| 词条 | Paul Owens (baseball) |
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| name = Paul Owens | team = | position = First baseman / general manager / manager | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|02|07}} | birth_place = Salamanca, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|26|1924|02|07}} | death_place = Woodbury, New Jersey | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = Minor League Baseball | debutyear = 1951 | debutteam = Olean Oilers | finalyear = 1959 | finalteam = Bakersfield Bears | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Games managed | stat1value = 319 | stat2label = Win–loss record | stat2value = 161–158 | stat3label = Winning % | stat3value = .505 | teams =
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}}Paul Francis Owens (February 7, 1924 – December 26, 2003), nicknamed "The Pope", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) front office executive, manager, and scout. Owens had previously played as a first baseman and catcher, as well as managed in Minor League Baseball (MiLB).[1] Philadelphia PhilliesOwens' entire Major League career was spent with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was the general manager and principal architect of the 1980 Phillies, the team’s third club to win a National League (NL) pennant and its first World Series-winner — breaking a 97-year streak of futility dating to the team's founding in {{baseball year|1883}}. Owens was general manager of the Phillies from June 3, {{baseball year|1972}}, through the end of {{baseball year|1984}}, and twice (1972; 1983–84) added the title of field manager to his job description. In {{baseball year|1983}}, he took the managerial reins of the Phillies in mid-season and led them to their fourth pennant, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the 1983 World Series. Playing careerNicknamed "The Pope" because of his resemblance to Pope Paul VI, [2] Owens was born in Salamanca, New York, and attended St. Bonaventure University. Owens' professional playing career began in 1951 at the relatively advanced age of 27. Prior to 1951, Owens had spent the first several years of his baseball career with the Salamanca Merchants (a still extant team) in what was then the Suburban League, the local Town Team Baseball circuit.[3] Owens played exclusively at the lower ends of the minor leagues, with his active career largely centered in his native western New York. A first baseman who batted and threw right-handed, he twice (1951 and 1957) batted .407 with the Olean Oilers of the Class D PONY League (now the New York–Penn League) and set a league record by hitting safely in 38 consecutive games in 1951. During his relatively brief playing career, Owens compiled a lifetime average of .374.[1] Managerial and front office careerIn 1955, Owens was named Olean's playing manager; the following year, the Oilers became a Phillies' affiliate and Owens moved into their organization. In 1958–59, he managed Class C Bakersfield of the California League. He then became a scout, and, in {{baseball year|1966}}, director of the entire Philadelphia farm system. On June 3, 1972, he replaced John Quinn as the Phillies' general manager. Then, five weeks later, on July 10, Owens fired manager Frank Lucchesi and assumed that job as well, to get a closer (if temporary) look at the last-place Phillies' on-field struggles. He then returned to the front office and proceeded to turn the Phils into pennant contenders within three seasons. His farm system, one of the most productive in the game at the time, bore fruit—yielding players such as Mike Schmidt, Greg Luzinski, Bob Boone, Larry Bowa and Dick Ruthven. In addition, Owens aggressively swung trades to add missing pieces such as relief pitcher Tug McGraw and outfielders Garry Maddox and Bake McBride. The Phils won the NL East in {{Baseball year|1976}}–{{Baseball year|1977}}–{{baseball year|1978}}—each time falling short in the National League Championship Series. Two NL pennants and the Phils' first world championship (1979–84)Owens thought he added the final piece in {{baseball year|1979}} when he signed free agent Pete Rose, but the Phils stumbled and finished fourth. In 1980, under manager Dallas Green, the Phillies beat Houston in an intense NLCS and then defeated the Kansas City Royals for the team's first world championship. On July 18, {{baseball year|1983}}, Owens again decided to don a uniform and run the Phillies from the dugout as well as from the front office. He fired manager Pat Corrales—even though Philadelphia was in first place at the time, albeit just one game over .500—and led the club to 47 wins in 77 games. They then defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the NLCS to win the Phillies' fourth pennant. During the World Series, the Phils lost to Baltimore in five games. Owens returned to managing in {{baseball year|1984}}, but the results were disappointing. The Phillies played only .500 ball and finished fourth, 15½ games behind the division champ Chicago Cubs. Life-long PhillieOwens was relieved of both his GM and managing jobs during the off-season, but remained with the Phillies as a senior advisor and special scout until his death, in 2003, at age 79 in Woodbury, New Jersey. For the 2004 season, the Phillies wore a patch on their right shoulder featuring a banner reading "Pope" in honor of Owens, and a shamrock in honor of former relief pitcher Tug McGraw, who had also died that winter. His career managing record was 161–158 (.505). Honors
Footnotes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=owens-001pau|title=Paul Owens Minor Leagues Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=March 25, 2019}} 2. ^USA Today obituary 3. ^Reader remembers Salamanca's Paul Owens. Olean Times Herald (November 30, 2015). Retrieved December 2, 2015. References
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