Owen Friend
1949–1956 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
208G
.227AVG
.295OBP
.339SLG
More career statistics
136H
13HR
76RBI
2SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 670 | 598 | 69 | 136 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 76 | 55 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 203 | .227 | .295 | .339 | .634 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1950-06-08 to 1950-06-13
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1950-05-23 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1950-06-02 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1950-05-25 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 99 | 327 | 66 | 9 | 47 | 26 | 44 | .228 | .281 | .381 |
| Away | 109 | 343 | 70 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 65 | .227 | .289 | .301 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 127 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 17 | .224 | .276 | .293 |
| May | 37 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 18 | .202 | .330 | .337 |
| June | 39 | 146 | 35 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 24 | .267 | .308 | .397 |
| July | 42 | 133 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 21 | .177 | .218 | .266 |
| August | 34 | 104 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 24 | .204 | .260 | .301 |
| September | 18 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .314 | .342 | .514 |
| October | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .800 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 15 | .234 | .282 | .318 |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | .225 | .235 | .338 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 27 | 93 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 7 | .306 | .333 | .647 |
| boston-red-sox | 27 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 9 | .242 | .351 | .339 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 26 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | .242 | .288 | .273 |
| cleveland-guardians | 22 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | .176 | .238 | .216 |
| detroit-tigers | 20 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | .203 | .307 | .266 |
| st-louis-browns | 10 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .194 | .275 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  St. Louis Browns | 2 | 8 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .375 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 119 | 372 | 88 | 8 | 50 | 2 | .237 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 65 | 164 | 33 | 5 | 23 | – | .201 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs | 20 | 52 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |