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Jake Powell

Alvin Jacob Powell

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 15, 1908 in Silver Spring, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1930
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees/Phillies 1930-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: November 4, 1948 in Washington, DC
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Forest Glen, MD
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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
1930 21 WSH AL 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O79
1934 25 WSH AL 9 40 35 6 10 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 .286 .359 .343 .702 85 12 0 1 /8O
1935 26 WSH AL 139 604 551 88 172 26 10 6 98 15 7 37 37 .312 .360 .428 .788 106 236 4 12 *8O/49
1936 27 TOT AL 140 595 538 102 161 24 8 8 78 26 11 51 51 .299 .362 .418 .780 95 225 2 4 *O87
1936 27 WSH AL 53 231 210 40 62 11 5 1 30 10 4 18 21 .295 .357 .410 .766 93 86 2 1 8O
1936 27 NYY AL 87 364 328 62 99 13 3 7 48 16 7 33 30 .302 .366 .424 .789 97 139 0 3 O87
1937 28 NYY AL 97 400 365 54 96 22 3 3 45 7 5 25 36 .263 .314 .364 .678 69 133 2 8 7O
1938 29 NYY AL 45 183 164 27 42 12 1 2 20 3 1 15 20 .256 .326 .378 .704 76 62 2 2 O7/98
1939 30 NYY AL 31 91 86 12 21 4 1 1 9 1 2 3 8 .244 .270 .349 .619 58 30 1 0 2 O7/98
1940 31 NYY AL 12 28 27 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .185 .214 .185 .399 6 5 1 0 0 /O879
1943 34 WSH AL 37 141 132 14 35 10 2 0 20 3 5 5 13 .265 .297 .371 .668 98 49 2 1 3 O7/8
1944 35 WSH AL 96 392 367 29 88 9 1 1 37 7 2 16 26 .240 .272 .278 .549 60 102 4 0 9 O79/5
1945 36 TOT MLB 79 289 271 17 59 7 0 1 17 2 1 16 21 .218 .261 .255 .516 50 69 10 0 2 O97/8
1945 36 WSH AL 31 106 98 4 19 2 0 0 3 1 1 8 8 .194 .255 .214 .469 42 21 1 0 0 O7/9
1945 36 PHI NL 48 183 173 13 40 5 0 1 14 1 8 13 .231 .265 .277 .543 53 48 9 0 2 O9/87
11 Yrs 688 2767 2540 353 689 116 26 22 327 65 35 173 219 .271 .320 .363 .684 81 923 18 11 43
162 Game Avg. 162 652 598 83 162 27 6 5 77 15 41 52 .271 .320 .363 .684 81 217 3 10
WSH (7 yrs) 368 1518 1397 182 386 60 18 8 189 37 20 88 108 .276 .322 .362 .685 87 506 7 7 26
NYY (5 yrs) 272 1066 970 158 263 51 8 13 124 27 15 77 98 .271 .327 .380 .708 77 369 2 4 15
PHI (1 yr) 48 183 173 13 40 5 0 1 14 1 8 13 .231 .265 .277 .543 53 48 9 0 2
AL (11 yrs) 640 2584 2367 340 649 111 26 21 313 64 35 165 206 .274 .324 .370 .694 83 875 9 11 41
NL (1 yr) 48 183 173 13 40 5 0 1 14 1 8 13 .231 .265 .277 .543 53 48 9 0 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
1930 21 WSH AL 3 4 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .457 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /O79
1934 25 WSH AL 9 40 -0 -0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .492 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /8O
1935 26 WSH AL 139 604 5 1 0 -6 -2 -2 -0.3 19 16 1.5 .498 .499 2.2 -0.8 22 $ *8O/49
1936 27 WSH AL 53 231 -2 0 0 -5 -1 -7 -0.6 7 -0 0.1 .488 .496 0.5 -0.5 5 $7,500 8O
1936 27 NYY AL 87 364 -2 0 0 2 -2 -2 -0.2 11 9 1.0 .498 .499 0.8 -0.0 7 $ O87
1937 28 NYY AL 97 400 -18 -1 0 4 -4 -19 -1.8 12 -7 -0.6 .481 .489 -0.9 -0.0 -11 $ 7O
1938 29 NYY AL 45 183 -7 0 0 0 -2 -8 -0.7 6 -3 -0.2 .483 .495 -0.2 -0.2 -3 $ O7/98
1939 30 NYY AL 31 91 -6 -1 0 2 -1 -6 -0.5 3 -3 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.4 0.1 -5 $ O7/98
1940 31 NYY AL 12 28 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .469 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ /O879
1943 34 WSH AL 37 141 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -3 -0.3 3 -0 0.0 .491 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ O7/8
1944 35 WSH AL 96 392 -17 1 0 0 -4 -21 -2.4 8 -13 -1.6 .475 .485 -1.6 -0.5 -13 $ O79/5
1945 36 WSH AL 31 106 -6 -0 0 0 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -5 -0.7 .471 .494 -0.7 -0.2 -5 $ O7/9
1945 36 PHI NL 48 183 -10 0 0 -4 -2 -16 -1.7 6 -11 -1.2 .464 .489 -0.7 -0.6 -7 $ O9/87
11 Seasons 688 2767 -70 -1 0 -7 -21 -99 -10.2 79 -20 -2.3 .485 .495 -1.5 -2.8 -13 $7,500
WSH (7 yrs) 368 1518 -23 0 0 -11 -9 -43 -4.9 40 -3 -0.8 .487 .496 0.2 -2.1 8 $7,500
NYY (5 yrs) 272 1066 -36 -1 0 8 -10 -39 -3.6 33 -6 -0.3 .487 .495 -1.0 -0.1 -14 $
PHI (1 yr) 48 183 -10 0 0 -4 -2 -16 -1.7 6 -11 -1.2 .464 .489 -0.7 -0.6 -7 $

