Jack Powell
1897–1912 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Spiders, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
585G
.192AVG
.237OBP
.248SLG
More career statistics
309H
8HR
124RBI
3SB
245–254W–L
4,389.0IP
1,621K
2.97ERA
516GS
15SV
19Rare feats
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 | 585 | 586 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,610 | 1,611 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 9 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 7 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,754 | 1,763 |
| Batting · RBI | 124 | 118 |
| Batting · Triples | 14 | 16 |
| Batting · Walks | 87 | 91 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 17,896 | 17,186 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,450 | 1,292 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,319 | 4,328 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 13,167 | 13,171 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,621 | 1,644 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,991 | 1,993 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,021 | 1,022 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 585 | 1,754 | 1,610 | 133 | 309 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 124 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 399 | .192 | .237 | .248 | .485 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,389.0 | 578 | 516 | 422 | 245 | 254 | 15 | 4,319 | 1,991 | 1,450 | 110 | 1,021 | 1,621 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 | 1.217 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1903-08-04 to 1903-08-29
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1909-08-11 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1898-06-21 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-07-14 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 296 | 883 | 156 | 6 | 64 | 47 | 93 | .195 | .230 | .273 |
| Away | 290 | 880 | 153 | 1 | 54 | 44 | 141 | .189 | .224 | .224 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 119 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | .176 | .210 | .231 |
| May | 94 | 253 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 39 | .208 | .241 | .264 |
| June | 100 | 288 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 34 | .179 | .219 | .229 |
| July | 121 | 373 | 65 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 50 | .187 | .212 | .233 |
| August | 116 | 371 | 65 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 42 | .197 | .240 | .273 |
| September | 99 | 305 | 53 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 45 | .187 | .223 | .237 |
| October | 18 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .240 | .278 | .320 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 62 | 178 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 29 | .234 | .287 | .323 |
| cleveland-guardians | 61 | 185 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | .169 | .195 | .186 |
| boston-red-sox | 58 | 155 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | .147 | .155 | .200 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 56 | 173 | 34 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 12 | .210 | .231 | .296 |
| chicago-white-sox | 45 | 126 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | .229 | .246 | .314 |
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 124 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 12 | .193 | .226 | .228 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .151 | .172 | .163 |
| boston-braves | 26 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | .213 | .250 | .293 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | CSCleveland Spiders | 29 | 98 | 20 | – | 12 | – | .204 | 225 | 62 |
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 42 | 135 | 18 | – | 9 | – | .133 | 342 | 93 |
| 1899 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 49 | 134 | 27 | – | 6 | – | .201 | 373 | 87 |
| 1900 | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 109 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .284 | 287 | 77 |
| 1901 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 119 | 21 | 2 | 8 | – | .176 | 338 | 132 |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Browns | 44 | 127 | 26 | 1 | 15 | – | .205 | 328 | 138 |
| 1903 | St. Louis Browns | 40 | 120 | 25 | – | 9 | – | .208 | 306 | 168 |
| 1904 |  New York Yankees | 47 | 146 | 26 | – | 10 | – | .178 | 390 | 204 |
| 1905 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 40 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | .169 | 228 | 103 |
| 1906 | St. Louis Browns | 28 | 90 | 21 | 1 | 5 | – | .233 | 245 | 134 |
| 1907 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 91 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .132 | 255 | 101 |
| 1908 | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 89 | 21 | – | 5 | – | .236 | 256 | 87 |
| 1909 | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 78 | 14 | – | 6 | – | .179 | 240 | 84 |
| 1910 | St. Louis Browns | 21 | 43 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .163 | 129 | 53 |
| 1911 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 73 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .164 | 209 | 53 |
| 1912 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 7 | – | .183 | 235 | 68 |