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Boog Powell Boog Powell
Full name: John Wesley Powell
Born: August 17, 1941, Lakeland, Florida
First Game: September 26, 1961; Final Game: August 24, 1977
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 4.5" Weight: 230
Step-brother of Carl Taylor
AL MVP (1970)
TSN AL Comeback Player of the Year (1966 and 1975)
1B on TSN AL All-Star Team (1966 and 1968 to 1970)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1961 BAL A Daily Splits    4    13    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .077  .077  .077  -0.4 1961 BAL A
1962 BAL A Daily Splits  124   400   44   97  13   2  15   53   38   5   79   2   0   1   0   4  14    1   1  .243  .311  .398  -1.1 1962 BAL A
1963 BAL A Daily Splits  140   491   67  130  22   2  25   82   49   8   87   0   3   5   0   5  12    1   2  .265  .328  .470   0.5 1963 BAL A
1964 BAL A Daily Splits  134   424   74  123  17   0  39   99   76   6   91   2   2   2   0   5   9    0   0  .290  .399  .606   4.7 1964 BAL A
1965 BAL A Daily Splits  144   472   54  117  20   2  17   72   71  13   93   4   3   6   0   7   7    1   1  .248  .347  .407   0.6 1965 BAL A
1966 BAL A Daily Splits  140   491   78  141  18   0  34  109   67   9  125   1   3   3   0   3   8    0   4  .287  .372  .532   2.3 1966 BAL A
1967 BAL A Daily Splits  125   415   53   97  14   1  13   55   55   5   94   2   1   4   0   2   6    1   3  .234  .324  .366  -1.1 1967 BAL A
1968 BAL A Daily Splits  154   550   60  137  21   1  22   85   73  12   97   3   3   5   0  11  12    7   1  .249  .338  .411   0.7 1968 BAL A
1969 BAL A Daily Splits  152   533   83  162  25   0  37  121   72  10   76   1   1   8   0   9  18    1   1  .304  .383  .559   3.2 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A Daily Splits  154   526   82  156  28   0  35  114  104  18   80   5   0   8   0   2  14    1   1  .297  .412  .549   3.8 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A Daily Splits  128   418   59  107  19   0  22   92   82  11   64   4   0   5   0   0  10    1   0  .256  .379  .459   1.5 1971 BAL A
1972 BAL A Daily Splits  140   465   53  117  20   1  21   81   65  14   92   4   1   4   0   8  13    4   0  .252  .346  .434   0.7 1972 BAL A
1973 BAL A Daily Splits  114   370   52   98  13   1  11   54   85  10   64   0   4   5   0   5  11    0   2  .265  .398  .395   1.3 1973 BAL A
1974 BAL A Daily Splits  110   344   37   91  13   1  12   45   52  10   58   0   3   3   0   1  15    0   1  .265  .358  .413   1.0 1974 BAL A
1975 CLE A Daily Splits  134   435   64  129  18   0  27   86   59   5   72   1   1   6   0   6   5    1   3  .297  .377  .524   2.0 1975 CLE A
1976 CLE A Daily Splits   95   293   29   63   9   0   9   33   41   3   43   0   2   7   0   1  10    1   1  .215  .305  .338  -0.9 1976 CLE A
1977 LA  N Daily Splits   50    41    0   10   0   0   0    5   12   1    9   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .415  .244  -0.1 1977 LA  N
Total NL                  50    41    0   10   0   0   0    5   12   1    9   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .415  .244  -0.1 Total NL        
Total AL                1992  6640  889 1766 270  11 339 1182  989 139 1217  29  27  72   0  69 164   20  21  .266  .360  .463  18.8 Total AL        
Total            Splits 2042  6681  889 1776 270  11 339 1187 1001 140 1226  29  27  72   0  69 164   20  21  .266  .361  .462  18.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 BAL A Daily Splits    3    13    2    5   0   0   1    1    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .385  .467  .615 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A Daily Splits    3    14    2    6   2   0   1    6    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .429  .429  .786 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A Daily Splits    3    10    4    3   0   0   2    3    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .462  .900 1971 BAL A
1973 BAL A Daily Splits    1     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 BAL A
1974 BAL A Daily Splits    2     8    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .125  .125  .125 1974 BAL A
Total            Splits   12    49    9   15   2   0   4   11    5   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   3    0   0  .306  .370  .592 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1966 BAL A Daily Splits    4    14    1    5   1   0   0    1    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .357  .357  .429 1966 BAL A
1969 BAL A Daily Splits    5    19    0    5   0   0   0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .263  .300  .263 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A Daily Splits    5    17    6    5   1   0   2    5    5   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .294  .455  .706 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A Daily Splits    7    27    1    3   0   0   0    1    1   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .138  .111 1971 BAL A
