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)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1921	HG	WES	27	RF	7	30	24	4	7	2	0	1	5	2		4			2	0			.292	.433	.500	.933
1922	HG/PK	IND/NNL	28	RF	32	117	102	29	37	12	1	3	19	4		12			1	2			.363	.435	.588	1.023	160
1924	HG	IND	30	RP	6	15	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	1		1			0	0			.214	.267	.286	.552	45
1925	HG	IND	31	1B	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-32
1926	HG	IND/NVM	32	SP	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0		0	.250	.400	.250	.650	94
1927	HG	IND/NVM	33	SP	4	13	13	1	3	0	0	1	4	1		0			0	0			.231	.231	.462	.692	75
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	34	SP	9	20	18	1	7	3	0	0	3	0		0			0	2			.389	.389	.556	.944	147
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	28	91	79	20	30	2	0	0	11	1		9			2	1			.380	.456	.405	.861	112
1930	HG	IND	36	RF	20	55	51	3	15	2	2	1	7	1		3			0	1			.294	.333	.471	.804	96
1931	HG	IND	37	LF	7	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.118	.167	.118	.284	-18
10	2			SP	116	369	325	61	105	22	3	6	50	10		32		0	5	7		0	.323	.392	.465	.857	106
162 Game Average						515	454	85	147	31	4	8	70	14		45		0	7	10		0	.323	.392	.465	.857	106

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				112	360	316	60	103	22	3	5	48	10		32			5	7			.326	.397	.462	.859	105
3	vs Major Leagues				4	9	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0		0	0	0		0	.222	.222	.556	.778	144

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Homestead Grays			SP	86	261	230	34	70	11	2	3	31	6		22		0	4	5		0	.304	.375	.409	.784	82
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	30	108	95	27	35	11	1	3	19	4		10			1	2			.368	.434	.600	1.034	162

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1921	HG	WES	30		.439	.000		13.3%	0.0%								3.3%	0.0%		.208	.000
1922	HG/PK	IND/NNL	117		.451	.351		10.3%				8.3%					2.6%	1.2%		.225	.122
1924	HG	IND	15		.276	.367		6.7%	8.7%								0.0%	0.2%		.071	.065
1925	HG	IND	4		.194	.371		25.0%	13.3%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.059
1926	HG	IND/NVM	5		.338	.323		20.0%				6.1%					0.0%	0.7%		.000	.090
1927	HG	IND/NVM	13		.330	.355		0.0%				7.0%					7.7%	0.8%		.231	.096
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	20		.383	.339		0.0%				8.0%					0.0%	1.4%		.167	.124
1929	HG	ANL	91		.415	.370		9.9%	9.4%								0.0%	1.4%		.025	.132
1930	HG	IND	55		.348	.358		5.5%	8.4%								1.8%	1.7%		.176	.139
1931	HG	IND	19		.137	.319		5.3%	7.5%								0.0%	1.1%		.000	.110
10	2		369		.390	.327		8.7%	7.9%								1.6%	1.1%		.142	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		360		.391	.328		8.9%	7.9%								1.4%	1.1%		.136	.114
3	vs Major Leagues		9		.369	.291		0.0%	4.2%								11.1%	1.0%		.333	.092

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Homestead Grays		261		.364	.316		8.4%	7.7%								1.1%	1.1%		.104	.109
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II		108		.454	.352		9.3%	8.3%								2.8%	1.2%		.232	.124

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