Micah Owings
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Owings with the San Diego Padres
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| Seattle Mariners – No. 35 | |||
| Pitcher/First Baseman/Outfielder | |||
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Born: September 28, 1982 Gainesville, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 6, 2007, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2012 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 32–33 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.86 | ||
| Strikeouts | 347 | ||
| Batting average | .283 | ||
| Home runs | 9 | ||
| Runs batted in | 35 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Pan American Games | ||
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2003 Santo Domingo | Team competition |
Micah Burton Owings (born September 28, 1982) is an American professional baseball player for the Seattle Mariners of the MLB. During his career, Owings was used exclusively as a pitcher and occasional pinch-hitter; he has also played outfielder in the minor leagues. While playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007, he was honored with a Silver Slugger Award in 2007 as the top-hitting pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres.
Owings played college baseball with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets before transferring to Tulane, where he played in the College World Series. He was drafted in the third round of the 2005 MLB Draft by Arizona, making his major league debut with the Diamondbacks in 2007. He played two seasons in Arizona before he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds. He spent two seasons with the Reds, followed by a return to Arizona for a one-year stint. Owings joined the San Diego Padres in 2012, signed a minor league contract with Washington in 2013, was later released and then signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Owings holds Georgia's high school home run record with 69, fourth in the nation only to Drew Henson, Jeff Clement, and James Peterson. As a sophomore, he hit .630 with 21 homers; as a senior he hit .448 with 25 home runs while going 12–1 on the mound with a 1.03 ERA, 121 strikeouts, and 3 walks in 75 innings. Owings played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Forsyth Central High School in Cumming and transferred to Gainesville High School as a junior.
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