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Jack Powell

Birthdate:

7/9/1874

Died:

10/17/1944

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 195 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Bloomington, IL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Early Baseball HIstory - Jack Powell, a muscular 5-ft, 11-inch, 195-pounder, won 246 lifetime games in 16 major league seasons, mostly with second division clubs. He pitched over 300 innings six times, and over 200 nine other years. The redheaded mound master threw a sidearm, dancing legal spitball which Ty Cobb rated as 'one of the hardest to hit'. Powell posted four seasons of over 20 wins - 23 in 1898... 23 in 1899... 21 in 1902... 23 in 1904. He led the NL with 6 shutouts in 1898... led in games started with 43 and 40 completed in 1899... led with 45 appearances in 1901. After he jumped to the newly formed American League he also led the AL three times in shutouts with 4 in 1903, 4 in 1907 and 4 in 1909 all while pitching for the St Louis Browns. Powell and BoBo Newsom are the only pitchers in baseball history to win more than 200 games and finished with losing lifetime records. John Powell career stats: 246-253 W/L, 2.97 ERA, 577 Games, 517 GS, 424 GC, 4,319 hits in 4,388 innings, 47 Shutouts... Born in Bloomington, Illinois on 7/9/1874. Copyright 2003 baseballhistorian.com

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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1897	CLV (NL)	27	26	15	10	0	24	2	225.0	245	117	79	2	62	0	61	3	9	1	3.16
1898	CLV (NL)	42	41	23	15	0	36	6	342.0	328	154	114	8	112	0	93	6	16	0	3.00
1899	STL (NL)	48	43	23	19	0	40	2	373.0	433	197	146	15	85	0	87	3	15	0	3.52
1900	STL (NL)	38	37	17	16	0	28	3	287.2	325	194	142	9	77	0	77	3	3	0	4.44
1901	STL (NL)	45	37	19	19	3	33	2	338.1	351	168	133	14	50	0	133	9	12	0	3.54
1902	SLB (AL)	42	39	22	17	2	36	3	328.1	320	144	117	12	93	0	137	9	9	0	3.21
1903	SLB (AL)	38	34	15	19	2	33	4	306.1	294	131	99	11	58	0	169	6	6	0	2.91
1904	NYY (AL)	47	45	23	19	0	38	3	390.1	340	154	106	15	92	0	202	12	10	0	2.44
1905	NYY (AL)	37	23	8	13	1	13	1	203.0	214	107	79	4	57	0	84	5	6	0	3.50
1905	SLB (AL)	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	28.0	22	6	5	0	5	0	12	0	1	0	1.61
1906	SLB (AL)	28	26	13	14	1	25	3	244.0	196	77	48	2	55	0	132	5	8	0	1.77
1907	SLB (AL)	32	31	13	16	1	27	4	255.2	229	104	76	4	62	0	96	1	5	1	2.68
1908	SLB (AL)	33	32	16	13	1	23	5	256.0	208	73	60	1	47	0	85	0	6	0	2.11
1909	SLB (AL)	34	27	12	16	3	18	4	239.0	221	83	56	1	42	0	82	2	4	0	2.11
1910	SLB (AL)	21	18	7	11	0	8	3	129.1	121	45	33	0	28	0	52	1	1	0	2.30
1911	SLB (AL)	31	27	8	19	1	18	1	207.2	224	120	76	7	44	0	52	2	7	0	3.29
1912	SLB (AL)	32	27	9	17	0	19	0	235.1	248	117	81	5	52	0	67	5	3	0	3.10
17 years		578	516	245	254	15	422	46	4389.0	4319	1991	1450	110	1021	0	1621	72	121	2	2.97

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1897	CLV (NL)	28	97	10	20	1	0	0	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	.206	.260	SLG
1898	CLV (NL)	42	136	15	18	3	1	0	9	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.132	.197	SLG
1899	STL (NL)	49	134	13	27	0	1	1	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.201	.267	SLG
1900	STL (NL)	38	109	15	31	4	4	1	12	10	0	3	0	0	1	4	0	.284	.350	SLG
1901	STL (NL)	45	119	14	21	3	1	2	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	.176	.222	SLG
1902	SLB (AL)	44	127	15	26	9	0	1	15	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.205	.268	SLG
1903	SLB (AL)	40	120	6	25	5	1	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.208	.240	SLG
1904	NYY (AL)	47	146	11	26	3	2	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.178	.195	SLG
1905	NYY (AL)	37	65	4	12	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.232	SLG
1905	SLB (AL)	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	SLG
1906	SLB (AL)	28	91	5	21	2	0	1	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.231	.263	SLG
1907	SLB (AL)	32	91	5	12	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.132	.194	SLG
1908	SLB (AL)	33	89	3	21	3	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.236	.244	SLG
1909	SLB (AL)	34	78	3	14	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.179	.190	SLG
1910	SLB (AL)	21	43	2	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.163	.182	SLG
1911	SLB (AL)	32	73	3	12	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.164	.187	SLG
1912	SLB (AL)	32	82	8	15	2	1	1	7	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.183	.239	SLG
17 years		585	1610	133	309	38	14	8	124	87	0	3	0	0	7	50	0	.192	.237	.SLG

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