Jeremy Robert Powell (born June 18, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player. He is currently the pitching coach for the AAA New Orleans Baby Cakes. He played for the Montreal Expos in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Montreal Expos

Powell was drafted out of high school by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the

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and assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Expos. In 9 starts for them in , he went 2-2 with a 2.93 ERA and 36

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s. In with the Low-A Vermont Expos, he made 15 starts and had an ERA of 4.34. He also made one start for Single-A Albany, giving up 1

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in 6 innings and getting the win. Powell spent all of with the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds where he went 12-9 with a 3.02 ERA, enough to earn a promotion to High-A

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to begin . With West Palm Beach, he recorded 121

s and a 3.02 ERA. In with the Double-A

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, he went 9-7 with an ERA of 3.00 and was promoted to the major leagues for the first time after the All-Star Break. Powell made his major league debut on July 23, 1998, but lost despite giving up only 1 run in 6 innings. He made 6 more appearances for the Expos and ended the season with a major league ERA of 7.92. He began with Triple-A

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and posted a 2.97 ERA in 16 starts. This earned him a midseason promotion, and he spent the rest of the season in the majors. He made 17 starts for the Expos with perhaps his best being 8

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innings against the

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on August 9. In , he struggled in both the majors and minors. With Ottawa, Powell went 5-13 with a 6.91 ERA in 25 games. With Montreal, he went 0-3 with a 7.96 ERA in 11 games. He became a

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after the season, and signed with the San Diego Padres. Powell was assigned to the minor leagues to begin , but after going 4-2 with a 1.59 ERA and a .77

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in 11 starts, he went to Japan to play.

Buffaloes

He signed with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball where after a shaky first season, he became one of NPB's most successful pitchers. He played for the Buffaloes through , winning 17, 14, and 8 games in his last three seasons with them. In , the Buffaloes merged with the Orix Bluewave to form the Orix Buffaloes. Powell won 14 games and pitched 200 innings in 2005.

Yomiuri Giants

In 2006, he joined the

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after the season. With Yomiuri for two seasons, he went only 10-12 after missing most of the season.

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

In , he joined the

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, but went 2-6 in 12 starts.

Pittsburgh Pirates

In January 2009, Powell left Hawks and signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the pitching coach for the Greensboro Grasshoppers.

As Coach

As of 2018, he is currently the pitching coach for the AAA, New Orleans Baby Cakes.

References

External links

Japanese Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Jeremy 1976 births Living people Albany Polecats players American expatriate baseball players in Canada American expatriate baseball players in Japan Baseball coaches from California Baseball players from Los Angeles County, California Delmarva Shorebirds players Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players Gulf Coast Expos players Harrisburg Senators players Indianapolis Indians players Major League Baseball pitchers Minor league baseball coaches Montreal Expos players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players Ottawa Lynx players Portland Beavers players Vermont Expos players West Palm Beach Expos players Yomiuri Giants players People from La Mirada, California