Mickey Owen Marquee

In the ninth inning of the fourth game of the 1941 World Series, with Brooklyn one strike from tying the Series at two games apiece, a third strike on Tommy Henrich got away from him. Henrich reached first, the Yankees scored four runs before the inning ended, and won the Series the next day. Owen had made only three errors that whole regular season and was considered one of the best defensive catchers in the league.

He was an All-Star in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944, and finished fourth in the 1942 Most Valuable Player voting. Thirteen seasons gave him 929 hits, 163 doubles, 36 stolen bases and a .255 average across 1,175 games behind the plate.

He jumped to the Mexican League in 1946 for more money, which cost him a suspension when he tried to come back. He later served as sheriff of Greene County, Missouri, for sixteen years. He died in 2005, at eighty-nine.