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). \n', '

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 has been the pitching coach for the Louisville Bats since 2006.\n', '

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 league season came in 1981 with the Class AAA Albuquerque Dukes, for whom he won 18 games. He was a Pacific Coast League All-Star that year. \n', '

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