Doc Powers
1898–1909 · bats R / throws R · Louisville Colonels, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1897-99)
648G
.216AVG
.248OBP
.268SLG
More career statistics
450H
4HR
199RBI
23SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 648 | 649 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,088 | 2,084 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Batting · Doubles | 72 | 73 |
| Batting · Hits | 450 | 449 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,238 | 2,237 |
| Batting · RBI | 199 | 196 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 23 | 27 |
| Batting · Walks | 72 | 74 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 648 | 2,238 | 2,088 | 183 | 450 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 199 | 72 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 560 | .216 | .248 | .268 | .516 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1901-09-28 to 1902-05-10
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1901-08-26 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1901-08-10 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1901-05-28 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 330 | 1143 | 237 | 1 | 104 | 45 | 112 | .224 | .247 | .283 |
| Away | 319 | 1094 | 212 | 3 | 92 | 29 | 127 | .206 | .220 | .254 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 143 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 16 | .257 | .273 | .309 |
| May | 108 | 390 | 81 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 35 | .226 | .246 | .277 |
| June | 105 | 372 | 75 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 36 | .214 | .237 | .271 |
| July | 132 | 442 | 91 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 58 | .224 | .244 | .283 |
| August | 134 | 464 | 86 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 45 | .198 | .224 | .253 |
| September | 106 | 350 | 66 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 38 | .202 | .206 | .239 |
| October | 23 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | .208 | .211 | .292 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 85 | 306 | 63 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 22 | .223 | .242 | .262 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 84 | 298 | 74 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 35 | .264 | .279 | .332 |
| chicago-white-sox | 80 | 277 | 50 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 43 | .193 | .202 | .243 |
| boston-red-sox | 75 | 260 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 40 | .164 | .177 | .201 |
| detroit-tigers | 69 | 241 | 48 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 31 | .214 | .237 | .254 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 189 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 17 | .182 | .201 | .216 |
| new-york-yankees | 50 | 156 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 24 | .181 | .192 | .208 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 28 | 105 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 4 | .326 | .381 | .432 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Louisville Colonels | 34 | 100 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels, Washington Senators (1897-99) | 64 | 208 | 45 | – | 25 | 1 | .216 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 116 | 429 | 108 | 1 | 47 | 10 | .252 | – | – |
| 1902 | Philadelphia Athletics | 71 | 246 | 65 | 2 | 39 | 3 | .264 | – | – |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 246 | 56 | – | 23 | 1 | .228 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 57 | 184 | 35 | – | 11 | 3 | .190 | – | – |
| 1905 | New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 154 | 24 | – | 8 | 4 | .156 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 58 | 184 | 29 | – | 5 | 2 | .158 | – | – |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 159 | 29 | – | 10 | 1 | .182 | – | – |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics | 63 | 170 | 31 | – | 9 | 1 | .182 | – | – |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |