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Hosken Powell

Hosken Powell

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 14, 1955 in Selma, AL
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1978
Teams (by GP): Twins/BlueJays 1978-1983

Final Game: July 1, 1983
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 23 MIN AL 121 437 381 55 94 20 2 3 31 11 5 45 31 .247 .323 .333 .657 84 127 5 0 7 4 1 *9
1979 24 MIN AL 104 380 338 49 99 17 3 2 36 5 1 33 25 .293 .360 .379 .739 97 128 9 3 5 1 1 9/7D
1980 25 MIN AL 137 523 485 58 127 17 5 6 35 14 3 32 46 .262 .312 .355 .666 78 172 14 3 3 0 2 *9
1981 26 MIN AL 80 284 264 30 63 11 3 2 25 7 4 17 31 .239 .286 .326 .612 72 86 6 1 1 1 0 97/D
1982 27 TOR AL 112 280 265 43 73 13 4 3 26 4 4 12 23 .275 .304 .389 .692 82 103 4 0 0 3 2 9D/7
1983 28 TOR AL 40 89 83 6 14 0 0 1 7 2 0 5 8 .169 .213 .205 .418 14 17 1 0 0 1 0 9/73D
6 Yrs 594 1993 1816 241 470 78 17 17 160 43 17 144 164 .259 .314 .349 .663 80 633 39 7 16 10 6
162 Game Avg. 162 544 495 66 128 21 5 5 44 12 5 39 45 .259 .314 .349 .663 80 173 11 2 4 3 2
MIN (4 yrs) 442 1624 1468 192 383 65 13 13 127 37 13 127 133 .261 .322 .349 .671 83 513 34 7 16 6 4
TOR (2 yrs) 152 369 348 49 87 13 4 4 33 6 4 17 31 .250 .282 .345 .627 66 120 5 0 0 4 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1978 23 MIN AL 121 437 -4 2 0 2 -5 -4 -0.3 14 10 0.9 .496 .497 0.8 -0.2 8 $ *9
1979 24 MIN AL 104 380 -1 4 2 -5 -5 -4 -0.3 12 8 0.8 .496 .497 1.3 -0.9 13 $ 9/7D
1980 25 MIN AL 137 523 -16 2 -0 9 -6 -11 -0.9 16 5 0.5 .492 .493 -0.4 0.5 -3 $ *9
1981 26 MIN AL 80 284 -7 -0 -0 -3 -4 -14 -1.5 9 -6 -0.7 .480 .490 -0.3 -0.7 -3 $ 97/D
1982 27 TOR AL 112 280 -8 1 1 -2 -6 -14 -1.4 9 -5 -0.6 .487 .491 -0.3 -0.7 -3 $ 9D/7
1983 28 TOR AL 40 89 -11 0 1 5 -1 -6 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .482 .496 -0.9 0.4 -9 $ 9/73D
6 Seasons 594 1993 -47 9 4 6 -26 -54 -5.1 62 9 0.5 .490 .494 0.2 -1.6 3 $
MIN (4 yrs) 442 1624 -27 8 2 3 -19 -34 -3.1 51 18 1.5 .492 .494 1.4 -1.3 14 $
TOR (2 yrs) 152 369 -19 1 2 3 -7 -20 -2.0 11 -9 -1.0 .486 .493 -1.2 -0.3 -12 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 23 MIN AL 437 308 44 3.8 95 .259 .247 .263 .323 .329 .333 .388 .657 .717 84 .444 -7.0 -0.7 .599 .220 .087 4.7
1979 24 MIN AL 380 255 47 4.9 105 .311 .293 .274 .360 .340 .379 .416 .739 .755 97 .519 -0.9 -0.1 .675 .195 .086 2.9
1980 25 MIN AL 523 378 53 3.8 104 .279 .262 .277 .312 .340 .355 .411 .666 .752 78 .411 -16.9 -1.7 .581 .181 .093 8.4
1981 26 MIN AL 284 213 24 3.0 94 .263 .239 .263 .286 .328 .326 .382 .612 .711 72 .365 -10.3 -1.1 .507 .163 .087 3.1
1982 27 TOR AL 280 203 30 4.0 106 .289 .275 .274 .304 .340 .389 .418 .692 .758 82 .434 -7.4 -0.7 .575 .158 .113 3.4
1983 28 TOR AL 89 71 4 1.5 103 .173 .169 .272 .213 .335 .205 .411 .418 .746 14 .117 -10.4 -1.0 .343 .120 .036 1.3
6 Yrs 1993 1428 202 3.8 101 .275 .259 .271 .314 .336 .349 .404 .663 .740 80 .424 -52.9 -5.3 .578 .183 .090 24.4
162 Game Avg. 544 389 55 3.8 101 .275 .259 .271 .314 .336 .349 .404 .663 .740 80 .424 -52.9 -5.3 .578 .183 .090 7
MIN (4 yrs) 1624 1154 168 3.9 100 .279 .261 .270 .322 .335 .349 .401 .671 .736 83 .439 -35.1 -3.6 .593 .191 .089 19.2
TOR (2 yrs) 369 274 34 3.3 105 .262 .250 .274 .282 .338 .345 .416 .627 .755 66 .358 -17.8 -1.8 .515 .149 .095 4.8

