Owens was a member of the inaugural Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993. He split four seasons between the Rockies and their top farm team, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, playing his final MLB game on September 28, 1996. After spending the entire 1997 season with the Sky Sox, he became a free agent, returning to the Twins organization to start 1998. He moved to the Cincinnati Reds system partway through the season, spending the rest of 1998 and all of 1999 with their organization before retiring.
Following his playing career, Owens remained with the Reds organization as a minor league coach and manager. In his first season as a manager, he guided the Stockton Ports to the California League championship. The next season, he managed the Potomac Cannons, then spent four seasons as the manager of the minor league Chattanooga Lookouts, with his last season coming in 2007. He has a daughter named Grace, a son named Walker, and a wife named Jennifer.
Owens has Cherokee heritage from his paternal grandmother,[2] and his middle name "Jayhawk" reflects this.[1][2] During his college career and the early days of his professional career, he was simply listed on rosters as "J. Owens", until the story of his name was discovered by a member of the media.[1] Since then, he has used "Jayhawk" as his preferred form of address.[1]
Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Jayhawk Owens at Baseball Almanac
ReferencesEdit
^ abcdeHarding, Thomas. "Where Have You Gone, Jayhawk Owens?", MLB.com, April 24, 2002.
^ abc"BROWN MAY MAKE MOVE TO CLIPPERS", The Lawrence Journal-World, April 15, 1996.
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jayhawk, owens, owens, redirects, here, blind, american, blues, guitarist, singer, songwriter, owens, musician, claude, born, february, 1969, american, former, major, league, baseball, catcher, played, four, seasons, majors, from, 1993, 1996, colorado, rockies. Jay Owens redirects here For the blind American blues guitarist singer and songwriter see Jay Owens musician Claude Jayhawk Owens II 1 2 born February 10 1969 1 is an American former Major League Baseball catcher He played four seasons in the majors from 1993 to 1996 all for the Colorado Rockies Jayhawk OwensCatcherBorn 1969 02 10 February 10 1969 age 54 Cincinnati Ohio U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutJune 6 1993 for the Colorado RockiesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 28 1996 for the Colorado RockiesMLB statisticsBatting average 232Home runs11Runs batted in36TeamsColorado Rockies 1993 1996 A graduate of Glen Este High School in Cincinnati Owens played college baseball at Middle Tennessee State University He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft and began his professional career that season with the Kenosha Twins After playing two more seasons in their organization he was left unprotected in the 1992 expansion draft where he was selected by the Rockies with the 23rd pick Owens was a member of the inaugural Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993 He split four seasons between the Rockies and their top farm team the Colorado Springs Sky Sox playing his final MLB game on September 28 1996 After spending the entire 1997 season with the Sky Sox he became a free agent returning to the Twins organization to start 1998 He moved to the Cincinnati Reds system partway through the season spending the rest of 1998 and all of 1999 with their organization before retiring Following his playing career Owens remained with the Reds organization as a minor league coach and manager In his first season as a manager he guided the Stockton Ports to the California League championship The next season he managed the Potomac Cannons then spent four seasons as the manager of the minor league Chattanooga Lookouts with his last season coming in 2007 He has a daughter named Grace a son named Walker and a wife named Jennifer Owens has Cherokee heritage from his paternal grandmother 2 and his middle name Jayhawk reflects this 1 2 During his college career and the early days of his professional career he was simply listed on rosters as J Owens until the story of his name was discovered by a member of the media 1 Since then he has used Jayhawk as his preferred form of address 1 External links Edit Baseball portalCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors Jayhawk Owens at Baseball AlmanacReferences Edit a b c d e Harding Thomas Where Have You Gone Jayhawk Owens MLB com April 24 2002 a b c BROWN MAY MAKE MOVE TO CLIPPERS The Lawrence Journal World April 15 1996 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jayhawk Owens amp oldid 1169944953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
