Jack Powell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 195 lb

BornJuly 9, 1874 · Bloomington, IL, USA

MLB debutJune 23, 1897

Final gameOctober 3, 1912

Seasons16 (1897–1912)

Cleveland Spiders 1897–1898; St. Louis Perfectos 1899; St. Louis Cardinals 1900–1901; St. Louis Browns 1902–1903; New York Highlanders 1904–1905; St. Louis Browns 1905–1912

Percentile snapshot

1912 season — qualified pitchers

42.5

58.6

33.3

12.6

66.7

SHO

248

28.7

36.8

66.7

28.7

29.9

235.3

58.6

ERA

3.10

44.8

WHIP

1.275

48.3

K/9

2.56

3.4

FIP

3.36

41.4

FIP-

102.1

35.6

ERA+

106.2

43.7

sWAR

2.9

58.6

of 88 qualified 1912 pitchers (min 157 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

105.6

59.3

sWAR

51.4

98.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1897	28	108	97	10	20	1	0	0	12	6	18	0	.206	.260	.216	.476	37.1	26.3	.238	4.3
1898	42	149	136	15	18	3	1	0	9	11	11	0	.132	.197	.169	.366	14.9	5.0	.190	4.9
1899	49	150	134	13	27	0	1	1	6	12	28	0	.201	.267	.239	.506	47.1	39.0	.254	4.9
1900	38	124	109	15	31	4	4	1	12	10	20	3	.284	.350	.422	.772	109.7	112.5	.366	1.5
1901	45	135	119	14	21	3	1	2	8	6	36	0	.176	.222	.269	.491	44.4	43.2	.236	2.4
1902	44	141	127	15	26	9	0	1	15	10	25	0	.205	.268	.299	.567	61.9	58.9	.271	4.6
1903	40	128	120	6	25	5	1	0	9	4	17	0	.208	.240	.267	.507	53.7	53.7	.238	3.2
1904	47	153	146	11	26	3	2	0	10	3	31	0	.178	.195	.226	.421	21.4	30.1	.199	4.8
1905	40	80	75	5	13	1	0	1	2	5	12	0	.173	.225	.227	.452	35.4	37.7	.224	1.0
1906	28	97	91	5	21	2	0	1	8	4	17	0	.231	.263	.286	.549	71.0	73.9	.266	5.4
1907	32	99	91	5	12	1	0	0	4	6	25	0	.132	.194	.143	.337	10.8	8.4	.178	1.5
1908	33	94	89	3	21	3	1	0	6	1	10	0	.236	.244	.292	.537	69.6	76.2	.257	3.6
1909	34	83	78	3	14	1	1	0	6	1	10	0	.179	.190	.218	.408	20.2	29.9	.197	3.4
1910	21	45	43	2	7	0	0	0	3	1	10	0	.163	.182	.163	.345	2.8	9.5	.171	1.3
1911	32	79	73	3	12	0	1	0	7	2	15	0	.164	.187	.192	.378	2.7	6.0	.184	1.8
1912	32	89	82	8	15	2	1	1	7	5	14	0	.183	.239	.268	.507	45.4	45.8	.249	2.9

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1897	27	26	15	10	0	24	2	245	79	62	61	2	225.0	3.16	1.364	2.44	3.84	89.3	136.1	4.3
1898	42	41	23	15	0	36	6	328	114	112	93	8	342.0	3.00	1.287	2.45	3.65	101.3	120.1	4.9
1899	48	43	23	19	0	40	2	433	146	85	87	15	373.0	3.52	1.389	2.10	3.80	98.7	109.2	4.9
1900	38	37	17	17	0	28	3	325	142	77	77	9	287.7	4.44	1.397	2.41	3.53	95.6	83.2	1.5
1901	45	37	19	19	3	33	2	351	133	50	133	14	338.3	3.54	1.185	3.54	3.24	99.2	92.3	2.4
1902	42	39	22	17	2	36	3	320	117	93	137	12	328.3	3.21	1.258	3.76	3.38	97.1	108.5	4.6
1903	38	34	15	19	2	33	4	294	99	58	169	11	306.3	2.91	1.149	4.97	2.76	95.5	99.3	3.2
1904	47	45	23	19	0	38	3	340	106	92	202	15	390.3	2.44	1.107	4.66	2.75	102.0	110.4	4.8
1905	40	26	10	14	1	16	1	236	84	62	96	4	231.0	3.27	1.290	3.74	2.75	96.3	87.1	1.0
1906	28	26	13	14	1	25	3	196	48	55	132	2	244.0	1.77	1.029	4.87	2.28	86.9	148.0	5.4
1907	32	31	13	16	1	27	4	229	76	62	96	4	255.7	2.68	1.138	3.38	2.58	103.1	93.6	1.5
1908	33	32	16	13	1	23	5	208	60	47	85	1	256.0	2.11	.996	2.99	2.26	96.8	110.5	3.6
1909	34	27	12	16	3	18	4	221	56	42	82	1	239.0	2.11	1.100	3.09	2.23	92.1	114.9	3.4
1910	21	18	7	11	0	8	3	121	33	28	52	0	129.3	2.30	1.152	3.62	2.12	86.5	106.6	1.3
1911	31	27	8	19	1	18	1	224	76	44	52	7	207.7	3.29	1.291	2.25	3.59	108.3	100.6	1.8
1912	32	27	9	17	0	19	0	248	81	52	67	5	235.3	3.10	1.275	2.56	3.36	102.1	106.2	2.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

585

1,754

1,610

133

309

RBI

124

299

.1919

OBP

.2365

SLG

.2478

OPS

.4843

Pitching

G (P)

578

277th-most career G (P)

516

46th-most career GS

245

55th-most career W

255

8th-most career L

422

15th-most career CG

SHO

26th-most career SHO

4,389

31st-most career IP

SO (P)

1,621

187th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,021

109th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.973

170th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2167

216th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

3.32

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1905-06-30	ATH @ NYY Gameday	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	5
1902-08-01	ATH @ BAL Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	4
1903-09-13	CWS @ BAL Gameday	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	4
1912-07-10	BAL @ BOS Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	4
1906-10-06	DET @ BAL Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1903-08-31	CLE @ BAL Gameday	9.0	5	2	0	3	12
1903-08-14	MIN @ BAL Gameday	15.0	6	1	1	1	10
1906-07-23	BAL @ MIN Gameday	12.1	9	3	0	3	10
1903-08-29	CLE @ BAL Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	0	10
1904-07-15	CLE @ NYY Gameday	15.0	10	2	2	1	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.