1911-10-73
1912-9-66
CAR-30-647
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Eddie Ainsmith (969)
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  3. Johnny Kling (902)
  4. Jake Stahl (886)
  5. Johnny Bassler (870)
  6. Earl Smith (868)
  7. Hank Severeid (864)
  8. Wally Schang (863)
  9. Ted Easterly (863)
  10. Louis Santop (847)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 50th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1905
Had first career hit (triple) on 8/27/1908, off King Brady (WS1)
Hit first career homerun on 6/20/1909, off Noodles Hahn (BOS)
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
8/15/1913: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,900,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1913
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
8/15/1913: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,900,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1913
Injured on 5/27/1914 with a Heatstroke, out for 3 days
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/10/1914
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1914
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1916
Injured on 6/16/1917 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 4 weeks
6/16/1918: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1918
Released by Chicago (A) on 8/15/1921
 
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