Dennis Powell
Dennis Clay Powell
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 13, 1963 in Moultrie, GA
High School: Colquitt County (Colquitt County, GA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1985
Final Game: August 11, 1993
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1985 21 LAD NL 1 1 .500 5.22 16 2 6 0 0 1 29.1 30 19 17 7 13 3 19 1 0 3 133 66 1.466 9.2 2.1 4.0 5.8 1.46
1986 22 LAD NL 2 7 .222 4.27 27 6 5 0 0 0 65.1 65 32 31 5 25 7 31 1 2 7 272 81 1.378 9.0 0.7 3.4 4.3 1.24
1987 23 SEA AL 1 3 .250 3.15 16 3 1 0 0 0 34.1 32 13 12 3 15 0 17 0 0 0 147 151 1.369 8.4 0.8 3.9 4.5 1.13
1988 24 SEA AL 1 3 .250 8.68 12 2 1 0 0 0 18.2 29 20 18 2 11 2 15 2 0 0 95 48 2.143 14.0 1.0 5.3 7.2 1.36
1989 25 SEA AL 2 2 .500 5.00 43 1 9 0 0 2 45.0 49 25 25 6 21 0 27 2 0 1 201 81 1.556 9.8 1.2 4.2 5.4 1.29
1990 26 TOT AL 0 4 .000 7.02 11 7 2 0 0 0 42.1 64 40 33 0 21 0 23 2 0 2 214 55 2.008 13.6 0.0 4.5 4.9 1.10
1990 26 SEA AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 44 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
1990 26 MIL AL 0 4 .000 6.86 9 7 1 0 0 0 39.1 59 37 30 0 19 0 23 1 0 2 197 56 1.983 13.5 0.0 4.3 5.3 1.21
1992 28 SEA AL 4 2 .667 4.58 49 0 11 0 0 0 57.0 49 30 29 5 29 2 35 3 0 2 243 86 1.368 7.7 0.8 4.6 5.5 1.21
1993 29 SEA AL 0 0 4.15 33 2 7 0 0 0 47.2 42 22 22 7 24 2 32 1 0 2 197 106 1.385 7.9 1.3 4.5 6.0 1.33
8 Seasons 11 22 .333 4.95 207 23 42 0 0 3 339.2 360 201 187 35 159 16 199 12 2 17 1502 80 1.528 9.5 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.25
162 Game Avg. 3 7 .333 4.95 61 7 12 0 0 1 100 106 59 55 10 47 5 59 4 1 5 444 80 1.528 9.5 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.25
SEA (6 yrs) 8 10 .444 4.77 155 8 30 0 0 2 205.2 206 113 109 23 102 6 126 9 0 5 900 89 1.498 9.0 1.0 4.5 5.5 1.24
LAD (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.56 43 8 11 0 0 1 94.2 95 51 48 12 38 10 50 2 2 10 405 76 1.405 9.0 1.1 3.6 4.8 1.32
MIL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.86 9 7 1 0 0 0 39.1 59 37 30 0 19 0 23 1 0 2 197 56 1.983 13.5 0.0 4.3 5.3 1.21
AL (6 yrs) 8 14 .364 5.11 164 15 31 0 0 2 245.0 265 150 139 23 121 6 149 10 0 7 1097 82 1.576 9.7 0.8 4.4 5.5 1.23
NL (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.56 43 8 11 0 0 1 94.2 95 51 48 12 38 10 50 2 2 10 405 76 1.405 9.0 1.1 3.6 4.8 1.32

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 21 LAD NL 16 133 114 19 30 3 0 7 0 0 13 19 .263 .341 .474 .815 .258 54 4 1 4 1 3
1986 22 LAD NL 27 272 239 32 65 11 0 5 4 6 25 31 .272 .341 .381 .722 .293 91 9 1 5 2 7
1987 23 SEA AL 16 147 128 13 32 7 0 3 0 1 15 17 .250 .324 .375 .699 .264 48 2 0 2 2 0
1988 24 SEA AL 12 95 80 20 29 6 1 2 0 0 11 15 .363 .442 .538 .980 .415 43 5 2 0 2 2
