Brian Powell

Brian Powell died on October 5, 2009.

Brian Powell was 35 years old at the time of death.

The cause of death of Brian Powell was suicide by gunshot.

William Brian Powell (October 10, 1973 – October 5, 2009) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from Bainbridge, Georgia, who played in the majors from 1998 to 2004 for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants.

Career

He played collegiate baseball for the University of Georgia and led the Southeastern Conference in strikeouts during the 1995 season.

In 2001, he pitched a no-hitter for the minor league baseball team, New Orleans Zephyrs, then the Houston Astros Triple-A team.

In 2005, he played again for the Zephyrs, then the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.

He died on October 5, 2009, in Tallahassee, Florida, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, just 4 days ahead of his 36th birthday.