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Boog
Powell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 245
 
Born: August 17, 1941 in Usa, FL, LAKELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
Gold Glove 1968    1972   
All-Star Selections 1971    1972    1975    1977    1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 19 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 5 7 9 8 6 7 6
1962 20 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 6
1963 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 6
1964 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1965 23 TOR AL $ 3,078,571   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 6
1966 24 TOR AL $ 3,078,571   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1967 25 TOR AL $ 3,250,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1968 26 TOR AL $ 3,250,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1969 27 TOR AL $ 3,250,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1970 28 TOR AL $ 6,700,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1971 29 TOR AL $ 6,700,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1972 30 TOR AL $ 6,700,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1973 31 TOR AL $ 8,210,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1974 32 DET AL $ 8,210,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 8 8 5 6 6
1975 33 KCR AL $ 8,210,000   9 9 9 7 8 7 5 5 5 6 8 7 5 6 6
1976 34 KCR AL $ 8,210,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1977 35 KCR AL $ 8,210,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 6 5 6 6
1978 36 KCR AL $ 8,210,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 5
1979 37 KCR AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 4 6 5 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 5 4
1980 38 COL NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
1981 39 COL NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,210,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 19 SDP NL 54 204 28 42 8 2 10 23 0 0 21 46 .206 .280 .412 .692 24.3 3.8
    AAA   105 392 79 107 16 2 34 67 0 2 79 82 .273 .395 .584 .979 88.9  
1962 20 SDP NL 151 467 56 96 11 2 15 55 0 0 65 96 .206 .302 .334 .636 51.8 6.8
1963 21 TOR AL 105 369 53 88 17 3 20 47 0 0 54 81 .238 .334 .463 .798 58.7 13.2
    AAA   54 179 37 50 9 0 17 44 0 0 42 24 .279 .416 .615 1.031 44.9  
1964 22 TOR AL 148 395 52 97 18 3 19 59 1 1 57 60 .246 .338 .451 .789 60.5 14.1
1965 23 TOR AL 130 480 51 120 19 3 14 47 0 0 65 84 .250 .341 .390 .730 64.1 13.0
    AAA   19 24 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 6 .208 .406 .208 .615 3.4  
1966 24 TOR AL 154 516 53 117 19 3 19 63 0 0 62 75 .227 .311 .386 .697 61.2 8.7
1967 25 TOR AL 156 558 80 164 32 3 19 67 0 0 69 98 .294 .372 .464 .836 90.6 18.6
1968 26 TOR AL 156 545 86 171 25 1 21 81 1 1 84 81 .314 .404 .479 .883 100.9 23.0
1969 27 TOR AL 159 588 73 136 20 2 17 69 0 1 84 107 .231 .328 .359 .687 74.1 13.6
1970 28 TOR AL 153 576 91 172 32 2 24 107 0 1 60 87 .299 .363 .486 .849 94.0 22.9
1971 29 TOR AL 145 531 80 169 26 3 20 79 0 0 73 78 .318 .399 .492 .891 97.2 27.2
1972 30 TOR AL 148 548 77 183 22 3 19 79 0 0 73 106 .334 .409 .489 .898 103.1 26.3
1973 31 TOR AL 156 526 87 164 27 2 18 90 0 0 80 82 .312 .402 .473 .875 95.0 19.8
1974 32 DET AL 141 533 91 153 26 3 26 88 0 0 70 107 .287 .369 .493 .863 90.6 17.8
1975 33 KCR AL 155 599 102 170 23 3 16 71 0 1 85 103 .284 .370 .412 .782 92.5 16.9
1976 34 KCR AL 152 616 104 189 25 4 30 110 0 0 65 105 .307 .370 .506 .876 110.7 22.1
1977 35 KCR AL 152 595 85 180 19 2 23 100 0 1 62 112 .303 .362 .457 .819 96.1 18.1
1978 36 KCR AL 151 623 108 198 37 2 27 98 0 0 60 86 .318 .381 .514 .895 113.6 27.8
1979 37 KCR AL 148 618 81 183 20 1 13 68 1 0 36 96 .296 .334 .395 .729 76.3 13.3
1980 38 COL NL 152 518 39 114 10 1 8 47 0 0 33 122 .220 .267 .290 .556 36.1 0.0
1981 39 COL NL 148 525 39 87 12 4 2 44 1 1 24 121 .166 .200 .215 .415 12.7 0.0
21 Years Sim 3014 10930 1516 2993 448 52 380 1492 4 7 1282 1933 .274 .349 .429 .778 1604.1 326.8
3 Years AAA 178 595 121 162 25 2 51 112 0 2 129 112 .272 .400 .578 .978 137.2  
162 Game Average 587 81 160 24 2 20 80 0 0 68 103 .274 .349 .429 .778 86.2  
Career Highs 159 623 108 198 37 4 30 110 1 1 85 122 .334 .409 .514 .898 113.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7574 1131 2167 301 34 284 1099 4 6 952 1210 .286 .365 .447 .812 1238.4