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
1930 21 WSH AL 4 4 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .296 .000 .361 .000 .436 .000 .796 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1934 25 WSH AL 40 27 4 3.9 108 .303 .286 .283 .359 .356 .343 .408 .702 .764 85 .392 -0.6 -0.1 .615 .171 .057 .0
1935 26 WSH AL 604 398 84 5.6 109 .327 .312 .284 .360 .356 .428 .410 .788 .766 106 .553 3.4 0.3 .738 .198 .116 8.6
1936 27 TOT AL 595 392 82 5.6 118 .319 .299 .293 .362 .368 .418 .431 .780 .799 95 .502 -4.1 -0.4 .755 .242 .119 12.2
1936 27 WSH AL 231 153 31 5.4 116 .324 .295 .291 .357 .365 .410 .427 .766 .792 93 .487 -2.2 -0.2 .737 .229 .114 1.8
1936 27 NYY AL 364 239 51 5.7 119 .316 .302 .295 .366 .370 .424 .433 .789 .803 97 .511 -1.9 -0.2 .767 .250 .122 9.7
1937 28 NYY AL 400 282 41 3.8 119 .285 .263 .292 .314 .368 .364 .436 .678 .804 69 .361 -18.4 -1.7 .591 .175 .101 4.2
1938 29 NYY AL 183 125 20 4.2 118 .282 .256 .290 .326 .369 .378 .432 .704 .801 76 .399 -6.3 -0.6 .659 .226 .122 2.4
1939 30 NYY AL 91 70 8 3.0 113 .260 .244 .285 .270 .360 .349 .422 .619 .782 58 .280 -5.9 -0.6 .471 .128 .105 1.0
1940 31 NYY AL 28 23 1 1.2 107 .217 .185 .274 .214 .347 .185 .416 .399 .763 6 .064 -3.8 -0.4 .261 .037 .000
1943 34 WSH AL 141 107 13 3.3 84 .294 .265 .252 .297 .325 .371 .347 .668 .672 98 .438 -0.8 -0.1 .510 .129 .106 .0
1944 35 WSH AL 392 294 28 2.6 87 .256 .240 .262 .272 .328 .278 .358 .549 .686 60 .306 -19.4 -2.1 .432 .095 .038 1.8
1945 36 TOT MLB 289 225 18 2.1 89 .233 .218 .262 .261 .332 .255 .360 .516 .691 50 .231 -18.0 -1.9 .386 .100 .037 1.3
1945 36 WSH AL 106 81 5 1.7 81 .211 .194 .251 .255 .321 .214 .341 .469 .662 42 .175 -6.9 -0.8 .358 .102 .020 .0
1945 36 PHI NL 183 144 13 2.4 93 .245 .231 .269 .265 .338 .277 .370 .543 .708 53 .260 -11.1 -1.2 .401 .098 .046 1.0
11 Yrs 2767 1947 299 4.1 106 .290 .271 .280 .320 .353 .363 .404 .684 .757 81 .420 -75.3 -7.5 .597 .172 .092 32.9
162 Game Avg. 652 458 70 4.1 106 .290 .271 .280 .320 .353 .363 .404 .684 .757 81 .420 -75.3 -7.5 .597 .172 .092 8
WSH (7 yrs) 1518 1064 165 4.2 100 .295 .276 .274 .322 .345 .362 .388 .685 .733 87 .449 -27.8 -3.0 .595 .161 .086 13.2
NYY (5 yrs) 1066 739 121 4.3 118 .291 .271 .292 .327 .368 .380 .432 .708 .800 77 .406 -36.4 -3.4 .638 .201 .109 17.6
PHI (1 yr) 183 144 13 2.4 93 .245 .231 .269 .265 .338 .277 .370 .543 .708 53 .260 -11.1 -1.2 .401 .098 .046 1.0
AL (11 yrs) 2584 1803 286 4.2 107 .293 .274 .281 .324 .354 .370 .406 .694 .760 83 .431 -64.1 -6.3 .613 .177 .095 31.6
NL (1 yr) 183 144 13 2.4 93 .245 .231 .269 .265 .338 .277 .370 .543 .708 53 .260 -11.1 -1.2 .401 .098 .046 1.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 27 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 26 22 8 10 1 0 1 5 1 1 4 4 .455 .538 .636 1.175 14 1 0 0 0 0
1937 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 29 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 8 27 23 8 10 1 0 1 5 1 1 4 5 .435 .519 .609 1.127 14 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 8 27 23 8 10 1 0 1 5 1 1 4 5 .435 .519 .609 1.127 14 1 0 0 0 0

