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Marv Owen
Marvin James Owen (Freck)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School Santa Clara University

Debut April 16, 1931
Final Game August 2, 1940
Born March 22, 1906 in Agnew, CA
Died June 22, 1991 in Mountain View, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 25 DET AL 105  377   35   84  11  6   3   39   2  2  29  38  .223  .282  .308   53  116  12           2    
 1933 27 DET AL 138  550   77  144  24  9   2   65   2  2  44  56  .262  .321  .349   76  192  15           4    
 1934 28 DET AL 154  565   79  179  34  9   8   96   3  3  59  37  .317  .385  .451  115  255   9           4     MVP-9
 1935 29 DET AL 134  483   52  127  24  5   2   71   1  4  43  37  .263  .326  .346   76  167  16           2    
 1936 30 DET AL 154  583   72  172  20  4   9  105   9  6  53  41  .295  .361  .389   85  227  12           7    
 1937 31 DET AL 107  396   48  114  22  5   1   45   3  4  41  24  .288  .358  .376   84  149   2           2    
 1938 32 CHW AL 141  577   84  162  23  6   6   55   6  4  45  31  .281  .337  .373   76  215   5           4    
 1939 33 CHW AL  58  194   22   46   9  0   0   15   4  5  16  15  .237  .302  .284   49   55   6           2   3
 1940 34 BOS AL  20   57    4   12   0  0   0    6   0  0   8   4  .211  .308  .211   35   12   0           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1011 3782  473 1040 167 44  31  497  30 30 338 283  .275  .339  .367   80 1388  77   0   0  27   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        606   76  167  27  7   5   80   5  5  54  45  .275  .339  .367   80  222  12   0   0   4   1
 Career High    154  583   84  179  34  9   9  105   9  6  59  56  .317  .385  .451  115  255  16   0   0   7   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 25 DET AL  420  307   32   2.8   110| .223  .290| .282  .358| .308  .415| .590  .772|  53  .262 -27.8  -2.7  50%
 1933 27 DET AL  613  423   60   3.8   108| .262  .283| .321  .355| .349  .408| .670  .763|  76  .400 -20.2  -2.0  50%
 1934 28 DET AL  637  398   97   6.5   112| .317  .288| .385  .362| .451  .415| .836  .777| 115  .616  13.2   1.2  50%
 1935 29 DET AL  544  376   53   3.8   109| .263  .284| .326  .356| .346  .410| .672  .766|  76  .372 -17.0  -1.6  20%
 1936 30 DET AL  655  429   80   5.0   121| .295  .299| .361  .374| .389  .439| .750  .813|  85  .449 -14.1  -1.3  60%
 1937 31 DET AL  441  288   52   4.8   119| .288  .292| .358  .368| .376  .436| .734  .804|  84  .456  -9.6  -0.9  42%
 1938 32 CHW AL  631  424   71   4.4   120| .281  .293| .337  .372| .373  .436| .710  .808|  76  .418 -23.0  -2.1  60%
 1939 33 CHW AL  218  162   16   2.6   116| .237  .290| .302  .366| .284  .429| .586  .795|  49  .230 -15.2  -1.4  44%
 1940 34 BOS AL   65   48    4   2.2   114| .211  .284| .308  .358| .211  .431| .519  .788|  35  .186  -5.5  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4224 2855  465   4.3   114| .275  .290| .339  .364| .367  .423| .706  .787|  80  .425 -119.4 -11.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 25 DET AL SS 37 81 113 13 22 .937 .936 5.24 4.77 3B 37 33 81 9 9 .927 .944 3.08 2.89 1B 27 185 12 2 14 .990 .991 7.30 9.70 2B 4 9 14 0 0 1.000 .966 5.75 5.47 1933 27 DET AL 3B 136 143 226 22 19 .944 .954 2.71 2.73 1934 28 DET AL 3B 154 202 253 21 33 .956 .943 2.95 2.95 1935 29 DET AL 3B 131 148 215 16 19 .958 .947 2.77 2.94 1936 30 DET AL 3B 153 190 281 24 28 .952 .946 3.08 3.02 1B 2 12 0 0 1 1.000 .992 6.00 9.75 1937 31 DET AL 3B 106 108 219 10 17 .970 .946 3.08 3.07 1938 32 CHW AL 3B 140 136 305 24 29 .948 .941 3.15 3.07 1939 33 CHW AL 3B 55 63 99 8 11 .953 .943 2.95 3.03 1940 34 BOS AL 3B 9 9 16 1 3 .962 .936 2.78 3.12 1B 8 53 8 1 9 .984 .989 7.62 9.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 25 DET AL 1B 27 185 12 2 14 .990 .991 7.30 9.70 1936 30 DET AL 1B 2 12 0 0 1 1.000 .992 6.00 9.75 1940 34 BOS AL 1B 8 53 8 1 9 .984 .989 7.62 9.60 1931 25 DET AL 2B 4 9 14 0 0 1.000 .966 5.75 5.47 1931 25 DET AL 3B 37 33 81 9 9 .927 .944 3.08 2.89 1933 27 DET AL 3B 136 143 226 22 19 .944 .954 2.71 2.73 1934 28 DET AL 3B 154 202 253 21 33 .956 .943 2.95 2.95 1935 29 DET AL 3B 131 148 215 16 19 .958 .947 2.77 2.94 1936 30 DET AL 3B 153 190 281 24 28 .952 .946 3.08 3.02 1937 31 DET AL 3B 106 108 219 10 17 .970 .946 3.08 3.07 1938 32 CHW AL 3B 140 136 305 24 29 .948 .941 3.15 3.07 1939 33 CHW AL 3B 55 63 99 8 11 .953 .943 2.95 3.03 1940 34 BOS AL 3B 9 9 16 1 3 .962 .936 2.78 3.12 1931 25 DET AL SS 37 81 113 13 22 .937 .936 5.24 4.77
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 921 1032 1695 135 168 .953 .945 2.96 2.96 1B 37 250 20 3 24 .989 .990 7.30 9.68 SS 37 81 113 13 22 .937 .936 5.24 4.77 2B 4 9 14 0 0 1.000 .966 5.75 5.47 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 999 1372 1842 151 214 .955 .949 3.22 3.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   7  29   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   5  .069  .100  .069   1  0   0   0   1 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   6  20   2   1  0  0  0   1   2   3  .050  .174  .050   0  0   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  13  49   2   3  0  0  0   2   2   8  .061  .132  .061   1  0   1   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-AL-9-0.16
Car-783-0.16 shares

Games
1934 AL-154-1
1936 AL-154-6

Triples
1934 AL-9-8

Strikeouts
1933 AL-56-9

Hit By Pitch
1933 AL-4-3
1934 AL-4-3
1936 AL-7-4
1938 AL-4-7

Sac. Hits
1931 AL-12-3
1933 AL-15-5
1935 AL-16-4
1936 AL-12-5

Outs
1933 AL-423-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.1 (1333) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.5 (1148) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 2, 1937: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Mike Tresh and Gee Walker to the Chicago White Sox for Vern Kennedy, Tony Piet, and Dixie Walker.

December 8, 1939: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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