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Micah Owings P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
10	138	483	32	33	1	4.86	-1.5

Birth Date	9-28-1982
Height	6' 5"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	42 years, 5 months, 4 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2007	ARI	MLB	29	27	152.7	8	8	0	146	50	106	20	103	8.6	2.9	1.2	6.2	0%	.273	1.28	4.74	4.30	111	5.04	104.3	1.2
2008	ARI	MLB	22	18	104.7	6	9	0	104	41	87	14	98	8.9	3.5	1.2	7.5	0%	.288	1.39	4.69	5.93	116	6.31	134.7	-0.9
2009	CIN	MLB	26	19	119.7	7	12	1	126	64	68	18	97	9.5	4.8	1.4	5.1	0%	.280	1.59	5.62	5.34	130	6.74	144.5	-1.6
2010	CIN	MLB	22	0	33.3	3	2	0	28	25	35	3	99	7.6	6.8	0.8	9.5	0%	.287	1.59	4.69	5.40	118	5.26	118.7	-0.1
2011	ARI	MLB	33	4	63.0	8	0	0	56	23	44	8	100	8.0	3.3	1.1	6.3	0%	.258	1.25	4.43	3.57	115	4.92	114.3	-0.1
2012	SDN	MLB	6	0	9.7	0	2	0	8	5	7	1	100	7.4	4.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.259	1.34	4.89	2.79	97	4.51	103.3	0.0
Career		MLB	138	68	483.0	32	33	1	468	208	347	64	99	8.7	3.9	1.2	6.5	38%	.277	1.40	4.91	4.86	118	5.72	123.1	-1.5

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2005	LNC	A+	CLF	16	0	22.0	1	1	0	17	4	30	0		7.0	1.6	0.0	12.3	0%	-.500	0.95	1.67	2.45	0	0.00	0.0
2006	TEN	AA	SOU	12	12	74.0	6	2	0	66	17	69	4	75	8.0	2.1	0.5	8.4	0%	.308	1.12	2.74	2.92	81	3.63	76.1
2006	TUC	AAA	PCL	15	15	87.2	10	0	0	96	34	61	4	103	9.9	3.5	0.4	6.3	0%	.333	1.49	3.87	3.72	87	4.76	99.8
2007	ARI	MLB	NL	29	27	152.7	8	8	0	146	50	106	20	103	8.6	2.9	1.2	6.2	0%	.273	1.28	4.74	4.30	111	5.04	104.3
2007	TUC	AAA	PCL	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	4	1	7	0	114	7.2	1.8	0.0	12.6	0%	.400	1.00	1.33	0.00	66	2.99	61.4
2008	ARI	MLB	NL	22	18	104.7	6	9	0	104	41	87	14	98	8.9	3.5	1.2	7.5	0%	.288	1.39	4.69	5.93	116	6.31	134.7
2008	TUC	AAA	PCL	2	2	11.0	0	0	0	8	6	9	3	99	6.5	4.9	2.5	7.4	0%	.185	1.27	8.12	4.09	120	3.81	78.0
2009	CIN	MLB	NL	26	19	119.7	7	12	1	126	64	68	18	97	9.5	4.8	1.4	5.1	0%	.280	1.59	5.62	5.34	130	6.74	144.5
2009	LOU	AAA	INT	2	2	10.3	1	0	0	8	7	5	1	108	7.0	6.1	0.9	4.4	0%	.233	1.46	5.77	0.87	127	4.67	98.2
2010	CIN	MLB	NL	22	0	33.3	3	2	0	28	25	35	3	99	7.6	6.8	0.8	9.5	0%	.287	1.59	4.69	5.40	118	5.26	118.7
2010	LOU	AAA	INT	8	5	20.3	0	0	0	20	10	13	1	99	8.9	4.4	0.4	5.8	0%	.297	1.48	5.01	2.22	0	0.00	0.0
2011	ARI	MLB	NL	33	4	63.0	8	0	0	56	23	44	8	100	8.0	3.3	1.1	6.3	0%	.258	1.25	4.43	3.57	115	4.92	114.3
2011	RNO	AAA	PCL	7	7	39.0	3	1	0	41	9	27	5	125	9.5	2.1	1.2	6.2	0%	.290	1.28	4.90	4.85	94	2.53	51.7
2012	SDN	MLB	NL	6	0	9.7	0	2	0	8	5	7	1	100	7.4	4.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.259	1.34	4.89	2.79	97	4.51	103.3
2013	HUN	AA	SOU	6	0	6.0	0	0	0	3	1	11	0		4.5	1.5	0.0	16.5	0%	.333	0.67	-0.27	0.00	45	2.27	49.3
2013	BRR	Rk	AZL	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	4	0		3.0	3.0	0.0	12.0	0%	.143	0.67	2.33	0.00	90	2.63	57.2
2014	JAX	AA	SOU	2	2	8.3	1	1	0	12	3	10	2	99	13.0	3.2	2.2	10.8	0%	.417	1.80	5.34	5.40	98	6.92	146.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	1692	0.5201	0.4586	0.7822	0.6398	0.2623	0.8313	0.6526	0.2178
2009	2061	0.5230	0.4372	0.8058	0.6197	0.2370	0.8563	0.6609	0.1942
2010	638	0.5282	0.4420	0.7270	0.6469	0.2126	0.7248	0.7344	0.2730
2011	1040	0.5202	0.4894	0.8153	0.6322	0.3347	0.8567	0.7305	0.1847
2012	169	0.4793	0.4615	0.8077	0.6667	0.2727	0.8889	0.6250	0.1923
Career	5600	0.5209	0.4546	0.7915	0.6326	0.2611	0.8348	0.6786	0.2085