1989 25 SEA AL 43 201 172 25 49 6 1 6 3 1 21 27 .285 .364 .436 .800 .303 75 4 2 3 3 0
1990 26 MIL AL 9 197 173 37 59 10 3 0 6 1 19 23 .341 .405 .434 .839 .388 75 2 1 2 2 0
1990 26 SEA AL 2 17 14 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 .357 .471 .571 1.042 .357 8 0 1 0 0 0
1990 26 TOT AL 11 214 187 40 64 11 4 0 7 1 21 23 .342 .410 .444 .854 .386 83 2 2 2 2 0
1992 28 SEA AL 49 243 206 30 49 13 0 5 3 3 29 35 .238 .340 .374 .714 .265 77 7 3 5 0 2
1993 29 SEA AL 33 197 165 22 42 7 0 7 4 3 24 32 .255 .349 .424 .773 .273 70 10 1 5 2 2
8 Seasons 207 1502 1291 201 360 64 6 35 21 15 159 199 .279 .360 .419 .779 .303 541 43 12 26 14 16
162 Game Avg. 61 444 382 59 106 19 2 10 6 4 47 59 .279 .360 .419 .779 .303 160 13 4 8 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1985 21 LAD NL 16 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 38 37 6 4 0 2 3.5 6.0 4.0
1986 22 LAD NL 27 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 2 33% 47 77 21 14 4 2 1 2.5 1.6 4.6
1987 23 SEA AL 16 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 2 67% 47 54 42 14 2 1 0 6.0 3.2 5.9
1988 24 SEA AL 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 33 31 9 3 0 1 7.0 10.3 3.3 55 2 0 0 0 68
1989 25 SEA AL 43 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 24 6 1 0 3.0 0.0 4.0 64 1 0 0 0 64
1990 26 TOT AL 11 7 0 4 3 0 1 0 7 .000 1 1 0 0 1 14% 54 16 12 4 0 3 3.3 3.6 5.2 86 3 1 3 0 110
1990 26 MIL AL 9 7 0 4 3 0 1 0 7 .000 1 1 0 0 1 14% 38 54 16 12 4 0 3 3.3 3.6 5.2 86 3 1 3 0 110
1993 29 SEA AL 33 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 45 45 44 23 7 0 1 2.8 1.8 5.0 71 1 1 0 0 84
7 Seasons 156 23 1 13 9 0 3 3 20 .130 1 4 0 0 5 22% 41 77 16 102 30 4 8 3.7 3.3 4.8 77 7 2 3 0 110
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 21 LAD NL 16 14 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 3 38% 7 0.793 2 3 9 2 2 10 5 9 8 4 8 2 4.6
1986 22 LAD NL 27 21 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 16 4 25% 7 0.960 5 4 12 3 6 12 9 12 12 7 13 5 5.4
1987 23 SEA AL 16 13 1 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 1 12 3 25% 8 0.908 7 1 5 4 3 6 8 5 5 7 6 2 3.8
1988 24 SEA AL 12 10 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 40% 6 0.780 3 2 5 1 2 7 6 4 4 4 5 4 3.6 25
1989 25 SEA AL 43 42 9 2 1 2 2 0 100% 12 7 36 10 28% 8 0.888 14 12 15 16 6 20 22 20 12 20 15 6 2.9 16
1990 26 TOT AL 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.893 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.5 35
1990 26 SEA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.026 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 33
1990 26 MIL AL 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.968 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.5 37
