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Name	Team	Age
Spike Owen	Retired (2000, Age 37)	Died (2028, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 42 (1980)	SS	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mel Ott League	0	15 years (126 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	C+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	B	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	11/4/1962
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (98.4 %)	F  (0.4 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1980

Minors

25.00

2 / 2

5 / 5

7 / 7

3 / 3

0 / 2

3 / 3

3 / 3

23 / 25

1981

Minors

58.00

6 / 6

7 / 7

10 / 13

11 / 12

6 / 8

3 / 3

9 / 9

52 / 58

1982

Minors

57.00

6 / 6

7 / 9

4 / 7

9 / 11

3 / 8

7 / 7

9 / 9

45 / 57

1983

Minors

44.00

7 / 9

3 / 4

2 / 4

4 / 5

1 / 5

6 / 8

8 / 9

31 / 44

1984

Minors

4.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 4

1984

Majors

34.91

142

49

5

2 / 4

4 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 5

2 / 5

1 / 5

5 / 6

16 / 34

1985

Minors

42.00

2 / 4

2 / 6

4 / 9

2 / 5

1 / 3

2 / 8

4 / 7

17 / 42

1985

Majors

7.41

19

13

0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 7

1986

Majors

65.98

158

127

4

7 / 11

11 / 18

3 / 8

2 / 5

2 / 8

5 / 8

5 / 7

35 / 65

1987

Majors

65.13

146

117

16

1 / 4

2 / 9

2 / 8

2 / 12

3 / 10

4 / 7

9 / 15

23 / 65

1988

Majors

69.85

162

129

0

1 / 10

2 / 9

2 / 8

4 / 12

0 / 9

4 / 12

3 / 9

16 / 69

1989

Majors

66.33

162

130

0

1 / 9

1 / 6

4 / 11

3 / 13

1 / 16

3 / 7

1 / 4

14 / 66

1990

Majors

66.59

162

130

0

1 / 4

1 / 13

1 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 6

2 / 6

4 / 13

9 / 66

1991

Majors

68.88

162

130

0

0 / 11

1 / 8

1 / 9

1 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 11

1 / 7

4 / 68

1992

Majors

62.49

162

117

0

1 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 8

3 / 62

1993

Majors

68.99

162

130

0

0 / 5

0 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 68

1994

Majors

57.57

135

108

27

0 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 4

1 / 57

1995

Majors

60.37

162

100

0

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 14

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 60

1996

Majors

60.95

159

108

3

-1 / 6

0 / 7

-4 / 15

-5 / 5

-1 / 11

-3 / 11

-1 / 5

-15 / 60

1997

Majors

40.65

162

56

0

-1 / 1

-4 / 9

-4 / 6

-2 / 6

-5 / 8

-3 / 7

-2 / 3

-21 / 40

1998

Majors

43.00

162

64

0

-2 / 3

-2 / 4

-3 / 8

-3 / 7

-1 / 7

-2 / 6

-2 / 8

-15 / 43

1999

Majors

30.55

162

38

0

-3 / 4

-4 / 4

-3 / 6

-3 / 5

-5 / 7

1 / 3

-3 / 1

-20 / 30

2000

Majors

26.21

162

25

0

-6 / 4

-2 / 4

-4 / 3

-3 / 4

-1 / 3

-1 / 3

-3 / 5

-20 / 26

Total

2541

1571

55

24 / 125

35 / 166

27 / 180

26 / 168

6 / 161

33 / 166

51 / 150

202 / 1116

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2000-11-01	Spike Owen has retired from the Houston Hurricanes
1999-07-07	The Houston Hurricanes have removed Spike Owen from the trade block.
1997-05-15	The Houston Hurricanes have placed Spike Owen on the trade block.
1996-09-28	Spike Owen of the Houston Hurricanes is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1996-05-29	The Houston Hurricanes have removed Spike Owen from the trade block.
1995-04-02	The Florida Hurricanes have placed Spike Owen on the trade block.
1994-05-23	Spike Owen of the Florida Hurricanes is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1987-09-13	Spike Owen of the Florida Hurricanes is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1987-03-07	A trade has been completed between the Florida Hurricanes and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive Sam Haynes from the Florida Hurricanes in exchange for Spike Owen.
1987-03-05	The Boston Red Sox have renamed Paul Sawatski to Spike Owen.
1986-07-27	Paul Sawatski of the Boston Tridentines is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1986-03-01	The Boston Tridentines have promoted Tom Laydon to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have promoted Paul Sawatski to the major league team.
1985-06-29	A trade has been completed between the Detroit Stooges and the Boston Tridentines. The Boston Tridentines receive Jim Munson, Chad Hardy, Paul Sawatski, Howdy Garvin, Pol Culmer, Draft Pick 1986 Round 1 DET (Ray Durbin) from the Detroit Stooges in exchange for Albert Hermansen.
1985-06-02	The Detroit Stooges have sent Paul Sawatski to the minors.
1985-05-12	The Detroit Stooges have promoted Paul Sawatski to the major league team.
1985-03-07	The Detroit Stooges have sent Paul Sawatski to the minors.
1984-08-06	Paul Sawatski of the Detroit Stooges is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1984-07-23	The Detroit Stooges have promoted Paul Sawatski to the major league team. The Detroit Stooges have sent John Garrison to the minors.
1984-07-05	The Detroit Stooges have sent Paul Sawatski to the minors.
1984-04-01	The Detroit Stooges have promoted Paul Sawatski to the major league team. The Detroit Stooges have promoted Don Layana to the major league team. The Detroit Stooges have designated Gary Edwards for assignment. The Detroit Stooges have sent Howdy Garvin to the minors.
1984-03-07	A trade has been completed between the Detroit Stooges and the Baltimore Seawolves. The Baltimore Seawolves receive Hooks Snook, Hal Frey, Fritz Bridges from the Detroit Stooges in exchange for Paul Sawatski.
1983-10-09	The Baltimore Seawolves have placed Paul Sawatski on the trade block.