Willie Powell

Baseball player
Willie Powell
Pitcher
Born: (1903-12-17)December 17, 1903
Eutaw, Alabama
Died: January 10, 1944(1944-01-10) (aged 40)
Three Rivers, Michigan
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1925, for the Chicago American Giants
Last appearance
1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox
Teams
  • Chicago American Giants (1925–1929, 1932–1933)
  • Detroit Stars (1930–1931)
  • Akron Black Tyrites (1933)
  • Cleveland Red Sox (1934)

Willie Ernest "Pee Wee" Powell (October 30, 1903 – May 16, 1987) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1934, playing mostly with the Chicago American Giants. He threw a no-hitter in 1927.[1]

References

  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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Chicago American Giants 1926 Colored World Series champions
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John Hines
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Webster McDonald
Robert Poindexter
Willie Powell
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John Shackelford
George Sweatt
Sandy Thompson
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Willie Ware
Charlie Williams
Manager
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Chicago American Giants 1927 Colored World Series champions
James Bray
Jim Brown
Larry Brown
Rube Curry
Walter Davis
Lou Dials
Bill Foster
George Harney
John Hines
Sanford Jackson
Dave Malarcher
Webster McDonald
Eddie Miller
Willie Powell
Nat Rogers
Pythias Russ
George Sweatt
Charlie Williams
Manager
Dave Malarcher


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