Meet Our Professional Baseball Experts - Alonzo
Powell
Alonzo Powell Professional
Baseball Expert
Indianapolis, Indiana
Alonzo
Powell’s baseball ability could be summed up in two words:
professional hitter. “Zo,” as his teammates called him,
was only 22 years old when he broke into the Major Leagues with
the Montreal Expos in 1987. After short stints in the big leagues
with Montreal and later the Seattle Mariners, Zo had the opportunity
to play in Japan. As it turned out, Zo became one of the greatest
hitters in Japanese baseball history. After winning the Central
League batting titles in 1994, '95 and '96, Zo became the first
American to win three crowns and, along with Shigeo Nagashima and
the legendary Sadaharu Oh, only the third player ever to win three
in a row. Alonzo retired as a player in 2001 and is currently a
manager in the Cincinnati Reds organization where he is able to
share his tremendous baseball knowledge with promising young players
on a daily basis.
Alonzo
Powell’s baseball ability could be summed up in two words:
professional hitter. “Zo,” as his teammates called him,
was only 22 years old when he broke into the Major Leagues with
the Montreal Expos in 1987. After short stints in the big leagues
with Montreal and later the Seattle Mariners, Zo had the opportunity
to play in Japan. As it turned out, Zo became one of the greatest
hitters in Japanese baseball history. After winning the Central
League batting titles in 1994, '95 and '96, Zo became the first
American to win three crowns and, along with Shigeo Nagashima and
the legendary Sadaharu Oh, only the third player ever to win three
in a row. Alonzo retired as a player in 2001 and is currently a
manager in the Cincinnati Reds organization where he is able to
share his tremendous baseball knowledge with promising young players
on a daily basis.
