Martin Powell (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMartin Powell (baseball)
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1856
Place of Birth: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 05-Feb-1888
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Martin Powell (baseball)
- Martin J.
- Powell (March 25, 1856 – February 5, 1888) was an American professional baseball player from 1878 to 1884.
- He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Detroit Wolverines from 1881 to 1883 and the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds in 1884. In his rookie season in the major leagues, Powell compiled a .338 batting average that was second in the National League behind only Cap Anson.
- In 279 games over five major league seasons, he compiled a .283 batting average with 213 runs scored, 43 doubles, 11 triples, three home runs, and 115 runs batted in.
- Powell retired after the 1884 season due to impaired health and died of consumption (an arcane term for tuberculosis) in 1888 at age 31.
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