Chris Owings
| Chris Owings | |||
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 16 | |||
| Utility player | |||
| Born: August 12, 1991 Charleston, South Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 2013, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 29, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .251 | ||
| Home runs | 12 | ||
| Runs batted in | 91 | ||
| Stolen bases | 33 | ||
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Christopher Scott Owings (born August 12, 1991) is an American professional baseball utility player for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He has played shortstop, second base, and center field for the Diamondbacks.
Professional career
Owings was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Gilbert High School in Gilbert, South Carolina.[1][2]
Owings started the 2012 season with the Visalia Rawhide of the Class A-Advanced California League, hitting .324/.362/.544 with 11 home runs in 59 games. He was than promoted to the Double-A Mobile BayBears where he hit .263/.291/.377 with six home runs in 69 games.[3][4]
Owings spent the 2013 season with the Reno Aces of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL), and was listed as one of the top prospects in the Diamondbacks organization. His contract was selected by the Diamondbacks on September 3 after the major league rosters expanded.[5] Owings pinch-hit in the fifth inning of the September 3 game against the Toronto Blue Jays and grounded out to the second baseman.[citation needed] After batting .330 with 12 home runs, 31 doubles, 81 RBIs and 20 stolen bases, he won the PCL's Most Valuable Player Award.[6]
In spring training in 2014, Owings competed for the starting shortstop role with Didi Gregorius, the Diamondbacks' starting shortstop in 2013.[7] He was named the Diamondbacks' starting shortstop for Opening Day.[6] Owings led all National League rookies with a .313 batting average in April, and was named the National League Rookie of the Month for April 2014.[8] He suffered a left shoulder injury in June,[9][10] and had offseason surgery to repair the posterior labrum in the shoulder.[11]
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Chris Owings on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Arizona Diamondbacks players
- Missoula Osprey players
- South Bend Silver Hawks players
- Visalia Rawhide players
- Mobile BayBears players
- Sportspeople from Charleston, South Carolina
- Baseball players from South Carolina
- Reno Aces players
- Salt River Rafters players
- All-Star Futures Game players
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- Pacific Coast League MVP award winners
