Boog Powell
John Wesley Powell
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 17, 1941 in Lakeland, FL
High School: Key West (Key West, FL)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1961
Final Game: August 24, 1977
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 BAL AL 19 LF 3 3 26.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -23.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 0 1.04 1.00 .967 2.01 1.63
1961 BAL AL 19 OF 3 3 26.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -23.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 0 1.04 1.00 .967 2.25 1.97
1962 BAL AL 20 LF 112 112 883.1 192 185 1 6 0 .969 0.7 1.0 1.7 -0.9 2.6 -1 1.90 1.66 .976 2.01 1.61
1962 BAL AL 20 OF 112 112 883.1 191 184 1 6 0 .969 0.7 1.0 1.7 -0.9 2.6 -1 1.88 1.65 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 BAL AL 20 1B 1 1 8.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 11.25 10.00 .990 9.45 8.80
1963 BAL AL 21 LF 121 121 984.1 199 187 6 6 1 .970 -2.9 -3.5 -3.9 -0.7 -3.3 1 1.76 1.60 .976 1.90 1.57
1963 BAL AL 21 OF 121 121 984.2 193 181 6 6 1 .969 -2.9 -3.5 -3.9 -0.7 -3.3 1 1.71 1.55 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 BAL AL 21 1B 23 14 137.2 150 135 12 3 10 .980 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 9.61 6.39 .990 9.48 8.59
1963 BAL AL 21 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
1964 BAL AL 22 LF 124 115 961.0 205 188 12 5 1 .976 0.6 0.7 -2.4 1.1 -3.5 3 1.87 1.61 .975 1.81 1.46 MVP-11
1964 BAL AL 22 OF 124 115 961.0 196 178 13 5 1 .974 0.6 0.7 -2.4 1.1 -3.5 3 1.79 1.54 .980 2.04 1.79 MVP-11
1964 BAL AL 22 1B 5 4 40.0 51 45 6 0 5 1.000 0.9 27.0 0.9 1.0 -0.1 0 11.48 10.20 .990 9.43 8.12 MVP-11
1965 BAL AL 23 1B 78 58 561.0 595 538 52 5 50 .992 1.8 3.9 2.8 4.4 -1.6 -1 9.47 7.56 .991 9.56 7.88
1965 BAL AL 23 LF 71 70 574.2 122 121 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 3.8 1.8 -1.9 3.6 0 1.91 1.72 .979 1.87 1.49
1965 BAL AL 23 OF 71 70 574.2 121 120 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 3.8 1.8 -1.9 3.6 0 1.90 1.70 .978 2.04 1.78
1966 BAL AL 24 1B 136 132 1154.1 1175 1094 68 13 96 .989 -2.6 -2.7 -2.6 -5.7 3.1 0 9.06 8.54 .991 7.80 7.35 MVP-3
1967 BAL AL 25 1B 114 109 975.1 981 903 64 14 82 .986 -7.4 -9.1 -6.4 -1.0 -5.4 -1 8.92 8.48 .991 9.23 8.32
1968 BAL AL 26 1B 149 149 1319.0 1386 1293 79 14 102 .990 -3.8 -3.5 -3.8 -1.2 -2.6 0 9.36 9.21 .989 6.82 6.71 AS,MVP-21
1969 BAL AL 27 1B 144 141 1233.1 1283 1192 84 7 105 .995 8.1 7.9 7.1 -0.4 7.4 1 9.31 8.86 .992 7.30 6.94 AS,MVP-2
1970 BAL AL 28 1B 145 143 1269.2 1308 1209 89 10 107 .992 -2.3 -2.2 -2.3 -0.3 -2.1 0 9.20 8.95 .991 7.09 6.90 AS,MVP-1
1971 BAL AL 29 1B 124 114 1027.1 1103 1031 67 5 97 .995 4.6 5.4 4.6 2.0 2.6 0 9.62 8.85 .992 8.76 8.06 AS
1972 BAL AL 30 1B 133 128 1112.2 1201 1116 70 15 111 .988 -4.1 -4.4 -4.1 1.9 -6.1 0 9.59 8.92 .991 8.09 7.52
1973 BAL AL 31 1B 111 104 916.2 1077 988 77 12 95 .989 -1.5 -2.0 -1.5 -0.4 -1.1 0 10.46 9.59 .992 9.82 8.27
1974 BAL AL 32 1B 102 94 832.0 931 866 61 4 102 .996 0.2 0.3 0.2 -1.1 1.3 0 10.03 9.09 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 BAL AL 32 DH 1
1975 CLE AL 33 1B 121 111 994.1 1069 997 69 3 92 .997 -0.5 -0.6 0.5 -0.6 1.1 -1 9.65 8.81 .990 9.05 8.26 MVP-20
1975 CLE AL 33 DH 5 MVP-20
1976 CLE AL 34 1B 89 83 736.0 769 698 61 10 76 .987 -3.0 -4.9 -3.0 -3.2 0.2 0 9.28 8.53 .992 9.85 8.88
1977 LAD NL 35 1B 4 1 15.0 16 15 0 1 1 .938 -0.7 -56.0 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 0 9.00 3.75 .994 9.90 8.30
16 Seasons 1B 1479 1386 12332.1 13105 12130 859 116 1131 .991 -11.2 -1.1 -9.2 -5.0 -4.5 -2 9.48 8.78 .991 8.40 7.69
5 Seasons LF 431 421 3429.1 721 684 20 17 2 .976 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -2.2 -1.3 3 1.85 1.63 .976 1.90 1.54
5 Seasons OF 431 421 3429.2 704 666 21 17 2 .976 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -2.2 -1.3 3 1.80 1.59 .980 2.11 1.86
2 Seasons DH 6
1 Season RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
17 Seasons TOT 1910 1807 15762.0 13809 12796 880 133 1133 .990 -11.5 -0.9 -12.5 -7.2 -5.8 3 -2 7.81 7.16 .981 7.03 6.37
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 BAL AL 19 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0
1962 BAL AL 20 124 113 124 124 0 0 1 0 0 0 112 0 0 112 11 0
