Spike Owen

Full Name: Spike Dee Owen	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/165	First Game: June 25, 1983
Birthdate: April 19, 1961	Final Game: October 2, 1995
Birthplace: Cleburne, Texas	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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[edit] Biography

Spike Owen (Spike Dee Owen) was born on April 19, 1961 in Cleburne, Texas. He made his Major League debut on June 25, 1983 for the Seattle Mariners. In 1983, his rookie year, he hit .196 with 2 home runs and 21 RBI. Owen played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees and California Angels over the course of his 13 year career.

Spike was captain of the Mariners in 1986 (he is still the only Captain in Mariners history), however he was traded in August of that year to the Boston Red Sox, along with Dave Henderson. In his third game with the Sox he tied a major league record with 6 runs scored. He was a valuable member down the stretch and in the playoff for the Red Sox with both his bat and glove. Owen was never a power hitter, but was patient and knew how to get on base, his career OBP was a .324. He was a solid defender,leading the AL three times and twice leading the NL in fielding percentage, in the process he set a then NL record with 61 consecutive errorless games.

[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
1983	SEA	A	80	306	36	60	2	21	.196	.257	.271	11	3	24	44	2	5	10	0	2
1984	SEA	A	152	530	67	130	3	43	.245	.308	.326	18	8	46	63	3	9	16	0	5
1985	SEA	A	118	352	41	91	6	37	.259	.322	.372	10	6	34	27	0	5	11	0	5
1986	SEA	A	112	402	46	99	0	35	.246	.305	.331	22	6	34	42	1	7	1	1	11
1986	BOS	A	42	126	21	23	1	10	.183	.283	.238	2	1	17	9	1	2	3	0	2
1986	TOT	A	154	528	67	122	1	45	.231	.300	.309	24	7	51	51	2	9	4	1	13
1987	BOS	A	132	437	50	113	2	48	.259	.337	.343	17	7	53	43	1	9	11	2	9
1988	BOS	A	89	257	40	64	5	18	.249	.324	.370	14	1	27	27	2	7	0	0	7
1989	MON	N	142	437	52	102	6	41	.233	.349	.332	17	4	76	44	3	3	3	25	11
1990	MON	N	149	453	55	106	5	35	.234	.333	.342	24	5	70	60	0	5	8	12	6
1991	MON	N	139	424	39	108	3	26	.255	.321	.366	22	8	42	61	1	4	2	11	11
1992	MON	N	122	386	52	104	7	40	.269	.348	.381	16	3	50	30	0	4	9	3	10
1993	NY	A	103	334	41	78	2	20	.234	.294	.311	16	2	29	30	0	3	3	2	6
1994	CAL	A	82	268	30	83	3	37	.310	.418	.422	17	2	49	17	1	3	2	0	4
1995	CAL	A	82	218	17	50	1	28	.229	.288	.312	9	3	18	22	0	1	3	1	7
Total	NL		552	1700	198	420	21	142	.247	.338	.354	79	20	238	195	4	16	22	51	38
Total	AL		992	3230	389	791	25	297	.245	.316	.334	136	39	331	324	11	51	60	6	58
Total			1544	4930	587	1211	46	439	.246	.324	.341	215	59	569	519	15	67	82	57	96

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1983	SEA	A	SS	80	79	682.2	122	233	11	45	.970
1984	SEA	A	SS	151	148	1307	245	463	17	86	.977
1985	SEA	A	SS	117	111	964	196	361	14	76	.975
1986	SEA	A	SS	112	112	973.2	209	372	17	99	.972
1986	BOS	A	SS	42	41	349.2	70	95	4	34	.976
1986	TOT	A	SS	154	153	1323.1	279	467	21	133	.973
1987	BOS	A	SS	130	127	1117.2	176	336	13	69	.975
1988	BOS	A	SS	76	71	619	102	192	10	34	.967
1988	BOS	A	DH	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	MON	N	SS	142	140	1212.1	232	388	13	65	.979
1990	MON	N	SS	148	136	1194.1	216	340	6	52	.989
1991	MON	N	SS	133	119	1066	189	376	8	64	.986
1992	MON	N	SS	116	112	972	188	300	9	44	.982
1993	NY	A	SS	96	88	797.1	116	312	14	44	.968
1993	NY	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	CAL	A	3B	70	66	593.1	42	130	8	16	.956
1994	CAL	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	CAL	A	SS	5	4	36	4	8	0	4	1.000
1994	CAL	A	2B	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000
1994	CAL	A	1B	4	1	16	17	1	0	1	1.000
1995	CAL	A	SS	25	8	105.1	22	38	3	7	.952
1995	CAL	A	2B	16	11	100	27	21	0	7	1.000
1995	CAL	A	3B	29	23	211.2	16	36	3	3	.945
Total			2B	17	11	103	28	21	0	7	1.000
Total			SS	1373	1296	11397	2087	3814	139	723	.977
Total			3B	99	89	805	58	166	11	19	.953
Total			1B	4	1	16	17	1	0	1	1.000
Total			DH	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with Dave Henderson to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rey Quinones, cash and 3 players to be named later (August 19, 1986); Seattle Mariners received Mike Brown and Mike Trujillo (August 22, 1986) and John Christensen (September 25, 1986).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Dan Gakeler to Montreal Expos in exchange for John Dopson and Luis Rivera (December 8, 1988).
Granted free agency (October 26, 1992).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 4, 1992).
Traded by New York Yankees with cash to California Angels in exchange for Jose Musset (December 9, 1993).
Granted free agency (November 3, 1995).