Smoky Owens
| Smoky Owens | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher/ Outfielder | |
| Born: 1912 Manning, South Carolina U.S. | |
| Died: September 7, 1942 (aged 29–30) Geneva, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right[1] | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1939, for the Cleveland Bears | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1942, for the Cincinnati Clowns | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Raymond "Smoky" Owens (1912 – September 7, 1942) was an American professional baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1939 to 1942 with the Cleveland Bears, St. Louis Stars, and the Cincinnati Clowns. He was selected to the second 1939 East-West All-Star Game. Owens died in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Ulysses Brown also died, while Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were also injured.[2]
References
- ↑ Defender staff (June 7, 1941). "Jacksonville Depends on Them". The Chicago Defender. p. 29. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1942 deaths
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Alabama
- Cincinnati Clowns players
- Cleveland Bears players
- Negro league baseball ERA champions
- Negro league baseball wins champions
- Road incident deaths in Ohio
- St. Louis Stars (baseball) players
- Negro league baseball pitcher, 1910s birth stubs
- American baseball pitcher, 1910s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball outfielder, 1910s birth stubs
- American baseball outfielder, 1910s birth stubs