Chris Owings

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Chris Owings
Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 16
Shortstop
Born: (1991-08-12) August 12, 1991 Charleston, South Carolina
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 2013 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Batting average	.291
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	5
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2013–present)

Christopher Scott Owings (born August 12, 1991) is a professional baseball shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.

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]

Owing started the 2012 season with the High-A Visalia Rawhide, 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]

Owing spent the 2013 season with the Triple A Reno Aces, 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.

References

↑ "D-backs load up on bats in Draft". Arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
↑ White, Neil. "Top S.C. draftee Owings reaches deal with D-Backs". Thestate.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
↑ "Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Chris Owings works on offensive game". Azcentral.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
↑ "Arizona Diamondbacks' Matt Davidson, Chris Owings wait their turn". Azcentral.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
↑ de St. Aubin, Kyndra (September 3, 2013). "D-backs manager says Chris Owings deserves to be with the team". Arizona Sports. Retrieved September 3, 2013.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

2009 Major League Baseball Draft First Round Selections

v t e Arizona Diamondbacks first-round draft picks

1996: Bierbrodt 1997: Cust 1998: None 1999: Myers, Daigle 2000: None 2001: Bulger 2002: Santos 2003: Jackson, Quentin 2004: Drew 2005: Upton, Torra 2006: Scherzer, Brown 2007: Parker, Roemer, Easley 2008: Schlereth, Miley 2009: Borchering, Pollock, Davidson, Owings, Belfiore 2010: Loux 2011: Bauer, Bradley 2012: Trahan 2013: Shipley

Pacific Coast League MVP Award

1927: O'Doul
1928: none
1929: none
1930: none
1931: none
1932: Statz
1933: Newsom
1934: Demaree
1935: J. DiMaggio
1936: Ludolph
1937: Garibaldi
1938: Hutchinson
1939: D. DiMaggio
1940: Archie
1941: Terry
1942: Pafko
1944: Scarsella
1945: Joyce
1946: Scarsella
1947: Lupien
1948: Graham
1949: Noren
1950: Metkovich
1951: Rivera
1952: Lindell
1953: Long
1954: J. Phillips
1955: Bilko
1956: Bilko
1957: Bilko
1958: Averill
1959: Hall
1960: Davis
1961: D. Phillips
1962: Gonder
1963: Cowan
1964: Pérez
1965: Roberts
1966: Josephson
1967: Joseph
1968: Hicks
1969: Doyle
1970: Valentine
1971: Hutton
1972: Paciorek
1973: none
1974: Robson
1975: none
1976: none
1977: none
1978: none
1979: none
1980: Lewallyn
1981: Marshall
1982: Kittle
1983: McReynolds
1984: Sánchez
1985: Tartabull
1986: Pyznarski
1987: Campbell
1988: Alomar
1989: Alomar
1990: Offerman
1991: Martinez
1992: Salmon
1993: Mouton
1994: Ashley
1995: Wall
1996: Mintz
1997: Konerko
1998: Hatcher
1999: Murray
2000: Ortiz
2001: Hiatt
2002: Quinlan
2003: Koonce
2004: Johnson
2005: Green
2006: McClain
2007: Soto
2008: Cruz
2009: Ruiz
2010: Arencibia
2011: LaHair
2012: Eaton
2013: Owings

v t e Arizona Diamondbacks current roster

Active roster	1 Didi Gregorius 2 Aaron Hill 4 Cliff Pennington 7 Cody Ross 8 Gerardo Parra 9 Tuffy Gosewisch 11 A. J. Pollock 12 Eric Chavez 14 Martín Prado 15 Mark Trumbo 16 Chris Owings 17 Alfredo Marte 19 Tony Campana 26 Miguel Montero 27 Matt Tuiasosopo 28 Alex Sanabia 29 Brad Ziegler 30 David Hernandez 32 Brandon McCarthy 35 Trevor Cahill 36 Wade Miley 38 Will Harris 40 J. J. Putz 43 Addison Reed 44 Paul Goldschmidt 45 Matt Reynolds 46 Patrick Corbin 47 Joe Paterson 48 Randall Delgado 52 Zeke Spruill 54 Joe Thatcher 55 Josh Collmenter 56 Eury De La Rosa 58 Bo Schultz 61 Chase Anderson 63 Ender Inciarte 77 Charles Brewer 81 Marcos Mateo 82 Santos Rodriguez

Coaching staff	Manager 23 Kirk Gibson Bench 3 Alan Trammell First base -- Dave McKay Third base 53 Glenn Sherlock Hitting -- Turner Ward Pitching -- Mike Harkey Bullpen -- Mel Stottlemyre, Jr. Bullpen catcher 82 Jeff Motuzas

Persondata
Name	Owings, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	August 12, 1991
Place of birth	Charleston, South Carolina
Date of death
Place of death

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