League Leaders Who Led?
Jack Powell

Jack Powell

1897–1912  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'11", 195 lb  ·  b. 1874 Bloomington, IL

Career 245–255 · 2.97 ERA · 1,621 SO · 4389.0 IP · 585 G · 309 H · 8 HR · 124 RBI · .192 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
3 best in baseball 2 league only
27 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1898 Best season

Spanning 1898–1903, peaking at 1 titles in 1898.

Led in Saves for 3 straight seasons (1901–1903) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 400th League titles 5
  • 274th Best in baseball 3
  • 341st Top-5 finishes 27

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Saves 3 1st 3 yrs (1901–1903) 1901 3 1902 AL 2 1903 AL 2 1905 #2 1909 #2
Complete Games 1 1st — 1899 40 1902 #3
Shutouts 1 1st — 1898 6 1897 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1902 #2
Innings Pitched — #2 — 1899 #2 1904 #2
Strikeouts — #3 — 1902 #3 1904 #3
Wins — #3 — 1902 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1903 1 SV 2
1902 1 SV 2
1901 1 SV 3
1899 1 CG 40
1898 1 SHO 6

Pitching

16 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1897 CL4 NL 15 10 3.16 27 26 0 225.0 245 79 2 62 61 1.36
1898 CL4 NL 23 15 3.00 42 41 0 342.0 328 114 8 112 93 1.29
1899 SLN NL 23 19 3.52 48 43 0 373.0 433 146 15 85 87 1.39
1900 SLN NL 17 17 4.44 38 37 0 287.2 325 142 9 77 77 1.40
1901 SLN NL 19 19 3.54 45 37 3 338.1 351 133 14 50 133 1.19
1902 SLA AL 22 17 3.21 42 39 2 328.1 320 117 12 93 137 1.26
1903 SLA AL 15 19 2.91 38 34 2 306.1 294 99 11 58 169 1.15
1904 NYA AL 23 19 2.44 47 45 0 390.1 340 106 15 92 202 1.11
1905 NYA +1 AL 10 14 3.27 40 26 1 231.0 236 84 4 62 96 1.29
1906 SLA AL 13 14 1.77 28 26 1 244.0 196 48 2 55 132 1.03
1907 SLA AL 13 16 2.68 32 31 1 255.2 229 76 4 62 96 1.14
1908 SLA AL 16 13 2.11 33 32 1 256.0 208 60 1 47 85 1.00
1909 SLA AL 12 16 2.11 34 27 3 239.0 221 56 1 42 82 1.10
1910 SLA AL 7 11 2.30 21 18 0 129.1 121 33 0 28 52 1.15
1911 SLA AL 8 19 3.29 31 27 1 207.2 224 76 7 44 52 1.29
1912 SLA AL 9 17 3.10 32 27 0 235.1 248 81 5 52 67 1.28
Career — — 245 255 2.97 578 516 15 4389.0 4,319 1,450 110 1,021 1,621 1.22

Batting

16 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1897 CL4 NL 28 97 10 20 1 0 0 12 6 18 0 .206 .260 .217 .476
1898 CL4 NL 42 136 15 18 3 1 0 9 11 11 0 .132 .197 .169 .366
1899 SLN NL 49 134 13 27 0 1 1 6 12 28 0 .202 .267 .239 .506
1900 SLN NL 38 109 15 31 4 4 1 12 10 20 3 .284 .350 .422 .772
1901 SLN NL 45 119 14 21 3 1 2 8 6 36 0 .177 .222 .269 .491
1902 SLA AL 44 127 15 26 9 0 1 15 10 25 0 .205 .268 .299 .567
1903 SLA AL 40 120 6 25 5 1 0 9 4 17 0 .208 .240 .267 .507
1904 NYA AL 47 146 11 26 3 2 0 10 3 31 0 .178 .195 .226 .421
1905 NYA +1 AL 40 75 5 13 1 0 1 2 5 12 0 .173 .225 .227 .452
1906 SLA AL 28 91 5 21 2 0 1 8 4 17 0 .231 .263 .286 .549
1907 SLA AL 32 91 5 12 1 0 0 4 6 25 0 .132 .194 .143 .337
1908 SLA AL 33 89 3 21 3 1 0 6 1 10 0 .236 .244 .292 .537
1909 SLA AL 34 78 3 14 1 1 0 6 1 10 0 .180 .190 .218 .408
1910 SLA AL 21 43 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 .163 .182 .163 .345
1911 SLA AL 32 73 3 12 0 1 0 7 2 15 0 .164 .187 .192 .379
1912 SLA AL 32 82 8 15 2 1 1 7 5 14 0 .183 .239 .268 .507
Career — — 585 1,610 133 309 38 14 8 124 87 299 3 .192 .237 .248 .484

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 578 127 967 72 34 .938
OF 4 2 1 1 0 .750
C 1 0 0 1 0 .000
1B 1 6 2 1 1 .889