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Edd Roush League
3-25-2049
R.J. Owens Third Base
Retired (1955, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .288 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .850 Status Deceased (1994) Option Years 0  
H 613 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 02-01-1920
HR 107 Drafted Round 11, Pick 176
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 1 years
(77 games)
RBI 383
SB 17
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L Endurance   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity   Mentor vR C-
Speed Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm D+ WS Appearances 0
2B (0.5%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF (0.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 PIT
141
540
91
166
18
4
33
102
56
81 4 6
2
4 15
.912
.373
.539
.231
.307
1951 PIT
101
397
70
124
18
2
14
70
46
58 2 3
2
3 14
.857
.384
.474
.161
.312
1952 PIT
146
528
85
152
25
2
29
115
59
96 4 3
6
6 17
.870
.362
.508
.220
.288
1953 PIT
145
528
77
140
27
2
27
78
50
96 3 0
3
3 12
.809
.332
.477
.212
.265
1954 CHA-CHN
71
126
9
31
3
0
4
18
12
21 1 1
4
2 1
.679
.314
.365
.119
.246
1955 CHN-CLE
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 0 0
0
0 0
.125
.125
.000
.000
.000
Total
613
2126
332
613
91
10
107
383
224
353 14 13
17
18 59
.850
.358
.492
.203
.288
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1955-11-01R.J. Owens has retired from the Cleveland Catfish
1955-04-22The Cleveland Catfish have promoted R.J. Owens to the major league team. The Cleveland Catfish have designated Bill Nelson for assignment.
1955-04-22The Cleveland Catfish have acquired R.J. Owens from the waiver wire. The Cleveland Catfish have waived Joe Brown.
1955-04-01The Chicago Misfortune have waived R.J. Owens.
1954-07-24The Chicago Misfortune have promoted Ni Sionco to the major league team. The Chicago Misfortune have designated R.J. Owens for assignment.
1954-06-11The Chicago Misfortune have acquired R.J. Owens from the waiver wire.
1954-06-07The Chicago Southsiders have promoted Mike Vance to the major league team. The Chicago Southsiders have designated R.J. Owens for assignment.
1954-03-01The Chicago Southsiders have renamed Billy Ballew to R.J. Owens.
1952-03-01The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have promoted Brandon Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have promoted Joie Dunyon to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have promoted Billy Ballew to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have sent Nick Randle to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have sent Hal Moriarty to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have sent Victor Merrill to the minors.
1951-08-16The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have promoted Harry Dyck to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have sent Billy Ballew to the minors.
1951-04-01The Pittsburgh Pirates of the Caribbean have renamed Hugh Messenger to Billy Ballew.