Roy Howell

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: December 18, 1953 in Lompoc, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (4th) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lompoc HS (Lompoc, CA).

High School: Lompoc HS (Lompoc, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1974 (Age 20-265d, 13,561st in major league history)
vs. CAL 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1984 (Age 30-286d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: George Kalafatis

Full Name: Roy Lee Howell

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

3791

991

.261

422

RBI

454

OBP

.321

SLG

.389

OPS

.710

OPS+

Summary of 80 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 33 go ahead

3 Tms
TOR	43
TEX	19
MIL	18

Platoon
vs RHP	66
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	53
Home	27

Outs
1	32
0	26
2	22

13 Opps
BOS	12
DET	9
OAK	8
SEA	7
NYY	7
MIN	6
TEX	5
CLE	5
CAL	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
BAL	4
KCR	2

63 Pitchers
Mike Torrez	3
Ed Figueroa	3
Wayne Garland	3
Steve Trout	2
Dan Petry	2
Dave Tobik	2
Chuck Rainey	2
Fergie Jenkins	2
Steve Renko	2
Larry McCall	2
Rick Wise	2
Paul Splittorff	2
Rick Honeycutt	2
Catfish Hunter	2
Don Aase	1
Jim Palmer	1
John Denny	1
Bruce Robbins	1
Dave Rozema	1
Craig Minetto	1
Tom Seaver	1
Howard Bailey	1
Jim Brewer	1
Dick Bosman	1
Jack Morris	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Steve McCatty	1
Paul Hartzell	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1
Tom Johnson	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Charlie Hough	1
Dave Goltz	1
Pete Broberg	1
Wayne Twitchell	1
Terry Felton	1
Bill Campbell	1
Tom Hausman	1
Wilbur Wood	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Dyar Miller	1
Dave Schmidt	1
Jim Slaton	1
Bill Lee	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Jim Perry	1
Jim Todd	1
John Montague	1
Rick Lysander	1
Dave Stewart	1
Odell Jones	1
Paul Mitchell	1
Rich Gossage	1
Bob Stanley	1
Dick Pole	1
Jack Billingham	1
Rudy May	1
Paul Thormodsgard	1
Tim Lollar	1
Matt Keough	1
Roger Erickson	1

15 Parks
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	17
Arlington St (ARL)	12
Fenway Pk (BOS)	9
Tiger Stad (DET)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Kingdome (SEA)	5
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	47
7	9
8	5
89	2
78	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	74
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	56
1--	7
12-	5
123	5
-2-	3
1-3	3
--3	1

122 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	56
1 on	11
2 on	8
3 on	5
Any on	24

Inning
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	13
5	6
6	10
7	11
8	9
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	24
4-6	29
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	5
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	27
-1	10
-2	8
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	24
Tied	27
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	63
DH	10
PH	4
1B	3

