Spike Dee Owen (born April 19, 1961) is an American former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners (1983–86), Boston Red Sox (1986–88), Montreal Expos (1989–92), New York Yankees (1993) and California Angels (1994–95). He made his major league debut on June 25, 1983. In his 13 seasons in the majors, he hit for a .246 batting average with 46 home runs and 439 RBIs in 1544 games. Career Player A switch-hitter, Owen attended the University of Texas in Austin; he played college baseball for the Longhorns and was the All-Tournament Team shortstop in the 1982 College World Series. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the first round (sixth overall) of the 1982 amateur draft. Owen started out in Double-A in Massachusetts with the Lynn Sailors of the Eastern League; the following year he was in Triple-A in Utah with the Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). In his major league debut in 1983 on Saturday, June 25, Owen led off the bottom of the first inning in the Kingdome with a single off of Jim Gott of the Toronto Blue Jays; Seattle won 5–2 to snap an eight-game losing streak. On July 13, he hit his first big league home run against Boston Red Sox reliever Doug Bird at Fenway Park, a solo shot to right in the ninth inning and the final run scored in a 6–3 win. In 1986, he was named team captain of the Mariners. On August 19, Owen and center fielder Dave Henderson were traded to the Red Sox for Rey Quiñones, Mike Trujillo, Mike Brown, and a player to be named later. In his third game with the Red Sox, he tied a major league record with six runs scored in a game. In the American League Championship Series, he hit .429 as the BoSox upended the California Angels in seven games. In the World Series, he hit .300 as Boston lost to the New York Mets in seven games. On December 8, 1988, the Red Sox traded Owen to the Montreal Expos for pitcher John Dopson and shortstop Luís Rivera. In 1990, he set a National League record with 63 consecutive errorless games at shortstop. Despite hitting only .234, he showed some decent power with 24 doubles, 5 triples and 5 home runs among his 106 hits. Patience at the plate was