Doc Powers
[edit] Biography
Doc Powers (Michael Riley Powers) was born on September 22, 1870 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on June 12, 1898 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1899, his rookie year, he hit .217 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Powers played for the Louisville Colonels, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics and New York Highlanders over the course of his 11 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| 34
| 99
| 13
| 27
| 1
| 19
| .273
| .308
| .404
| 4
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| 14
| 38
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .263
| .282
| .316
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| 49
| 169
| 15
| 35
| 0
| 22
| .207
| .239
| .278
| 8
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 63
| 207
| 18
| 45
| 0
| 25
| .217
| .247
| .285
| 10
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| 116
| 431
| 53
| 108
| 1
| 47
| .251
| .292
| .341
| 26
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| 71
| 246
| 35
| 65
| 2
| 39
| .264
| .312
| .325
| 7
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| PHI
| A
| 75
| 247
| 19
| 56
| 0
| 23
| .227
| .242
| .279
| 11
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| PHI
| A
| 57
| 184
| 11
| 35
| 0
| 11
| .190
| .220
| .207
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| 21
| 60
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .167
| .180
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| 19
| 61
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 5
| .131
| .172
| .131
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| NY
| A
| 11
| 33
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .182
| .206
| .212
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| 51
| 154
| 11
| 24
| 0
| 12
| .156
| .182
| .162
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| 58
| 185
| 5
| 29
| 0
| 7
| .157
| .170
| .162
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| 59
| 159
| 9
| 29
| 0
| 9
| .182
| .217
| .201
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 62
| 172
| 8
| 31
| 0
| 7
| .180
| .217
| .227
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 97
| 306
| 31
| 72
| 1
| 44
| .235
| .266
| .324
| 14
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 550
| 1782
| 152
| 378
| 3
| 155
| .212
| .245
| .259
| 58
| 8
| 60
| 0
| 17
| 49
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 647
| 2088
| 183
| 450
| 4
| 199
| .216
| .248
| .268
| 72
| 13
| 72
| 0
| 18
| 60
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| C
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 17
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| C
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| C
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 118
| 27
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| C
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 155
| 39
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| C
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 400
| 137
| 27
| 6
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| C
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 110
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1903
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1903
| PHI
| A
| C
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 349
| 86
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1904
| PHI
| A
| C
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 338
| 52
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1904
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| C
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 27
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| 1905
| PHI
| A
| C
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1905
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1905
| NY
| A
| C
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| C
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 217
| 49
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| C
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 299
| 79
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1906
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| PHI
| A
| C
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 313
| 80
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| C
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 303
| 74
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1908
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| PHI
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 284
| 17
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 594
| 0
| 0
| 2670
| 724
| 124
| 44
| 0
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Louisville Colonels to Washington Senators (September 16, 1899).
- Obtained from league by Indianapolis (American) (March, 1900).
- Loaned to New York Highlanders by Philadelphia Athletics (July 13, 1905).
- Returned to Philadelphia Athletics (August 7, 1905).
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