Bob Powell (baseball)
| Bob Powell | |
|---|---|
| Pinch runner | |
| Born: October 17, 1933 Flint, Michigan, U.S. | |
| Died: April 26, 2014 (aged 80) Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 16, 1955, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 20, 1957, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Games played | 2 |
| Runs scored | 1 |
| Teams | |
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Robert Leroy "Bob" Powell (October 17, 1933 – April 26, 2014), identified by his middle name on baseball cards as Leroy Powell,[1] was an American professional baseball player. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
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After seeing Powell throw batting practice for his teammates, 1955–1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion converted him into a pitcher. Powell spent the latter half of the 1956 season serving in the U.S. military, then returned to the White Sox roster for the start of 1957, when he made his final MLB appearance. Chicago was able to send him to the minor leagues later in 1957, but Powell struggled as a pitcher in the Class A Western League — although he batted over .300 in 1957[4] — and left baseball after the 1958 season.
See also
References
- ^ Baseballbytheletters.blogspot.com
- SABRBaseball Biography Project
- ^ Retrosheet
- ^ Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Bob Powell at the SABR Baseball Biography Project