OrderPos
3rd	27
7th	16
5th	15
6th	9
8th	7
2nd	4
4th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-09-09 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	Ed Figueroa	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	5	0.141	47%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1975-05-15	TEX		MIL	Pete Broberg	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	7	5	0.093	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1975-05-24	TEX	@	NYY	Dick Tidrow	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	1	7	PH	0.108	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1975-07-05	TEX	@	MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	5	0.110	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	1975-07-13	TEX	@	BOS	Rick Wise	behind 0-7	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.016	4%		Home Run
6	6	5	1	1975-08-01	TEX		CAL	Ed Figueroa	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	8	5	0.210	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	6	1	1975-08-03	TEX		CAL	Jim Brewer	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	8	5	0.145	35%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	7	1	1975-08-05 (2)	TEX		OAK	Jim Todd	ahead 8-1	b 6	1	123	4	8	5	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Grieve Scores; T. Harrah Scores; M. Cubbage Scores
9	9	8	2	1975-08-05 (2)	TEX		OAK	Jim Perry	ahead 14-2	b 8	0	---	1	8	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	9	1	1975-08-08	TEX	@	MIL	Eduardo Rodríguez	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	12-	3	7	PH	0.254	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Burroughs Scores; T. Grieve Scores
11	11	10	1	1975-08-09	TEX	@	MIL	Tom Hausman	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	5	0.118	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1976-05-08 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	Dick Pole	tied 4-4	t 8	1	---	1	6	5	0.272	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	2	1	1976-05-14	TEX	@	OAK	Mike Torrez	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	5	0.123	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	1976-06-11	TEX	@	NYY	Ed Figueroa	behind 0-4	t 5	0	1--	2	6	5	0.114	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Burroughs Scores
15	15	4	1	1976-06-19	TEX		BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	1	8	5	0.115	81%		Home Run (LF-CF)
16	16	5	1	1976-06-22	TEX	@	OAK	Dick Bosman	behind 1-3	t 7	2	---	1	6	5	0.105	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	6	1	1976-08-06	TEX		MIN	Tom Johnson	ahead 3-0	b 8	0	---	1	3	5	0.014	99%		Home Run
18	18	7	1	1976-08-29	TEX	@	BAL	Dyar Miller	ahead 9-0	t 9	1	1--	2	5	5	0.000	100%		Home Run; M. Hargrove Scores
19	19	8	1	1976-10-03	TEX		CHW	Rich Gossage	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	DH	0.143	67%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1977-05-20	TOR	@	TEX	Bert Blyleven	tied 3-3	t 9	0	---	1	3	5	0.335	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	2	1	1977-06-10	TOR	@	SEA	John Montague	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.125	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
22	22	3	1	1977-08-09	TOR		MIN	Paul Thormodsgard	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	5	0.058	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	4	1	1977-09-07	TOR		BOS	Fergie Jenkins	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	5	0.188	54%		Home Run
24	24	5	1	1977-09-10	TOR	@	NYY	Catfish Hunter	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	5	0.087	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	6	2	1977-09-10	TOR	@	NYY	Larry McCall	ahead 13-3	t 7	1	1-3	3	3	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Staggs Scores/unER; A. Woods Scores/unER; R. Howell Scores/Team unER
26	26	7	1	1977-09-14 (2)	TOR		BAL	Rudy May	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1	5	DH	0.097	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	8	1	1977-09-18	TOR	@	CLE	Wayne Garland	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.104	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	9	1	1977-09-27 (2)	TOR	@	BOS	Bob Stanley	behind 0-5	t 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.014	3%		Home Run
29	29	10	1	1977-09-28	TOR	@	BOS	Bill Lee	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	5	0.148	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1978-04-22	TOR		CHW	Wilbur Wood	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	---	1	3	5	0.078	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1978-04-26	TOR	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 1-1	t 9	1	-2-	2	3	5	0.363	92%		Home Run; W. Upshaw Scores
32	32	3	1	1978-05-29	TOR	@	BOS	Mike Torrez	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.063	19%		Home Run
33	33	4	1	1978-06-25 (2)	TOR	@	CLE	Rick Wise	behind 1-3	t 8	1	---	1	3	5	0.098	19%		Home Run (Deep CF)
34	34	5	1	1978-07-19	TOR	@	SEA	Rick Honeycutt	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	5	0.133	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Bosetti Scores
35	35	6	1	1978-09-20 (1)	TOR		NYY	Larry McCall	ahead 7-1	b 8	2	---	1	3	5	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	7	1	1978-09-27	TOR	@	NYY	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.061	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	1	1978-09-30	TOR	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.098	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1979-04-13	TOR		KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	5	0.112	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1979-04-22	TOR	@	DET	Dave Rozema	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	7	5	0.118	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1979-05-26	TOR		BOS	Bill Campbell	behind 4-6	b 9	2	12-	3	3	5	0.906	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); A. Griffin Scores; B. Bailor Scores
41	41	4	1	1979-06-01	TOR	@	SEA	Paul Mitchell	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.063	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	5	1	1979-06-02	TOR	@	SEA	Odell Jones	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	1-3	3	3	5	0.083	95%		Home Run; A. Griffin Scores; B. Bailor Scores
