- #
- 17
- Name
- Connor Owings
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- Infield
- Opening Day Age
- 29
- Birthplace
- Leesville, SC
- Birthdate
- 5/11/1994
- Draft
- 34th Round, 2016, Diamondbacks
- B/T
- L/R
- Ht
- 5-10
- Wt
- 190
- Current Team
- Rockers
- Past Teams
- Gastonia Baseball Club, Legends
STATUS
• Acquired in a trade from the Lexington Legends on 2/27/24.
CAREER NOTES
• In 2023, was one of just two players in the Atlantic League (joining Andretty Cordero of Lancaster) to rank in the top 10 in the league in RBI (92), hits (131) and doubles (34).
• Was a Dean’s List student at Coastal Carolina and a three-year member of the Big South Presidential Honor Roll . . .
2023
• Was traded from the Lake Erie Crushers to the Lexington Counter Clocks on 2/20/23 . . . Hit .272 with 22 homers and 92 RBI for Lexington… Ranked sixth in the ALPB with 92 RB and ninth with 131 hits . . . No. 3 in the Atlantic League with 34 doubles and T-3rd with five triples . . . Third with 61 extra base hits and fifth in the loop with 241 total bases… IHad a two-HR game vs. Charleston on 6/25/23… Drove in a season-high five runs at SMD on 8/26/23… Had eight 3-hit nights and 39-multi-hit games… Homered on opening day vs. York . . . Had an 11-game hitting streak from 5/6/23 until 5/18/23 . . . Had an on-base streak of 23 straight games between 6/21/23 and 7/15/23 . . . Signed with Culiacan of the Mexican Pacific Winter League, appearing in 10 games with a .194 average . . . Was Lexington’s everyday third baseman with occasional trips to left field . . .
2022
• Started the 2022 season with Gastonia with a one-for-11 performance before moving to the Lake Erie Crushers of the Frontier League where he hit .321 with 18 homes and 64 RBI in 87 games . . . Signed with Perth in the Australian League for the 2022-23 season, appearing in 11 games with a .267 average, 1 homer and three RBI . . .
2021
• Returned to baseball with Gateway, hitting .190 with 10 homers and 38 RBI . . .
2019
• Joined the Gateway Grizzlies in 2019 and hit .265 with 12 homers and 52 RBI
2018
• Missed the 2018 season after undergoing kidney transplant surgery on 2/28/18 . . . Received a kidney from his mother, Sherri . . . Suffered from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis which caused his left kidney to never develp and overworked his right kidney . . . NBA players Sean Elliott and Alonzo Mourning also suffered from the same condition
2017
• Split the season between Arizona’s A- Hillsboro and A Kane County, hitting a combined .202 with one HR and 11 RBI . . .
2016
• As a senior at Coastal Carolina, hit .352 with 16 homers and 57 RBI . . . Helped the Chanticleers win the College World Series . . . After dropping the Championship Series opener to Arizona, Coastal battled back to win the next two games including a 4-3 win the the final . . . Also posted wins over Texas Tech and TCU in the College World Series . . . Advanced to the CWS by winning the LSU Super Regional with a 2-0 sweep of the Tigers . . . Named All-Big South for the third time . . .
Began is provessional at A- Hillsboro, hitting .175 with a homer and eight RBI in 26 games . . .
2015
• Second team All-Big South pick as a utility player . . . Led the Big South with 45 walks . . . Named Big South Player of the Week during a stretch in which Coastal defeated #28 Georgia Tech, NC State, Canisius and Albany . . .
2014
• Was first team All-Big South as a sophomore and a member of the Big South All-Tournament team aftger batting .538 with five RBI, four runs scored and two doubles… Was the only Chanticleer to play all 57 games in 2014 . . . Led the team with a .326 batting average, 14 doubles, four homers and 34 RBI . . .
2013
• Played in 37 games as a freshman at Coastal Carolina
2011
• Named Class 2A All-State as a junior after hitting .415 with 27 stolen bases and a .510 on-base percentage
2009
• Played quarterback for the Gilbert Indians as a sophomore
PERSONAL
• Has an older brother Chris who has played in the Major Leagues since 2013 . . . Has spent time with Arizona, Kansas City, Boston, Colorado, Baltimore and was in Pittsburgh in 2023 . . .