Mickey Owen
1937–1954 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals, WHK
1,209G
.255AVG
.318OBP
.322SLG
More career statistics
929H
14HR
378RBI
36SB
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 | 3,649 | 3,648 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 18 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 181 | 178 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,072 | 4,070 |
| Batting · Runs | 338 | 337 |
| Batting · RBI | 378 | 381 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 36 | 37 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 4 | 10 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,209 | 4,072 | 3,649 | 338 | 929 | 163 | 21 | 14 | 378 | 326 | 181 | 36 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1,176 | .255 | .318 | .322 | .640 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1942-05-05 to 1942-05-19
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1938-04-27 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1944-08-21 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1937-07-24 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 617 | 2051 | 483 | 5 | 196 | 178 | 97 | .266 | .322 | .331 |
| Away | 592 | 2019 | 446 | 9 | 185 | 148 | 81 | .244 | .294 | .314 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 81 | 287 | 67 | 1 | 26 | 22 | 13 | .260 | .310 | .345 |
| May | 210 | 730 | 181 | 3 | 81 | 57 | 31 | .277 | .326 | .369 |
| June | 185 | 633 | 143 | 2 | 72 | 53 | 29 | .254 | .310 | .318 |
| July | 258 | 843 | 175 | 4 | 76 | 69 | 29 | .232 | .289 | .291 |
| August | 272 | 890 | 217 | 2 | 67 | 69 | 43 | .270 | .321 | .336 |
| September | 193 | 655 | 141 | 2 | 57 | 54 | 30 | .240 | .298 | .295 |
| October | 10 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .219 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 180 | 627 | 147 | 2 | 51 | 53 | 28 | .262 | .319 | .315 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 175 | 589 | 161 | 4 | 63 | 41 | 21 | .299 | .343 | .388 |
| cincinnati-reds | 170 | 564 | 120 | 1 | 45 | 51 | 34 | .240 | .303 | .306 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 164 | 582 | 129 | 1 | 71 | 41 | 23 | .247 | .292 | .310 |
| boston-braves | 161 | 532 | 120 | 0 | 47 | 38 | 21 | .247 | .297 | .296 |
| chicago-cubs | 131 | 430 | 102 | 2 | 44 | 34 | 13 | .267 | .316 | .338 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 107 | 370 | 67 | 0 | 28 | 29 | 18 | .204 | .259 | .237 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 89 | 294 | 67 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 14 | .258 | .327 | .392 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 234 | 54 | – | 21 | 1 | .231 | – | – |
| 1938 | St. Louis Cardinals | 122 | 397 | 106 | 4 | 36 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals | 131 | 344 | 89 | 3 | 35 | 6 | .259 | – | – |
| 1940 | St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 307 | 81 | – | 27 | 4 | .264 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 128 | 386 | 89 | 1 | 44 | 2 | .231 | – | – |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 133 | 420 | 109 | – | 45 | 10 | .260 | – | – |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 106 | 365 | 95 | – | 54 | 4 | .260 | – | – |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 130 | 461 | 126 | 1 | 42 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 84 | 24 | – | 11 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Chicago Cubs | 62 | 198 | 54 | 2 | 19 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago Cubs | 86 | 259 | 63 | 2 | 21 | 2 | .243 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago Cubs | 58 | 125 | 23 | – | 15 | 1 | .184 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Boston Red Sox | 32 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 11 | – | .235 | – | – |