Howard Battle

Howard Dion Battle

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 25, 1972 in Biloxi, MS
High School: Mercy Cross HS (Ocean Springs, MS)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1995
Teams (by GP): Braves/BlueJays/Phillies 1995-1999

Final Game: October 3, 1999
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1990	18	TOR-min	Rk	61	250	233	25	62	17	1	5	32	5	2	15	38	.266	.316	.412	.728		96		2	0	0	2		MDH · PION
1991	19	TOR-min	A	138	576	520	82	145	33	4	20	87	15	7	48	87	.279	.340	.473	.813		246	1	3	0	5	2		MYR · SALL
1992	20	TOR-min	A+	136	580	520	76	132	27	3	17	85	6	8	49	89	.254	.321	.415	.737		216	5	5	1	5	3		DUN · FLOR
1993	21	TOR-min	AA	141	577	521	66	145	21	5	7	70	12	9	45	94	.278	.342	.378	.720		197	8	7	1	3	3		KNX · SOUL
1994	22	TOR-min	AAA	139	568	517	72	143	26	8	14	75	26	2	40	82	.277	.328	.439	.767		227	15	3	1	7	4		SYR · IL
1995	23	TOR-min	AAA	118	488	443	43	111	17	4	8	48	10	11	39	73	.251	.314	.361	.675		160	7	3	1	2	2		SYR · IL
1995	23	TOR	AL	9	19	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	.200	.368	.200	.568	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	/5D
1996	24	PHI-min	AAA	115	422	391	37	89	24	1	8	44	3	8	21	53	.228	.267	.355	.622		139	15	2	2	6	0		SWB · IL
1996	24	PHI	NL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5

1997	25	LAD-min	AAA,AA	66	183	172	16	41	4	2	3	17	1	2	6	30	.238	.269	.337	.606		58	3	2	1	2	0		ABQ,SAN · PCL,TL
1998	26	ATL-CHW-min	AA	91	376	330	47	103	31	2	11	55	3	2	39	58	.312	.383	.518	.901		171	12	2	0	5	2		GRV,BIR · SOUL
1999	27	ATL-min	AAA	121	495	454	80	129	29	1	24	74	2	3	33	66	.284	.333	.511	.844		232	12	3	0	5	2		RMD · IL
1999	27	ATL	NL	15	19	17	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.353	.421	.529	.950	140	9	1	0	0	0	0	/5
2000	28	CIN-min	AAA,Fgn	14	58	56	6	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	.179	.207	.179	.385		10	2	0	0	0	0		LOU,HAN · IL,JPCL
2001	29	ATL-min	AAA	131	524	491	53	135	21	0	10	76	2	5	25	77	.275	.308	.379	.687		186	9	1	1	6	4		RMD · IL
2002	30	WSN-min	AAA	56	204	193	20	46	11	0	4	18	0	1	10	28	.238	.276	.358	.633		69	7	0	1	0	1		OTT · IL
3 Yrs				29	43	37	5	9	0	0	1	5	1	0	6	13	.243	.349	.324	.673	76	12	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	240	207	28	50	0	0	6	28	6	0	34	73	.243	.349	.324	.673	76	67	6	0	0	0	0

ATL (1 yr)				15	19	17	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.353	.421	.529	.950	140	9	1	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				9	19	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	.200	.368	.200	.568	55	3	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				20	24	22	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	5	.273	.333	.409	.742	90	9	1	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				9	19	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	.200	.368	.200	.568	55	3	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	23	TOR	AL	9	19	-1	-0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/5D
1996	24	PHI	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/5

1999	27	ATL	NL	15	19	1	-0	-0	1	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.508	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/5
3 Seasons				29	43	-1	-1	0	2	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.2	.499	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$

ATL (1 yr)				15	19	1	-0	-0	1	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.508	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$
PHI (1 yr)				5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
TOR (1 yr)				9	19	-1	-0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1995	23	TOR	AL	19	12	2	4.4	109	.429	.200	.269	.368	.343	.200	.425	.568	.768	55	.428	-0.8	-0.1	.667	.333	.000	.0
1996	24	PHI	NL	5	5	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.269	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1999	27	ATL	NL	19	12	4	8.9	115	.385	.353	.274	.421	.350	.529	.442	.950	.792	140	.721	1.0	0.1	.917	.294	.176	.0
3 Yrs				43	29	6	5.5	111	.348	.243	.271	.349	.345	.324	.432	.673	.777	76	.527	-1.2	-0.1	.655	.270	.081	1.0
162 Game Avg.				240	162	34	5.5	111	.348	.243	.271	.349	.345	.324	.432	.673	.777	76	.527	-1.2	-0.1	.655	.270	.081	6

