Ken Howell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: November 28, 1960 in Detroit, MI us

Died: November 9, 2018 in West Bloomfield, MI

Buried: Mount Hope Memorial Gardens, Livonia, MI

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL).

High School: Redford HS (Detroit, MI)

School: Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL)

Debut: June 25, 1984 (Age 23-210d, 14,910th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1990 (Age 29-250d)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Kenneth Howell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

ERA

3.95

245

613.1

549

WHIP

1.319

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 46 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
LAD	23
PHI	23

Platoon
vs RHB	28
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	19

Outs
0	18
2	18
1	10

11 Opps
CHC	9
CIN	7
NYM	6
PIT	4
ATL	4
PHI	4
SFG	3
STL	3
LAD	3
SDP	2
HOU	1

41 Batters
Dale Murphy	3
Glenn Wilson	2
Todd Zeile	2
Leon Durham	2
Andre Dawson	1
Doug Dascenzo	1
Eric Davis	1
Glenn Davis	1
Ron Cey	1
Mark Bailey	1
Gary Matthews	1
Paul Runge	1
Barry Bonds	1
Nick Esasky	1
Marvell Wynne	1
Barry Larkin	1
Daryl Boston	1
Bobby Bonilla	1
Bo Díaz	1
Danny Heep	1
Kevin McReynolds	1
Hubie Brooks	1
Ken Griffey	1
Kevin Elster	1
Bob Dernier	1
Mike Scioscia	1
Carmelo Martínez	1
Jack Clark	1
Eddie Milner	1
Howard Johnson	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Candy Maldonado	1
Juan Samuel	1
Ozzie Virgil	1
Mike Marshall	1
Shawon Dunston	1
Darryl Strawberry	1
Hal Morris	1
Dave Magadan	1
Sid Bream	1
Will Clark	1

10 Parks
VeteransStad (PHI)	17
Dodger Stad (LOS)	11
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	13
7	10
89	6
8	4
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	22
5	5
6	4
2	4
1	4
4	4
3	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	11
12-	6
-2-	5
1-3	3
-23	2
--3	1

85 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	18
1 on	17
2 on	11
Any on	28

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	4
4	6
5	1
6	5
7	7
8	6
9	7
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	12
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	2
+1	7
Tied	11
-1	3
-2	8
-3	5
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	11
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	22
3-2	5
0-0	4
1-0	3
2-1	3
3-1	3
2-2	2
1-2	1
1-1	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	10
1B	8
CF	6
C	6
LF	6
SS	5
3B	4
2B	1

