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Dixie Howell
Millard Howell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 14, 1940
Final Game April 26, 1958
Born January 7, 1920 in Harold, KY
Died March 18, 1960 in Hollywood, FL

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 20 CLE AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    5.0    2    1    1   0    4    2   0   0    19       0  1.80  4.20  234 1.200
 1949 29 CIN NL   0   1   5   1   0   0   3  0   13.3   21   12   12   3    8    7   0   1    66       0  8.10  4.16   51 2.175
 1955 35 CHW AL   8   3  35   0   0   0  25  9   73.7   70   27   24   1   25   25   0   3   314   5   1  2.93  3.96  135 1.290
 1956 36 CHW AL   5   6  34   1   0   0  18  4   64.3   79   39   33   3   36   28   2   4   298  10   0  4.62  4.12   89 1.788
 1957 37 CHW AL   6   5  37   0   0   0  19  6   68.3   64   25   25   6   30   37   0   2   285   4   0  3.29  3.75  114 1.376
 1958 38 CHW AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.7    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     4   0   0  0.00  3.66  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .559  19  15 115   2   0   0  68 19  226.3  236  104   95  13  103   99   2  10   986  19   1  3.78  3.96  105 1.498
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   8  66   1   0   0  39 11  131.3  137   60   55   7   59   57   1   5   573  11   0  3.78  3.96  105 1.498
 Career High      8   6  37   1   0   0  25  9   73.7   79   39   33   6   36   37   2   4   314  10   1  2.93  4.12  135 1.290

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 29 CIN NL   9    9    0    1   1  0   0    2   0      0   1  .111  .111  .222  -13    2   0           0   0
 1955 35 CHW AL  35   21    0    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .381  .381  .381  104    8   1   0   0   0   0
 1956 36 CHW AL  34   17    4    4   0  0   2    3   0  0   2   6  .235  .316  .588  133   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 37 CHW AL  42   27    4    5   1  1   3    3   0  0   2   6  .185  .241  .630  130   17   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      124   74    8   18   2  1   5    9   0  0   4  21  .243  .282  .500  106   37   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         97   10   24   3  1   7   12   0  0   5  27  .243  .282  .500  106   48   1   0   0   0   1
 Career High     42   27    4    8   1  1   3    3   0  0   2   8                          17   1   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 29 CIN NL    9    8    0   0.0   105| .111  .272| .111  .345| .222  .406| .333  .752| -13  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
 1955 35 CHW AL   22   14    3   5.7   105| .381  .270| .381  .350| .381  .402| .762  .752| 104  .601  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1956 36 CHW AL   19   13    3   6.2   108| .235  .270| .316  .352| .588  .412| .904  .764| 133  .613   0.5   0.1   0%
 1957 37 CHW AL   29   23    4   4.7   100| .185  .264| .241  .337| .630  .399| .871  .735| 130  .531   0.6   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        79   58   10   4.6   104| .243  .268| .282  .345| .500  .404| .782  .748| 106  .506  -0.3   0.1     

* 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 ------+
1940 20 CLE AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.07 1.80 1.98 0 5.0 1949 29 CIN NL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.92 2.03 2.03 1 13.3 1955 35 CHW AL P 35 4 21 3 0 .893 .954 0.71 0.83 3.05 1.99 0 73.7 1956 36 CHW AL P 34 2 12 2 2 .875 .952 0.41 0.82 1.96 1.92 1 64.3 1957 37 CHW AL P 37 4 14 0 1 1.000 .963 0.49 0.86 2.37 1.99 0 68.3 1958 38 CHW AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 5.29 2.12 0 1.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 20 CLE AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.07 1.80 1.98 0 5.0 1949 29 CIN NL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.92 2.03 2.03 1 13.3 1955 35 CHW AL P 35 4 21 3 0 .893 .954 0.71 0.83 3.05 1.99 0 73.7 1956 36 CHW AL P 34 2 12 2 2 .875 .952 0.41 0.82 1.96 1.92 1 64.3 1957 37 CHW AL P 37 4 14 0 1 1.000 .963 0.49 0.86 2.37 1.99 0 68.3 1958 38 CHW AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 5.29 2.12 0 1.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 115 10 52 5 3 .925 .958 0.54 0.85 2.47 1.97 2 226.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 115 10 52 5 3 .925 .958 0.54 0.85 2.47 1.98 2 226
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.

Saves
1955 AL-9-6
1957 AL-6-10

Games Finished
1955 AL-25-7

Oldest Player
1958 AL-38-9

Youngest Player
1940 AL-20-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Logan (Mountain States).

March 20, 1943: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1950 Season: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.

January 26, 1952: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Giants.

May 15, 1952: Returned to the New York Giants by the Philadelphia Phillies following previous purchase. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 22, 1952: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the New York Giants for $2,500.


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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