43	43	6	1	1979-07-03	TOR	@	DET	Jack Billingham	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	4	5	DH	0.216	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Woods Scores; R. Bosetti Scores; J. Mayberry Scores
44	44	7	1	1979-07-04	TOR	@	DET	Dave Tobik	behind 3-4	t 8	2	---	1	5	DH	0.250	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	8	1	1979-07-09	TOR		MIL	Lary Sorensen	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.101	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	9	1	1979-07-21 (2)	TOR	@	MIN	Paul Hartzell	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.118	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
47	47	10	1	1979-08-03	TOR		CHW	Steve Trout	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	5	0.174	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bailor Scores; R. Howell Scores
48	48	11	1	1979-08-27	TOR		OAK	Craig Minetto	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	123	4	3	5	0.075	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Cerone Scores/unER; D. Ainge Scores/unER; A. Woods Scores/unER; R. Howell Scores/Team unER
49	49	12	1	1979-09-02	TOR		SEA	Wayne Twitchell	tied 1-1	b 4	2	1-3	3	6	5	0.279	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailor Scores; J. Mayberry Scores
50	50	13	1	1979-09-16	TOR		CLE	Wayne Garland	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	1	3	5	0.047	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	14	1	1979-09-20	TOR		BOS	Steve Renko	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	5	0.107	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	15	1	1979-09-26	TOR	@	BOS	Chuck Rainey	behind 0-6	t 4	1	---	1	3	5	0.028	7%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1980-04-16	TOR		MIL	Jim Slaton	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	5	0.180	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mayberry Scores
54	54	2	1	1980-05-06	TOR	@	CAL	Don Aase	behind 1-2	t 7	2	1--	2	8	PH	0.406	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. García Scores
55	55	3	1	1980-05-18	TOR		OAK	Rick Lysander	ahead 10-1	b 8	1	-2-	2	5	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Vélez Scores
56	56	4	1	1980-07-16	TOR	@	SEA	Glenn Abbott	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.107	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	5	1	1980-07-22 (1)	TOR	@	OAK	Matt Keough	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	5	0.111	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	6	1	1980-07-25	TOR		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	0.103	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	7	1	1980-08-30	TOR		MIN	Roger Erickson	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	1	4	5	0.466	58%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
60	60	8	1	1980-09-17	TOR	@	NYY	Tim Lollar	ahead 5-3	t 10	2	1--	2	3	5	0.065	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; L. Moseby Scores/unER; R. Howell Scores/unER
61	61	9	1	1980-09-23	TOR	@	DET	Bruce Robbins	ahead 4-2	t 3	0	---	1	5	5	0.083	80%		Home Run (LF-CF)
62	62	10	2	1980-09-23	TOR	@	DET	Dave Tobik	ahead 6-4	t 7	1	---	1	5	5	0.085	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1981-05-28	MIL		DET	Dan Petry	behind 0-1	b 4	0	123	4	6	5	0.236	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cooper Scores; B. Oglivie Scores; T. Simmons Scores
64	64	2	1	1981-05-29	MIL	@	BOS	Mike Torrez	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	0.137	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
65	65	3	1	1981-06-11	MIL		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---	1	2	DH	0.257	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	4	1	1981-08-11 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	John Denny	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.151	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	5	1	1981-08-13	MIL	@	CLE	Wayne Garland	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.108	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	6	1	1981-09-04	MIL	@	MIN	Terry Felton	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	12-	3	7	5	0.096	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores; G. Thomas Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1982-04-24	MIL	@	TEX	Dave Schmidt	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	DH	0.172	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Simmons Scores
70	70	2	1	1982-06-28	MIL	@	BOS	Chuck Rainey	behind 2-3	t 6	1	1--	2	7	DH	0.284	63%		Home Run; G. Thomas Scores
71	71	3	1	1982-07-05	MIL	@	CHW	Steve Trout	ahead 7-4	t 7	0	---	1	7	DH	0.046	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	4	1	1982-08-24	MIL	@	CAL	Steve Renko	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1	7	DH	0.128	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1983-04-24	MIL	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	7	DH	0.109	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	2	1	1983-05-23	MIL	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 1-3	t 9	2	12-	3	7	PH	0.749	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores; P. Molitor Scores
75	75	3	1	1983-10-01	MIL	@	DET	Howard Bailey	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	123	4	5	3	0.017	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Romero Scores; C. Cooper Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
76	76	4	1	1983-10-02	MIL	@	DET	Dan Petry	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	0.081	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1984-05-09	MIL	@	CHW	Tom Seaver	behind 0-3	t 7	1	12-	3	5	3	0.305	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Yount Scores; C. Cooper Scores
78	78	2	1	1984-05-24	MIL	@	TEX	Dave Stewart	behind 2-4	t 6	2	---	1	7	5	0.110	28%		Home Run
79	79	3	1	1984-06-05	MIL	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	ahead 7-0	t 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.004	100%		Home Run
80	80	4	1	1984-09-19	MIL	@	DET	Jack Morris	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	5	0.111	57%		Home Run