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| Full name Clarence Bernard Owens |
| Born March 31, 1885, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died November 11, 1949, Chicago, Illinois |
| Buried at Fairmount Willow Hills Park, Worth, Illinois |
| Umpired First Game: September 17, 1908; Umpired Final Game: October 3, 1937 |
| Height: 5' 10" Weight: 200 |
| Ejections: 1912 (6), 1913 (5), 1916 (9), 1917 (12), 1918 (4), 1919 (5), 1920 (4), 1921 (3), 1922 (10), 1923 (3), 1924 (8), 1925 (6), 1926 (1), 1927 (3), 1929 (4), 1930 (1), 1931 (6), 1932 (5), 1933 (2), 1934 (1), 1935 (6), 1936 (3), 1937 (1). Total: 108 |
| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1908 NL Daily 20 12 8 0 0 0 0 1912 NL Daily 125 65 60 0 0 0 0 1913 NL Daily 20 19 1 0 0 0 0 1916 AL Daily 143 74 69 0 0 0 0 1917 AL Daily 152 73 69 0 10 0 0 1918 AL Daily 124 64 60 0 0 0 0 1919 AL Daily 136 69 67 0 0 0 0 1920 AL Daily 112 45 67 0 0 0 0 1921 AL Daily 147 72 70 0 5 0 0 1922 AL Daily 138 66 60 0 12 0 0 1923 AL Daily 151 69 73 0 9 0 0 1924 AL Daily 140 55 63 0 22 0 0 1925 AL Daily 148 57 55 0 36 0 0 1926 AL Daily 160 58 56 0 46 0 0 1927 AL Daily 158 71 65 0 22 0 0 1928 AL Daily 140 49 50 1 40 0 0 1929 AL Daily 147 58 48 0 42 0 0 1930 AL Daily 148 47 48 0 53 0 0 1931 AL Daily 153 53 59 0 41 0 0 1932 AL Daily 152 65 65 0 22 0 0 1933 AL Daily 152 76 61 0 15 0 0 1934 AL Daily 161 83 65 0 14 0 0 1935 AL Daily 143 64 56 0 23 0 0 1936 AL Daily 127 34 37 0 56 0 0 1937 AL Daily 126 48 46 0 32 0 0 Total (25 Years) 3323 1446 1378 1 500 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1918 ML Daily 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 1922 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 1925 ML Daily 7 2 2 1 2 0 0 1928 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1934 ML Daily 7 2 1 2 2 0 0 Total ( 5 Years) 29 7 6 7 9 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1934 ML Daily 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 4-28-1912 BOX PIT N George Gibson Balls and strikes 7- 8-1912 BOX STL N Roger Bresnahan Call at 2B 7-21-1912(2) BOX BRO N Bill Dahlen Call at 3B 8-18-1912(1) BOX PHI N Red Dooin Balls and strikes 8-18-1912(1) BOX PHI N Dode Paskert Balls and strikes 9-17-1912 BOX CHI N Johnny Evers Call at 2B 4-12-1913 BOX STL N Steve Evans Fair/foul call 4-15-1913 BOX STL N Jimmy Whelan Making too much noise 4-15-1913 BOX STL N Possum Whitted Making too much noise 4-18-1913 BOX CIN N Joe Tinker Fair/foul call 4-27-1913 BOX CIN N Tex McDonald Called third strike 5-27-1916 BOX BOS A Sam Agnew Bench jockeying 6-10-1916 BOX BOS A Sam Agnew Bench jockeying 6-30-1916 BOX BOS A Sam Agnew Fighting (Arrested by police) 6-30-1916 BOX WAS A Clark Griffith Intentional HBP non-call 6-30-1916 BOX WAS A George McBride Threw bat after HBP 7-11-1916(1) BOX PHI A Jimmy Walsh Bench jockeying 7-12-1916(2) BOX PHI A Jimmy Walsh Call at 1B 7-27-1916 BOX WAS A John Henry Balls and strikes 8- 4-1916(2) BOX WAS A Nick Altrock Call at 1B Date Team Ejected Reason 5- 7-1917 BOX WAS A George McBride Called third strike 6-12-1917 BOX CLE A Jack Graney Called third strike 6-15-1917 BOX WAS A Clark Griffith Call at 3B 6-23-1917(1) BOX BOS A Babe Ruth Balls and strikes (Struck umpire) 6-23-1917(1) BOX BOS A Pinch Thomas Balls and strikes 8- 7-1917 BOX WAS A Harry Harper Bench jockeying 8- 9-1917 BOX WAS A Eddie Ainsmith Balls and strikes (Flipped bat) 8-18-1917(1) BOX BOS A Jack Barry Balls and strikes 8-18-1917(1) BOX BOS A Dick Hoblitzell Balls and strikes 8-18-1917(1) BOX BOS A Dutch Leonard Balls and strikes 9- 9-1917 BOX CLE A Terry Turner Interference call (Pushed umpire) 9-12-1917(2) BOX DET A Donie Bush Call at 2B 6- 9-1918 BOX CLE A Ray Chapman Call at 1B 6- 9-1918 BOX CLE A Fritz Coumbe Call at 1B 7- 6-1918(2) BOX CHI A Buck Weaver Catch/no