Hosken Powell
Hosken Powell
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 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
Final Game: July 1, 1983
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Standard Batting

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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 77 172 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 Seasons 594 1993 1816 241 470 78 17 17 160 43 17 144 164 .259 .314 .349 .663 79 633 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 79 173 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

Advanced Batting

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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 3.8 105 .279 .262 .278 .312 .342 .355 .413 .666 .755 77 .411 -17.5 -1.7 .581 .181 .093 8.4
1981 26 MIN AL 284 213 24 3.0 94 .263 .239 .264 .286 .330 .326 .384 .612 .714 72 .365 -10.6 -1.1 .507 .163 .087 3.1
1982 27 TOR AL 280 203 30 4.0 107 .289 .275 .275 .304 .341 .389 .419 .692 .760 82 .434 -7.7 -0.8 .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 Seasons 1993 1428 202 3.8 102 .275 .259 .272 .314 .336 .349 .405 .663 .741 79 .424 -54.1 -5.5 .578 .183 .090 24.4
162 Game Avg. 544 389 55 3.8 102 .275 .259 .272 .314 .336 .349 .405 .663 .741 79 .424 -54.1 -5.5 .578 .183 .090 7
MIN (4 yrs) 1624 1154 168 3.9 101 .279 .261 .271 .322 .336 .349 .402 .671 .737 83 .439 -36.1 -3.7 .593 .191 .089 19.2
TOR (2 yrs) 369 274 34 3.3 106 .262 .250 .275 .282 .339 .345 .417 .627 .757 66 .358 -18.1 -1.8 .515 .149 .095 4.8

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 1993 0.9% 8.2% 7.2% 5.6% 24% 1.14 11.1 106.8 11.4 1.42 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 4 1 4 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 Seasons 26 0 37% 763 43 17 72% 42 15 0 0 1 2 9 2 29 45 59% 107 47 57 27 14 13 66 17 47
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.19 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 8 7 88% 67 5 7% 29 11 38% 247 31 13% 25 12 48% 24 10 42% 0
1979 24 MIN AL 380 84% 99 12 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% 13 7 54% 0
1980 25 MIN AL 523 77% 127 14 2 0 0 1.36 6 0 6 5 1 4 2 0 4 3 75% 78 14 18% 38 14 37% 279 32 11% 18 10 56% 31 14 45% 0
1981 26 MIN AL 284 94% 63 10 3 0 1 2.50 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 43 6 14% 21 7 33% 128 24 19% 12 9 75% 10 5 50% 0
1982 27 TOR AL 280 97% 73 26 9 0 2 2.25 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 55 4 7% 31 11 35% 169 26 15% 14 9 64% 13 7 54% 0
1983 28 TOR AL 89 99% 14 11 1 0 1 2.07 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 8 2 25% 55 7 13% 8 4 50% 6 5 83% 0
6 Seasons 1993 87% 470 80 19 0 7 1.92 17 0 41 16 1 11 6 0 18 16 89% 341 39 11% 160 60 38% 1115 157 14% 99 56 57% 97 48 49% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 79 633 39 7 16 10 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 23 121 445 391 61 104 22 2 3 34 12 50 31 .266 .346 .355 .702 49 121
1979 24 105 377 340 48 100 17 3 2 35 5 33 25 .294 .361 .379 .740 46 104
1980 25 137 516 482 56 124 17 5 6 34 14 31 46 .257 .306 .351 .657 51 137
1981 26 121 434 403 50 99 17 5 3 41 11 27 47 .246 .295 .335 .630 39 80
1982 27 112 275 261 42 69 12 4 3 25 4 11 23 .264 .291 .375 .666 29 112
1983 28 40 90 84 6 15 0 0 1 7 2 5 8 .179 .222 .214 .437 4 40
6 Seasons 636 2137 1961 263 511 85 19 18 176 48 157 180 .261 .316 .351 .667 218 594
162 Game Avg. 162 544 500 67 130 22 5 5 45 12 40 46 .261 .316 .351 .667 56 594

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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