William Burris Powell (May 8, 1885 September 28, 1967) was an American

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the

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, and

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."Bill Powell Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2011.

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* 1885 births 1967 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Chicago Cubs players Cincinnati Reds players Baseball players from West Virginia People from Taylor County, West Virginia Springfield Ponies players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Little Rock Travelers players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub