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	0
1922	HG/PK	IND/NNL	28	RF	3	4	.429	8	6		5	0	0	50.2	37	30	56	2	26	19	2	0	4	233	5.33	97
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	230
1926	HG	IND/NVM	32	SP	1	0	1.000	2	1		0	0	0	9.2	8	7	11	0	6	4	0	0	1	44	6.52	37
1927	HG	IND/NVM	33	SP	1	1	.500	3	2		2	0	0	23.2	14	11	22	1	10	12	0		0	104	4.18	63
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	34	SP	0	2	.000	5	4		1	0	0	28.1	26	25	42	1	12	12	0		1	134	7.94	58
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	1	0	1.000	5	1		1	0	0	18.1	21	17	23	2	10	6	0	0	2	96	8.35	67
1930	HG	IND	36	RF	4	0	1.000	9	3		2	0	0	44.1	23	21	46	3	11	29	2	0	1	187	4.26	133
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	13	8	.619	41	20		14	1	0	217.2	146	125	240	10	89	108	6	0	12	981	5.17	91
162 Game Average					14	9	.619	46	22		16	1	0	242.2	163	139	268	11	99	120	7	0	13	1094	5.17	91

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				13	7	.650	37	17		13	1	0	194.0	124	107	208	9	80	98	6	0	11	868	4.96	107
3	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	4	3		1	0	0	23.2	22	18	32	1	9	10	0	0	1	113	6.85	40

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	11	4	.733	34	15		10	1	0	174.0	111	97	190	9	65	91	4	0	8	776	5.02	91
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	2	4	.333	7	5		4	0	0	43.2	35	28	50	1	24	17	2	0	4	205	5.77	90

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	0.00		23.9%	16.1%		9.9%	0.0%		2.43	0.00		1.4%	0.8%
1922	HG/PK	IND/NNL	28	RF	50.2		1.62	1.50		8.2%	11.4%		11.2%	8.2%		0.73	1.40		0.9%	1.0%
1924	HG	IND	30	RP	17.1		1.15	1.55		6.7%	10.6%		9.3%	9.2%		0.71	1.15		0.0%	1.3%
1926	HG	IND/NVM	32	SP	9.2		1.76	1.02		9.1%	15.2%		13.6%	2.9%		0.67	5.21		0.0%	0.8%
1927	HG	IND/NVM	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	EAS/NVM	34	SP	28.1		1.91	1.41		9.0%	11.2%		9.0%	6.0%		1.00	1.53		0.7%	2.7%
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	18.1		1.80	1.63		6.3%	9.0%		10.4%	9.1%		0.60	0.99		2.1%	1.3%
1930	HG	IND	36	RF	44.1		1.29	1.54		15.5%	10.3%		5.9%	8.1%		2.64	1.28		1.6%	1.5%
1931	HG	IND	37	LF	10.1		0.77	1.25		10.8%	11.2%		0.0%	7.0%			1.59		0.0%	0.9%
9	2			SP	217.2		1.51	1.33		11.0%	11.5%		9.1%	7.0%		1.21	1.55		1.0%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				194.0		1.48	1.36		11.3%	11.4%		9.2%	7.4%		1.23	1.39		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	174.0		1.47	1.29		11.7%	11.7%		8.4%	6.8%		1.40	1.58		1.2%	1.2%
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	43.2		1.69	1.49		8.3%	10.8%		11.7%	7.7%		0.71	1.40		0.5%	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	HG/PK	IND/NNL	28	RF	8	233	193	37	56	12	2	2	13		26	19		4	10		6	.290	.386	.404	.790
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	0	1	2		3	.314	.429	.457	.886
1927	HG	IND/NVM	33	SP	3	104	91	14	22	2	0	1	1		10	12		0	3		2	.242	.317	.297	.614
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	34	SP	5	134	116	26	42	5	3	1	4	2	12	12		1	5		3	.362	.426	.483	.909
1929	HG	ANL	35	LF	5	96	80	21	23	3	6	2	1		10	6		2	4		2	.288	.380	.550	.930
1930	HG	IND	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	41	981	844	146	240	33	14	10	29	2	89	108	0	12	36		20	.284	.361	.392	.753

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				37	868	745	124	208	30	12	9	27	2	80	98		11	32		17	.279	.358	.388	.746
3	vs Major Leagues				4	113	99	22	32	3	2	1	2		9	10	0	1	4		3	.323	.385	.424	.810

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	776	676	111	190	22	12	9	17	2	65	91	0	8	27		15	.281	.351	.389	.740
1	Pittsburgh Keystones II			RF	7	205	168	35	50	11	2	1	12		24	17		4	9		5	.298	.398	.405	.803

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