Marv Owen
1931–1940 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
1,011G
.275AVG
.339OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
1,040H
31HR
497RBI
30SB
6Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 30 | 31 |
| Batting · Runs | 473 | 474 |
| Batting · RBI | 497 | 503 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 30 | 32 |
| Batting · Triples | 44 | 43 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,011 | 4,224 | 3,782 | 473 | 1,040 | 167 | 44 | 31 | 497 | 338 | 283 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 1,388 | .275 | .339 | .367 | .706 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1931-05-03 to 1931-05-18
47longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1939-04-23 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1939-04-23 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1933-06-02 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 507 | 2110 | 506 | 12 | 262 | 175 | 140 | .270 | .323 | .356 |
| Away | 504 | 2114 | 534 | 19 | 241 | 163 | 143 | .280 | .330 | .377 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 84 | 358 | 76 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 20 | .235 | .277 | .291 |
| May | 201 | 813 | 187 | 7 | 78 | 62 | 48 | .255 | .306 | .341 |
| June | 175 | 760 | 191 | 6 | 94 | 70 | 57 | .286 | .343 | .383 |
| July | 185 | 751 | 225 | 5 | 110 | 66 | 45 | .335 | .387 | .442 |
| August | 207 | 905 | 217 | 9 | 117 | 67 | 70 | .268 | .314 | .371 |
| September | 154 | 619 | 141 | 2 | 61 | 48 | 42 | .253 | .305 | .326 |
| October | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .188 | .278 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 155 | 650 | 151 | 8 | 74 | 54 | 45 | .263 | .315 | .380 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 150 | 625 | 154 | 0 | 92 | 45 | 33 | .271 | .318 | .334 |
| st-louis-browns | 143 | 601 | 169 | 8 | 81 | 40 | 26 | .307 | .348 | .421 |
| new-york-yankees | 140 | 587 | 147 | 2 | 52 | 49 | 52 | .283 | .334 | .356 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 138 | 583 | 129 | 3 | 64 | 60 | 44 | .253 | .324 | .341 |
| boston-red-sox | 129 | 530 | 128 | 6 | 62 | 39 | 40 | .267 | .315 | .359 |
| chicago-white-sox | 119 | 495 | 128 | 3 | 65 | 43 | 37 | .292 | .345 | .396 |
| detroit-tigers | 37 | 153 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | .241 | .275 | .291 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  Detroit Tigers | 105 | 377 | 84 | 3 | 39 | 2 | .223 | – | – |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 550 | 144 | 2 | 64 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 565 | 179 | 8 | 98 | 3 | .317 | – | – |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 134 | 483 | 127 | 2 | 72 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 583 | 172 | 9 | 106 | 10 | .295 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 107 | 396 | 114 | 1 | 48 | 3 | .288 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Chicago White Sox | 141 | 577 | 162 | 6 | 55 | 6 | .281 | – | – |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox | 58 | 194 | 46 | – | 15 | 4 | .237 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Boston Red Sox | 20 | 57 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .211 | – | – |