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Spike Owen	Bats: Both Throws: Right Height: 5' 10'' Weight: 180   Born: April 19, 1961 in Usa, TX, CLEBURNE

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award	1992

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1987	26	BOS	AL	118	403	46	81	18	4	1	37	10	2	49	42	.201	.292	.273	.565	31.6	2.2
1988	27	BOS	AL	108	342	52	76	24	2	5	23	7	2	38	33	.222	.301	.348	.649	35.1	4.9
1989	28	BOS	AL	48	96	18	28	5	1	1	6	4	1	12	14	.292	.376	.396	.772	14.4	3.0
		PHI	NL	31	39	6	10	1	1	2	13	1	1	7	3	.256	.370	.487	.857	6.9	1.5
		TOT		79	135	24	38	6	2	3	19	5	2	19	17	.281	.374	.422	.796	21.3	4.5
1990	29	PHI	NL	24	15	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	.267	.476	.333	.810	2.9	0.6
		OAK	AL	59	85	12	24	6	1	2	17	2	0	13	5	.282	.384	.447	.831	12.4	2.8
		TOT		83	100	19	28	7	1	2	18	2	0	19	6	.280	.400	.430	.830	15.3	3.4
1991	30	OAK	AL	127	364	50	91	29	4	3	34	4	3	55	39	.250	.352	.376	.729	47.2	9.3
1992	31	OAK	AL	155	556	74	117	40	1	5	58	9	2	87	44	.210	.321	.313	.634	61.9	8.7
1993	32	OAK	AL	114	384	54	104	37	1	6	46	5	2	55	38	.271	.363	.419	.782	56.5	13.2
1994	33	STL	NL	159	509	66	114	26	8	7	70	16	3	75	60	.224	.328	.348	.675	64.3	10.5
1995	34	STL	NL	44	53	14	12	4	0	2	5	1	0	7	5	.226	.317	.415	.732	6.9	1.1
		CHW	AL	72	257	31	48	8	5	2	23	7	0	37	28	.187	.293	.280	.573	23.3	0.8
		TOT		116	310	45	60	12	5	4	28	8	0	44	33	.194	.297	.303	.600	30.2	1.9
1996	35	CHW	AL	151	499	65	115	30	6	11	67	11	6	77	53	.230	.333	.381	.714	63.8	7.4
1997	36	LV	NL	137	414	44	97	27	5	2	46	3	1	61	64	.234	.338	.338	.676	49.5	6.5
1998	37	BOS	AL	8	29	3	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.172	.265	.276	.541	2.7	0.0
12 Years Sim				1355	4045	542	926	259	39	49	447	80	23	583	433	.229	.329	.349	.678	479.4	72.4
162 Game Average					483	64	110	30	4	5	53	9	2	69	51	.229	.329	.349	.678	57.3
Career Highs				159	556	74	117	40	8	11	70	16	6	87	64	.281	.400	.430	.830	64.3

