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Howie Fox
Howard Francis Fox

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Oregon

Debut September 28, 1944
Final Game September 25, 1954
Born March 1, 1921 in Coburg, OR
Died October 9, 1955 in San Antonio, TX

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 23 CIN NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.3    2    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     9       0  0.00  3.50  inf 0.857
 1945 24 CIN NL   8  13  45  15   7   0  17  0  164.3  169  102   90   6   77   54   6   4   730       0  4.93  3.76   76 1.497
 1946 25 CIN NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    5.0   12   13   10   2    5    1   0   1    31       0 18.00  3.34   19 3.400
 1948 27 CIN NL   6   9  34  24   5   0   3  1  171.0  185  100   86  11   62   63   1   4   737       0  4.53  3.92   86 1.444
 1949 28 CIN NL   6  19  38  30   9   0   6  0  215.0  221  120   95  13   77   60   4   2   928       1  3.98  4.16  105 1.386
 1950 29 CIN NL  11   8  34  22  10   1   6  1  187.0  196   97   90  14   85   64   2   0   822       1  4.33  4.22   98 1.503
 1951 30 CIN NL   9  14  40  30   9   4   5  2  228.0  239  105   97  15   69   57   2   2   958       0  3.83  4.08  106 1.351
 1952 31 PHI NL   2   7  13  11   2   0   1  0   62.0   70   41   35   8   26   16   0   1   275       0  5.08  3.66   72 1.548
 1954 33 BAL AL   1   2  38   0   0   0  23  2   73.7   80   33   30   2   34   27   2   3   320       0  3.67  3.57   98 1.548
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .374  43  72 248 132  42   5  63  6 1108.3 1174  611  533  71  435  342  17  17  4810       2  4.33  3.98   92 1.452
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  12  44  23   7   0  11  1  198.0  210  109   95  12   77   61   3   3   860   0   0  4.33  3.98   92 1.452
 Career High     11  19  45  30  10   4  23  2  228.0  239  120   97  15   85   64   6   4   958   0   1  3.67  4.22  106 1.351

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 23 CIN NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1945 24 CIN NL  45   46    6   13   1  0   0    5   0      2   4  .283  .313  .304   73   14   5           0   0
 1948 27 CIN NL  35   60    9   12   3  0   0    4   0      2   9  .200  .238  .250   34   15   1           1   3
 1949 28 CIN NL  41   72    3   17   3  0   0    5   1      0   6  .236  .247  .278   40   20   6           1   2
 1950 29 CIN NL  35   63    7   11   1  0   1    8   0      2  10  .175  .200  .238   15   15   3           0   1
 1951 30 CIN NL  40   70    3    8   2  0   1    1   0  0   2  11  .114  .139  .186  -14   13   8           0   1
 1952 31 PHI NL  13   21    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .048  .091  .048  -60    1   3           0   1
 1954 33 BAL AL  38   16    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .313   59    5   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      253  349   29   66  11  0   2   25   1  0   9  47  .189  .214  .238   22   83  26   0   0   2   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        223   19   42   7  0   1   16   1  0   6  30  .189  .214  .238   22   53  17   0   0   1   5
 Career High     45   72    9   17   3  0   1    8   1  0   2  11                          20   8   0   0   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 23 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .263| .000  .330| .000  .370| .000  .700|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1945 24 CIN NL   53   38    4   2.8    95| .283  .271| .313  .340| .304  .374| .617  .714|  73  .318  -1.7  -0.2     
 1948 27 CIN NL   64   52    3   1.5    99| .200  .265| .238  .339| .250  .393| .488  .732|  34  .124  -5.5  -0.6     
 1949 28 CIN NL   79   63    5   2.1   105| .236  .272| .247  .345| .278  .406| .525  .752|  40  .196  -6.3  -0.6     
 1950 29 CIN NL   68   56    3   1.4   108| .175  .269| .200  .346| .238  .418| .438  .764|  15  .101  -8.1  -0.8     
 1951 30 CIN NL   80   71    2   0.8   105| .114  .270| .139  .344| .186  .409| .325  .753| -14  .037 -11.7  -1.2   0%
 1952 31 PHI NL   25   24    0   0.0    96| .048  .260| .091  .333| .048  .387| .139  .720| -60  .000  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1954 33 BAL AL   16   12    1   2.2    93| .250  .257| .250  .331| .313  .376| .563  .707|  59  .234  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       386  317   18   1.5   102| .189  .268| .214  .342| .238  .400| .452  .742|  22  .121 -39.2  -4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 23 CIN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1945 24 CIN NL P 45 9 52 1 0 .984 .964 1.36 1.06 3.34 2.18 15 164.3 1946 25 CIN NL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.00 3.60 2.16 0 5.0 1948 27 CIN NL P 34 14 33 2 5 .959 .963 1.38 0.91 2.47 2.11 24 171.0 1949 28 CIN NL P 38 14 65 3 7 .963 .953 2.08 0.91 3.31 2.04 30 215.0 1950 29 CIN NL P 34 8 52 3 1 .952 .962 1.76 0.97 2.89 2.12 22 187.0 1951 30 CIN NL P 40 8 49 2 3 .966 .961 1.43 0.96 2.25 2.14 30 228.0 1952 31 PHI NL P 13 3 19 1 2 .957 .952 1.69 0.98 3.19 2.18 11 62.0 1954 33 BAL AL P 38 3 19 0 3 1.000 .961 0.58 0.93 2.69 2.01 0 73.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 23 CIN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1945 24 CIN NL P 45 9 52 1 0 .984 .964 1.36 1.06 3.34 2.18 15 164.3 1946 25 CIN NL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.00 3.60 2.16 0 5.0 1948 27 CIN NL P 34 14 33 2 5 .959 .963 1.38 0.91 2.47 2.11 24 171.0 1949 28 CIN NL P 38 14 65 3 7 .963 .953 2.08 0.91 3.31 2.04 30 215.0 1950 29 CIN NL P 34 8 52 3 1 .952 .962 1.76 0.97 2.89 2.12 22 187.0 1951 30 CIN NL P 40 8 49 2 3 .966 .961 1.43 0.96 2.25 2.14 30 228.0 1952 31 PHI NL P 13 3 19 1 2 .957 .952 1.69 0.98 3.19 2.18 11 62.0 1954 33 BAL AL P 38 3 19 0 3 1.000 .961 0.58 0.93 2.69 2.01 0 73.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 248 60 290 12 21 .967 .959 1.41 0.96 2.84 2.11 132 1108.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 248 60 290 12 21 .967 .959 1.41 0.96 2.84 2.11 132 1108
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1951 NL-2.72-7

Games
1945 NL-45-4

Shutouts
1951 NL-4-4

Hits Allowed
1951 NL-239-9

Losses
1945 NL-13-7
1949 NL-19-1
1951 NL-14-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1945 NL-90-7
1948 NL-86-10
1949 NL-95-9
1951 NL-97-6

Wild Pitches
1945 NL-4-9

Hit Batsmen
1945 NL-6-6

Games Finished
1945 NL-17-8
1954 AL-23-7

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

December 10, 1951: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Smoky Burgess and Connie Ryan to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler, and Niles Jordan.

Before 1954 Season: Returned to the Baltimore (International) by the Philadelphia Phillies after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1954 Season: Obtained by the Baltimore Orioles from the Baltimore (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.

May 3, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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