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-06-03	-	Minors	-	-	Right	Upper Arm	Strain	Triceps	-
2013-03-18	2013-03-20	Camp	2	0	-	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-	-
2012-04-26	2012-10-04	60-DL	161	143	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Loose Bodies	-	-
2010-02-28	2010-03-08	Camp	8	0		General Medical	Illness		-
2009-09-07	2009-09-20	DTD	13	13	Left	Head	Laceration	HBP Near Ear and Perforated Eardrum	-
2009-07-27	2009-08-20	15-DL	24	22	Right	Shoulder	Stiffness		-
2008-08-09	2008-09-02	Minors	24	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2008-07-02	2008-07-04	DTD	2	2		Low Back	Strain		-
2008-06-27	2008-06-27	DTD	0	0	Right	Hip	Soreness	Gluteal Muscles	-
2008-04-26	2008-04-26	DTD	0	0	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-
2008-03-03	2008-03-03	Camp	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2007-04-18	2007-05-03	15-DL	15	14	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	WAS	$
2012	SDN	$500,000
2010	CIN	$440,000
2009	CIN	$420,000
2008	ARI	$402,000

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$1,762,000
5 yr	Total	$1,762,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 35 d	Scott Boras	1 year (2013)

Details

1 year (2013). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/6/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 7/1/13. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 7/12/13 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2012). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/2/12. 12:$0.5M. Released by San Diego 10/23/12.
1 year (2011). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 1/11 (minor-league contract). Non-tendered by Arizona 12/12/11.
1 year/$0.44M (2010). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/10. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/25/10 after being DFA by Cincinnati 8/17/10.
1 year/$0.42M (2009). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/10/09.
1 year/$0.402M (2008). Re-signed by Arizona 3/9/08. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Arizona 9/12/08 (completing 8/11/08 trade of Adam Dunn).
1 year (2007). Contract purchased 4/07.
Drafted 2005 (3-83). $0.44M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2012-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How likely are the Rays to sign Chris Davis next season to serve as a power source/mop-up man combination 25th man after yesterday? (ackbar from trap, closet)	Tommy Rancel (of ESPN Florida) joked during this past offseason about the Rays signing Micah Owings a their 25th man who could pitch in mop-up roles and pinch-hit. I hope it happens at some point. That would be a delightful roster mechanism. (R.J. Anderson)
2011-02-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What does the future hold for Micah Owings? Another chance to pitch for the Reds? Change of scenery? Conversion to position play? Outpatient procedure to remove the protruding fork? (Rex Little from Big Bear, CA)	I wrote in the annual that his only chance for a future might be an unorthodox position switch, and it looks like that's in the cards. After signing Owings to a minor-league deal a week or so ago, Kevin Towers said this: "I would imagine he'll see a little bit of time at first base, how much time I can't tell you. I know we definitely want to get him some at-bats. He is kind of a dual-weapon guy. It would be nice to have a guy who on the days he may not be pitching you would still have a very good right-handed bat to win a game for you." So that's your answer, though that fork removal may still be necessary before long. (Ben Lindbergh)
2009-05-18 14:00:00 (link to chat)	With teams insisting on having 12 or 13 arms on the roster at all times, when are teams going to actively seek out the Micah Owings type who can hit and play a position as well as pitch. Couldn't teams actively look for this type of player in their system to pitch 50 to 60 low leverage innings and be a useful bat off of the bench. It would certainly allow for more flexibility and nobody would have to waste a roster spot on a low leverage middle reliever who should be pitching in a beer league anyway. (Peeig13 from The Second City)	I'd suggest that it's easier to suggest than accomplish or try to conjure up; to put it in player development terms, nobody's drafting people in the hope that they grow up to be the next Brooks Kieschnick, indeed, they positively want to avoid seeing anybody become a Kieschnick. They'd rather a guy grew up to be a good left fielder or a good starting pitcher, and in point of fact, those things are a whole hell of a lot more valuable to an organization than a Brookstone-level roster inspiration. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-02-10 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Is there any chance we'll ever see a true 2-way player in baseball? A guy who pitches once every 5 days and plays the field the other 4? Or even better, a guy that regularly gets used in relief? Seems like there would be a real benefit to having that kind of flexibility, especially in the NL. (Josh from Providence, RI)	I've asked this same question, Josh, and the answer's almost automatically negative. Both things are really hard to do; while I wish we had more guys like Micah Owings or even Brooks Kieschnick to enjoy, I think we have to accept that even that level of contribution is rare. Owings might be as close as we ever get, and while I think he's a solid enough starter, you'd have to also put him on a team short of a first baseman, and that takes a combination of events that seems hard to achieve. Still, I'll love to see if he gets to DH in any interleague matchups. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-12-04 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Hi Joe, What are your thoughts on Micah Owings and Clay Buchholz (for a keeper league)? Thanks! Alan (Alan from N.C.)	There's a big gap between the two. Owings is a midrotation guy, maybe slightly less, who can hit well enough to make that a real part of his value. Buchholz is a #2 starter in the making, someone who's going to win 150 games. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-11-24 15:00:00 (link to chat)	What are your thoughts on Micah Owings? Can he get back to the pitcher he was in 2007? As a Reds fan, I like him. His minor league numbers compare favorably to Aaron Harang's. (Brandon from Charleston)	Harang is an interesting comp, because he struggled through his first couple of seasons and didn't break through until his age-27 season in 2005. With Owings, however, there just isn't all that much data to go on--he only threw 200 innings in the minors (Harang threw over 500). I'm not all that high on Owings, and you have to be concerned about the shoulder issues, but I think he can be a solid No. 4 starter. With his bat, that has a good deal of value. (Caleb Peiffer)
2008-09-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think we will ever see real two-way players in baseball? Especially in the NL, I see real value in having a guy on the bench you can pitch mop up innings and pinch hit reasonably well. Whatever happened to Brooks Kieschnick? As a side note, as someone who has lived in England for a while, I am struck by the similarities between baseball and cricket. Cricket has "all-rounders", guys who can both bowl (ie pitch) and bat OK. Why don't we? (erghammer from DC)	Well, Kieschnick wasn't a really good pitcher, so he was an odd sort of utility player, very useful, but also very rare. Generally speaking, I guess I share the skepticism of the scouting community at large when it comes to how often this can be done, because I think the learning curves involved (mastering pitching to advanced competition, and mastering hitting advanced pitching) is really very hard. I think we have players who are close to it in Micah Owings or Carlos Zambrano, except that in either instance, the question is what they'd do beyond pitching and pinch-hitting; in Owings' case, I think there's some college-level experience playing in the field, but where on the diamond would you put the Big Z? And what would you do when you wound up getting killed because he got hurt in a rundown or running into an outfield wall? Most teams don't want to deal with that kind of media firestorm, even if they were afforded the rare opportunity. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-08-15 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Is there any chance the Reds are considering/will consider making Micah Owings a position player? Would that be a good, mediocre, or miserable idea? (Scott from Ann Arbor, MI)	I really doubt they're considering anything of the sort, nor should they. Owings can be a valuable part of a big-league rotation, but might only make a mediocre first baseman or corner outfielder. It's easier to find a Ben Broussard type than a third or fourth starter. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-06-04 16:00:00 (link to chat)	You said today in your mock draft that teams prefer Hicks as a pitcher - does his bat play in the OF? If so, could he be tried as a two-way player (OF/SP), or is his upside a Micah Owings-type NL starter? (John from SF)	If Hicks never took the mound, we'd be talking about him as a late first-round centerfielder, as the tools are there. You can't develop anyone as a two-way player -- it's a recipe for disaster on both fronts. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-04-25 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, I've watched a number of games involving NL West teams this year. If the Diamondbacks get something from Randy Johnson this year (say, 20 decent-to-good starts), aren't they going to be tough to catch. It seems like the Dodgers and Rockies are going to have a tough time putting up the pitching and the Padres bats just aren't anything to write home about. (squintsp34 from Chicago)	The Snakes are off to a great start, and as I onted atop this week's Hit List, the fact that Micah Owings has been pitching about as well as Brandon Webb and Dan Haren is a big reason why. They started the year with 13 consecutive quality starts between them, and as a whole, the rotation's ERA is still under 3.00. Whether it's Johnson or Doug Davis, if they can get a functional performance from their #4, they'll be very tough to beatn, particularly in a division where the other teams sem content to fall on their faces. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Joe, thanks for the chat. At what point do you start getting Micah Owings some starts in the field? Or starts every day? (jtrichey from Indianapolis)	Never. He's a good pitcher, and not a good enough hitter to play a corner on that team. I would, however, be using him as a PH with alarming frequency. He could get 150 PAs for me. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-02-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Back of the rotation guys for this year John Danks, Micah Owings, or Dontrelle Willis? How about in the future? Possible keeper worthy? (jake1m from Gold Country, CA)	Wow, that's downright Pollock-like in its spread. I'm with the school of thought that Willis will profit from getting out from behind a lousy Marlins defense. I really, really like what Owings could turn into, but part of that is an understandable fascination with the man's hitting. (Christina Kahrl)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Micah Owings threw 6,899 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph). He also rarely threw a Change (82mph).