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					DWS
1987	26	BOS	AL	SS	118	118	1057.7	160	465	10	78	.984	5.32					5.2
1988	27	BOS	AL	2B	60	58	519.0	119	209	12	53	.965	5.69					0.9
				LF	13	11	97.0	22	0	1	0	.957	2.04					0.2
				SS	22	8	90.0	15	48	3	3	.955	6.30					0.6
1989	28	BOS	AL	SS	19	9	113.0	22	34	1	12	.982	4.46					0.6
				2B	16	4	76.2	20	27	4	6	.922	5.55					0.2
				3B	1	0	1.4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				RF	1	0	0.9	1	0	0	0	1.000	10.00					0.0
		PHI	NL	SS	12	5	47.7	9	14	0	5	1.000	4.34					0.2
				2B	11	3	32.1	9	12	1	3	.955	5.89					0.2
				3B	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				RF	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		TOT		SS	31	14	160.7	31	48	1	17	.988	4.42					0.8
				2B	27	7	108.3	29	39	5	9	.932	5.65					0.5
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	.00					0.0
				RF	1	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	6.92					0.0
1990	29	PHI	NL	2B	11	0	13.7	3	6	1	2	.900	5.91					0.1
				CF	2	2	10.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.0
				3B	2	2	9.7	1	3	0	0	1.000	3.71					0.1
				SS	3	0	3.8	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.74					0.0
		OAK	AL	2B	28	1	65.7	13	31	2	7	.957	6.03					0.4
				CF	5	4	48.0	9	1	1	1	.909	1.88					0.1
				3B	5	4	46.6	5	12	2	0	.895	3.28					0.1
				SS	9	0	18.5	2	7	0	1	1.000	4.38					0.0
		TOT		2B	39	1	79.4	16	37	3	9	.946	6.01					0.5
				CF	7	6	58.0	11	1	1	1	.923	1.86					0.2
				3B	7	6	56.3	6	15	2	0	.913	3.36					0.2
				SS	12	0	22.3	2	9	0	1	1.000	4.44					0.1
1991	30	OAK	AL	SS	83	72	650.7	113	285	13	55	.968	5.51					3.0
				1B	20	20	178.0	197	17	4	17	.982	10.82					0.2
				2B	19	0	37.7	8	18	4	5	.867	6.21					0.1
1992	31	OAK	AL	SS	128	128	1104.7	162	469	11	101	.983	5.14					6.9
				RF	26	26	223.3	40	0	3	0	.930	1.61					0.2
				2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1993	32	OAK	AL	SS	113	112	965.3	145	392	18	83	.968	5.01					5.6
				2B	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1994	33	STL	NL	SS	157	157	1329.0	174	513	20	84	.972	4.65					8.6
				2B	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1995	34	STL	NL	SS	34	29	118.5	15	47	2	9	.969	4.71					0.8
				2B	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
		CHW	AL	SS	55	47	580.8	74	231	9	42	.971	4.73					1.5
				2B	2	0	9.7	2	2	0	0	1.000	3.71					0.0
		TOT		SS	89	76	699.3	89	278	11	51	.971	4.72					2.3
				2B	4	0	11.7	2	3	0	0	1.000	3.85					0.0
1996	35	CHW	AL	SS	143	141	1221.7	177	463	19	83	.971	4.71					4.5
				2B	5	0	10.0	5	5	0	1	1.000	9.00					0.1
1997	36	LV	NL	SS	136	132	1126.0	170	427	16	86	.974	4.77					8.1
				2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1998	37	BOS	AL	2B	8	7	62.0	17	29	4	8	.920	6.68					0.3
				SS	1032	958	8427.3	1238	3397	122	642	.974	4.95					45.5
				2B	167	73	833.7	196	342	28	85	.951	5.81					2.4
				RF	27	26	224.6	41	0	3	0	.932	1.64					0.2
				1B	20	20	178.0	197	17	4	17	.982	10.82					0.2
				LF	13	11	97.0	22	0	1	0	.957	2.04					0.2
				3B	8	6	58.3	6	15	2	0	.913	3.24					0.2
				CF	7	6	58.0	11	1	1	1	.923	1.86					0.2
Career Totals					1274	1100	9876.9	1711	3772	161	745	.971	5.00					48.9
Career Highs					158	157	1330.7	318	513	21	101	.984	6.68

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
1993	32	OAK	AL	3	11	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.545	.962
1994	33	STL	NL	16	52	4	12	3	1	1	8	0	0	6	10	.231	.310	.385	.695
Career Post-Season Batting				19	63	4	16	5	1	1	8	0	0	7	11	.254	.329	.413	.741

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.

Games 1994-8-159 Walks 1992-6-87

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)    Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)    Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 63rd overall pick, by Toronto in 1983

Traded from Toronto to Philadelphia on 3/2/1983 (Going to TOR: C B. Boone. Going to PHI: SS S. Owen)

Injured on 4/3/1984 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks

Injured on 5/19/1985 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week

Traded from Philadelphia to Boston on 3/2/1986 (Going to PHI: P R. Myers. Going to BOS: SS S. Owen, 2B S. Perlozzo, 1B P. Putnam)

Injured on 5/1/1986 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 6 days

Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1987, off Tony Ferreira (TOR)

Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1987, off Bill Latham (BAL)

Injured on 9/11/1988 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks

Traded from Boston to Philadelphia on 7/16/1989 (Going to PHI: SS Spike Owen. Going to BOS: P Hipolito Pena)

Traded from Philadelphia to Oakland on 5/15/1990 (Going to PHI: LF Chris Jelic. Going to OAK: SS Spike Owen)

Won Player of the Week award on 6/31/1991, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI

1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration

Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1992

1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration

Injured on 8/12/1993 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks

Injured on 10/20/1993 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks

Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/14/1994 to a 3-year deal worth $4,375,005 per year

Traded from St. Louis to Chicago (A) on 7/16/1995 (Going to STL: 1B Francisco Melendez, DH Mike Young. Going to CHW: SS Spike Owen, P Turk Wendell)

Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 4/16/1997 to a 1-year deal worth $996,000 per year

Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/14/1998 to a 1-year deal worth $420,000 per year

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