Spike Owen Notable

b. April 19, 1961 · Seattle Mariners 1983–1986, Boston Red Sox 1986–1988, Montreal Expos 1989–1992, New York Yankees 1993, California Angels 1994–1995

Spike Owen played for five clubs across 13 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the Seattle Mariners in 1983 and closing with the California Angels in 1995.

Across 1,544 games he batted .246, with 1,211 hits and 587 runs. He finished with 46 home runs, 215 doubles, 59 triples, 569 walks and 82 stolen bases.

He played 1,373 games at shortstop, with 3,814 assists and 139 errors. He turned 723 double plays.

He was born in Cleburne, TX, USA on April 19, 1961. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Week	1	1985

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1983	SEA	80	306	36	60	11	3	2	21	24	44	10	.196
1984	SEA	152	530	67	130	18	8	3	43	46	63	16	.245
1985	SEA	118	352	41	91	10	6	6	37	34	27	11	.259
1986	BOS/SEA	154	528	67	122	24	7	1	45	51	51	4	.231
1987	BOS	132	437	50	113	17	7	2	48	53	43	11	.259
1988	BOS	89	257	40	64	14	1	5	18	27	27	0	.249
1989	MON	142	437	52	102	17	4	6	41	76	44	3	.233
1990	MON	149	453	55	106	24	5	5	35	70	60	8	.234
1991	MON	139	424	39	108	22	8	3	26	42	61	2	.255
1992	MON	122	386	52	104	16	3	7	40	50	30	9	.269
1993	NYY	103	334	41	78	16	2	2	20	29	30	3	.234
1994	CAL	82	268	30	83	17	2	3	37	49	17	2	.310
1995	CAL	82	218	17	50	9	3	1	28	18	22	3	.229
Career	—	1544	4930	587	1211	215	59	46	439	569	519	82	.246

On this day & linked events

1961

Born April 19, 1961

Cleburne, TX, USA

1983

Major-league debut: Spike Owen

Spike Owen made a major-league debut on June 25, 1983.

1995

Final major-league game: Spike Owen

Spike Owen played a final major-league game on October 2, 1995.

Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0