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Mickey Owen

Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (died 2005)

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Born
April 4, 1916
Died
July 13, 2005
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1916

About Mickey Owen

Arnold Malcolm "Mickey" Owen was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played as a catcher for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball between 1937 and 1954 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. Considered an outstanding defensive catcher, his career was nonetheless marred by a crucial error that he committed during the 1941 World Series. He returned to the Ozarks and founded the Mickey Owen Baseball School on Route 66 near Miller, Missouri, in 1959. During 1941 National League season, he set a then-record for most consecutive errorless fielding chances by a catcher (508) and finished with a.995 fielding average. The Yankees then rallied and scored four runs in the remainder of the inning and won the game 7–4. The next day, they beat the Dodgers 3–1 in Game 5 and won the World Championship.

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Mickey Owen timeline

  1. During 1941 National League season, he set a then-record for most consecutive errorless fielding chances by a catcher (508) and finished with a.995 fielding average.
  2. He returned to the Ozarks and founded the Mickey Owen Baseball School on Route 66 near Miller, Missouri, in 1959.

The world when Mickey Owen was born

Mickey Owen was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mickey Owen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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