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Harry Howell
Harry Taylor Howell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9"

Debut October 10, 1898
Final Game May 14, 1910
Born November 14, 1876 in New Jersey
Died May 22, 1956 in Spokane, WA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1898 21 BRO NL   2   0   2   2   2   0   0  0   18.0   15   11   10   0   11    2   1   2    76       0  5.00  3.57   71 1.444
 1899 22 BLN NL  13   8  28  25  21   0   3  1  209.3  248  126   91   1   69   58  10   5     0       0  3.91  3.96  101 1.514
 1900 23 BRO NL   6   5  21  10   7   2  10  0  110.3  131   69   46   4   36   26   3   1     0       0  3.75  3.84  102 1.514
 1901 24 BLA AL  14  21  37  34  32   1   3  0  294.7  333  188  120   5   79   93   7   6  1302       0  3.67  3.84  105 1.398
 1902 25 BLA AL   9  15  26  23  19   1   3  0  199.0  243  136   91   5   48   33   7   3     0       0  4.12  3.75   91 1.462
 1903 26 NYY AL   9   6  25  15  13   0  10  0  155.7  140   79   61   4   44   62   6   1   640       0  3.53  3.11   88 1.182
 1904 27 SLB AL  13  21  34  33  32   2   0  0  299.7  254   99   73   1   60  122  13   1  1191       0  2.19  2.49  114 1.048
 1905 28 SLB AL  15  22  38  37  35   4   1  0  323.0  252  109   71   2  101  198  12   9  1293       0  1.98  2.54  128 1.093
 1906 29 SLB AL  15  14  35  33  30   6   2  1  276.7  233   98   65   1   61  140  10  10     0       1  2.11  2.58  122 1.063
 1907 30 SLB AL  16  15  42  35  26   2   7  3  316.3  258  112   68   3   88  118   8   6  1269       0  1.93  2.51  130 1.094
 1908 31 SLB AL  18  18  41  32  27   2   7  1  324.3  279  103   68   1   70  117  17   6  1297       0  1.89  2.39  126 1.076
 1909 32 SLB AL   1   1  10   3   0   0   6  0   37.3   42   21   13   0    8   16   3   3   159       0  3.13  2.42   77 1.339
 1910 33 SLB AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.3    7    7    4   0    2    1   0   0    17       0 10.80  2.47   23 2.700
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .473 131 146 340 282 244  20  53  6 2567.7 2435 1158  781  27  677  986  97  53  7244       1  2.74  2.97  109 1.212
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  15  37  30  26   2   5  0  280.7  266  126   85   2   74  107  10   5   791   0   0  2.74  2.97  109 1.212
 Career High     18  22  42  37  35   6  10  3  324.3  333  188  120   5  101  198  17  10  1302   0   1  1.89  3.96  130 1.048

