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2 unusual facts about Spike Owen


Spike Owen

In 1994 he hit a career-high .310 in 82 games for the Angels, basically as an infield backup and eventually as a DH.

In 2003, the Spike Owen Memorial Ballpark in Bay Village, Ohio and the site of several games of MLB Showdown, a card game created by Wizards of the Coast, was named after him by Michael Eller, a former Bay Village resident who is both a fan of Owen and an avid Showdown player.



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