Frank Owen
1901–1909 · bats B / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
195G
.159AVG
.218OBP
.197SLG
More career statistics
77H
2HR
26RBI
5SB
82–67W–L
1,368.1IP
443K
2.55ERA
155GS
2SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 483 | 482 |
| Batting · Doubles | 12 | 14 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 540 | 535 |
| Batting · RBI | 26 | 31 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 34 | 31 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,462 | 4,709 |
| Pitching · p er | 388 | 234 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,249 | 1,256 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,105 | 4,140 |
| Pitching · p k | 443 | 452 |
| Pitching · p r | 556 | 550 |
| Pitching · p w | 298 | 299 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | 540 | 483 | 33 | 77 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 95 | .159 | .218 | .197 | .415 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,368.3 | 194 | 155 | 119 | 82 | 67 | 2 | 1,249 | 556 | 388 | 17 | 298 | 443 | 0 | 0 | 2.55 | 1.131 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1905-09-04 to 1905-09-23
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1906-09-13 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1905-09-16 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1905-07-08 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 97 | 255 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 58 | .147 | .180 | .182 |
| Away | 98 | 280 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 70 | .171 | .221 | .219 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .197 | .206 | .213 |
| May | 31 | 85 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 26 | .173 | .235 | .253 |
| June | 36 | 96 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | .154 | .167 | .165 |
| July | 42 | 121 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 33 | .157 | .223 | .204 |
| August | 34 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | .111 | .154 | .153 |
| September | 30 | 83 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 | .186 | .241 | .243 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 33 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | .118 | .145 | .132 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 31 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | .122 | .167 | .171 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .154 | .174 | .179 |
| new-york-yankees | 26 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | .171 | .205 | .243 |
| cleveland-guardians | 25 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | .203 | .257 | .220 |
| boston-red-sox | 23 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .161 | .200 | .250 |
| detroit-tigers | 22 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | .235 | .323 | .255 |
| MLA | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .143 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Detroit Tigers | 9 | 20 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .050 | 56 | 17 |
| 1903 |  Chicago White Sox | 26 | 57 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .123 | 167 | 68 |
| 1904 | Chicago White Sox | 37 | 108 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .213 | 315 | 102 |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 120 | 18 | – | 6 | 2 | .150 | 335 | 126 |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 103 | 14 | – | 10 | – | .136 | 294 | 69 |
| 1907 | Chicago White Sox | 11 | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | .250 | 48 | 15 |
| 1908 | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 52 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .173 | 148 | 51 |
| 1909 | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 16 | 4 |