ATL (1 yr)				19	12	4	8.9	115	.385	.353	.274	.421	.350	.529	.442	.950	.792	140	.721	1.0	0.1	.917	.294	.176	.0
PHI (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.269	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
TOR (1 yr)				19	12	2	4.4	109	.429	.200	.269	.368	.343	.200	.425	.568	.768	55	.428	-0.8	-0.1	.667	.333	.000	.0

NL (2 yrs)				24	17	4	6.3	113	.313	.273	.273	.333	.347	.409	.437	.742	.784	90	.586	-0.4	-0.1	.647	.227	.136	.0
AL (1 yr)				19	12	2	4.4	109	.429	.200	.269	.368	.343	.200	.425	.568	.768	55	.428	-0.8	-0.1	.667	.333	.000	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1999	27	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1999	27	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	3	2	2	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1999	27	ATL	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							5	3	3	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLCS							3	2	2	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1995	23	TOR	AL	19	0.0%	42.1%	21.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	1.9			1.33	1.00	37%	43%	0.0%	0%
1996	24	PHI	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			2.00	2.00	60%	0%		100%

1999	27	ATL	NL	19	5.3%	15.8%	10.5%	5.3%	17%	1.50	5.7	17.0	3.4	0.27	0.50	68%	36%	9.1%	0%
3 Yrs				43	2.3%	30.2%	14.0%	2.3%	11%	2.17	2.8	37.0	7.4	0.60	0.78	53%	33%	7.1%	7%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	1.84	5.3	32.3	7.4	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	23	TOR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	20	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.05	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.82	0.0		1
1996	24	PHI	NL	-1.5	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.45	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.67	-1.4	0.55	4

1999	27	ATL	NL	1.0	0.1	19	0.2	0.6	-0.4	1.28	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.2	1.32	0.6	1.97	8
3 Yrs				-1.3	-0.1	44	0.2	0.9	-0.7	1.08	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	1.02	-0.8	1.38	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	23	TOR	AL	0	0	43%	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1996	24	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999	27	ATL	NL	0	0	14%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	29%	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	43%	4	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1995	23	TOR	AL	19	16%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1996	24	PHI	NL	5	20%	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1999	27	ATL	NL	19	63%	6	0	0	8	3	0	2	1.97	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	3	0	0%	25	4	16%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				43	37%	9	1	0	13	3	0	2	1.38	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	5	1	20%	33	4	12%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	23	TOR	AL	19	80	4.21	45	56%	20%	36%	29%	16%	80%	0%	45%	56%	32%	16%	3	0	21%	4	0	11%	2	1	13%	0	0	0
1996	24	PHI	NL	4	20	5.00	12	60%	25%	33%	25%	17%	75%	0%	45%	56%	0%	0%	0	0	25%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	1	0	0

1999	27	ATL	NL	19	70	3.68	41	59%	20%	20%	27%	34%	80%	0%	47%	76%	26%	16%	3	0	37%	7	3	26%	5	4	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				42	170	4.05	98	58%	20%	29%	28%	23%	80%	0%	46%	64%	26%	14%	6	0	29%	12	4	17%	7	5	8%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1995	23	9	19	15	3	3	0	0	1	4	8	.200	.368	.200	.568	55	3	0
1996	24	14	24	20	3	3	0	0	1	4	10	.150	.292	.150	.442	21	3	0
1997	25	14	24	20	3	3	0	0	1	4	10	.150	.292	.150	.442	21	3	0
1998	26	14	24	20	3	3	0	0	1	4	10	.150	.292	.150	.442	21	3	0
1999	27	29	43	37	5	9	1	5	1	6	13	.243	.349	.324	.673	76	12	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	23	10	20	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	.188	.350	.188	.538	1	9
1996	24	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1999	27	15	18	16	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	2	3	.313	.389	.500	.889	3	15
3 Yrs		30	43	37	5	8	0	0	1	4	1	6	14	.216	.326	.297	.623	4	29
162 Game Avg.		162	232	200	27	43	0	0	5	22	5	32	76	.216	.326	.297	.623	22	29

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