On the blog today, we move on to the starting first baseman for the American League in the now classic 1971 All-Star game, fan favorite Boog Powell:
Powell
made his fourth straight All-Star team in 1971, helping the Baltimore
Orioles make it all the way to the World Series before losing to the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
He didn't play in the All-Star game however due to injury, so the Detroit Tigers' Norm Cash started in his place.
Nevertheless, the 1970 A.L. MVP was having another solid year, hitting 22 homers along with 92 runs batted in over 128 games and 418 at-bats.
He
finished third in the MVP race in 1966 when he clubbed 34 homers to go
with 109 RBIs and a .287 batting average, and then finished second in
1969 when he hit 37 homers with a career best 121 RBIs and .304 average.
He would go on to finish his Major League career with 339 home runs,
1187 runs batted in and a .266 average, while being named to four
all-star teams, taking home a Most Valuable Player Award in 1970 while
with the World Champion Orioles, and two other top-3 MVP finishes in
1966 and 1969, playing for 17 seasons.
Always a fan-favorite in Baltimore, Boog can still be seen around Camden Yards at his "Boog's Barbeque" restaurant.
And who can forget those awesome Miller Lite commercials in the 1980's!? Those were great!
Always a fan-favorite in Baltimore, Boog can still be seen around Camden Yards at his "Boog's Barbeque" restaurant.
And who can forget those awesome Miller Lite commercials in the 1980's!? Those were great!
