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 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 MIN AL 23 OF 117 99 896.2 232 219 9 4 2 .983 2.1 2.8 2.1 -2.8 4.9 0 2.29 1.95 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 MIN AL 23 RF 117 99 896.2 232 219 9 4 2 .983 2.1 2.8 2.1 -2.8 4.9 0 2.29 1.95 .978 2.24 1.85
1979 MIN AL 24 OF 93 81 719.1 175 165 6 4 3 .977 -4.6 -7.7 -2.6 -1.3 -1.3 -2 2.14 1.84 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 MIN AL 24 RF 85 75 661.1 162 154 5 3 3 .981 -4.4 -8.0 -2.4 -0.7 -1.7 -2 2.16 1.87 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 MIN AL 24 LF 8 6 58.0 13 11 1 1 0 .923 -0.2 -4.1 -0.2 -0.6 0.4 0 1.86 1.50 .985 2.22 1.80
1979 MIN AL 24 DH 5
1980 MIN AL 25 OF 129 118 1092.2 285 265 11 9 1 .968 8.6 9.4 4.6 0.4 4.3 4 2.27 2.14 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 MIN AL 25 RF 129 118 1092.2 285 266 10 9 1 .968 8.6 9.4 4.6 0.4 4.3 4 2.27 2.14 .975 2.13 1.77
1981 MIN AL 26 OF 64 57 500.2 132 122 6 4 1 .970 -3.0 -7.2 0.0 2.3 -2.3 -3 2.30 2.00 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 MIN AL 26 RF 52 45 394.1 107 101 3 3 1 .972 -0.4 -1.2 1.6 2.5 -0.9 -2 2.37 2.00 .980 2.16 1.75
1981 MIN AL 26 LF 12 12 106.1 24 21 2 1 0 .958 -2.6 -29.3 -1.6 -0.2 -1.4 -1 1.95 1.92 .979 2.38 1.99
1981 MIN AL 26 DH 8
1982 TOR AL 27 OF 75 61 478.0 116 111 2 3 0 .974 -2.0 -5.0 0.0 1.9 -1.9 -2 2.13 1.51 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 TOR AL 27 RF 69 55 431.0 108 103 2 3 0 .972 -1.5 -4.2 0.5 2.5 -2.1 -2 2.19 1.52 .981 2.27 1.90
1982 TOR AL 27 DH 19
1982 TOR AL 27 LF 8 6 47.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -12.8 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0 1.53 1.00 .975 2.30 1.91
1983 TOR AL 28 OF 33 24 179.2 53 52 0 1 0 .981 4.9 32.7 5.9 3.0 2.8 -1 2.60 1.58 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 TOR AL 28 RF 29 23 166.1 57 57 0 0 0 1.000 7.0 50.5 7.0 3.9 3.1 0 3.08 1.97 .977 2.25 1.85
1983 TOR AL 28 LF 5 1 13.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -2.1 -189.0 -1.1 -0.9 -0.3 -1 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.30 1.90
1983 TOR AL 28 1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.20
1983 TOR AL 28 DH 1
6 Seasons OF 511 440 3867.0 993 934 34 25 7 .975 6.0 1.9 10.0 3.5 6.5 -4 2.25 1.89 .980 2.47 2.14
6 Seasons RF 481 415 3642.1 951 900 29 22 7 .977 11.4 3.8 13.4 5.8 7.6 -2 2.30 1.93 .978 2.20 1.83
4 Seasons DH 33
4 Seasons LF 33 25 224.2 46 39 4 3 0 .935 -5.4 -28.8 -3.4 -2.3 -1.1 -2 1.72 1.30 .980 2.32 1.91
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.20
6 Seasons TOT 512 440 3869.0 994 934 35 25 8 .975 6.0 1.9 10.0 3.5 6.5 -4 2.25 1.89 .955 2.47 2.16
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1978 MIN AL 23 121 99 121 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 0 12 3
1979 MIN AL 24 104 83 104 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 85 93 2 20 1
1980 MIN AL 25 137 118 137 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 129 0 15 0
1981 MIN AL 26 80 65 80 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 52 64 8 13 1
1982 TOR AL 27 112 75 112 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 69 76 14 35 2
1983 TOR AL 28 40 24 40 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 29 33 0 12 0
6 Seasons 594 464 594 513 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 0 481 512 24 107 7
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 -- 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%
1978 MIN AL 23 4 0 3 1 2 9 0 1 1 3 33 9 1 25 8 2 12 8 2 19 7 0 18 12 0 107 44 41.1% 58 5 4.7% 4 3973 55% 80% 24% 433 52%
1979 MIN AL 24 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 3 1 28 14 1 19 4 0 12 6 0 10 1 2 7 3 1 76 28 36.8% 44 4 5.3% 1 2897 60% 81% 24% 310 50%
1980 MIN AL 25 9 0 9 0 1 10 0 5 3 2 52 24 2 40 14 1 17 10 0 22 6 1 22 17 0 153 71 46.4% 78 4 2.6% 6 4780 60% 80% 23% 518 53%
1981 MIN AL 26 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 14 4 0 10 2 1 8 5 0 8 1 0 14 10 0 54 22 40.7% 31 1 1.9% 2 1754 58% 80% 25% 202 51%
1982 TOR AL 27 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 22 10 0 18 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 9 7 0 55 23 41.8% 32 0 0.0% 2 1927 51% 79% 26% 216 48%
1983 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 6 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 21 9 42.9% 12 0 0.0% 0 710 51% 75% 27% 95 60%
6 Seasons 22 0 21 1 5 29 0 9 7 8 157 65 4 118 35 4 54 31 2 64 15 3 73 51 1 466 197 42.3% 255 14 3.0% 15 16041 57% 80% 24% 1774 52%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 51%

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%
1979 MIN AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 0 244 77% 82% 27% 28 43%
1981 MIN AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 3 25.0% 8 1 8.3% 1 473 52% 82% 23% 57 40%
1982 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 1 195 56% 81% 33% 18 44%
1983 TOR AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 77 40% 61% 12% 9 0%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 12 6 1 7 1 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 29 11 37.9% 16 2 6.9% 2 989 58% 80% 25% 112 38%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.6% 57% 79% 26% 47%

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%
1983 TOR AL 28 7 71% 57% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 7 71% 57% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 94% 88%

* 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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