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From 1941 to 1944, Owen averaged 46 RBI a season for the Dodgers and played for the Brooklyn team that faced the New York Yankees in the 1941 World Series.

During that championship season, he set a record for most errorless fielding chances by a catcher with 508 perfect attempts and finished with a. 995 average.

Ironically, Owen earned a place in baseball lore for a costly error that he committed during the 1941 World Series.

The Yankees held a 2-games-to-1 lead entering Game 4 at the Dodgers ' home field, Ebbets Field, but with 2 outs in the top of the ninth inning and the count 3 – 2 on the Yankees ' Tommy Henrich, the Dodgers led 4 – 3.

Henrich swung and missed at strike 3 which would have been the final out of the game, but the ball eluded Owen and Henrich made it safely to first base.

The Yankees then went on to rally to score four runs in that inning and win the game 7 – 4.

Instead of the series being tied up at 2 the victory gave the Yankees a 3 – 1 lead in the series and, the next day, New York beat the Dodgers 3 – 1 in Game 5 and won the World Championship.

The Dodgers didn ’ t get back to the World Series until 1947 and didn ’ t win the series until 1955.