John Powers

John Calvin Powers

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 8, 1929 in Birmingham, AL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1955
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Redlegs/Orioles/Indians 1955-1960

Final Game: May 31, 1960
Died: September 25, 2001 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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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
1949	19	BOS-min	B,D	137	498	498		151	28	12	17						.303	.303	.510	.813		254							GAD,VLY · SEAL,GAAL
1950	20	PIT-min	B	144	541	541		168	24	6	39						.311	.311	.593	.904		321							WAC · BSTL
1951	21	PIT-min	A	139	501	501		128	34	5	17						.255	.255	.445	.701		223							CHS · SALL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	24	PIT-min	AA,Opn	111	381	378	2	99	14	9	23	2	0		3	6	.262	.268	.529	.797		200	0	0	0	0			NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1955	25	PIT-min	AA,A	125	447	447		108	19	5	29						.242	.242	.501	.743		224							NOR,WPT · SOUA,EL
1955	25	PIT	NL	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1956	26	PIT-min	AA	153	574	574		179	32	12	39						.312	.312	.613	.925		352							NOR · SOUA
1956	26	PIT	NL	11	22	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.048	.091	.048	.139	-61	1	2	0	0	0	0	/79
1957	27	PIT-min	AAA	127	537	476	73	140	16	11	29	95	3		45	78	.294	.365	.557	.922		265		10	3	3			CLB · IL
1957	27	PIT	NL	20	44	35	7	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	5	9	.286	.409	.543	.952	157	19	0	3	0	1	0	/79
1958	28	PIT	NL	57	90	82	6	15	1	0	2	2	0	0	8	19	.183	.256	.268	.524	41	22	3	0	0	0	0	9/7
1959	29	CIN	NL	43	47	43	8	11	2	1	2	4	0	0	3	13	.256	.319	.488	.808	109	21	0	1	0	0	0	/79
1960	30	PIT-min	AAA	104	436	380	62	105	14	2	24	56	0	2	38	46	.276	.367	.513	.880		195		17	0	1			CLB · IL
1960	30	TOT	AL	18	35	30	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	.133	.257	.233	.490	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	/97
1960	30	BAL	AL	10	21	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.111	.238	.111	.349	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1960	30	CLE	AL	8	14	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.417	.702	91	5	1	0	0	0	0	/79
1961	31	PIT-min	AAA	128	451	397	71	96	15	2	19	51	3		54	67	.242	.333	.433	.766		172							CLB · IL
1962	32	PIT-min	AAA	114	392	323	56	69	9	3	15	48	1	2	53	62	.214	.348	.399	.747		129		14	1	1			CLB · IL
1963	33	NYM-SFG-min	AAA	64	194	175	23	43	7	0	8	27	1	1	19	37	.246	.320	.423	.742		74							BFL,TAC · IL,PCL
1964	34	PIT-min	AAA	81	320	263	51	70	13	0	21	52	1	2	43	61	.266	.384	.555	.939		146		9	2	3			CLB · IL
1965	35	PIT-min	AAA	107	361	301	40	65	9	4	18	48	4	0	46	71	.216	.327	.452	.779		136		7	0	7			CLB · IL
6 Yrs				151	242	215	26	42	7	2	6	14	0	0	22	48	.195	.281	.330	.611	64	71	6	4	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	260	231	28	45	8	2	6	15	0	0	24	51	.195	.281	.330	.611	64	76	6	4	0	1	0

PIT (4 yrs)				90	160	142	13	27	4	0	4	10	0	0	14	32	.190	.275	.303	.578	56	43	5	3	0	1	0
CLE (1 yr)				8	14	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.417	.702	91	5	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				43	47	43	8	11	2	1	2	4	0	0	3	13	.256	.319	.488	.808	109	21	0	1	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				10	21	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.111	.238	.111	.349	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				133	207	185	21	38	6	1	6	14	0	0	17	45	.205	.285	.346	.631	68	64	5	4	0	1	0
AL (1 yr)				18	35	30	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	.133	.257	.233	.490	35	7	1	0	0	0	0

