Smoky Owens

Smoky Owens
Smoky Owens
	Pitcher
	Born: 1912; Alabama
	Died: September 7, 1942; Geneva, Ohio
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1939, for the Cleveland Bears
Last appearance
	1942, for the Cincinnati Clowns
Teams
	Cleveland Bears (1939–1940); St. Louis Stars (1939–1940); Cincinnati Clowns (1941–1942);

Raymond "Smoky" Owens (1912 - September 7, 1942) was an American baseball pitcher 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.[1]

References

Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads

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