1991
Born August 12, 1991
Charleston, SC, USA
Chris Owings Notable
b. August 12, 1991 · Arizona Diamondbacks 2013–2018, Kansas City Royals 2019, Boston Red Sox 2019, Colorado Rockies 2020–2021, Baltimore Orioles 2022, Pittsburgh Pirates 2023
Chris Owings played for six clubs across 11 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013 and closing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2023.
Across 723 games he batted .239, with 550 hits and 262 runs. He finished with 37 home runs, 124 doubles and 79 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 12.27 earned run average, pitching 3.7 innings in 3 games.
He led the league in triples once, in 2016, with 11. He played 263 games at shortstop, with 627 assists and 35 errors. He turned 128 double plays. He also played 215 games at second base and 165 games in the outfield.
He was born in Charleston, SC, USA on August 12, 1991. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed. He has not retired; our record has no final game for him.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the Month | 1 | 2014 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ARI | 20 | 55 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .291 |
| 2014 | ARI | 91 | 310 | 34 | 81 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 67 | 8 | .261 |
| 2015 | ARI | 147 | 515 | 59 | 117 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 144 | 16 | .227 |
| 2016 | ARI | 119 | 437 | 52 | 121 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 20 | 87 | 21 | .277 |
| 2017 | ARI | 97 | 362 | 41 | 97 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 17 | 87 | 12 | .268 |
| 2018 | ARI | 106 | 281 | 34 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 75 | 11 | .206 |
| 2019 | BOS/KCR | 67 | 180 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 78 | 5 | .139 |
| 2020 | COL | 17 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .268 |
| 2021 | COL | 21 | 43 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 2 | .326 |
| 2022 | BAL | 27 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 1 | .107 |
| 2023 | PIT | 11 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .160 |
| Career | — | 723 | 2305 | 262 | 550 | 124 | 27 | 37 | 220 | 143 | 610 | 79 | .239 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | KCR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21.60 |
| 2022 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| 2023 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Career | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12.27 |
On this day & linked events
2013
Major-league debut: Chris Owings
Chris Owings made a major-league debut on September 3, 2013.
Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0