Walter Owens

Biography

Walter Owens (August 19, 1933 – September 20, 2020) was a pitcher and outfielder who played in Negro league baseball. He batted and threw right handed. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Owens grew up in Detroit, where he played on three high school city baseball champions and received a scholarship from the Western Michigan University. In there, he played basketball and track and field and became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in May 1954. During the summer months while at college, Owens played for the Detroit Stars of the Negro American League in a three-season span from 1953 to 1955. At that time, he was forced to use an alias in order to keep his college amateur eligibility. In one game of those summers, Owens hit a single and struck out in two at-bats while facing the legendary Satchel Paige.

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