Jeremy Powell

{{short description|American baseball coach (born 1976)}} {{distinguish|Jerome Powell}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography | name = Jeremy Powell | image = SH-Jeremy-Powell.jpg | image_size = | caption = Powell with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | position = Pitcher | bats = Right | throws = Right | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|18}} | birth_place = La Mirada, California, U.S. | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = July 23 | debutyear = 1998 | debutteam = Montreal Expos | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 1 | finalyear = 2000 | finalteam = Montreal Expos | debut2league = NPB | debut2date = | debut2year = 2001 | debut2team = Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | final2league = NPB | final2date = | final2year = 2008 | final2team = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 5–16 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 5.84 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 77 | stat2league = NPB | stat21label = Win–loss record | stat21value = 69–65 | stat22label = Earned run average | stat22value = 3.97 | stat23label = Strikeouts | stat23value = 858 | teams = *Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|2000}}) *Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|2001}}–{{npby|2004}}) *Orix Buffaloes ({{npby|2005}}) *Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2006}}–{{npby|2007}}) *Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ({{npby|2008}}) | awards = }} '''Jeremy Robert Powell''' (born June 18, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player. He is currently the pitching coach for the AAA Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He played for the Montreal Expos in Major League Baseball (MLB).

==Career== ===Montreal Expos=== Powell was drafted out of high school by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft and assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Expos. In 9 starts for them in {{baseball year|1994}}, he went 2–2 with a 2.93 ERA and 36 strikeouts. In {{baseball year|1995}} with the Low-A Vermont Expos, he made 15 starts and had an ERA of 4.34. He also made one start for Single-A Albany, giving up 1 run in 6 innings and getting the win. Powell spent all of {{baseball year|1996}} with the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds, where he went 12–9 with a 3.02 ERA, enough to earn a promotion to High-A West Palm Beach to begin {{baseball year|1997}}. With West Palm Beach, he recorded 121 strikeouts and a 3.02 ERA. In {{baseball year|1998}} with the Double-A Harrisburg Senators, he went 9–7 with an ERA of 3.00 and was promoted to the major leagues for the first time after the All-Star Break.

Powell made his major league debut on July 23, 1998, but lost despite giving up only 1 run in 6 innings. He made 6 more appearances for the Expos and ended the season with a major league ERA of 7.92. He began {{baseball year|1999}} with Triple-A Ottawa and posted a 2.97 ERA in 16 starts. This earned him a midseason promotion, and he spent the rest of the season in the majors. He made 17 starts for the Expos, perhaps his best being 8 shutout innings against the San Diego Padres on August 9.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-10-sp-64496-story.html |title=Matos Makes Second Delivery |access-date=2009-01-15 |author= |date=1999-08-10 |work=latimes.com}}</ref> In {{mlby|2000}}, he struggled in both the majors and minors. Powell went 5–13 with a 6.91 ERA in 25 games with Ottawa. With Montreal, he went 0–3 with a 7.96 ERA in 11 games. After the season, he became a free agent and signed with the San Diego Padres.

Powell was assigned to the minor leagues to begin {{baseball year|2001}}, but after going 4–2 with a 1.59 ERA and a .77 WHIP in 11 starts, he went to Japan to play.

===Buffaloes=== He signed with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball, where, after a shaky first season, he became one of NPB's most successful pitchers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=2028 |title=Baseball America Signings |access-date=2009-01-15 |author=Matt Eddy |author-link=Baseball America |date=2009-01-14 |work=baseballamerica.com}}</ref> He played for the Buffaloes through {{npby|2004}}, winning 17, 14, and 8 games in his last three seasons.

In {{npby|2005}}, the Buffaloes merged with the Orix Bluewave to form the Orix Buffaloes. Powell won 14 games and pitched 200 innings in 2005.

===Yomiuri Giants=== In 2006, he joined the Yomiuri Giants after the season. With Yomiuri for two seasons, he went only 10–12 after missing most of the {{baseball year|2007}} season.

===Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks=== In {{npby|2008}}, he joined the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, but went 2–6 in 12 starts.

===Pittsburgh Pirates=== In January 2009, Powell left the Hawks and signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090114&content_id=3744810&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit |title=Bucs ink pair of Minor Leaguers |access-date=2009-01-15 |author=Jenifer Langosch |author-link=MLB.com |date=2009-01-14 |work=MLB.com}}</ref> He was the pitching coach for the Greensboro Grasshoppers.

===As Coach=== As of 2018, he is the pitching coach for the AAA New Orleans Baby Cakes.

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=136262|espn=|br=p/powelje01|fangraphs=1010490|brm=powell001jer}} *[http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1456 Japanese Profile]

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