# Dennis Powell

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For the British boxing champion, see [Dennis Powell (boxer)](/source/Dennis_Powell_(boxer)).

**Dennis Clay Powell** (born August 13, 1963) is an American former professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) who played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers), [Seattle Mariners](/source/Seattle_Mariners), and [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers), in all or parts of eight seasons (–). Powell also pitched for the [Kintetsu Buffaloes](/source/Kintetsu_Buffaloes) of [Nippon Professional Baseball](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball) in .

Powell was undrafted and unrecruited out of [Colquitt County High School](/source/Colquitt_County_High_School) and, after graduating, got a job on an ice truck to help support his mother and three brothers while playing [semi-pro](/source/Semi-professional_sports) baseball in [Albany, Georgia](/source/Albany,_Georgia), where he [won](/source/Wins_(baseball_statistics)) 20 consecutive games. It was not until his second season that he attracted the attention of scouts and was given a [signing bonus](/source/Signing_bonus) of $3,000 to join the Los Angeles Dodgers (); he had been making $150 per week on the ice truck ().[1][2] He led the [Gulf Coast League](/source/Gulf_Coast_League) in [strikeouts](/source/Strikeout) and [shutouts](/source/Shutout_(baseball)) in 1983.

Powell made his MLB debut in 1985. He had surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow in May 1986.[2] The Dodgers traded him and Mike Watters to Seattle for pitcher [Matt Young](/source/Matt_Young) after the season.[3] In his first stint with the Mariners, he split time between the majors and minors and was released in May 1990, quickly signing a minor league contract with the Brewers. He signed with the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) before the 1991 season but was released after [spring training](/source/Spring_training) and returned to the Mariners organization, though he did not return to the majors until 1992.[2]

As a big league hitter, Powell had three hits, all [doubles](/source/Double_(baseball)), in 17 [at bats](/source/At_bats) (since he played mostly in the [American League](/source/American_League), during the [designated hitter](/source/Designated_hitter) era), for a .176 [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)). Powell’s three doubles ties him with [Earl Hersh](/source/Earl_Hersh) and [Verdo Elmore](/source/Verdo_Elmore) for the most hits in a major league career in which all the player’s hits were doubles.[4]

## Personal life

One of Powell's brothers and a nephew died in a car accident in April 1989 in Georgia. Two other brothers died in a car accident only a few months later in January 1990 on [U.S. Route 319](/source/U.S._Route_319) in Georgia.[5]

Powell is married and has a child.[2]

## References

1. Bowers, Harley (18 September 1985). ["Still some secrets"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-still-some-secrets/127217278/). *[The Macon Telegraph](/source/The_Macon_Telegraph)*. p. 1D. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

1. [*Seattle Mariners 1993 Media Guide*](https://archive.org/details/seattle-mariners-1993-media-guide-c/page/77/). pp. 77,78.

1. Friend, Tom (11 December 1986). ["Brock Gets Wish; Dodgers Get Young L.A. Sends First Baseman to Brewers for Leary; Powell to Seattle"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-11-sp-2091-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. p. 1.

1. ["MLB Players With 3 Career Doubles And Zero Singles"](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/mlb-players-with-3-career-doubles-and-zero-singles). *StatMuse*. Retrieved 2026-05-05.

1. ["Mariners reliever Powell gets tragic news from Georgia home"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-mariners-reliev/127217571/). *[The Atlanta Constitution](/source/The_Atlanta_Constitution)*. 24 January 1990. p. 70. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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