We’re
coming towards the end of the line for the “missing rookie cup” thread
here, and today we “fix” the 1979 card of former Minnesota Twins
outfielder Hosken Powell, who had a nice rookie year in 1978:
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.