Owen Friend
[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
| 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
| 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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