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 23 MIN AL 437 0.7% 7.1% 10.3% 5.7% 27% 0.69 12.3 127.0 12.3 1.17 80%
1979 24 MIN AL 380 0.5% 6.6% 8.7% 5.8% 22% 0.76 13.5 169.0 9.4 1.73 82%
1980 25 MIN AL 523 1.2% 8.8% 6.1% 5.4% 22% 1.44 10.5 80.8 13.9 1.80 83%
1981 26 MIN AL 284 0.7% 10.9% 6.0% 5.6% 25% 1.82 8.5 132.0 10.6 1.23 82%
1982 27 TOR AL 280 1.1% 8.2% 4.3% 7.1% 27% 1.92 11.5 88.3 10.2 1.27 86%
1983 28 TOR AL 89 1.1% 9.0% 5.6% 1.1% 7% 1.60 10.4 83.0 11.9 1.03 84%
6 Yrs 1993 0.9% 8.2% 7.2% 5.6% 24% 1.14 11.1 106.8 11.4 1.42 83%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.8% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.53 7.0 45.2 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1978 23 MIN AL -7.0 -0.7 458 -0.7 7.2 -8.0 1.05 -0.6 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.97 -6.8 1.10 7
1979 24 MIN AL -0.9 -0.1 391 -0.9 6.2 -7.1 1.05 -0.1 -0.8 4.1 0.4 0.98 0.1 1.65 15
1980 25 MIN AL -17.4 -1.7 544 -2.7 6.6 -9.3 .94 -1.8 -1.1 -21.1 -2.0 0.92 -18.8 1.33 14
1981 26 MIN AL -10.6 -1.1 296 -0.6 4.7 -5.3 1.08 -1.4 0.8 -5.6 -0.6 0.93 -13.8 2.43 10
1982 27 TOR AL -7.7 -0.8 292 -1.1 4.9 -6.0 1.19 -0.7 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 0.93 -7.4 2.24 30
1983 28 TOR AL -10.4 -1.0 91 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 .95 -0.9 0.2 -9.9 -1.0 0.90 -10.9 2.05 12
6 Yrs -54.0 -5.5 2072 -6.8 30.7 -37.5 1.04 -5.5 -1.0 -37.9 -3.7 0.94 -57.6 1.90 88

