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Jake Powell
Alvin Jacob Powell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 3, 1930
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born July 15, 1908 in Silver Spring, MD
Died November 4, 1948 in Washington, DC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 21 WSH AL   3    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1934 25 WSH AL   9   35    6   10   2  0   0    1   1  1   4   2  .286  .359  .343   85   12   1           0    
 1935 26 WSH AL 139  551   88  172  26 10   6   98  15  7  37  37  .312  .360  .428  106  236  12           4    
 1936 27 TOT AL 140  538  102  161  24  8   8   78  26 11  51  51  .299  .362  .418   95  225   4           2    
         WSH AL  53  210   40   62  11  5   1   30  10  4  18  21  .295  .357  .410   93   86   1           2    
         NYY AL  87  328   62   99  13  3   7   48  16  7  33  30  .302  .366  .424   97  139   3           0    
 1937 28 NYY AL  97  365   54   96  22  3   3   45   7  5  25  36  .263  .314  .364   70  133   8           2    
 1938 29 NYY AL  45  164   27   42  12  1   2   20   3  1  15  20  .256  .326  .378   76   62   2           2    
 1939 30 NYY AL  31   86   12   21   4  1   1    9   1  2   3   8  .244  .270  .349   58   30   2           0   1
 1940 31 NYY AL  12   27    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   4  .185  .214  .185    6    5   0           0   1
 1943 34 WSH AL  37  132   14   35  10  2   0   20   3  5   5  13  .265  .297  .371   98   49   3           1   2
 1944 35 WSH AL  96  367   29   88   9  1   1   37   7  2  16  26  .240  .272  .278   60  102   9           0   4
 1945 36 TOT     79  271   17   59   7  0   1   17   2  1  16  21  .218  .261  .255   49   69   2           0  10
         WSH AL  31   98    4   19   2  0   0    3   1  1   8   8  .194  .255  .214   41   21   0           0   1
         PHI NL  48  173   13   40   5  0   1   14   1      8  13  .231  .265  .277   53   48   2           0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     688 2540  353  689 116 26  22  327  65 35 173 219  .271  .320  .363   81  923  43   0   0  11  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        598   83  162  27  6   5   77  15  8  41  52  .271  .320  .363   81  217  10   0   0   3   4
 Career High    140  551  102  172  26 10   8   98  26 11  51  51  .312  .362  .428  106  236  12   0   0   4  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 21 WSH AL    4    4    0   0.0   116| .000  .295| .000  .359| .000  .434| .000  .793|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1934 25 WSH AL   40   27    4   3.9   108| .286  .283| .359  .356| .343  .408| .702  .764|  85  .392  -0.6  -0.1  50%
 1935 26 WSH AL  604  398   84   5.6   109| .312  .284| .360  .356| .428  .410| .788  .766| 106  .553   3.4   0.3  68%
 1936 27 TOT AL  595  392   82   5.6   118| .299  .294| .362  .369| .418  .431| .780  .800|  95  .502  -4.5  -0.4  70%
         WSH AL  231  153   31   5.4   117| .295  .292| .357  .367| .410  .429| .767  .796|  93  .487  -2.6  -0.2  71%
         NYY AL  364  239   51   5.7   119| .302  .295| .366  .370| .424  .433| .790  .803|  97  .511  -2.0  -0.2  69%
 1937 28 NYY AL  400  282   41   3.8   118| .263  .291| .314  .367| .364  .434| .678  .800|  70  .361 -17.9  -1.7  58%
 1938 29 NYY AL  183  125   20   4.2   118| .256  .290| .326  .369| .378  .432| .704  .801|  76  .399  -6.3  -0.6  75%
 1939 30 NYY AL   91   70    8   3.0   113| .244  .285| .270  .360| .349  .422| .619  .782|  58  .280  -5.9  -0.6  33%
 1940 31 NYY AL   28   23    1   1.2   107| .185  .274| .214  .347| .185  .416| .399  .763|   6  .064  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1943 34 WSH AL  141  107   13   3.3    84| .265  .252| .297  .325| .371  .347| .668  .672|  98  .439  -0.8  -0.1  37%
