Spike Owen

Shortstop

Born: April 19, 1961 (age 56)
Cleburne, Texas

Batted: Switch

Threw: Right

MLB debut

June 25, 1983, for the Seattle Mariners

Last MLB appearance

October 2, 1995, for the California Angels

MLB statistics

Batting average

.246

Home runs

Runs batted in

439

Teams

Spike Dee Owen (born April 19, 1961 in Cleburne, Texas) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball (whose first name comes from his mother Margie's maiden name which was Spikes) played for the Seattle Mariners (1983–86), Boston Red Sox (1986–88), Montreal Expos (1989–92), New York Yankees (1993) and California Angels (1994–95). He made his major league debut on June 25, 1983. In his 13 seasons in the majors, he hit for a .246 batting average with 46 home runs and 439 RBIs in 1544 games.

A switch-hitter, he attended The University of Texas at Austin and was the All-Tournament Team shortstop in the 1982 College World Series. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round (the sixth overall pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.

On June 25, 1983 he went 1 for 4 against the Toronto Blue Jays in his major league debut with the Mariners. His first hit came off Jim Gott. On July 13, 1983, he hit his first big league home run against Boston Red Sox pitcher Doug Bird at Fenway Park.

In 1986, he was named team captain of the Mariners. On August 19, Owen and center fielder Dave Henderson were traded to the Boston Red Sox for Rey Quiñones and cash. In his third game with the Red Sox, he tied a major league record with six runs scored in a game. In the 1986 American League Championship Series, he hit .429 as the Red Sox, one scant strike away from elimination in Game 5, came back (starting with Henderson's go-ahead homer against closer Donnie Moore) and upended the California Angels 4 games to 3. In the 1986 World Series he hit .300 in a Boston loss to the New York Mets 4 games to 3 after having the Mets down to their last strike twice in extra innings of Game 6.

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