vs LH   3356 385 826 147 18 96 393 0 1 330 723 .246 .313 .386 .699 414.3
Home 1503 5349 749 1461 243 28 183 738 4 3 612 959 .273 .347 .432 .778 805.7
Away 1511 5581 767 1532 205 24 197 754 0 4 670 974 .275 .351 .426 .777 847.1
RISP   2609 0 704 107 7 82 1044 0 0 365 467 .270 .350 .411 .761 397.6
Pinch Hitting   185 12 30 6 0 3 27 0 0 28 29 .162 .272 .243 .515 13.8
Close/Late   1272 129 347 54 5 40 161 0 0 206 221 .273 .374 .417 .791 206.9
Mar/Apr 466 1724 243 473 80 12 59 268 2 0 207 330 .274 .351 .437 .788 266.7
May 491 1740 226 465 73 5 57 216 0 1 180 297 .267 .335 .413 .748 243.3
June 504 1823 275 538 79 8 66 251 0 2 236 294 .295 .373 .456 .829 309.0
July 467 1705 243 471 75 13 60 241 1 2 206 299 .276 .354 .441 .795 266.5
August 555 2034 272 537 63 4 74 263 0 1 258 372 .264 .347 .408 .755 297.8
Sep/Oct 531 1904 257 509 78 10 64 253 1 1 195 341 .267 .333 .420 .753 269.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1961 19 SDP NL LF 52 52 440.3 89 4 0 0 1.000 1.90   1.1
1962 20 SDP NL LF 130 123 1074.3 219 3 0 3 1.000 1.86   1.9
    1B 3 0 5.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 11.13   0.0
1963 21 TOR AL LF 76 71 642.0 120 4 0 2 1.000 1.74   0.6
    1B 28 25 219.3 266 23 1 29 .997 11.86   0.8
1964 22 TOR AL LF 108 95 835.0 158 4 0 2 1.000 1.75   1.4
    1B 29 0 64.0 67 5 1 6 .986 10.13   0.1
1965 23 TOR AL LF 127 124 1097.7 223 4 0 1 1.000 1.86   3.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1966 24 TOR AL LF 139 133 1190.7 213 7 0 1 1.000 1.66   3.2
    1B 9 0 18.0 19 2 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.1
1967 25 TOR AL 1B 147 142 1250.3 1349 90 5 103 .997 10.36   3.9
    LF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1968 26 TOR AL LF 147 142 1261.3 251 6 0 3 1.000 1.83   4.7
    1B 6 0 19.0 20 2 0 2 1.000 10.42   0.0
1969 27 TOR AL 1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 28 TOR AL LF 124 119 1063.3 219 7 0 1 1.000 1.91   3.3
    1B 4 0 6.0 7 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1971 29 TOR AL CF 80 80 707.7 178 3 12 1 .938 2.30   4.6
    LF 62 59 517.3 112 3 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    1B 3 0 5.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.0
1972 30 TOR AL LF 145 142 1243.7 282 6 0 4 1.000 2.08   3.6
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 31 TOR AL CF 116 114 984.3 247 6 24 2 .913 2.31   3.9
    LF 32 25 235.0 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    1B 5 0 11.0 19 2 0 0 1.000 17.18   0.0
1974 32 DET AL LF 119 119 1054.7 229 2 0 1 1.000 1.97   2.1
    CF 15 13 116.0 29 2 3 1 .912 2.41    
    1B 4 0 15.0 14 3 0 1 1.000 10.20   0.0
1975 33 KCR AL LF 151 145 1282.7 242 5 0 2 1.000 1.73   1.5
    CF 4 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1976 34 KCR AL LF 148 147 1279.3 271 7 0 3 1.000 1.96   4.0
    SS 2 2 18.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 4.00   0.1
1977 35 KCR AL LF 149 147 1307.0 278 1 0 0 1.000 1.92   2.8
    CF 3 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 36 KCR AL LF 147 146 1331.3 294 6 0 2 1.000 2.03   3.7
    CF 3 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1979 37 KCR AL LF 146 143 1287.0 287 4 0 1 1.000 2.03   4.3
    1B 3 2 19.3 27 1 0 1 1.000 13.04   0.0
1980 38 COL NL 1B 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    CF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1981 39 COL NL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 2006 1932 17152.6 3539 74 0 26 1.000 1.90   41.3
  CF 223 210 1859.3 466 11 39 4 .924 2.31   8.6
  1B 245 169 1639.0 1803 131 7 145 .996 10.62   5.1
  SS 2 2 18.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 4.00   0.1
Career Totals   2476 2313 20668.9 5811 221 46 176 .992 2.63   55.1
Career Highs   155 149 1342.3 1350 90 24 103 1.000 10.32    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 20 SDP NL 4 18 4 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 .278 .350 .667 1.017
1968 26 TOR AL 5 19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .105 .261 .158 .419
1969 27 TOR AL 11 43 4 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 14 .140 .213 .279 .492
1971 29 TOR AL 7 26 3 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 6 .308 .400 .423 .823
1975 33 KCR AL 7 29 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .138 .242 .138 .380
1976 34 KCR AL 18 76 8 19 4 1 2 10 0 0 6 13 .250 .301 .408 .709
1977 35 KCR AL 18 72 10 18 3 0 1 11 0 0 11 10 .250 .349 .333 .683
