Ted Power
Ted Henry Power (born January 31, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a minor league baseball coach. During a 13-year career in the major leagues, he pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1981–1982), Cincinnati Reds (1983–1987, 1991), Kansas City Royals (1988), Detroit Tigers (1988), St. Louis Cardinals (1989), Pittsburgh Pirates (1990), Cleveland Indians (1992–93), and the Seattle Mariners (1993). Power spent most of his career as a relief pitcher, and he held the closer role for the Reds for a couple of seasons in the mid-1980s. From 1986 to 1989, he spent significant time in his teams' starting rotations before moving back to the bullpen for the last few years of his career. He earned 70 career saves. He suffered a career-ending shoulder injury before the 1994 season and later entered coaching. He was the pitching coach for the Louisville Bats from 2006 to 2016. Early life Power was born on January 31, 1955, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and played five sports at Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas. He played college baseball at Kansas State University. Power was a fifth-round selection by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the June 1976 free agent draft. His best minor