OrderPos
4th	10
5th	9
3rd	7
6th	7
7th	4
2nd	4
1st	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-06-30	Bob Dernier	CHC	@	LAD	tied 3-3	t 4	0	---		1	1	8	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1985-05-06	Ron Cey	CHC		LAD	behind 3-5	b 10	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	2	1	1985-05-19	Mike Schmidt	PHI		LAD	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---		1	4	5	10%	19%		Home Run
4	4	3	1	1985-05-30	Ozzie Virgil	PHI	@	LAD	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---		1	7	2	1%	100%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1985-06-03	Danny Heep	NYM	@	LAD	tied 2-2	t 9	2	1--		2	6	9	49%	93%		Home Run; K. Hernandez Scores
6	6	5	1	1985-07-25	Gary Matthews	CHC	@	LAD	behind 2-7	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBCX	1	3	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	6	1	1985-08-29	Juan Samuel	PHI	@	LAD	behind 0-2	t 8	1	1--		2	2	4	33%	46%		Home Run; J. Stone Scores
8	8	7	1	1985-09-13 (2)	Nick Esasky	CIN		LAD	behind 2-4	b 5	1	12-		3	5	7	36%	69%		Home Run; D. Parker Scores; T. Pérez Scores
9	9	8	1	1985-09-16	Carmelo Martínez	SDP		LAD	tied 1-1	b 7	0	1-3		3	7	7	15%	95%		Home Run; K. Bevacqua Scores; T. Kennedy Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1986-07-12	Leon Durham	CHC	@	LAD	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	1--		2	5	3	19%	93%		Home Run; K. Moreland Scores
11	11	2	1	1986-07-27	Leon Durham	CHC		LAD	ahead 6-5	b 7	2	1--		2	4	3	16%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Matthews Scores
12	12	3	1	1986-08-26	Glenn Wilson	PHI	@	LAD	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1-3		3	5	9	20%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Roenicke Scores; V. Hayes Scores
13	13	4	1	1986-09-18	Dale Murphy	ATL		LAD	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---		1	3	8	44%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
14	14	5	1	1986-09-21	Eddie Milner	CIN		LAD	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	12-		3	5	8	12%	99%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Bell Scores; E. Davis Scores
15	15	6	1	1986-09-25 (2)	Kevin McReynolds	SDP	@	LAD	behind 5-6	t 9	1	-2-		2	3	7	63%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Gwynn Scores
16	16	7	1	1986-09-28	Candy Maldonado	SFG		LAD	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---		1	4	9	6%	10%		Home Run
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1987-05-10	Jack Clark	STL	@	LAD	behind 3-6	t 7	1	1-3		3	4	3	29%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Coleman Scores; T. Pendleton Scores
18	18	2	1	1987-06-05	Eric Davis	CIN		LAD	behind 5-6	b 7	2	12-		3	3	8	51%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Oester Scores; B. Larkin Scores
19	19	3	1	1987-06-10	Dale Murphy	ATL		LAD	ahead 5-1	b 6	2	--3		2	4	9	4%	98%		Home Run; A. Hall Scores
20	20	4	1	1987-06-26	Bo Díaz	CIN	@	LAD	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	12-		3	6	2	6%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Davis Scores; B. Bell Scores
21	21	5	1	1987-07-03	Bobby Bonilla	PIT		LAD	ahead 5-0	b 7	2	---		1	6	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
22	22	6	1	1987-08-02	Paul Runge	ATL		LAD	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---		1	7	6	7%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1987-08-08	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	LAD	ahead 5-2	t 7	0	-23		3	4	9	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); K. Oberkfell Scores; G. Perry Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1989-04-20	Glenn Wilson	PIT		PHI	behind 2-6	b 6	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	6	9	11%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Oberkfell Scores
25	25	2	1	1989-04-25	Glenn Davis	HOU		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	4,(2-1) B1FBX	2	4	3	21%	73%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Doran Scores
26	26	3	1	1989-04-30	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-	6,(3-2) 1BSPB.FX	2	5	3	24%	73%		Home Run (RF Line); P. O'Neill Scores
27	27	4	1	1989-06-07	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	PHI	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	7	9%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	1989-06-18	Howard Johnson	NYM	@	PHI	behind 1-5	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) SBSBX	1	3	6	6%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
29	29	6	2	1989-06-18	Dave Magadan	NYM	@	PHI	behind 2-5	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	2	5	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	7	1	1989-08-12	Shawon Dunston	CHC		PHI	ahead 6-3	b 3	0	-23	6,(3-2) BBB.SFX	3	8	6	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Webster Scores; D. Ramos Scores
31	31	8	1	1989-08-17	Mike Marshall	LAD	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 4	1	-2-	6,(3-2) SBFBB.X	2	4	9	20%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Murray Scores
32	32	9	1	1989-09-07	Marvell Wynne	CHC	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	12%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
33	33	10	2	1989-09-07	Doug Dascenzo	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	7,(3-2) BBBCC>FX	2	1	8	16%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Bielecki Scores
34	34	11	1	1989-09-27	Kevin Elster	NYM		PHI	behind 0-3	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	8	6	20%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Carreon Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1990-04-13	Todd Zeile	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) B11X	2	3	2	18%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. McGee Scores
36	36	2	1	1990-05-05	Hubie Brooks	LAD	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-	5,(3-1) CBB.BX	2	5	9	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Murray Scores
37	37	3	2	1990-05-05	Mike Scioscia	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	2	8%	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
38	38	4	1	1990-05-11	Mark Bailey	SFG	@	PHI	behind 2-10	t 6	2	12-	6,(3-2) CBBBF>X	3	6	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Leach Scores; K. Bass Scores
39	39	5	1	1990-05-22	Will Clark	SFG		PHI	behind 0-3	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	19%	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Leach Scores
40	40	6	1	1990-06-02	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 3	2	-2-	4,(1-2) SCB.X	2	4	9	20%	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Boston Scores
41	41	7	2	1990-06-02	Daryl Boston	NYM	@	PHI	behind 2-4	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	11%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	8	1	1990-06-07	Andre Dawson	CHC		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
43	43	9	1	1990-06-27	Sid Bream	PIT		PHI	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---		1	6	3	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	10	1	1990-07-05	Barry Larkin	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	11%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
45	45	11	2	1990-07-05	Hal Morris	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	20%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. O'Neill Scores; E. Davis Scores/unER
46	46	12	1	1990-07-31	Todd Zeile	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	2	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Walling Scores