1978 36 KCR AL 7 32 4 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 .344 .333 .469 .802
Career Post-Season Batting 77 315 37 73 10 1 9 47 0 0 36 58 .232 .307 .356 .663
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1968-4-.314
1970-4-.299
1971-4-.318
1972-2-.334
1973-9-.312
1976-8-.307
1977-9-.303
1978-5-.318
 On-Base Pct
1968-1-.404
1971-4-.399
1972-4-.409
1973-8-.402
1978-7-.381
 Slugging Pct
1968-8-.479
1970-7-.486
1971-7-.492
1972-9-.489
1976-7-.506
1978-6-.514
 OPS
1968-4-.883
1970-9-.849
1971-3-.891
1972-4-.898
1976-7-.876
1978-5-.895
 XR
1968-3-100.9
1970-8-94.0
1971-8-97.2
1972-6-103.1
1976-4-110.7
1977-7-96.1
1978-4-113.6
CAR-18-1604.1
 Games
1967-4-156
1968-9-156
1969-3-159
1973-6-156
CAR-1-3014
At-Bats
1975-7-599
1976-4-616
1977-10-595
1978-1-623
1979-3-618
CAR-1-10930
 Runs
1968-9-86
1970-10-91
1975-8-102
1976-7-104
1978-4-108
CAR-21-1516
 Hits
1967-10-164
1968-7-171
1970-5-172
1971-6-169
1972-6-183
1976-2-189
1977-6-180
1978-2-198
1979-4-183
CAR-6-2993
 Total Bases
1968-6-261
1970-5-280
1972-8-268
1976-4-312
1977-6-272
1978-3-320
CAR-14-4685
 Singles
1968-10-124
1971-10-120
1972-7-139
1976-8-130
1977-5-136
1978-7-132
1979-3-149
CAR-6-2113
 Doubles
1970-7-32
1978-10-37
Homeruns
1974-10-26
1976-8-30
1977-10-23
1978-6-27
CAR-40-380
 RBIs
1970-6-107
1976-7-110
1977-7-100
1978-8-98
CAR-31-1492
 Walks
1968-6-84
1969-9-84
CAR-27-1282
 Strikeouts
1977-7-112
1980-6-122
1981-4-121
CAR-7-1933
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 141    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Jeff Burroughs (814)
  4. Orlando Cepeda (811)
  5. Frank Howard (810)
  6. Hank Edwards (800)
  7. Buddy Lewis (796)
  8. Whitey Lockman (772)
  9. Tommie Agee (772)
  10. Wally Judnich (770)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by San Diego in 1961
Had first career hit (triple) on 7/31/1961, off Bob Gibson (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1961, off Bob Gibson (PIT)
Traded from San Diego to Toronto on 2/1/1963 (Going to SDP: 2B Joe Morgan. Going to TOR: LF Boog Powell, LF Al Ferrara)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1963, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $3,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1968, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1968, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1968
5/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $6,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 4/6/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1971, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1971, hitting .412 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 9/20/1971 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/25/1972 with a Strained Back, out for one week
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $8,210,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1972, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1972, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1972
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 4/28/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1973, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Toronto to Detroit on 3/3/1974 (Going to TOR: P Mike Davison. Going to DET: LF Boog Powell)
Injured on 5/7/1974 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 2/1/1975 (Going to DET: RF Bob Watson, P Sandy Koufax, CF Leon Roberts, P Doc Medich, P Dan Spillner. Going to KCR: LF Boog Powell, P Jim Palmer, P John Morris)
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 8/20/1975, off Bill Bonham (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/1/1976
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/26/1976
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Hit for the cycle against Tampa Bay on 4/26/1977
Drove in 7 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/26/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1978, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1978, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
9/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1979, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1979, hitting .359 with 3 HR, 21 RBI
Injured on 6/29/1979 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/4/1980 (Going to KCR: P Mike Chris. Going to COL: C Bill Sudakis, P Wayne Twitchell, LF Boog Powell, P Chris Zachary)
 
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