1992 28 SEA AL 49 49 11 4 2 0 0 0 8 6 50 6 12% 7 0.983 17 11 20 15 5 29 27 22 19 18 23 8 3.5 18
1993 29 SEA AL 33 31 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 30 9 30% 8 0.879 15 7 9 15 2 14 17 14 11 17 12 8 3.6 18
8 Seasons 207 184 42 10 9 4 3 1 75% 39 26 162 39 24% 0.903 63 40 79 57 26 101 94 90 73 78 84 35 3.7 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1985 21 LAD NL 133 79% 5.3% 14.3% 9.8% 7.5% 33% 1.65 67% 28 4 14%
1986 22 LAD NL 272 74% 1.8% 11.4% 9.2% 5.9% 25% 1.37 75% 49 9 18%
1987 23 SEA AL 147 65% 2.0% 11.6% 10.2% 6.8% 31% 0.50 75% 25 2 8%
1988 24 SEA AL 95 63% 2.1% 15.8% 11.6% 9.5% 31% 0.91 1.41 68% 27% 9.5% 36% 33 5 15%
1989 25 SEA AL 201 64% 3.0% 13.4% 10.5% 6.5% 27% 0.80 1.02 71% 18% 9.2% 20% 42 4 10%
1990 26 TOT AL 214 79% 0.0% 10.8% 9.8% 7.0% 23% 0.85 1.49 78% 26% 0.0% 8% 52 2 4%
1990 26 SEA AL 17 88% 0.0% 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 40% 0.56 1.25 82% 29% 0.0% 22% 3 0 0%
1990 26 MIL AL 197 78% 0.0% 11.7% 9.6% 6.6% 22% 0.88 1.51 77% 25% 0.0% 6% 49 2 4%
1992 28 SEA AL 243 68% 2.1% 14.4% 11.9% 7.4% 37% 0.82 1.22 68% 19% 6.0% 11% 47 7 15%
1993 29 SEA AL 197 63% 3.6% 16.2% 12.2% 7.1% 33% 1.21 2.30 65% 17% 13.0% 11% 42 10 24%
8 Seasons 1502 70% 2.3% 13.3% 10.6% 7.0% 29% 0.90 1.28 71% 21% 6.6% 15% 318 43 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 SEA AL 95 356 3.75 217 61% 28% 17% 24% 31% 72% 4% 44% 76% 60% 13% 12 8 25% 24 14 1 27% 2 2 0 0 0
1989 25 SEA AL 197 710 3.60 423 60% 23% 16% 26% 35% 76% 0% 45% 79% 60% 4% 8 4 21% 42 14 2 15% 1 4 4 0 3
1990 26 TOT AL 214 742 3.47 457 62% 23% 15% 26% 37% 77% 0% 48% 81% 58% 6% 12 7 19% 40 22 8 13% 3 4 0 0 0
1990 26 SEA AL 17 66 3.88 37 56% 32% 3% 27% 38% 68% 0% 38% 96% 59% 18% 3 2 29% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 MIL AL 197 676 3.43 420 62% 22% 16% 25% 37% 78% 0% 49% 79% 58% 5% 9 5 18% 35 19 7 13% 3 4 0 0 0
1992 28 SEA AL 243 900 3.70 527 59% 25% 16% 25% 33% 75% 2% 44% 78% 51% 8% 20 7 16% 38 26 3 26% 5 11 0 0 0
1993 29 SEA AL 197 709 3.60 409 58% 27% 16% 23% 34% 73% 3% 42% 79% 55% 9% 18 10 14% 28 16 3 22% 7 6 0 0 0
5 Seasons 946 3417 3.61 2033 59% 25% 16% 25% 34% 75% 2% 45% 79% 56% 7% 70 36 18% 172 92 17 21% 18 27 4 0 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1985 21 LAD NL 133 30 7 0 1 7 0 6 1 5 2 0 40% 5 3 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1986 22 LAD NL 272 65 5 1 7 4 1 3 2 19 9 1 47% 3 7 0 95 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1987 23 SEA AL 147 32 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 3 0 100% 2 0 0 70 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1988 24 SEA AL 95 29 4 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 18 12 2 67% 2 