Howie Fox

Howard Francis Fox

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 1, 1921 in Coburg, OR
School: University of Oregon
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1944
Teams (by GP): Reds/Orioles/Phillies 1944-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
Died: October 9, 1955 in San Antonio, TX
Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Eugene, OR
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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	Pos
1943	22	CIN-min	A1	53	87	87		32	4	1	0						.368	.368	.437	.805		38					BIR · SOUA
1944	23	CIN-min	A1	56	114	114		26	1	0	0						.228	.228	.237	.465		27					BIR · SOUA
1944	23	CIN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1945	24	CIN	NL	45	53	46	6	13	1	0	0	5	0		2	4	.283	.313	.304	.617	73	14	0	0	5		1
1946	25	CIN-min	AAA	7																			0				SYR · IL
1946	25	CIN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0		/1

1948	27	CIN	NL	35	64	60	9	12	3	0	0	4	0		2	9	.200	.238	.250	.488	34	15	3	1	1		1
1949	28	CIN	NL	41	79	72	3	17	3	0	0	5	1		0	6	.236	.247	.278	.524	40	20	2	1	6		1
1950	29	CIN	NL	35	68	63	7	11	1	0	1	8	0		2	10	.175	.200	.238	.438	15	15	1	0	3		1
1951	30	CIN	NL	40	80	70	3	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	11	.114	.139	.186	.325	-14	13	1	0	8		1
1952	31	PHI	NL	13	25	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.048	.091	.048	.139	-60	1	1	0	3		1

1954	33	BAL	AL	38	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.313	.563	59	5	0	0	0	0	1
1955	34	BAL-min	AA	29	38	35	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.286	.324	.314	.639		11		0	1	0	SAN · TL
9 Seasons				253	386	349	29	66	11	0	2	25	1	0	9	47	.189	.214	.238	.452	22	83	8	2	26	0
162 Game Avg.				162	247	223	19	42	7	0	1	16	1		6	30	.189	.214	.238	.452	22	53	5	1	17

CIN (7 yrs)				202	345	312	28	61	10	0	2	23	1	0	8	40	.196	.220	.247	.467	26	77	7	2	23
PHI (1 yr)				13	25	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.048	.091	.048	.139	-60	1	1	0	3
BAL (1 yr)				38	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.313	.563	59	5	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				215	370	333	28	62	10	0	2	24	1	0	9	46	.186	.212	.234	.446	20	78	8	2	26
AL (1 yr)				38	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.313	.563	59	5	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1944	23	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1945	24	CIN	NL	53	-2	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	1

1948	27	CIN	NL	64	-5	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1949	28	CIN	NL	79	-6	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1950	29	CIN	NL	68	-8	0	0	0	0	5	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1951	30	CIN	NL	80	-10	0	0	0	0	5	3	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1952	31	PHI	NL	25	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1

1954	33	BAL	AL	15	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
8 Seasons				385	-37	0	0	0	0	27	13	3	-0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$

CIN (6 yrs)				345	-31	0	0	0	0	24	12	5	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$
PHI (1 yr)				25	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$
BAL (1 yr)				15	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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
1944	23	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.370	.000	.700	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1945	24	CIN	NL	53	38	4	2.8	95	.310	.283	.271	.313	.340	.304	.374	.617	.714	73	.318	-1.7	-0.2	.485	.065	.022

1948	27	CIN	NL	64	52	3	1.5	99	.235	.200	.265	.238	.339	.250	.393	.488	.732	34	.124	-5.6	-0.6	.353	.083	.050
1949	28	CIN	NL	79	63	5	2.1	105	.258	.236	.272	.247	.345	.278	.406	.524	.752	40	.196	-6.3	-0.6	.386	.056	.042	.0
1950	29	CIN	NL	68	56	3	1.4	108	.192	.175	.270	.200	.346	.238	.418	.438	.764	15	.101	-8.1	-0.8	.321	.095	.063	.0
1951	30	CIN	NL	80	71	2	0.8	104	.121	.114	.269	.139	.343	.186	.407	.325	.750	-14	.037	-11.6	-1.2	.238	.100	.071	.0
1952	31	PHI	NL	25	24	0	0.0	96	.067	.048	.260	.091	.333	.048	.388	.139	.721	-60	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.095	.048	.000

1954	33	BAL	AL	16	12	1	2.2	92	.267	.250	.256	.250	.330	.313	.374	.563	.704	59	.236	-0.9	-0.1	.417	.063	.063
9 Seasons				386	317	18	1.5	102	.213	.189	.268	.214	.342	.238	.399	.452	.741	22	.121	-39.1	-4.0	.326	.077	.049	1.3
162 Game Avg.				247	203	12	1.5	102	.213	.189	.268	.214	.342	.238	.399	.452	.741	22	.121	-39.1	-4.0	.326	.077	.049	1

CIN (7 yrs)				345	281	17	1.6	103	.219	.196	.269	.220	.343	.247	.401	.467	.744	26	.132	-33.6	-3.4	.341	.080	.051	1.3
PHI (1 yr)				25	24	0	0.0	96	.067	.048	.260	.091	.333	.048	.388	.139	.721	-60	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.095	.048	.000
BAL (1 yr)				16	12	1	2.2	92	.267	.250	.256	.250	.330	.313	.374	.563	.704	59	.235	-0.9	-0.1	.417	.063	.063