catch 7-15-1918 BOX CLE A Bill Wambsganss Called third strike 5-12-1919 BOX NY A Miller Huggins Call at HP (Reversed; struck chest protector) 6- 7-1919 BOX NY A Miller Huggins Arguing batter hit ball twice 6-10-1919 BOX NY A Chick Fewster Bench jockeying 8-14-1919 BOX NY A Carl Mays Balls and strikes (Threw bat) Date Team Ejected Reason 8-22-1919 BOX BOS A Babe Ruth Called third strike 6- 6-1920 BOX BOS A Everett Scott Call at 1B 8- 6-1920 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Call at 3B 8- 8-1920 BOX NY A Lefty O'Doul Bench jockeying 9-17-1920 BOX BOS A Everett Scott Call at 2B 6- 2-1921 BOX DET A Bob Jones Call at 3B 6- 8-1921 BOX PHI A Tillie Walker Called third strike 8- 9-1921(1) BOX DET A Harry Heilmann Balls and strikes 4-15-1922 BOX NY A Miller Huggins Call at HP 4-20-1922 BOX PHI A Doc Johnston Call at HP 5- 6-1922 BOX WAS A Nick Altrock Balk call 5-30-1922(2) BOX STL A Urban Shocker Balls and strikes 5-30-1922(2) BOX STL A Jack Tobin Balls and strikes 7-26-1922 BOX STL A Jimmy Austin Call at 1B 7-27-1922 BOX STL A Dave Danforth Doctored ball (Cut) 7-30-1922 BOX BOS A Hugh Duffy Call at 1B 7-30-1922 BOX BOS A Chick Fewster Call at 1B 9- 6-1922 BOX DET A George Cutshaw Interference non-call 7- 2-1923 BOX BOS A Frank Chance Call at 1B 7-14-1923 BOX WAS A Bucky Harris Call at 1st Date Team Ejected Reason 8-19-1923 BOX NY A Waite Hoyt Call at HP 4-16-1924 BOX STL A Wally Gerber Call at 2B 5-10-1924 BOX CLE A Chick Fewster Balls and strikes 7-16-1924(2) BOX DET A Lu Blue Interference call 7-19-1924(2) BOX DET A Les Burke Balls and strikes (Threw bat) 8-14-1924 BOX CLE A Chick Fewster Call at 1B 8-16-1924 BOX WAS A Tommy Taylor Bench Jockeying 8-18-1924 BOX WAS A Tommy Taylor Call at 1B 9-10-1924 BOX CHI A Johnny Evers Interference call 5-30-1925(2) BOX STL A Bullet Joe Bush Balk call 6-30-1925 BOX NY A Ernie Johnson Bench jockeying 8-24-1925 BOX PHI A Bill Lamar Threw bat 8-26-1925 BOX WAS A Nick Altrock Mimicking umpire in comedy act 8-26-1925 BOX WAS A Bucky Harris Balls and strikes 9-13-1925 BOX CLE A Freddy Spurgeon Balls and strikes 8-11-1926(1) BOX WAS A Bucky Harris Call at 2B 6-28-1927 BOX CHI A Ray Schalk Fair/foul call 9- 1-1927 BOX DET A Heinie Manush Call at HP 9-20-1927(1) BOX BOS A Bill Carrigan Balls and strikes 4-23-1929 BOX STL A Ski Melillo Call at 2B Date Team Ejected Reason 7-24-1929 BOX DET A Harry Rice Catcher's interference non-call 9- 8-1929 BOX DET A Bucky Harris Call at HP 9- 8-1929 BOX DET A Harry Heilmann Call at HP 7- 8-1930(1) BOX NY A Babe Ruth Balls and strikes (from bench) 6- 7-1931 BOX CHI A Lu Blue Called third strike (Flipped bat) 7-20-1931 BOX STL A Sam Gray Fair/foul call 7-20-1931 BOX STL A Red Kress Fair/foul call 7-20-1931 BOX STL A Jim Levey Fair/foul call 8- 1-1931 BOX STL A Benny Bengough Balls and strikes 8- 1-1931 BOX STL A Bill Killefer Balls and strikes 4-19-1932(1) BOX NY A Lyn Lary Call at 2B 5- 2-1932 BOX NY A Bill Dickey Called third strike 5- 7-1932 BOX NY A Babe Ruth Called third strike 6-20-1932 BOX BOS A Marty McManus Call at 1B 6-20-1932 BOX BOS A Rabbit Warstler Call at 1B 5-20-1933 BOX CHI A Ted Lyons Call at 1B 9- 7-1933 BOX NY A Ben Chapman Balls and strikes 7-28-1934(2) BOX CLE A Patsy Gharrity Call at 1B 6-11-1935(1) BOX WAS A Sammy Holbrook Fair/foul call 6-12-1935 BOX WAS A Ossie Bluege Call at HP Date Team Ejected Reason 6-12-1935 BOX WAS A Bucky Harris Call at HP 9-16-1935 BOX WAS A Nick Altrock Call at 1B 9-29-1935(1) BOX STL A Sugar Cain Fighting 9-29-1935(1) BOX CLE A Bill Knickerbocker Fighting 5-28-1936(1) BOX WAS A Bucky Harris Unknown reason 6- 7-1936 BOX CLE A Johnny Allen Bench jockeying 9-13-1936(2) BOX CLE A Roy Weatherly Call at 1B 8- 4-1937 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes
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