Carl Powis


Carl Edgar Powis was an American professional baseball player.
Nicknamed "Jug," Powis played right field for the Baltimore Orioles of Major [League Baseball] during the first three weeks of the 1957 season. During fifteen games and thirteen starts, he had eight hits in forty-one at-bats, including three doubles and one triple, with two runs batted in.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 11, 1928, Powis batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed. He attended Murray State University and signed with the St. Louis Browns—the future Orioles' organization—in 1948. He spent nine years in the Browns/Orioles farm system before his 1957 trial season with Baltimore.
His pro career continued through 1959 in the minor [league baseball|minors], mostly at the Double-A level.

Death

Powis died in Houston, Texas, at the age of 71.