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 21 BRO NL   2    8    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      1      .250  .333  .250   67    2   1           0    
 1899 22 BLN NL  28   82    4   12   2  2   0    3   0      3      .146  .195  .220   11   18   3           2    
 1900 23 BRO NL  22   42    6   12   2  0   1    6   1      6      .286  .388  .405  113   17   0           1    
 1901 24 BLA AL  53  188   26   41  10  5   2   26   6      5      .218  .242  .356   62   67   4           1    
 1902 25 BLA AL  96  347   42   93  16 11   2   42   7     18      .268  .312  .395   91  137   8           4    
 1903 26 NYY AL  40  106   14   23   3  2   1   12   1      5      .217  .259  .311   66   33   3           1    
 1904 27 SLB AL  36  113    9   25   5  2   1    6   0      4      .221  .261  .327   90   37   4           2    
 1905 28 SLB AL  42  135    9   26   6  2   1   10   0      3      .193  .216  .289   63   39   1           1    
 1906 29 SLB AL  35  103    5   13   3  1   0    6   2      6      .126  .174  .175   11   18   3           0    
 1907 30 SLB AL  44  114   12   27   5  0   2    7   2      7      .237  .281  .333   96   38   9           0    
 1908 31 SLB AL  41  120   10   22   7  0   1    9   0      4      .183  .210  .267   54   32   1           0    
 1909 32 SLB AL  18   34    5    6   1  0   0    3   0      2      .176  .222  .206   39    7   3           0    
 1910 33 SLB AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     458 1394  143  302  60 25  11  131  19  0  64   0  .217  .257  .319   69  445  40   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        493   51  107  21  9   4   46   7  0  23   0  .217  .257  .319   69  157  14   0   0   4   0
 Career High     96  347   42   93  16 11   2   42   7  0  18   0  .268  .312  .395   91  137   9   0   0   4   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 21 BRO NL   10    7    1   3.7    91| .250  .278| .333  .342| .250  .356| .583  .699|  67  .473  -0.3   0.0     
 1899 22 BLN NL   90   73    3   1.1   104| .146  .296| .195  .359| .220  .385| .415  .745|  11  .072 -10.7  -1.1     
 1900 23 BRO NL   49   30    6   5.2   103| .286  .294| .388  .356| .405  .388| .793  .744| 113  .592   1.1   0.1     
 1901 24 BLA AL  198  151   16   2.8   100| .218  .289| .242  .346| .356  .388| .598  .734|  62  .307 -11.0  -1.1     
 1902 25 BLA AL  377  262   42   4.2   101| .268  .289| .312  .346| .395  .389| .707  .736|  91  .498  -5.8  -0.6     
 1903 26 NYY AL  115   86    8   2.5    87| .217  .270| .259  .320| .311  .365| .570  .685|  66  .335  -4.7  -0.5     
 1904 27 SLB AL  123   92    9   2.6    69| .221  .244| .261  .296| .327  .321| .588  .617|  90  .410  -1.5  -0.2     
 1905 28 SLB AL  140  110    8   1.9    69| .193  .242| .216  .301| .289  .316| .505  .617|  63  .295  -6.2  -0.7     
 1906 29 SLB AL  112   93    3   0.9    72| .126  .251| .174  .306| .175  .322| .349  .628|  11  .082 -10.4  -1.3     
 1907 30 SLB AL  130   96   11   3.1    72| .237  .254| .281  .310| .333  .318| .614  .627|  96  .491  -0.7  -0.1     
 1908 31 SLB AL  125   99    7   1.9    69| .183  .247| .210  .304| .267  .314| .477  .618|  54  .310  -6.2  -0.8     
 1909 32 SLB AL   39   31    2   1.7    68| .176  .245| .222  .304| .206  .310| .428  .614|  39  .258  -2.3  -0.3     
 1910 33 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0    71| .000  .243| .000  .308| .000  .314| .000  .622|-100  .000  -0.4  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     1510 1132  116   2.7    86| .217  .269| .257  .326| .319  .355| .576  .681|  69  .361 -59.2  -6.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 21 BRO NL P 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 .923 3.00 2.25 3.00 2.65 2 18.0 1899 22 BLN NL P 28 10 53 4 1 .940 .909 2.25 2.24 2.71 2.68 25 209.3 1900 23 BRO NL P 21 6 31 2 1 .949 .920 1.76 2.17 3.02 2.67 10 110.3 1901 24 BLA AL P 37 13 73 9 5 .905 .930 2.32 2.51 2.63 2.99 34 294.7 OF 9 12 2 2 0 .875 .933 1.56 2.00 4 2 3 SS 6 14 15 5 1 .853 .898 4.83 5.27 1B 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 9.00 10.55 2B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.60 1902 25 BLA AL 2B 26 51 75 7 5 .947 .948 4.85 5.27 P 26 24 74 5 0 .951 .928 3.77 2.65 4.43 3.10 23 199.0 OF 18 33 0 1 0 .971 .943 1.83 2.04 5 10 3 3B 15 21 27 8 3 .857 .913 3.20 3.52 SS 11 18 31 5 1 .907 .928 4.45 5.68 1B 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 .984 6.00 10.70 1903 26 NYY AL P 25 7 62 0 2 1.000 .948 2.76 2.73 3.99 3.19 15 155.7 3B 7 12 5 3 1 .850 .924 2.43 3.11 SS 5 8 10 3 0 .857 .914 3.60 5.20 1B 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 9.00 10.60 2B 1 3 3 1 0 .857 .938 6.00 5.00 1904 27 SLB AL P 34 26 143 5 1 .971 .952 4.97 3.01 5.08 3.45 33 299.7 1905 28 SLB AL P 38 21 178 7 3 .966 .943 5.24 2.61 5.54 3.24 37 323.0 OF 3 5 1 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 1.83 1 2 0 1906 29 SLB AL P 35 31 111 10 2 .934 .948 4.06 2.52 4.62 3.22 33 276.7 1907 30 SLB AL P 42 42 125 3 4 .982 .946 3.98 2.43 4.75 3.28 35 316.3 OF 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 1.85 0 2 0 1908 31 SLB AL P 41 21 101 5 3 .961 .946 2.98 2.28 3.39 3.20 32 324.3 1909 32 SLB AL P 10 7 8 1 0 .938 .943 1.50 2.25 3.62 3.18 3 37.3 3B 7 8 19 3 2 .900 .931 3.86 3.33 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1910 33 SLB AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 2.73 3.27 0 3.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 24 BLA AL 1B 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 9.00 10.55 1902 25 BLA AL 1B 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 .984 6.00 10.70 1903 26 NYY AL 1B 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 9.00 10.60 1901 24 BLA AL 2B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.60 1902 25 BLA AL 2B 26 51 75 7 5 .947 .948 4.85 5.27 1903 26 NYY AL 2B 1 3 3 1 0 .857 .938 6.00 5.00 1902 25 BLA AL 3B 15 21 27 8 3 .857 .913 3.20 3.52 1903 26 NYY AL 3B 7 12 5 3 1 .850 .924 2.43 3.11 1909 32 SLB AL 3B 7 8 19 3 2 .900 .931 3.86 3.33 1901 24 BLA AL OF 9 12 2 2 0 .875 .933 1.56 2.00 4 2 3 1902 25 BLA AL OF 18 33 0 1 0 .971 .943 1.83 2.04 5 10 3 1905 28 SLB AL OF 3 5 1 1 0 .857 .952 2.00 1.83 1 2 0 1907 30 SLB AL OF 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 1.85 0 2 0 1909 32 SLB AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1898 21 BRO NL P 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 .923 3.00 2.25 3.00 2.65 2 18.0 1899 22 BLN NL P 28 10 53 4 1 .940 .909 2.25 2.24 2.71 2.68 25 209.3 1900 23 BRO NL P 21 6 31 2 1 .949 .920 1.76 2.17 3.02 2.67 10 110.3 1901 24 BLA AL P 37 13 73 9 5 .905 .930 2.32 2.51 2.63 2.99 34 294.7 1902 25 BLA AL P 26 24 74 5 0 .951 .928 3.77 2.65 4.43 3.10 23 199.0 1903 26 NYY AL P 25 7 62 0 2 1.000 .948 2.76 2.73 3.99 3.19 15 155.7 1904 27 SLB AL P 34 26 143 5 1 .971 .952 4.97 3.01 5.08 3.45 33 299.7 1905 28 SLB AL P 38 21 178 7 3 .966 .943 5.24 2.61 5.54 3.24 37 323.0 1906 29 SLB AL P 35 31 111 10 2 .934 .948 4.06 2.52 4.62 3.22 33 276.7 1907 30 SLB AL P 42 42 125 3 4 .982 .946 3.98 2.43 4.75 3.28 35 316.3 1908 31 SLB AL P 41 21 101 5 3 .961 .946 2.98 2.28 3.39 3.20 32 324.3 1909 32 SLB AL P 10 7 8 1 0 .938 .943 1.50 2.25 3.62 3.18 3 37.3 1910 33 SLB AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 2.73 3.27 0 3.3 1901 24 BLA AL SS 6 14 15 5 1 .853 .898 4.83 5.27 1902 25 BLA AL SS 11 18 31 5 1 .907 .928 4.45 5.68 1903 26 NYY AL SS 5 8 10 3 0 .857 .914 3.60 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 340 209 965 51 23 .958 .941 3.45 2.51 282 2567.7 OF 33 55 4 4 0 .937 .942 1.79 1.99 10 17 6 3B 29 41 51 14 6 .868 .920 3.17 3.38 2B 28 56 81 8 5 .945 .947 4.89 5.27 SS 22 40 56 13 2 .881 .916 4.36 5.46 1B 4 31 2 0 1 1.000 .976 8.25 10.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 456 432 1159 90 37 .946 .939 3.49 2.91
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.

