#74 Owen Friend, Shortstop, 33 yrs, Cleveland Indians Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Owen Friend
3/21/1927 33 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) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 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 $ 1,000,000 1960 10 Year(s), 54 Days (1774 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 80 Days (2144 total Days) 13 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 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), .970 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 10 (Range), .963 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 10 (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 | | |
9/6 | @CHA | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/8 | @BAL | L 3-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/11 | KC | W 9-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/12 | @DET | L 8-15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/15 | BOS | L 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/17 | @CHA | L 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/21 | @DET | W 9-8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/22 | @BAL | L 1-9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/26 | NYY | L 6-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/27 | @BAL | L 4-8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 75 | 196 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 44 | .240 | .298 | .367 | .665 | .586 | .128 |
Projected | 79 | 208 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 47 | .240 | .298 | .367 | .665 | .586 | .128 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 58 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 22.3 | 3.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 63 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .352 | .492 | .844 |
vs. RHP | 133 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .203 | .269 | .308 | .577 |
Close/Late | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 |
Scoring Position | 45 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .289 | .308 | .444 | .752 |
Pinch Hitting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 40 | 105 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 17 | .267 | .304 | .390 | .695 |
Road | 35 | 91 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 27 | .209 | .284 | .341 | .625 |
Last Week | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 |
March/April | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 |
May | 14 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .171 | .190 | .293 | .483 |
June | 20 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 14 | .207 | .277 | .276 | .553 |
July | 16 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | .214 | .277 | .357 | .634 |
August | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .333 | .364 | .611 | .975 |
Sept/Oct | 13 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .351 | .400 | .486 | .886 |
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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 |
1956 | 93 | 224 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .322 | .420 | .742 | BOS |
1957 | 47 | 163 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .273 | .282 | .555 | BOS |
1959 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .115 | .208 | .324 | BOS CLE |
1960 | 75 | 196 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .298 | .367 | .665 | CLE |
Total | 795 | 1994 | 434 | 72 | 8 | 49 | 249 | 221 | 174 | 4 | 16 | 413 | 4 | 6 | .218 | .280 | .336 | .615 | |
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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 |
1956, AAA | 28 | 112 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .348 | .422 | .634 | 1.056 |
1957, AAA | 84 | 251 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 31 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 1 | .291 | .393 | .498 | .891 |
1958, AAA | 127 | 453 | 113 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 50 | 87 | 76 | 113 | 4 | 9 | .249 | .351 | .437 | .788 |
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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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .867 | 14.0 | 9.64 | | | | |
Third Base | 52 | 40 | 21 | 95 | 9 | 123 | 7 | .943 | 344.2 | 3.21 | | | | |
Shortstop | 17 | 17 | 17 | 68 | 8 | 89 | 4 | .955 | 136.1 | 5.88 | | | | |
Leftfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 3/4/1955 to a minor league contract. Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/12/1956 to a 3-year deal worth $650,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/6/1959 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year... Earned first career win on 8/25/1959...
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