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 23 MIN AL 10 0 38% 177 11 5 69% 10 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 5 7 59% 18 8 10 7 1 6 14 7 7
1979 24 MIN AL 3 0 35% 179 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 18 62% 30 11 17 7 3 4 10 2 8
1980 25 MIN AL 5 0 33% 185 14 3 82% 14 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 8 61% 21 12 8 1 1 0 24 4 20
1981 26 MIN AL 6 0 35% 95 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 44% 14 7 7 6 5 1 7 1 4
1982 27 TOR AL 2 0 49% 92 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 11 69% 20 5 15 6 4 2 9 2 7
1983 28 TOR AL 0 0 28% 35 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
6 Yrs 26 0 37% 763 43 17 72% 42 15 0 0 1 2 8 2 30 45 59% 107 47 57 27 14 13 66 17 47

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 23 MIN AL 437 90% 94 7 2 0 1 1.10 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 8 7 88% 67 5 7% 29 11 38% 247 31 13% 25 12 48% 9 3 33% 0
1979 24 MIN AL 380 84% 99 15 2 0 2 1.65 2 0 14 2 0 1 1 0 5 5 100% 83 9 11% 33 15 45% 237 37 16% 22 12 55% 15 12 80% 0
1980 25 MIN AL 523 77% 127 14 2 0 0 1.33 6 0 6 5 1 4 2 0 4 3 75% 78 14 18% 38 14 37% 279 32 11% 18 10 56% 17 8 47% 0
1981 26 MIN AL 284 94% 63 10 3 0 1 2.43 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 43 6 14% 21 7 33% 128 24 19% 12 9 75% 5 3 60% 0
1982 27 TOR AL 280 97% 73 30 10 0 2 2.24 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 55 4 7% 31 11 35% 169 26 15% 14 9 64% 6 3 50% 0
1983 28 TOR AL 89 99% 14 12 2 0 2 2.05 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 8 2 25% 55 7 13% 8 4 50% 2 1 50% 0
6 Yrs 1993 87% 470 88 21 0 8 1.90 17 0 41 16 1 11 6 0 18 16 89% 341 39 11% 160 60 38% 1115 157 14% 99 56 57% 54 30 56% 0
MLB Averages 57% 81% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 23 121 437 381 55 94 20 2 3 31 11 5 45 31 .247 .323 .333 .657 84 127 5 0 7 4 1
1979 24 225 817 719 104 193 37 5 5 67 16 6 78 56 .268 .340 .355 .695 90 255 14 3 12 5 2
1980 25 362 1340 1204 162 320 54 10 11 102 30 9 110 102 .266 .329 .355 .684 85 427 28 6 15 5 4
1981 26 442 1624 1468 192 383 65 13 13 127 37 13 127 133 .261 .322 .349 .671 83 513 34 7 16 6 4
1982 27 554 1904 1733 235 456 78 17 16 153 41 17 139 156 .263 .319 .355 .674 83 616 38 7 16 9 6
1983 28 594 1993 1816 241 470 78 17 17 160 43 17 144 164 .259 .314 .349 .663 80 633 39 7 16 10 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 23 121 446 387 61 100 21 2 3 34 12 48 31 .258 .337 .346 .683 46 121
1979 24 105 380 338 48 98 17 3 2 35 5 33 25 .290 .357 .376 .733 44 104
1980 25 137 522 484 57 126 17 5 6 34 14 32 46 .260 .310 .353 .664 52 137
1981 26 121 438 405 50 101 18 5 3 42 11 27 47 .249 .298 .341 .639 41 80
1982 27 112 279 264 42 72 13 4 3 26 4 12 23 .273 .301 .386 .687 31 112
1983 28 40 90 84 7 15 0 0 1 8 2 5 8 .179 .222 .214 .437 4 40
6 Yrs 636 2155 1962 265 512 86 19 18 179 48 157 180 .261 .317 .352 .668 218 594
162 Game Avg. 162 549 500 68 130 22 5 5 46 12 40 46 .261 .317 .352 .668 56 594

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

SB % s c a p y
1980 AL  82.35 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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