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
1930 21 WSH AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1934 25 WSH AL 40 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 20% 0.50 17.5 35.0 83%
1935 26 WSH AL 604 1.0% 6.1% 6.1% 7.0% 24% 1.00 14.9 91.8 5.6 84%
1936 27 TOT AL 595 1.3% 8.6% 8.6% 6.7% 25% 1.00 10.5 67.3 6.9 81%
1936 27 WSH AL 231 0.4% 9.1% 7.8% 7.4% 27% 1.17 10.0 210.0 7.0 81%
1936 27 NYY AL 364 1.9% 8.2% 9.1% 6.3% 23% 0.91 10.9 46.9 6.8 80%
1937 28 NYY AL 400 0.8% 9.0% 6.3% 7.0% 29% 1.44 10.1 121.7 8.1 82%
1938 29 NYY AL 183 1.1% 10.9% 8.2% 8.2% 36% 1.33 8.2 82.0 8.2 78%
1939 30 NYY AL 91 1.1% 8.8% 3.3% 6.6% 29% 2.67 10.8 86.0 9.6 85%
1940 31 NYY AL 28 0.0% 14.3% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 6.8 13.5 82%
1943 34 WSH AL 141 0.0% 9.2% 3.6% 8.5% 34% 2.60 10.2 6.6 84%
1944 35 WSH AL 392 0.3% 6.6% 4.1% 2.8% 13% 1.63 14.1 367.0 9.9 87%
1945 36 TOT MLB 289 0.4% 7.3% 5.5% 2.8% 14% 1.31 12.9 271.0 15.9 86%
1945 36 WSH AL 106 0.0% 7.6% 7.6% 1.9% 11% 1.00 12.3 32.7 85%
1945 36 PHI NL 183 0.6% 7.1% 4.4% 3.3% 15% 1.63 13.3 173.0 12.4 87%
11 Yrs 2767 0.8% 7.9% 6.3% 5.9% 24% 1.27 11.6 115.5 7.8 83%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 6.6% 27% 1.02 10.3 67.4 8.0 79%

