Micah Owings. Others?

[dgarza]

I know this is an anomaly, but I'm wonder if there have been others...

Micah Owings is a full-time pitcher. He has never played any other position in the majors.
Yet his pWAR is completely dwarfed by his batting WAR:
WAR = 3.2
pWAR = 0.2

Has there ever been another pitcher like this?

[GiambiJuice]

Doc Crandall came pretty darned close.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Owings career batting line:

219 PA, .283/.310/.502, 9 HR, 35 RBI, 14 doubles, 2 triples, 27 R, 8 BB, 72 K

Owings can mash.

[dgarza]

Doc Crandall came pretty darned close.

He must have been used as a pinch hitter pretty often.

[Freakshow]

First name that came to mind, among recent players, was Tim Lollar. Sure enough:

WAR = 3.1
pWAR = 1.8

After doing a bit of searching, I also found Blue Moon Odom

WAR = 3.4
pWAR = 0.2

Also ran across Brandon Backe, who I've never heard of. Probably many others you could find with short careers like his.

[willshad]

what about Wes Ferrell?

[dgarza]

what about Wes Ferrell?

Looking for pitchers whose batting is more valuable than their own pitching.

Ferrell was a good batter, but most of his value still came from pitching.

[dgarza]

I also found Blue Moon Odom

WAR = 3.4
pWAR = 0.2

Wow. I had assumed Odom was a better pitcher than this. Maybe it was just the name that sparkled.

[willshad]

Wow. I had assumed Odom was a better pitcher than this. Maybe it was just the name that sparkled.

You probably thought he was better because he actually had a few very good seasons, and was an all star two years in a row. Unfortunately he was terrible outside of those few seasons. He had 8 (!) seasons out of 12 with either 0 or negative WAR totals, just based on his pitching