Grover Powell

Grover David Powell (October 10, 1940 – May 21, 1985) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Mets in 1963.^[1]

Major League Career

The Mets signed Powell out of the University of Pennsylvania before their first season in 1962. Powell had actually been asked to leave the university baseball team and had not played with them since his sophomore year.^[2] After one full year in the minor leagues and part of a second, the Mets called Powell up in July 1963. After making nine appearances in relief, he received an opportunity to start on August 20. Powell responded by throwing a complete game shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies, allowing four hits.^[3] It would turn out to be his only Major League win. In his next start, Powell pitched four more shutout innings before being removed from the game after being hit in the cheek by a line drive.^[4] He made two more starts that season, and appeared in seven games in relief, being charged with one loss.^[2]

After the Majors

Powell did not pitch again in the Majors after 1963, continuing to pitch in the minor leagues through 1970. Having left school to pitch for the Mets, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania to complete his degree in 1966.^[5] In 1985 while visiting his son in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Leukemia. He died later that year.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Retrosheet
• Venezuelan Professional Baseball League