MLB / Players

Jim Owens

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb
BornJanuary 16, 1934 · Gifford, PA, USA
MLB debutApril 19, 1955
Final gameJune 20, 1967
Seasons12 (1955–1967)

Philadelphia Phillies 1955–1956; Philadelphia Phillies 1958–1962; Cincinnati Reds 1963; Houston Colt .45's 1964; Houston Astros 1965–1967

Percentile snapshot

1959 season — qualified pitchers

G
31
8.9
GS
30
53.6
W
12
35.7
L
12
33.9
SV
1
48.2
CG
11
53.6
SHO
1
12.5
H
203
50
ER
79
60.7
BB
73
35.7
SO
135
69.6
HR
14
85.7
IP
221.3
51.8
ERA
3.21
66.1
WHIP
1.247
57.1
K/9
5.49
76.8
FIP
3.27
85.7
FIP-
81.1
89.3
ERA+
125.4
75
sWAR
4.2
73.2

of 57 qualified 1959 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.1
70.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19553210000000100.000.000.000.000-122.4-100.0.000-0.4
195610861100021300.167.286.167.45235.027.3.234-0.9
19581321000000200.000.333.000.33338.1-0.9.2460.2
195931847509100663500.120.185.133.319-20.3-13.9.1614.2
196031494403000121700.068.109.068.177-64.2-50.3.092-1.1
196121362702000141200.074.194.074.268-19.4-24.6.1540.4
19622318140210011601.143.200.214.4149.912.9.197-1.3
196319881110000400.125.125.250.375-12.04.7.164-0.6
196448302903100001600.103.103.138.241-43.1-30.4.1081.1
196550981100000300.125.125.125.250-40.9-27.4.1150.8
196640440000000300.000.000.000.000-122.1-100.0.000-0.3
1967100000000000000.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
195532020001387628.78.312.3086.236.35159.947.8-0.4
19561050400035242222329.77.281.9216.674.49121.051.0-0.9
19581110000425317.02.571.2863.865.65143.9152.70.2
1959313012121111203797313514221.33.211.2475.493.2781.1125.44.2
1960312241406018284648321150.05.041.6404.984.66122.975.3-1.1
196120175100301195332388106.74.471.4163.213.8395.789.50.4
1962231224010904933211269.76.331.7662.715.78149.960.9-1.3
19631930240042252429642.35.311.5596.174.67140.262.7-0.6
19644811876001154332887118.03.281.2466.712.8485.5101.41.1
19655006580064262953471.33.281.3046.693.1091.6103.10.8
19664004720053261732550.04.681.4005.763.77109.573.6-0.3
19671000100012526110.74.221.3135.063.31100.078.50.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
287
PA
251
AB
218
R
4
H
22
2B
4
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
11
BB
14
SO
102
SB
0
BA
.1009
OBP
.1588
SLG
.1193
OPS
.2781

Pitching

G (P)
286
GS
103
W
42
L
68
SV
21
CG
21
SHO
1
IP
885
SO (P)
516
BB allowed
340
ERA
4.310
WHIP
1.4367
K/9
5.25

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1959-08-27SF @ PHI Gameday402000202
1959-09-22CIN @ PHI Gameday302000112
1959-08-18STL @ PHI Gameday301100102
1962-07-20ATL @ PHI Gameday101100002
1963-07-18STL @ CIN Gameday111100002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1960-04-19PHI @ PIT Gameday9.0332291
1960-06-21CHC @ PHI Gameday7.2855682
1959-08-06PHI @ CHC Gameday7.0822180
1959-07-03CIN @ PHI Gameday6.2530380
1959-05-01CHC @ PHI Gameday9.0422170

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.