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
1955	25	PIT	NL	2	4	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/9
1956	26	PIT	NL	11	22	-5	0	-0	1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.454	.497	-0.5	0.0	-4	$	/79
1957	27	PIT	NL	20	44	3	0	0	1	-0	4	0.4	2	5	0.6	.521	.503	0.5	0.1	4	$	/79
1958	28	PIT	NL	57	90	-6	-0	-0	1	-1	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.488	.496	-0.4	0.0	-4	$	9/7
1959	29	CIN	NL	43	47	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$	/79
1960	30	BAL	AL	10	21	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/9
1960	30	CLE	AL	8	14	-0	0	-0	1	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/79
6 Seasons				151	242	-10	1	-1	3	-2	-9	-1.0	8	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.3	0.1	-4	$

PIT (4 yrs)				90	160	-8	-0	-1	3	-1	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.2	.491	.499	-0.4	0.1	-5	$
CLE (1 yr)				8	14	-0	0	-0	1	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$
CIN (1 yr)				43	47	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$
BAL (1 yr)				10	21	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1955	25	PIT	NL	4	3	0	0.0	104	.250	.250	.263	.250	.334	.250	.417	.500	.751	35	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1956	26	PIT	NL	22	22	0	0.0	100	.059	.048	.260	.091	.327	.048	.411	.139	.738	-61	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.091	.048	.000
1957	27	PIT	NL	44	26	9	9.4	100	.320	.286	.265	.409	.328	.543	.410	.952	.738	157	.785	3.4	0.3	1.080	.400	.257	.0
1958	28	PIT	NL	90	70	5	1.9	104	.213	.183	.267	.256	.335	.268	.418	.524	.753	41	.165	-7.2	-0.7	.429	.183	.085	.0
1959	29	CIN	NL	47	32	7	5.8	108	.321	.256	.274	.319	.340	.488	.424	.808	.764	109	.606	0.3	0.0	.781	.302	.233	.0
1960	30	TOT	AL	35	27	2	2.0	100	.148	.133	.261	.257	.335	.233	.400	.490	.734	35	.185	-2.8	-0.3	.444	.267	.100
1960	30	BAL	AL	21	16	1	1.7	101	.118	.111	.262	.238	.336	.111	.401	.349	.737	-1	.142	-2.6	-0.3	.313	.167	.000
1960	30	CLE	AL	14	11	1	2.4	99	.200	.167	.260	.286	.333	.417	.398	.702	.731	91	.248	-0.2	-0.0	.636	.417	.250
6 Yrs				242	180	23	3.4	103	.222	.195	.267	.281	.334	.330	.415	.611	.748	64	.369	-11.4	-1.2	.542	.237	.135	.0
162 Game Avg.				260	193	25	3.4	103	.222	.195	.267	.281	.334	.330	.415	.611	.748	64	.369	-11.4	-1.2	.542	.237	.135

PIT (4 yrs)				160	121	14	3.1	103	.215	.190	.266	.275	.332	.303	.415	.578	.747	56	.326	-9.0	-0.9	.500	.211	.113	.0
CLE (1 yr)				14	11	1	2.4	99	.200	.167	.260	.286	.333	.417	.398	.702	.731	91	.248	-0.2	-0.0	.636	.417	.250
CIN (1 yr)				47	32	7	5.8	108	.321	.256	.274	.319	.340	.488	.424	.808	.764	109	.606	0.3	0.0	.781	.302	.233	.0
BAL (1 yr)				21	16	1	1.7	101	.118	.111	.262	.238	.336	.111	.401	.349	.737	-1	.142	-2.6	-0.3	.313	.167	.000

NL (5 yrs)				207	153	21	3.7	104	.237	.205	.268	.285	.334	.346	.417	.631	.751	68	.398	-8.7	-0.9	.559	.232	.141	.0
AL (1 yr)				35	27	2	2.0	100	.148	.133	.261	.257	.335	.233	.400	.490	.734	35	.185	-2.8	-0.3	.444	.267	.100