Total            Splits   21    77    8   18   2   0   2    7    7   0   10   0   1   1   0   0   3    0   0  .234  .294  .338 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1968 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1968 AL   
1969 AL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .250 1969 AL   
1970 AL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1970 AL   
Total            Splits    3     9    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .111  .111 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1961 BAL A Daily  OF    3    3    2    26       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
1961 BAL A        LF    3    3    2    26       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1962 BAL A Daily  OF  112  112   60   884     184    1    6    0   0  .969   112    0    0 
1962 BAL A        LF  112  112   60   884     185    1    6    0   0  .969
1962 BAL A        1B    1    1    1     8      10    0    0    0   0 1.000
1963 BAL A Daily  OF  121  121   72   984.2   181    6    6    1   0  .969   121    0    1 
1963 BAL A        LF  121  121   72   984.1   187    6    6    1   0  .970
1963 BAL A        1B   23   14   11   137.2   135   12    3   10   0  .980
1963 BAL A        RF    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1964 BAL A Daily  OF  124  115   62   961     178   13    5    1   0  .974   124    0    0 
1964 BAL A        LF  124  115   62   961     188   12    5    1   0  .976
1964 BAL A        1B    5    4    4    40      45    6    0    5   0 1.000
1965 BAL A Daily  1B   78   58   56   561     538   52    5   50   0  .992
1965 BAL A        LF   71   70   38   574.2   121    1    0    0   0 1.000
1965 BAL A        OF   71   70   38   574.2   120    1    0    0   0 1.000    71    0    0 
1966 BAL A Daily  1B  136  132  118  1154.1  1094   68   13   96   0  .989
1967 BAL A Daily  1B  114  109  104   975.1   903   64   14   82   0  .986
1968 BAL A Daily  1B  149  149  143  1319    1293   79   14  102   0  .990
1969 BAL A Daily  1B  144  141  122  1233.1  1192   84    7  105   1  .995
1970 BAL A Daily  1B  145  143  132  1269.2  1209   89   10  107   0  .992
1971 BAL A Daily  1B  124  114  109  1027.1  1031   67    5   97   0  .995
1972 BAL A Daily  1B  133  128  112  1112.2  1116   70   15  111   0  .988
1973 BAL A Daily  1B  111  104   86   916.2   988   77   12   95   0  .989
1974 BAL A Daily  1B  102   94   82   832     866   61    4  102   0  .996
1974 BAL A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1975 CLE A Daily  1B  122  111  102   994.1   997   69    3   92   0  .997
1975 CLE A        DH    5    4    3                                      -
1976 CLE A Daily  1B   89   83   73   736     698   61   10   76   0  .987
1977 LA  N Daily  1B    4    1    1    15      15    0    1    1   0  .938
Total             1B 1480 1386 1256 12332.1 12130  859  116 1131   1  .991
Total             LF  431  421  234  3430     684   20   17    2   0  .976
Total             OF  431  421  234  3430.1   666   21   17    2   0  .976   431    0    1 
Total             DH    6    4    3                                      -
Total             RF    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0     -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1969 BAL A Daily  1B    3    3    3    32      34    0    0    2   0 1.000
1970 BAL A Daily  1B    3    3    3    27      24    1    0    3   0 1.000
1971 BAL A Daily  1B    3    3    3    27      28    2    0    3   0 1.000
1973 BAL A Daily  1B    1    1    1     9       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1974 BAL A Daily  1B    2    2    2    18      22    1    0    1   0 1.000
Total             1B   12   12   12   113     115    4    0    9   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1966 BAL A Daily  1B    4    4    4    36      27    1    0    3   0 1.000
1969 BAL A Daily  1B    5    5    5    43      46    2    1    3   0  .980
1970 BAL A Daily  1B    5    5    5    45      38    2    0    3   0 1.000
1971 BAL A Daily  1B    7    7    7    61      52    4    1    1   0  .982
Total             1B   21   21   21   185     163    9    2   10   0  .989
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1968 AL    Daily  1B    1    0    0     5.1     2    0    0    1   0 1.000
1969 AL    Daily  1B    1    1    1     9       9    1    0    0   0 1.000
1970 AL    Daily  1B    1    1    0     6       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             1B    3    2    1    20.1    16    1    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1959).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Don Hood to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dave
Duncan and Al McGrew (February 25, 1975).

Released by Cleveland Indians (March 30, 1977).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 5, 1977).

Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 31, 1977).


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