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 25 SEA AL 201 49 5 0 6 1 9 2 4 5 1 16 10 0 63% 0 1 2 79 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1990 26 TOT AL 214 64 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 9 5 50% 5 2 0 98 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1990 26 SEA AL 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 MIL AL 197 59 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 9 5 50% 5 2 0 89 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1992 28 SEA AL 243 49 16 1 5 0 13 3 2 2 3 13 6 3 46% 2 2 1 92 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1993 29 SEA AL 197 42 5 0 7 0 7 6 1 5 2 17 7 1 41% 2 2 1 71 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
8 Seasons 1502 360 36 2 35 2 46 26 9 22 13 109 58 12 53% 21 17 5 617 21 15 58% 18 12 3 2 0 1 3 1 53 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1985 21 1 1 .500 5.22 16 2 6 0 0 1 29.1 30 19 17 7 13 3 19 1 0 3 133 66 1.466 9.2 2.1 4.0 5.8 1.46 66
1986 22 3 8 .273 4.56 43 8 11 0 0 1 94.2 95 51 48 12 38 10 50 2 2 10 405 76 1.405 9.0 1.1 3.6 4.8 1.32 76
1987 23 4 11 .267 4.19 59 11 12 0 0 1 129.0 127 64 60 15 53 10 67 2 2 10 552 91 1.395 8.9 1.0 3.7 4.7 1.26 91
1988 24 5 14 .263 4.75 71 13 13 0 0 1 147.2 156 84 78 17 64 12 82 4 2 10 647 81 1.490 9.5 1.0 3.9 5.0 1.28 81
1989 25 7 16 .304 4.81 114 14 22 0 0 3 192.2 205 109 103 23 85 12 109 6 2 11 848 81 1.505 9.6 1.1 4.0 5.1 1.28 81
1990 26 7 20 .259 5.21 125 21 24 0 0 3 235.0 269 149 136 23 106 12 132 8 2 13 1062 75 1.596 10.3 0.9 4.1 5.1 1.25 75
1991 27 7 20 .259 5.21 125 21 24 0 0 3 235.0 269 149 136 23 106 12 132 8 2 13 1062 75 1.596 10.3 0.9 4.1 5.1 1.25 75
1992 28 11 22 .333 5.09 174 21 35 0 0 3 292.0 318 179 165 28 135 14 167 11 2 15 1305 77 1.551 9.8 0.9 4.2 5.1 1.24 77
1993 29 11 22 .333 4.95 207 23 42 0 0 3 339.2 360 201 187 35 159 16 199 12 2 17 1502 80 1.528 9.5 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.25 80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1985 21 1 2 .333 6.11 28.0 33 21 19 8 14 18 1 1.679 10.6 4.5 5.8 1.29 2.6 16
1986 22 2 4 .333 5.34 59.0 68 39 35 5 26 28 1 1.593 10.4 4.0 4.3 1.08 0.8 27
1987 23 2 1 .667 2.91 34.0 31 12 11 3 15 17 0 1.353 8.2 4.0 4.5 1.13 0.8 16
1988 24 0 1 .000 9.50 18.0 29 21 19 2 11 14 2 2.222 14.5 5.5 7.0 1.27 1.0 12
1989 25 1 3 .250 5.44 43.0 50 29 26 6 21 26 2 1.651 10.5 4.4 5.4 1.24 1.3 43
1990 26 1 3 .250 7.90 41.0 67 40 36 0 22 22 2 2.171 14.7 4.8 4.8 1.00 0.0 11
1992 28 2 3 .400 5.26 53.0 51 34 31 5 30 33 3 1.528 8.7 5.1 5.6 1.10 0.8 49
1993 29 2 2 .500 4.50 44.0 41 24 22 7 23 30 1 1.455 8.4 4.7 6.1 1.30 1.4 33
8 Seasons 11 19 .367 5.60 320.0 370 220 199 36 162 188 12 1.663 10.4 5.3 1.16 1.0 207

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