Oscar Owens - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Oscar Owens

William Oscar Owens
(Cannon Ball)

Born: September 7, 1893 in Reidsville, NC
Died: April 30, 1960 in Washington, DC
(66 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'6"

Wt: 155

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Notes:

• Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington County, VA)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1921	HG	WES	27	RF	1	1	.500	2	2		2	0	0	15.0	10	8	19	1	7	17	2		1	71	4.80	102
1922	PK/HG	NNL/IND	28	RF	4	5	.444	10	8		7	0	0	66.2	49	40	71	2	32	27	2		4	299	5.40	92
1924	HG	IND	30	RP	2	0	1.000	5	1		1	1	0	17.1	5	4	13	0	7	5	0	0	2	75	2.08	231
1926	HG	IND/NvM	32	SP	1	0	1.000	2	1		0	0	0	9.2	8	7	11	0	6	4	0		1	44	6.52	36
1927	HG	NvM/IND	33	SP	1	1	.500	3	2		2	0	0	23.2	14	9	22	1	10	12	0		0	104	3.42	72
1928	HG	NvM/EAS	34	SP	0	2	.000	5	4		1	0	0	28.1	26	24	42	1	12	12	0		1	135	7.62	55
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	1	0	1.000	4	1		1	0	0	15.1	19	16	19	2	8	5	0		2	82	9.39	57
1930	HG	EAS	36	RF	4	0	1.000	9	3		2	0	0	44.1	23	18	46	3	11	29	2		1	187	3.65	146
1931	HG	IND	37	LF	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	10.1	2	2	8	0	0	4	0		0	37	1.74	211
9	2			SP	14	9	.609	42	22		16	1	0	230.2	156	128	251	10	93	115	6	0	12	1034	4.99	86
162 Game Average					15	10	.609	45	23		17	1	0	245.0	166	136	267	11	99	122	6	0	13	1099	4.99	86

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Negro Leagues				14	8	.636	38	19		15	1	0	207.0	134	111	219	9	84	105	6	0	11	921	4.83	98
3	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	4	3		1	0	0	23.2	22	17	32	1	9	10	0		1	113	6.46	41

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Homestead Grays			SP	12	4	.750	34	16		11	1	0	178.0	114	95	194	9	65	94	4	0	8	793	4.80	86
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	2	5	.286	8	6		5	0	0	52.2	42	33	57	1	28	21	2		4	241	5.64	87

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1921	HG	WES	27	RF	15.0		1.73	1.62		23.9%	10.2%		9.9%	7.2%		2.43	1.42		1.4%	0.5%
1922	PK/HG	NNL/IND	28	RF	66.2		1.55	1.50		9.0%	11.5%		10.7%	8.3%		0.84	1.41		0.7%	1.0%
1924	HG	IND	30	RP	17.1		1.15	1.55		6.7%	10.5%		9.3%	9.2%		0.71	1.14		0.0%	1.3%
1926	HG	IND/NvM	32	SP	9.2		1.76	1.03		9.1%	15.2%		13.6%	2.9%		0.67	5.20		0.0%	0.8%
1927	HG	NvM/IND	33	SP	23.2		1.35	1.08		11.5%	16.1%		9.6%	6.6%		1.20	2.56		1.0%	0.7%
1928	HG	NvM/EAS	34	SP	28.1		1.91	1.39		8.9%	11.2%		8.9%	5.9%		1.00	1.55		0.7%	2.7%
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	15.1		1.76	1.63		6.1%	9.0%		9.8%	9.2%		0.63	0.98		2.4%	1.3%
1930	HG	EAS	36	RF	44.1		1.29	1.54		15.5%	10.5%		5.9%	8.1%		2.64	1.31		1.6%	1.6%
1931	HG	IND	37	LF	10.1		0.77	1.25		10.8%	11.0%		0.0%	7.1%			1.56		0.0%	0.9%
9	2			SP	230.2		1.49	1.44		11.1%	11.2%		9.0%	7.6%		1.24	1.64		1.0%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				207.0		1.46	1.48		11.4%	11.1%		9.1%	8.0%		1.25	1.51		1.0%	1.2%
3	vs Major Leagues				23.2		1.73	1.10		8.8%	12.3%		8.0%	4.4%		1.11	2.81		0.9%	1.4%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Homestead Grays			SP	178.0		1.46	1.43		11.9%	11.3%		8.2%	7.5%		1.45	1.71		1.1%	1.2%
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	52.2		1.61	1.48		8.7%	11.0%		11.6%	7.8%		0.75	1.42		0.4%	1.1%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1921	HG	WES	27	RF	2	71	59	10	19	2	1	1	5		7	17		1	4		0	.322	.403	.441	.844
1922	PK/HG	NNL/IND	28	RF	10	299	254	49	71	12	2	2	16		32	27		4	9	0	7	.280	.369	.366	.735
1924	HG	IND	30	RP	5	75	64	5	13	2	0	0	3		7	5		2	2		1	.203	.301	.234	.536
1926	HG	IND/NvM	32	SP	2	44	35	8	11	3	1	0	1		6	4		1	2		3	.314	.429	.457	.886
1927	HG	NvM/IND	33	SP	3	104	91	14	22	2	0	1	1	0	10	12		0	3		2	.242	.317	.297	.614
1928	HG	NvM/EAS	34	SP	5	135	116	26	42	5	2	1	4		12	12		1	6		3	.362	.426	.466	.892
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	4	82	69	19	19	2	6	2	0		8	5		2	3		1	.275	.367	.565	.932
1930	HG	EAS	36	RF	9	187	170	23	46	3	1	3	1		11	29		1	5		2	.271	.319	.353	.672
1931	HG	IND	37	LF	2	37	36	2	8	1	0	0	0		0	4		0	1		1	.222	.222	.250	.472
9	2			SP	42	1034	894	156	251	32	13	10	31	0	93	115		12	35	0	20	.281	.356	.379	.736

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Negro Leagues				38	921	795	134	219	29	12	9	29	0	84	105		11	31	0	17	.275	.353	.376	.729
3	vs Major Leagues				4	113	99	22	32	3	1	1	2		9	10		1	4		3	.323	.385	.404	.789

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Homestead Grays			SP	34	793	693	114	194	21	11	9	19	0	65	94		8	27	0	14	.280	.349	.381	.730
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	8	241	201	42	57	11	2	1	12		28	21		4	8		6	.284	.382	.373	.755

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James