Jim Henneman: Manny Machado Serves As A Reminder Of Boog Powell's Success

[PressBoxOnline]

Watching Manny Machado's assault on the Orioles' record book reminds Jim Henneman of what Boog Powell accomplished at the start of his career.

https://www.pressboxonline.com/2016/09/12/orioles-manny-machado-serves-as-a-reminder-of-boog-powells-success

[theobird]

Thanks so much for this. Boog Powell will forever be my baseball hero, and I say this looking at the Boog Plaque hanging on the wall in my office.

[Tx Oriole]

Thanks so much for this. Boog Powell will forever be my baseball hero, and I say this looking at the Boog Plaque hanging on the wall in my office.

I remember Boog very well.

[25 Nuggets]

It's conceivable to say that Boog Powell is one of the 30 best 1Bmen in baseball history. He has a career 134 OPS+, and 1143 runs created. He was listed 27th in the Historical Baseball Abstract, ahead of Gil Hodges, Steve Garvey and Mark Grace. That book however was published in 2003 and more first basemen have joined the fray.

I am too young to remember Boog, so I have a question. What happened to him in 1967? Seems like an outlier season.