Ben Howard
Benjamin Richard Howard
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 15, 1979 in Danville, IL
High School: Central Merry (Jackson, TN)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2002
Final Game: October 1, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
2002 23 SDP NL 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2003 24 SDP NL 6 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 25 FLA NL 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 38 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111 -70 1 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 81 77 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 .056 .056 .056 .111 -70 4 0 0 4 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 9 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .067 .133 -63 1 0 0 1 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2002 23 SDP NL 5 5 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .254 .000 .326 .000 .404 .000 .730 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2003 24 SDP NL 11 10 0 0.0 101 .167 .091 .258 .091 .328 .091 .413 .182 .741 -50 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
2004 25 FLA NL 3 3 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .427 .000 .762 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
3 Seasons 19 18 0 0.0 101 .091 .056 .258 .056 .328 .056 .414 .111 .742 -70 .000 -4.3 -0.4 .059 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 81 77 0 0.0 101 .091 .056 .258 .056 .328 .056 .414 .111 .742 -70 .000 -4.3 -0.4 .059 .000 .000
SDP (2 yrs) 16 15 0 0.0 100 .125 .067 .257 .067 .327 .067 .411 .133 .738 -63 .000 -3.5 -0.3 .071 .000 .000
FLA (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .427 .000 .762 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
2002 23 SDP NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 0.50 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
2003 24 SDP NL 11 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 4.00 1.50 55% 0% 0.0% 0%
2004 25 FLA NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 0.50 100% 0% 0.0% 50%
3 Seasons 19 0.0% 36.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 1.00 0.83 58% 0% 0.0% 20%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 23 SDP 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
2003 24 SDP NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2004 25 FLA 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
3 Seasons 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
2002 23 SDP NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2003 24 SDP NL 11 18% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2004 25 FLA NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 19 11% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2002 23 SDP NL 5 17 3.40 13 76% 15% 31% 31% 23% 85% 0% 65% 64% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 24 SDP NL 11 38 3.45 31 82% 29% 29% 23% 19% 71% 0% 58% 59% 45% 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
2004 25 FLA NL 3 11 3.67 7 64% 43% 14% 0% 43% 57% 0% 36% 75% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 19 66 3.47 51 77% 27% 27% 22% 24% 73% 0% 56% 62% 42% 0% 0 0 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 29% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2003 24 9 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .067 .133 -63 1 0 0 1 0 0
2004 25 38 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111 -70 1 0 0 1 0 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
2002 23 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2003 24 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2004 25 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
3 Seasons 38 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38
162 Game Avg. 162 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38

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