Triples
1902 AL-11-10

ERA
1905 AL-1.98-6
1906 AL-2.11-9
1907 AL-1.93-4
1908 AL-1.89-9
Car-2.74-83

Wins
1908 AL-18-6

Won-Loss %
1903 AL-.600-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1904 AL-1.048-9
1905 AL-1.093-9
1906 AL-1.063-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1905 AL-7.02-4
1907 AL-7.34-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1905 AL-5.52-4
1906 AL-4.55-9

Games
1901 AL-37-10
1907 AL-42-7
1908 AL-41-7

Saves
1899 NL-1-7
1906 AL-1-10
1907 AL-3-4
1908 AL-1-10

Innings
1901 AL-294.7-10
1905 AL-323.0-5
1907 AL-316.3-6
1908 AL-324.3-3

Strikeouts
1901 AL-93-9
1905 AL-198-4
1906 AL-140-7

Games Started
1901 AL-34-7
1905 AL-37-5
1906 AL-33-10
1907 AL-35-7
1908 AL-32-8

Comp. Games
1901 AL-32-6
1905 AL-35-1
1906 AL-30-5
1908 AL-27-4
Car-244-87

Shutouts
1900 NL-2-10
1905 AL-4-7
1906 AL-6-9

Home Runs Allow.
1907 AL-3-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1905 AL-101-4
1907 AL-88-4

Hits Allowed
1901 AL-333-9
1905 AL-252-10
1907 AL-258-10
1908 AL-279-3

SO to Walk
1906 AL-2.30-8

Losses
1901 AL-21-3
1904 AL-21-6
1905 AL-22-2
1907 AL-15-10
1908 AL-18-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1901 AL-120-9
1908 AL-68-9

Wild Pitches
1905 AL-9-7
1906 AL-10-5

Hit Batsmen
1904 AL-13-9
1905 AL-12-9
1906 AL-10-7
1908 AL-17-3
Car-97-68

Batters Faced
1898 NL-76-7
1901 AL-1302-5
1905 AL-1293-4
1907 AL-1269-8
1908 AL-1297-2

Games Finished
1900 NL-10-1
1903 AL-10-1

Adjusted ERA+
1905 AL-128-8
1907 AL-130-4
1908 AL-126-9

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 82 (284) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 20.0 (293) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 34.5 (382) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Baltimore Orioles by the Brooklyn Superbas.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Baltimore Orioles.

March 6, 1904: Traded by the New York Highlanders with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Powell.


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