Brian Powell Trades and Transactions

The Brian Powell trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Brian Powell has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Brian (Powell) was everybody's hero. Brian was a great athlete, he could have played Division I football as a quarterback, but he was more than a ballplayer. He was a great person." - Brian Powell's High School Baseball Coach Stan Killough in The Albany Herald (10/07/2009, Paul Dehner Jr., Bainbridge native, former Georgia baseball player dies)

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Brian Powell

Brian Powell Autograph on a 1996 Topps (#244)

Brian Powell Autograph on a 1996 Topps (#244)
 

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Birth Name:   William Brian Powell
Nickname:   None
Born On:   10-10-1973  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Bainbridge, Georgia
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-05-2009
Place of Death Data Died In:   Tallahassee, Florida
Cemetery:   West Bainbridge Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia
High School:   Bainbridge High School (Bainbridge, GA)
College:   University of Georgia
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   06-27-1998 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-24-2004
Draft:   1995 : 2nd Round (41st)
Brian Powell

Trades & Transactions

06-01-1995: Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round — free-agent draft.
01-14-1999: Traded by Detroit Tigers (with Paul Bako and Dean Crow) to Houston Astros for Brad Ausmus and C.J. Nitkowski.
10-08-2001: Granted free agency.
11-30-2001: Signed by Detroit Tigers.
10-02-2002: Granted free agency.
12-28-2002: Signed by San Francisco Giants.
07-24-2003: Sold by San Francisco Giants to Philadelphia Phillies.
09-29-2003: Granted free agency.
01-23-2004: Signed by Philadelphia Phillies.
10-09-2004: Granted free agency.
01-11-2005: Signed by WAS NL.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Brian Powell trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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