Malvin Powell
Chicago American Giants 1929–1930; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Chicago American Giants 1932–1937
Percentile snapshot
1934 season — qualified pitchers
of 103 qualified 1934 pitchers (min 48 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 43 | 152 | 139 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 | .269 | .302 | .571 | 51.7 | 48.7 | .264 | -1.0 |
| 1930 | 45 | 140 | 128 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .266 | .309 | .336 | .645 | 74.4 | 71.6 | .299 | -0.9 |
| 1931 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .308 | .000 | .308 | 40.2 | -11.3 | .237 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 15 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .237 | .243 | .480 | 48.2 | 46.5 | .231 | 2.0 |
| 1933 | 13 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .294 | .394 | .688 | 85.4 | 86.5 | .309 | -0.1 |
| 1934 | 18 | 45 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .227 | .279 | .506 | 43.1 | 41.5 | .237 | 0.2 |
| 1935 | 22 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .340 | .409 | .750 | 88.7 | 88.2 | .341 | 0.6 |
| 1936 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 0.8 | -20.8 | .133 | -0.4 |
| 1937 | 20 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .342 | .344 | .686 | 96.3 | 90.1 | .330 | 0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 54.0 | 6.33 | 1.648 | 3.50 | 5.72 | 126.8 | 71.3 | -1.0 |
| 1930 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5.3 | 20.25 | 3.563 | 10.13 | 10.40 | 228.1 | 22.5 | -0.9 |
| 1931 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 28.0 | 1.29 | 1.071 | 4.18 | 4.02 | 95.5 | 327.6 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 83 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 86.7 | 2.60 | 1.292 | 2.80 | 4.18 | 112.1 | 143.6 | 2.0 |
| 1933 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 31 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 48.7 | 5.73 | 1.623 | 4.81 | 4.82 | 111.7 | 75.2 | -0.1 |
| 1934 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 48.3 | 4.66 | 1.407 | 3.54 | 4.96 | 109.9 | 96.9 | 0.2 |
| 1935 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 44.3 | 5.28 | 1.805 | 2.84 | 5.77 | 113.1 | 96.6 | 0.6 |
| 1936 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13.3 | 8.10 | 2.100 | 2.03 | 6.09 | 129.3 | 58.1 | -0.4 |
| 1937 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 36.3 | 5.70 | 1.541 | 2.48 | 5.02 | 112.2 | 78.6 | 0.1 |
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
Pitching
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 | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-05-10 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1933-04-30 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1934-06-01 | TIC @ CAG Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1937-07-27 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1932-04-24 | IND @ CAG Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-06-09 | SLS @ CAG Gameday | 18.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 1934-06-26 | CAG @ BEG Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1933-06-13 | IND @ CAG Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1931-06-20 | IND @ CAG Gameday | 10.0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1932-08-14 | HOM @ CAG Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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.