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
1930 21 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1931 22 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1932 23 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1933 24 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1934 25 12 44 39 7 10 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 .256 .326 .308 .633 66 12 0 1
1935 26 151 648 590 95 182 28 10 6 99 16 8 41 40 .308 .357 .420 .778 103 248 4 13
1936 27 291 1243 1128 197 343 52 18 14 177 42 19 92 91 .304 .360 .419 .779 99 473 6 17
1937 28 388 1643 1493 251 439 74 21 17 222 49 24 117 127 .294 .349 .406 .754 92 606 8 25
1938 29 433 1826 1657 278 481 86 22 19 242 52 25 132 147 .290 .346 .403 .749 90 668 10 27
1939 30 464 1917 1743 290 502 90 23 20 251 53 27 135 155 .288 .343 .400 .743 89 698 1 10 29
1940 31 476 1945 1770 293 507 90 23 20 253 53 27 136 159 .286 .341 .397 .738 87 703 2 10 29
1941 32 476 1945 1770 293 507 90 23 20 253 53 27 136 159 .286 .341 .397 .738 87 703 2 10 29
1942 33 476 1945 1770 293 507 90 23 20 253 53 27 136 159 .286 .341 .397 .738 87 703 2 10 29
1943 34 513 2086 1902 307 542 100 25 20 273 56 32 141 172 .285 .338 .395 .733 88 752 4 11 32
1944 35 609 2478 2269 336 630 109 26 21 310 63 34 157 198 .278 .327 .376 .704 84 854 8 11 41
1945 36 688 2767 2540 353 689 116 26 22 327 65 35 173 219 .271 .320 .363 .684 81 923 18 11 43

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
1930 21 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1934 25 9 41 36 6 10 2 0 0 1 1 4 2 .278 .350 .333 .683 4 9
1935 26 147 625 571 83 170 26 10 6 93 15 37 39 .298 .345 .410 .755 79 139
1936 27 146 596 543 87 149 22 7 7 66 24 47 53 .274 .334 .379 .714 69 140
1937 28 101 401 368 46 89 20 3 3 39 6 23 37 .242 .290 .337 .627 35 97
1938 29 48 186 168 23 39 11 1 2 17 3 14 21 .232 .299 .345 .644 17 45
1939 30 33 93 88 11 20 4 1 1 8 1 3 8 .227 .253 .330 .582 7 31
1940 31 13 29 28 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .179 .207 .179 .385 1 12
1943 34 39 153 143 17 41 12 2 0 25 4 6 14 .287 .320 .399 .719 18 37
1944 35 100 419 392 35 100 10 1 1 45 8 18 27 .255 .288 .293 .581 33 96
1945 36 83 309 289 20 66 8 0 1 20 2 18 22 .228 .274 .266 .540 21 79
11 Yrs 722 2856 2630 332 689 115 25 21 316 64 171 228 .262 .310 .349 .658 284 688
162 Game Avg. 162 641 590 74 155 26 6 5 71 14 38 51 .262 .310 .349 .658 64 688

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1935 AL  15 (6th)
1936 AL  26 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1935 AL  130 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  4 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1935 AL  7 (9th)
1936 AL  11 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1936 AL  12.2 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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