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Owen Friend
Owen Lacey Friend (Red)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut October 2, 1949
Final Game May 16, 1956
Born March 21, 1927 in Granite City, IL
Died October 14, 2007 (age 80)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 23 PIN NL   69  241   36   58   5   2   9   32   0   1   19   34  .241  .299  .390  .689    90    94  14   0   0   1   8  
 1951           [Did not play]
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 26 DEA AL   57  134    8   20   2   0   4   11   0   0   10   23  .149  .207  .254  .461    63    34   1   1   1   0   2  
 1954           [Did not play]
 1955 28 BOA AL   11   28    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    7  .179  .281  .179  .460    59     5   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  3 Seasons      137  403   47   83   7   2  13   43   0   1   33   64  .206  .267  .330  .597         133  15   1   1   1  10
 Per 600 PA           534   62  110   9   3  17   57   0   1   44   85                                 176  20   1   1   1  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With PIN       69  241   36   58   5   2   9   32   0   1   19   34  .241  .299  .390  .689          94  14   0   0   1   8
   With DEA       57  134    8   20   2   0   4   11   0   0   10   23  .149  .207  .254  .461          34   1   1   1   0   2
   With BOA       11   28    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    7  .179  .281  .179  .460           5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      208  598   69  136  24   2  13   76   2   2   55  109  .227  .295  .339  .634         203  15   0   0   2  23
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1950 23 PIN NL  80   26   3.5   6   1   0  .167  15   72   39  .542    0    0  .000  SS   4e48       24   
 1951           [Did not play]
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 26 DEA AL  59    7   1.6  17   4   1  .235  10   33   19  .576    0    0  .000  3B   4e23     -124   
 1954           [Did not play]
 1955 28 BOA AL  78    1   2.0   5   3   0  .600   0    5    4  .800    0    0  .000  2B   4e41     -114   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  3 Seasons           35   2.8  28   8   1  .286  25  110   62  .564    0    0  .000                 -35   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 0.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1950 23 PIN NL  SS    62   104   201   15   46   .953    61   499.0   5.50
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
 1951           [Did not play]
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 26 DEA AL  3B    33    34    90    9    8   .932    33   267.1   4.17
                 2B     7     9    11    1    3   .952     4    36.0   5.00
 1954           [Did not play]
 1955 28 BOA AL  2B     6    19    15    0    3  1.000     6    54.0   5.67
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS    62   104   201   15   46   .953    61   499.0   5.50
                 3B    34    34    90    9    8   .932    33   272.1   4.10
                 2B    13    28    26    1    6   .982    10    90.0   5.40
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1950  PIN   70-84   Mike Tomeo
 1953  DEA   64-90   Tom Austad
 1955  BOA   73-81   Mike Petersen

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