The Boogster…Boog Powell!

Boog Powell

Boog Powell

Hi everyone! Episode six of Three Strikes…yer OUT! podcast is now published and available on apple podcasts in iTunes. Next up, a biography of one of the great Baltimore Oriole First Baseman, Boog Powell! He was the power on the best Orioles teams ever in the 1960’s and early 1970’s! I remember these teams like they were yesterday!

Career Highlights:

  • He was a 4-time All-Star.
  • He won the American League Most Valuable Player Award (1970).
  • He was an American League Champion with the Orioles in 1966, 1969, 1970 and 1971.
  • He was a World Series Champion twice with the Orioles (1966, 1970).
  • He was the AL Comeback Player of the Year twice (1966, 1975).
  • He led the American League in 1964 with an outstanding .606 slugging percentage.

List of sources:

  1. SABR.org (Society for American Baseball Research)
  2. baseball-reference.com (THE resource for stats on all MLB players!)
  3. Wikipedia

Special Credit goes to YouTuber MrRunnerholic for the great cover of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame!” and the permission to use it on my podcast. Man, I love it! Thank you so much!