Dennis Powell Explained

Dennis Powell
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Left
Birth Date:13 August 1963
Birth Place:Moultrie, Georgia, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:July 7
Debutyear:1985
Debutteam:Los Angeles Dodgers
Debut2league:NPB
Debut2date:April 2
Debut2year:1995
Debut2team:Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:August 11
Finalyear:1993
Finalteam:Seattle Mariners
Final2league:NPB
Final2date:October 6
Final2year:1995
Final2team:Kintetsu Buffaloes
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:11–22
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:4.95
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:199
Stat2league:NPB
Stat21label:Win–loss record
Stat21value:2–7
Stat22label:Earned run average
Stat22value:3.67
Stat23label:Strikeouts
Stat23value:54
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Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.[1]

Powell was undrafted and unrecruited out of Colquitt County High School and, after graduating, got a job on an ice truck to help support his mother and three brothers while playing semi-pro baseball in Albany, Georgia. It was not until his second season that he attracted the attention of scouts and was given a signing bonus of $3,000 to join the Los Angeles Dodgers ; he had been making $150 per week on the ice truck .[2]

He played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or parts of eight seasons (–). Powell also played one season for the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in .

One of Powell's brothers and a nephew died in a car accident in April 1989 in Georgia and two more of his brothers died in a car accident only a few months later in January 1990 on U.S. Route 319 in Georgia.[3]

As a big league hitter, Powell had three hits — all doubles — in 17 at bats (since he played mostly in the American League, during the designated hitter era), for a .176 batting average. The fact that all three of Powell’s hits were two-baggers ties him with Earl Hersh and Verdo Elmore for the most hits in a major league career in which all the player’s hits were doubles.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Friend . Tom . Brock Gets Wish; Dodgers Get Young L.A. Sends First Baseman to Brewers for Leary; Powell to Seattle . Los Angeles Times . 11 Dec 1986 . Sports . 1.
  2. News: Bowers . Harley . Still some secrets . 28 June 2023 . . 18 September 1985 . 1D.
  3. News: Mariners reliever Powell gets tragic news from Georgia home . 28 June 2023 . . 24 January 1990 . 70.