1963 BAL AL 21 140 135 140 140 0 0 23 0 0 0 121 0 1 121 3 0
1964 BAL AL 22 134 119 134 134 0 0 5 0 0 0 124 0 0 124 14 0
1965 BAL AL 23 144 128 144 144 0 0 78 0 0 0 71 0 0 71 13 1
1966 BAL AL 24 140 132 140 140 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 BAL AL 25 125 109 125 125 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1968 BAL AL 26 154 149 154 154 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1969 BAL AL 27 152 141 152 152 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1970 BAL AL 28 154 143 154 154 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1971 BAL AL 29 128 114 128 128 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 BAL AL 30 140 128 140 140 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1973 BAL AL 31 114 104 114 111 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1974 BAL AL 32 110 94 110 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1975 CLE AL 33 134 115 134 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 0
1976 CLE AL 34 95 83 95 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 LAD NL 35 50 1 50 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
17 Seasons 2042 1811 2042 1967 0 0 1480 0 0 0 431 0 1 431 4 196 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 BAL AL 20 48 42% 79% 23% 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BAL AL 21 607 60% 75% 24% 36 97% 0 129 10 118 2 13 12 12 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1964 BAL AL 22 161 49% 82% 30% 15 100% 0 45 6 38 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
1965 BAL AL 23 2350 61% 76% 25% 130 96% 0 539 36 495 8 43 48 37 8 0 0 5 1 4 0 3 51 0 0 1 46 1 5 0 5 18 100%
1966 BAL AL 24 4953 63% 75% 26% 262 93% 2 1091 77 1000 14 105 66 44 17 0 1 13 2 11 0 8 98 2 0 3 92 4 6 2 4 19 95%
1967 BAL AL 25 4224 63% 74% 24% 194 94% 0 898 38 849 11 86 62 49 7 2 4 14 1 13 0 6 82 0 0 0 72 0 10 4 6 20 100%
1968 BAL AL 26 5561 57% 74% 25% 284 94% 0 1288 66 1195 29 132 85 52 17 1 6 14 6 8 0 7 103 3 0 2 93 6 8 2 6 16 88%
1969 BAL AL 27 5099 65% 77% 25% 293 96% 5 1182 107 1052 24 98 88 58 13 4 8 7 2 5 0 4 107 3 1 1 98 6 9 0 8 15 100%
1970 BAL AL 28 5372 66% 77% 24% 284 96% 2 1201 105 1087 10 96 88 63 11 1 6 10 3 7 0 5 109 2 2 0 99 4 10 3 7 32 94%
1971 BAL AL 29 4343 66% 80% 27% 214 96% 0 1036 72 956 8 80 66 43 11 1 6 5 1 4 0 1 100 0 1 0 90 2 9 2 7 10 90%
1972 BAL AL 30 4553 66% 79% 26% 225 94% 1 1118 59 1043 16 92 72 48 12 1 4 15 1 13 1 11 115 1 0 1 100 2 14 4 10 16 94%
1973 BAL AL 31 3895 64% 80% 28% 189 93% 0 987 49 926 13 62 77 53 13 1 3 12 2 10 0 8 97 2 1 3 86 4 11 2 9 17 100%
1974 BAL AL 32 3614 68% 81% 27% 160 94% 1 862 44 802 16 64 59 36 5 2 4 4 0 4 0 3 102 0 2 1 93 5 9 2 6 17 94%
1975 CLE AL 33 4459 61% 77% 25% 196 97% 0 995 38 955 2 98 66 44 10 0 7 3 1 2 0 1 91 1 1 0 80 1 11 2 9 13 100%
1976 CLE AL 34 3242 56% 77% 25% 166 93% 0 700 32 664 4 70 59 44 11 0 2 10 0 9 1 6 76 2 3 0 72 5 4 0 4 17 88%
1977 LAD NL 35 70 56% 81% 29% 3 67% 0 15 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 52551 63% 77% 26% 2651 95% 11 12095 740 11203 158 1044 853 588 135 13 52 116 21 93 2 65 1147 16 11 12 1035 40 108 23 83 211 95%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 BAL AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 102 63% 84% 35% 9 33%
1962 BAL AL 20 6 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 32 25 0 19 4 0 8 7 0 5 0 0 15 15 0 79 51 64.6% 28 0 0.0% 1 3844 59% 76% 28% 363 51%
1963 BAL AL 21 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 4 30 24 0 25 4 1 13 9 0 7 2 0 14 13 0 89 52 58.4% 36 1 1.1% 5 4226 63% 77% 27% 374 51%
1964 BAL AL 22 5 0 5 0 2 12 0 4 4 3 34 29 1 34 6 2 25 14 1 8 3 0 17 16 0 118 68 57.6% 46 4 3.4% 8 4114 61% 76% 27% 445 45%
1965 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 8 0 15 3 0 9 7 0 8 3 0 10 10 0 56 31 55.4% 25 0 0.0% 1 2442 61% 77% 26% 242 51%
5 Seasons 17 0 17 0 4 20 0 8 4 7 111 87 1 93 17 3 55 37 1 28 8 0 56 54 0 343 203 59.2% 135 5 1.5% 15 14728 61% 77% 27% 1433 49%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 BAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 50% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 50% 0
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.1% 61% 77% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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