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	25	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					2.00	100%
1956	26	PIT	NL	22	0.0%	18.2%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	4.00	5.3			1.14	77%
1957	27	PIT	NL	44	4.6%	20.5%	11.4%	11.4%	50%	1.80	3.9	17.5	4.4	1.33	57%
1958	28	PIT	NL	90	2.2%	21.1%	8.9%	3.3%	20%	2.38	4.3	41.0	41.0	1.13	68%
1959	29	CIN	NL	47	4.3%	27.7%	6.4%	10.6%	46%	4.33	3.3	21.5	10.8	0.90	60%
1960	30	TOT	AL	35	0.0%	8.6%	14.3%	5.7%	50%	0.60	10.0			0.85	77%
1960	30	BAL	AL	21	0.0%	4.8%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.33	18.0			0.88	81%
1960	30	CLE	AL	14	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	100%	1.00	6.0			0.80	71%
6 Yrs				242	2.5%	19.8%	9.1%	6.2%	36%	2.18	4.5	35.8	15.4	1.07	67%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.6%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.41	7.0	37.8	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	25	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.50	-0.4		0
1956	26	PIT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	18	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.44	-0.4	0.0	-4.8	-0.5	1.02	-4.4	2.12	6
1957	27	PIT	NL	3.4	0.3	39	0.3	0.9	-0.6	1.18	0.2	0.1	3.9	0.4	1.00	4.3	1.44	8
1958	28	PIT	NL	-7.1	-0.7	91	-1.3	1.2	-2.6	1.28	-0.6	-0.5	-9.9	-1.0	0.89	-7.1	1.64	38
1959	29	CIN	NL	0.2	0.0	48	-0.2	1.1	-1.2	1.30	0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.89	0.5	1.38	36
1960	30	TOT	AL	-2.8	-0.3	36	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.58	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.03	-2.5	1.73	9
1960	30	BAL	AL	-2.6	-0.3	22	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	1.23	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.03	-1.1	1.27	3
1960	30	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	14	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	2.13	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.03	-1.3	1.96	6
6 Yrs				-11.4	-1.2	236	-2.1	4.1	-6.2	1.31	-1.0	-0.7	-13.5	-1.4	0.93	-9.5	1.56	97

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	25	PIT	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	26	PIT	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	PIT	NL	0	31%	13	0	0	29%	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	0
1958	28	PIT	NL	2	19%	26	2	1	60%	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1959	29	CIN	NL	0	46%	10	0	1	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1960	30	TOT	AL	1	56%	9	0	2	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1960	30	BAL	AL	1	60%	6	0	1	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1960	30	CLE	AL	0	50%	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				3	32%	60	2	4	43%	13	9	4	4	1	3	4	2	2

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
1955	25	PIT	NL	4	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1956	26	PIT	NL	22	94%	1			6	0	0	0	2.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	4	0	0%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1957	27	PIT	NL	44	97%	10			8	3	1	4	1.44	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		9	0	0%	5	2	40%	31	6	19%	3	3	100%	3	1	33%	0
1958	28	PIT	NL	90	99%	15			38	8	1	1	1.64	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		18	3	17%	9	0	0%	51	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1959	29	CIN	NL	47	100%	11			36	8	2	4	1.38	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	3	0	0%	28	2	7%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1960	30	TOT	AL	35	100%	4			9	0	0	0	1.73	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	28	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1960	30	BAL	AL	21	100%	2			3	0	0	0	1.27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1960	30	CLE	AL	14	100%	2			6	0	0	0	1.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	13	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				242	99%	42			97	19	4	9	1.56	6	0	6	6	0	5	1	0	0	0		47	6	13%	23	2	9%	151	8	5%	15	3	20%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF
1955	25	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0
1956	26	13	26	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.080	.115	.080	.195	-45	2	2	0	0
1957	27	33	70	60	7	12	3	0	2	8	6	13	.200	.300	.350	.650	77	21	2	3	1
1958	28	90	160	142	13	27	4	0	4	10	14	32	.190	.275	.303	.578	56	43	5	3	1
1959	29	133	207	185	21	38	6	1	6	14	17	45	.205	.285	.346	.631	68	64	5	4	1
1960	30	151	242	215	26	42	7	2	6	14	22	48	.195	.281	.330	.611	64	71	6	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	25	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1956	26	11	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	11
1957	27	21	45	36	7	10	3	0	2	8	5	9	.278	.400	.528	.928	7	20
1958	28	60	95	86	7	16	1	0	2	2	9	20	.186	.263	.267	.531	6	57
1959	29	45	48	44	8	11	2	1	2	4	3	14	.250	.313	.477	.790	6	43
1960	30	19	36	31	6	4	1	1	0	0	5	3	.129	.250	.226	.476	2	18
6 Yrs		158	251	223	28	41	7	2	6	14	23	50	.184	.271	.314	.585	21	151
162 Game Avg.		162	257	229	29	42	7	2	6	14	24	51	.184	.271	.314	.585	22	151

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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