Powell appeared in 121 games for the Twins, batting .247 with 55 runs scored and 11 stolen bases along with 94 hits, 20 of them doubles.
He had an even better sophomore season in 1979, batting a career-high .293 with 99 hits in 338 at-bats, playing in 104 games, generally as a right fielder.
1980 would see him become a regular, appearing in a career-high 137 games with 523 plate-appearances, batting .262 with 127 hits and 14 stolen bases, scoring 58 runs while driving in 35, but turns out that would be the high-point of his Big League tenure, as the strike-shortened 1981 season had him play 80 games before moving on to the Toronto Blue Jays, where he played sparingly over the 1982 and 1983 seasons, his last in the Majors.
He’d spend the 1984 season in the Milwaukee Minor League system before playing out his Pro career in the Mexican League in 1985 for the Saltillo Saraperos team.
For his career, Powell batted .259 with 470 hits and 241 runs scored in 594 games, stealing 43 bases while driving in 160 runs for Minnesota and Toronto.