#74 Owen Friend, Shortstop, 28 yrs, Cincinnati Red Legs Monday, 10/2/1955 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Owen Friend
3/21/1927 28 USA,IL,GRANITE CITY 6"1 180
Shortstop R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal Some ability 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Suffers Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1955 7 Year(s), 21 Days (1225 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 80 Days (1284 total Days) 8 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Talent | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 3 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 2B : 10 (Range), .966 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 9 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 9 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 8 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
7/30 | PIT | L 7-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
8/1 | @PHI | W 10-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
8/2 | @PHI | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
8/15 | @BRO | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
8/18 | @SLN | L 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
8/19 | @SLN | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
8/23 | MIL | L 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/2 | @SLN | L 7-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/23 | @CHN | W 13-7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | #8 | PoG | |
9/24 | @CHN | L 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 25 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 | .824 | .167 |
Projected | 26 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 | .824 | .167 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.3 | 6.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
vs. RHP | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .429 | .579 | 1.008 |
Close/Late | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
Scoring Position | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .500 | 1.071 |
Pinch Hitting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 |
Road | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .375 | .600 | .975 |
March/April | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
May | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
July | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 |
August | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Sept/Oct | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .375 | .444 | .875 | 1.319 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1949 | 162 | 500 | 96 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 105 | 2 | 3 | .192 | .251 | .282 | .533 | SLA |
1950 | 123 | 336 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .255 | .295 | .549 | SLA |
1951 | 36 | 73 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .329 | .380 | .507 | .887 | SLA |
1952 | 56 | 102 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .304 | .366 | .539 | .905 | SLA |
1953 | 73 | 101 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .215 | .277 | .492 | SLA |
1954 | 92 | 251 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .288 | .319 | .606 | SLA |
1955 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 | CIN |
Total | 567 | 1387 | 294 | 47 | 3 | 35 | 148 | 146 | 119 | 3 | 10 | 274 | 4 | 5 | .212 | .274 | .326 | .600 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Second Base | 10 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 1 | .944 | 34.0 | 4.76 | | | | |
Third Base | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.0 | 2.77 | | | | |
Shortstop | 12 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 25.2 | 5.26 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 3/4/1955 to a minor league contract.
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