NL (8 yrs)				370	305	17	1.5	102	.211	.186	.269	.212	.342	.234	.400	.446	.743	20	.117	-38.2	-3.9	.323	.078	.048	1.3
AL (1 yr)				16	12	1	2.2	92	.267	.250	.256	.250	.330	.313	.374	.563	.704	59	.235	-0.9	-0.1	.417	.063	.063

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	23	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1945	24	CIN	NL	53	0.0%	7.6%	3.8%	1.9%	8%	2.00	11.5		9.2		79%

1948	27	CIN	NL	64	0.0%	14.1%	3.1%	4.7%	25%	4.50	6.7		15.0		80%
1949	28	CIN	NL	79	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	3.8%	18%		12.0		14.4		84%
1950	29	CIN	NL	68	1.5%	14.7%	2.9%	2.9%	18%	5.00	6.3	63.0	7.9	2.38	76%
1951	30	CIN	NL	80	1.3%	13.8%	2.5%	3.8%	38%	5.50	6.4	70.0	70.0	1.33	73%
1952	31	PHI	NL	25	0.0%	24.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.5		21.0	1.50	60%

1954	33	BAL	AL	16	0.0%	6.3%	0.0%	6.3%	25%		16.0		16.0	2.33	94%
9 Seasons				386	0.5%	12.2%	2.3%	3.4%	20%	5.22	7.4	174.5	14.0	1.69	78%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.8%	9.5%	6.2%	27%	1.03	9.1	52.5	8.3	0.95	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1944	23	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	24	CIN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	25	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	27	CIN	NL	-5.6	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	28	CIN	NL	-6.3	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	29	CIN	NL	-8.1	-0.8	41	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.90	-0.6	-0.1	-6.5	-0.6	0.92	-6.5	0
1951	30	CIN	NL	-11.6	-1.2	56	-1.0	0.3	-1.3	1.04	-1.0	0.0	-11.4	-1.2	0.94	-10.4	0
1952	31	PHI	NL	-4.6	-0.5	23	-0.6	0.2	-0.7	1.34	-0.4	-0.0	-4.8	-0.5	1.09	-4.3	0

1954	33	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.70	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.79	-0.8	0
9 Seasons				-39.1	-4.0	135	-2.3	0.7	-3.0	1.01	-2.0	-0.2	-22.8	-2.3	0.94	-21.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1950	29	CIN	NL	2	0	50%	14	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1951	30	CIN	NL	1	0	22%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1952	31	PHI	NL	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	33	BAL	AL	0	0	25%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9 Seasons				4	0	36%	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43%	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	2

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
1950	29	CIN	NL	41	51%	11			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	4	1	25%	7	2	29%	25	2	8%	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	27
1951	30	CIN	NL	55	35%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	133%	7	1	14%	8	5	63%	33	0	0%	0	0		3	3	100%	25
1952	31	PHI	NL	22	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	6	1	17%	4	0	0%	21	1	5%	2	1	50%	0	0		3

1954	33	BAL	AL	15	13%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				133	32%	66			0	0	0	0		2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	26	217%	18	8	44%	20	7	35%	84	4	5%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	55
MLB Averages					50%																			221%			25%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1944	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1945	24	47	54	47	6	13	1	0	5	0		2	4	.277	.306	.298	.604	70	14	0	0	5
1946	25	51	54	47	6	13	1	0	5	0		2	4	.277	.306	.298	.604	70	14	0	0	5
1947	26	51	54	47	6	13	1	0	5	0		2	4	.277	.306	.298	.604	70	14	0	0	5
1948	27	86	118	107	15	25	4	0	9	0		4	13	.234	.268	.271	.539	49	29	3	1	6
1949	28	127	197	179	18	42	7	0	14	1		4	19	.235	.259	.274	.533	46	49	5	2	12
1950	29	162	265	242	25	53	8	1	22	1		6	29	.219	.244	.264	.508	37	64	6	2	15
1951	30	202	345	312	28	61	10	2	23	1	0	8	40	.196	.220	.247	.467	26	77	7	2	23
1952	31	215	370	333	28	62	10	2	24	1	0	9	46	.186	.212	.234	.446	20	78	8	2	26
1953	32	215	370	333	28	62	10	2	24	1	0	9	46	.186	.212	.234	.446	20	78	8	2	26
1954	33	253	386	349	29	66	11	2	25	1	0	9	47	.189	.214	.238	.452	22	83	8	2	26	0

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
1944	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1945	24	47	49	47	6	13	1	0	0	5	0	2	4	.277	.306	.298	.604	4	45

1948	27	37	65	62	8	12	3	0	0	4	0	2	9	.194	.231	.242	.473	3	35
1949	28	43	76	75	3	18	3	0	0	5	1	0	6	.240	.250	.280	.530	5	41
1950	29	37	67	65	7	11	1	0	1	8	0	2	10	.169	.194	.231	.425	3	35
1951	30	42	75	73	3	9	2	0	1	1	0	2	11	.123	.147	.192	.338	2	40
1952	31	14	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	13

1954	33	40	17	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.235	.235	.294	.529	1	38
8 Seasons		262	373	362	28	67	11	0	2	24	1	9	47	.185	.209	.232	.441	18	249
162 Game Avg.		162	231	224	17	41	7	0	1	15	1	6	29	.185	.209	.232	.441	11	249

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