| Kenny Powers | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Pilot |
| Last appearance | Chapter 13 |
| Portrayed by | Danny McBride |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | The People's Champion, The Shelby Sensation, The Reverse Apache Master, The Man with the Golden Dick, Doctor Cock and Balls, La Flama Blanca, The Bulletproof Tiger |
| Occupation | Professional baseball pitcher |
| Religion | Christian |
| Nationality | American |
Kenny Powers is the fictional main character from the HBO television series Eastbound and Down, played by American actor Danny McBride.[1] Powers is portrayed as a once dominant baseball pitcher, whose poor work ethic and short temper jeopardized his professional career. In season one, Powers becomes a substitute physical education teacher who is attempting to make a return to Major League Baseball.
Contents |
Powers enjoyed a spectacular debut, but his abrasive personality led him to be constantly traded as he wore out his welcome quickly, and in less than seven years he found himself out of major league baseball completely, He then went back to his hometown of Shelby, North Carolina to accept a job as a substitute physical education teacher at his former middle school, while trying to get back into the majors.
| Year | Club | G | IP | W-L | S | SO | BB | ER | ERA | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Gwinnett* | 15 | 23 | 4-0 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0.39 | -- |
| 2002 | Atlanta | 62 | 66 1⁄3 | 7-3 | 49 | 106 | 30 | 21 | 2.85 | 1.75 |
| 2003 | New York | 64 | 62 2⁄3 | 7-3 | 39 | 79 | 20 | 33 | 4.74 | 1.13 |
| 2004 | San Francisco | 52 | 54 2⁄3 | 3-10 | 30 | 44 | 27 | 40 | 6.59 | -0.46 |
| 2005 | Boston | 15 | 12 2⁄3 | 0-6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8.57 | -0.31 |
| 2006 | Seattle | unknown | ||||||||
| Career totals[2] | 208 | 219 1⁄3 | 21-22 | 133 | 263 | 86 | 107 | 4.40 | 2.11 | |
HBO introduced officially licensed Eastbound & Down t-shirts featuring quotes from the show as well as shirts based on Kenny Powers' Atlanta and Charros jersey. Summer 2011, it was announced that an officially licensed Kenny Powers costume would be produced for Halloween.[3]
In 2011, K-Swiss began an ad campaign featuring Kenny Powers as the new CEO of K-Swiss.[4] The campaign focuses on the new Tubes line of K-Swiss shoes.