 1944 35 WSH AL  392  294   28   2.6    88| .240  .263| .272  .329| .278  .359| .550  .689|  60  .306 -19.8  -2.1  77%
 1945 36 TOT     289  225   18   2.1    90| .218  .263| .261  .333| .255  .361| .516  .694|  49  .231 -18.4  -2.0  66%
         WSH AL  106   81    5   1.7    82| .194  .252| .255  .323| .214  .343| .469  .665|  41  .175  -7.0  -0.8  50%
         PHI NL  183  144   13   2.4    94| .231  .270| .265  .339| .277  .372| .542  .711|  53  .260 -11.4  -1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2767 1947  299   4.1   107| .271  .280| .320  .353| .363  .404| .683  .757|  81  .420 -75.9  -7.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 21 WSH AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 1 0 1 1934 25 WSH AL OF 9 18 3 1 0 .955 .968 2.33 2.16 0 9 0 1935 26 WSH AL OF 136 361 10 9 4 .976 .970 2.73 2.30 0 136 1 2B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.60 1936 27 TOT AL OF 137 311 8 11 3 .967 .968 2.33 2.29 42 95 0 WSH AL OF 53 115 2 6 1 .951 .968 2.21 2.29 0 53 0 NYY AL OF 84 196 6 5 2 .976 .968 2.40 2.29 42 42 0 1937 28 NYY AL OF 94 201 5 4 2 .981 .969 2.19 2.28 94 0 0 1938 29 NYY AL OF 43 86 1 2 0 .978 .972 2.02 2.28 37 1 6 1939 30 NYY AL OF 23 56 1 1 0 .983 .969 2.48 2.35 19 2 3 1940 31 NYY AL OF 7 15 1 0 0 1.000 .970 2.29 2.31 3 2 2 1943 34 WSH AL OF 33 83 4 2 0 .978 .978 2.64 2.39 25 8 0 1944 35 WSH AL OF 90 196 5 4 0 .980 .974 2.23 2.35 58 0 32 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1945 36 TOT OF 71 123 6 4 3 .970 .978 1.82 2.31 25 5 41 WSH AL OF 27 56 1 3 1 .950 .978 2.11 2.27 21 0 6 PHI NL OF 44 67 5 1 2 .986 .978 1.64 2.33 4 5 35
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 26 WSH AL 2B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.60 1944 35 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1930 21 WSH AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 1 0 1 1934 25 WSH AL OF 9 18 3 1 0 .955 .968 2.33 2.16 0 9 0 1935 26 WSH AL OF 136 361 10 9 4 .976 .970 2.73 2.30 0 136 1 1936 27 TOT AL OF 137 311 8 11 3 .967 .968 2.33 2.29 42 95 0 WSH AL OF 53 115 2 6 1 .951 .968 2.21 2.29 0 53 0 NYY AL OF 84 196 6 5 2 .976 .968 2.40 2.29 42 42 0 1937 28 NYY AL OF 94 201 5 4 2 .981 .969 2.19 2.28 94 0 0 1938 29 NYY AL OF 43 86 1 2 0 .978 .972 2.02 2.28 37 1 6 1939 30 NYY AL OF 23 56 1 1 0 .983 .969 2.48 2.35 19 2 3 1940 31 NYY AL OF 7 15 1 0 0 1.000 .970 2.29 2.31 3 2 2 1943 34 WSH AL OF 33 83 4 2 0 .978 .978 2.64 2.39 25 8 0 1944 35 WSH AL OF 90 196 5 4 0 .980 .974 2.23 2.35 58 0 32 1945 36 TOT OF 71 123 6 4 3 .970 .978 1.82 2.31 25 5 41 WSH AL OF 27 56 1 3 1 .950 .978 2.11 2.27 21 0 6 PHI NL OF 44 67 5 1 2 .986 .978 1.64 2.33 4 5 35
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 645 1453 44 38 12 .975 .971 2.32 2.31 304 258 86 2B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.60 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 648 1453 46 38 12 .975 .971 2.31 2.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  22   8  10  1  0  1   5   4   4  .455  .538  .636   1  1   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        3-0   8  23   8  10  1  0  1   5   4   5  .435  .519  .609   1  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1935 AL-15-6
1936 AL-26-2

Singles
1935 AL-130-10

Hit By Pitch
1935 AL-4-7

Caught Stealing
1935 AL-7-9
1936 AL-11-3

Power/Speed Number
1936 AL-12.2-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (1053) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 14, 1936: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Ben Chapman.

December 5, 1940: Purchased by the San Francisco (PCL) from the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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