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Ross John Powell (January 24, 1968 – October 25, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates over parts of three seasons (1993–95). A left-hander, he was listed as 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg).

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A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, he attended the University of Michigan, and in 1988 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]

Powell was a third-round selection by Cincinnati in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft. He was called up by the Reds at the end of his fifth professional season and debuted on September 5, 1993, against the Philadelphia Phillies, when he threw two innings of one-hit relief.[2] In his second appearance, six days later against the Montreal Expos, Powell took the mound for one of his four career starting assignments. He allowed two earned runs and three hits in four innings, and left for a pinch hitter with the Reds trailing, 2–1. He was charged with the loss in an eventual 4–2 Montreal victory.[3] Powell then absorbed two more losses in relief over the season's last month.

In April 1994, Powell was traded to Houston in a deal for catcher Ed Taubensee. He spent much of that year at Triple-A, but made 12 appearances in relief in June and August for the Astros. He faced 32 batters in only 71⁄3 innings pitched, but was effective: although he allowed six hits and five bases on balls, he surrendered only one earned run, for a 1.23 ERA. That MLB season was curtailed by a players' strike on August 12, one day after Powell, pitching against the San Diego Padres, surrendered the earned run.

The 1995 season started late because of the strike. Powell made seven relief appearances for Houston between April 27 and May 13, but was treated harshly, allowing ten hits, eight bases on balls and nine earned runs in five innings pitched. He returned to Triple-A for six weeks, then was recalled by the Astros in July. His effectiveness returned, as he allowed two earned runs in four innings pitched and eight appearances. Then, on July 28, his contract was sold to the Pirates.

After four appearances out of the Pittsburgh bullpen, Powell was given three starting assignments in mid-August by Pirate manager Jim Leyland. He received no-decisions against the Florida Marlins on August 19 and the Colorado Rockies on August 24, before losing a return match against Colorado on August 28. He then returned to the bullpen for the remainder of the year, his last in the majors.

Throughout his MLB career Powell played in 48 games, with four starts. He never collected a big-league win and ended his career with a 0–5 win–loss record. In 531⁄3 innings pitched, he gave up 52 hits, 32 bases on balls, and 32 earned runs. He struck out 42. His professional baseball career lasted for eight seasons (1989–96).

Two decades after leaving baseball, Powell, 49, who had opened a lawn-care company, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his business's van in Lucas, Texas, a suburb of Dallas–Fort Worth. His 72-year-old father, Lyle, also perished in the October 25, 2017, incident.[4]

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Ross Powell is an American clarinetist, music educator, and arts administrator known for co-founding the contemporary music ensemble Voices of Change and for his nearly four-decade tenure as a professor at Southern Methodist University. He established Voices of Change in 1974 alongside pianist Jo Boatright, serving as the ensemble's president and director from 1975 to 1983, and helped position it as a key advocate for 20th- and 21st-century chamber music in the United States, particularly in North Texas. Powell joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts in 1966 as an associate professor of clarinet and later headed the Orchestral Instruments Department from 1979 to 1995 before retiring in 2005. His performing career included positions with the Toledo Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Dallas Opera Orchestra, and he also directed educational services for the Dallas Symphony, where he developed grant-funded programs for youth performances in symphony, opera, ballet, and theater. In addition to his academic and orchestral work, Powell contributed to arts policy as a member of the First New Music Panel at the National Endowment for the Arts and as a panelist and evaluator for the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. Powell died on May 4, 2013, and a concert by Voices of Change later that year was dedicated to his memory. His legacy includes archival collections at SMU documenting his contributions and those of Voices of Change to contemporary classical music.

Early life and education

Little is known about Ross Powell's early life, as public sources do not provide details on his birth date, birthplace, or family background. Powell earned a bachelor's degree in woodwind instruments from the University of Michigan, where he studied clarinet with Alberto Luconi. He continued his studies at the Eastman School of Music, earning a Performer's Certificate and a Master of Performance and Music Literature, and completing coursework toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, under clarinetist D. Stanley Hasty. No professional baseball career. This section contained information about a different individual named Ross Powell (a baseball pitcher born in 1968) and has been removed for accuracy, as it does not apply to the article subject, the clarinetist and SMU professor Ross Powell. No post-baseball career applies to Ross Powell, who was a clarinetist and music educator with no involvement in baseball.

Personal life

Family and survivors

Ross Powell was survived by his sons Evan Powell (and wife Karen) and Gavin Powell (and wife Michele), along with grandsons Sam, Landon, and Elias. No further family details are documented in available sources.

Death

Ross Powell died on May 4, 2013. A memorial service was held at 9:30 a.m. on May 18, 2013, at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas. In lieu of flowers, donations were requested to Voices of Change. Voices of Change dedicated its October 20, 2013, concert Poetic Overtones at Caruth Auditorium to his memory.
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