Alonzo Powell

**Alonzo Powell**
Alonzo Powell
	San Diego Padres – No. 32
	Assistant Hitting Coach
	Born: December 12, 1964 (age 48); San Francisco, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 6, 1987 for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
	October 6, 1991 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics
Batting average	.211
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	16
Teams
	As Player Montreal Expos (1987); Seattle Mariners (1991); Chunichi Dragons (1992-1997) (NPB); Hanshin Tigers (1998) (NPB); As Coach Chattanooga Lookouts (2002-2003); Dayton Dragons (2004-2005); Tacoma Rainiers (2007-2009); Seattle Mariners (2010-2011); San Diego Padres (2012-Present);
Career highlights and awards
	3x led Central League in batting average; 2x Central League All-Star;

Alonzo Sidney Powell (born December 12, 1964 in San Francisco, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He batted and threw right-handed.

Career[edit]

Powell was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1983. He made his major league debut on April 6, 1987, with the Montreal Expos. In 1987, Powell played 14 games, had 8 hits and 4 RBI. In 1991, he played for the Seattle Mariners. He had 24 hits in 111 at-bats (a .216 batting average), 3 home runs, and 12 RBI.

Following his major league career, Powell played for seven seasons in Japan. He was just the third player in Central League history, and the first foreign player, to win three straight batting titles, hitting .324, .355, and .340 from 1994 to 1996. He was also a 2-time Central League All-Star.

Powell served as the hitting coach of the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts from 2002-2003 and the manager of the Single-A Dayton Dragons from 2004-2005. In 2006, he was the Seattle Mariners minor league hitting instructor. For 2007, he was named the hitting coach for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in the Mariners' organization.

On May 9, 2010, the Seattle Mariners announced that Powell will serve as the team's hitting coach, replacing Alan Cockrell. Powell was hired as the Assistant Hitting Coach for the San Diego Padres on November 17, 2011.^[1]

References[edit]

^ http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111117&content_id=25997850&vkey=news_sd&c_id=sd

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

This biographical article relating to an American baseball outfielder born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] ttp://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111117&content_id=25997850&vkey=news_sd&c_id=sd

[1]

Persondata
Name	Powell, Alonzo
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	December 12, 1964
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Date of death
Place of death

Alonzo Powell

Career[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Navigation menu

Personal tools

Namespaces

Variants

Views

Actions

Search

Navigation

Interaction

Toolbox

Print/export

Languages

Alonzo Powell
San Diego Padres – No. 32
Assistant Hitting Coach
Born: (1964-12-12) December 12, 1964 (age 48) San Francisco, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 6, 1987 for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 1991 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics
Batting average	.211
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	16
Teams
As Player Montreal Expos (1987) Seattle Mariners (1991) Chunichi Dragons (1992-1997) (NPB) Hanshin Tigers (1998) (NPB) As Coach Chattanooga Lookouts (2002-2003) Dayton Dragons (2004-2005) Tacoma Rainiers (2007-2009) Seattle Mariners (2010-2011) San Diego Padres (2012-Present)
Career highlights and awards
3x led Central League in batting average 2x Central League All-Star