Ownie Carroll Notable

b. November 11, 1902 · Detroit Tigers 1925, 1927–1930, New York Yankees 1930, Cincinnati Reds 1930–1932, Brooklyn Dodgers 1933–1934

Ownie Carroll played for four clubs across 10 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Detroit Tigers in 1925 and closing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1934.

He went 64 and 90 with a 4.43 earned run average, pitching 1,330 innings in 248 games. He struck out 311, completed 71 of his 153 starts and threw 2 shutouts. Across 275 games he batted .200, with 98 hits and 46 runs. He finished with 15 doubles.

He was born in Kearny, NJ, USA on November 11, 1902, and died on June 8, 1975. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1925	DET	11	16	4	6	1	0	4	0	1	.375
1927	DET	37	69	11	12	2	1	5	2	5	.174
1928	DET	43	98	7	19	3	1	9	7	14	.194
1929	DET	37	74	9	17	2	2	11	4	4	.230
1930	CIN/DET/NYY	20	22	1	4	0	0	2	2	3	.182
1931	CIN	30	34	3	7	0	0	0	2	6	.206
1932	CIN	35	77	4	16	4	0	5	5	4	.208
1933	BRO	34	74	6	11	1	0	5	6	10	.149
1934	BRO	28	25	1	6	2	0	1	2	5	.240
Career	—	275	489	46	98	15	4	42	30	52	.200

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1925	DET	2	2	10	4	0	40.2	46	17	28	12	3.76
1927	DET	10	6	31	15	0	172.0	186	76	73	41	3.98
1928	DET	16	12	34	28	2	231.0	219	84	87	51	3.27
1929	DET	9	17	34	26	1	202.0	249	104	86	54	4.63
1930	CIN/DET/NYY	0	7	19	6	0	67.0	96	55	30	12	7.39
1931	CIN	3	9	29	12	0	107.1	135	66	51	24	5.53
1932	CIN	10	19	32	26	1	210.0	245	105	44	55	4.50
1933	BRO	13	15	33	31	0	226.1	248	95	54	45	3.78
1934	BRO	1	3	26	5	1	74.1	108	53	33	17	6.42
Career	—	64	90	248	153	5	1330.2	1532	655	486	311	4.43

On this day & linked events

1902

Born November 11, 1902

Kearny, NJ, USA

1975

Died June 8, 1975

1925

Major-league debut: Ownie Carroll

Ownie Carroll made a major-league debut on June 20, 1925.

1934

Final major-league game: Ownie Carroll

Ownie Carroll played a final major-league game on September 21, 1934.

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