Leroy Powell
Robert Leroy "Bob" Powell (October 17, 1933 – April 26, 2014), identified by his middle name on baseball cards as Leroy Powell, was an American professional baseball player. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . The graduate of Michigan State University signed a $36,000 bonus rule, "bonus baby" contract with the Chicago White Sox in . An outfielder when he signed, Powell was kept on the ChiSox' Major League Baseball, Major League roster for 1955, and part of under the Bonus Rule of the time. He appeared in only two Major League Baseball games as a pinch runner — both times against the Kansas City Athletics. On September 16, 1955, he ran for slow-footed White Sox pinch hitter Ron Northey, who had single (baseball), singled, and was erased on a force play at second base on the first pitch to the next hitter, Minnie Miñoso. On April 20, 1957, he ran for another pinch hitter, Walt Dropo, advanced to second base on a hit (baseball), hit by Luis Aparic ...
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Pinch Runner
In baseball, a pinch runner is a player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing another player on base. The pinch runner may be faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been substituted. Occasionally a pinch runner is inserted for other reasons (such as a double switch, ejection, or if the original player on base has become injured, such as having been hit by a pitch). A pinch runner is not credited with a game played for the purpose of consecutive game streaks, per Rule 10.24(c) of baseball's Official Rules. For example, in May 1984, Alfredo Griffin of the Toronto Blue Jays scored the winning run in a game, yet his consecutive game streak ended as he appeared only as a pinch runner. As with other substitutions in baseball, when a player is pinch run for, that player is removed from the game. The pinch runner may remain in the game or be substituted for at the manager's discretion. Earlier in baseball hist ...
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