Claude Jayhawk Owens II[1][2] (born February 10, 1969)[1] is an American former Major League Baseball catcher.

A graduate of Glen Este High School in Cincinnati, Owens played college baseball at Middle Tennessee State University.

Owens was a member of the inaugural Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993.

He split four seasons between the Rockies and their top farm team, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, playing his final MLB game on September 28, 1996.

After spending the entire 1997 season with the Sky Sox, he became a free agent, returning to the Twins organization to start 1998.