James Willard "Jay" Powell (born January 9, 1972) is an American former

baseball 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 a ...

who last played for the

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. He was drafted by the

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in , but did not sign. Following his junior year at

Mississippi State Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univer ...

, he was drafted by the

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in the first round (19th pick overall) in and signed. He played for the

Florida Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park. The fran ...

, Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, and Texas Rangers before signing with the Atlanta Braves in January of . His last game was on July 29, 2005, when he fractured his humerus. Powell was the winning pitcher of Game 7 of the

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for the Florida Marlins. He also has the most consecutive seasons pitched without a losing record among pitchers who primarily pitched in relief.

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