John Powers (MLB)

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Full Name: John Calvin Powers	Primary Position: OF,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: September 24, 1955
Birthdate: July 8, 1929	Final Game: May 31, 1960
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 25, 2001
Deathplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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John Powers (John Calvin Powers) was born on July 8, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on September 24, 1955 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Powers played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	PIT	N	2	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	PIT	N	11	21	0	1	0	0	.048	.091	.048	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2
1957	PIT	N	20	35	7	10	2	8	.286	.409	.543	3	0	5	9	3	0	0	0	0
1958	PIT	N	57	82	6	15	2	2	.183	.256	.268	1	0	8	19	0	0	0	0	3
1959	CIN	N	43	43	8	11	2	4	.256	.319	.488	2	1	3	13	1	0	0	0	0
1960	CLE	A	8	12	2	2	0	0	.167	.286	.417	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
1960	BAL	A	10	18	3	2	0	0	.111	.238	.111	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	TOT	A	18	30	5	4	0	0	.133	.257	.233	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		133	185	21	38	6	14	.205	.285	.346	6	1	17	45	4	0	0	0	5
Total	AL		18	30	5	4	0	0	.133	.257	.233	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total			151	215	26	42	6	14	.195	.281	.330	7	2	22	48	4	0	0	0	6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	PIT	N	OF	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	PIT	N	OF	5	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	RF	4	3	28.1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	LF	4	3	38	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	OF	8	6	66.1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1958	PIT	N	OF	14	12	104	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	PIT	N	RF	12	11	89	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	PIT	N	LF	3	1	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CIN	N	OF	5	2	22.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CIN	N	LF	4	1	13.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CIN	N	RF	1	1	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	OF	5	1	20	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	RF	3	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	LF	3	1	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	BAL	A	OF	4	4	28	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1960	BAL	A	RF	4	4	28	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1960	TOT	A	OF	9	5	48	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1960	TOT	A	RF	7	4	34	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
Total			2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	24	19	160.1	45	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.979
Total			LF	14	6	80.1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	43	25	240.2	71	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.986

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1949).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton and Frank Thomas to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak (January 30, 1959).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles (December 15, 1959).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Baltimore Orioles (May 12, 1960).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Hank Foiles (June 2, 1960).

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