Dennis Powell

Biography

Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or parts of eight seasons (1985–1993). Powell also pitched for the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1995. Powell was undrafted and unrecruited out of Colquitt County High School and, after graduating, got a job on an ice truck to help support his mother and three brothers while playing semi-pro baseball in Albany, Georgia, where he won 20 consecutive games. It was not until his second season that he attracted the attention of scouts and was given a signing bonus of $3,000 to join the Los Angeles Dodgers (equivalent to $9,700 in 2025); he had been making $150 per week on the ice truck (equivalent to $485 in 2025). He led the Gulf Coast League in strikeouts and shutouts in 1983.

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