Ben Howard

Benjamin Richard Howard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 15, 1979 in Danville, IL
High School: Central Merry HS (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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Padres 2002-2004

Final Game: October 1, 2004
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1997	18	SDP-min	Rk	1	4	.200	7.45	13	12	1	0	0	0	54.1	54	53	45	3	63	0	59	2	7	19	281		2.153	8.9	0.5	10.4	9.8	0.94	PDS · ARIZ
1998	19	SDP-min	Rk	4	5	.444	6.03	15	15	0	0	0	0	68.2	67	61	46	2	87	0	79	4	6	17	354		2.243	8.8	0.3	11.4	10.4	0.91	IDF · PION
1999	20	SDP-min	A	6	10	.375	4.73	28	28	0	0	0	0	144.2	123	100	76	17	110	0	131	5	1	19	666		1.611	7.7	1.1	6.8	8.1	1.19	FWA · MIDW
2000	21	SDP-min	A+	5	11	.313	6.37	32	19	4	0	0	0	107.1	88	87	76	8	111	1	150	2	1	14	506		1.854	7.4	0.7	9.3	12.6	1.35	RCU · CALL
2001	22	SDP-min	A+,AA	10	2	.833	2.73	25	23	1	0	0	0	131.2	103	46	40	7	47	0	136	1	0	6	531		1.139	7.0	0.5	3.2	9.3	2.89	LEL,MOB · CALL,SOUL
2002	23	SDP-min	AAA,AA	3	5	.375	4.50	17	13	2	0	0	0	78.0	73	44	39	12	31	0	55	3	0	3	330		1.333	8.4	1.4	3.6	6.3	1.77	POR,MOB · PCL,SOUL
2002	23	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	9.28	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	11	11	4	14	1	10	0	0	0	58	42	2.531	11.0	3.4	11.8	8.4	0.71
2003	24	SDP-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.55	22	22	0	0	0	0	130.2	118	69	66	17	49	0	68	6	0	7	550		1.278	8.1	1.2	3.4	4.7	1.39	POR · PCL
2003	24	SDP	NL	1	3	.250	3.63	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.2	31	17	14	10	15	1	24	0	0	1	148	110	1.327	8.0	2.6	3.9	6.2	1.60
2004	25	FLA-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.67	23	0	4	0	0	1	34.1	29	16	14	3	22	2	28	0	0	4	151		1.485	7.6	0.8	5.8	7.3	1.27	ABQ · PCL
2004	25	FLA	NL	1	1	.500	5.50	31	0	7	0	0	0	37.2	37	23	23	6	21	3	33	1	0	3	167	75	1.540	8.8	1.4	5.0	7.9	1.57
2005	26	FLA-min	AAA	6	3	.667	4.63	54	3	12	0	0	2	83.2	85	49	43	13	29	1	87	5	0	2	371		1.363	9.1	1.4	3.1	9.4	3.00	ABQ · PCL
2006	27	CLE-TOR-min	AAA	3	2	.600	5.37	45	0	28	0	0	11	57.0	59	36	34	7	21	2	29	4	0	7	247		1.404	9.3	1.1	3.3	4.6	1.38	BFL,SYR · IL
2007	28	CHC-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.28	55	0	21	0	0	2	82.0	84	41	39	13	24	2	68	4	0	1	347		1.317	9.2	1.4	2.6	7.5	2.83	IWA · PCL
2008	29	MIL-min	AAA,AA	2	7	.222	4.93	35	2	11	0	0	1	65.2	74	40	36	5	26	2	43	4	0	6	297		1.523	10.1	0.7	3.6	5.9	1.65	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
3 Yrs				2	5	.286	5.20	40	8	7	0	0	0	83.0	81	51	48	20	50	5	67	1	0	4	373	78	1.578	8.8	2.2	5.4	7.3	1.34
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.286	5.20	57	11	10	0	0	0	118	115	72	68	28	71	7	95	1	0	6	528	78	1.578	8.8	2.2	5.4	7.3	1.34

SDP (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	4.96	9	8	0	0	0	0	45.1	44	28	25	14	29	2	34	0	0	1	206	80	1.610	8.7	2.8	5.8	6.8	1.17
FLA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.50	31	0	7	0	0	0	37.2	37	23	23	6	21	3	33	1	0	3	167	75	1.540	8.8	1.4	5.0	7.9	1.57

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2002	23	SDP	NL	10.2	3	2	11	9.28	4.15	-0.45	-0.04	96.3	4.38	-6	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.4	-5	.329	.497	$
2003	24	SDP	NL	34.2	6	6	17	4.41	4.18	0.00	0.16	99.3	4.31	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.2	3	.491	.500	$
2004	25	FLA	NL	37.2	31	0	23	5.50	4.67	0.07	-0.34	96.1	4.09	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.481	.496	$
3 Seasons				83.0	40	8	51	5.53	4.40	-0.02	-0.09	97.5	4.22	-12	-1.2	.8	0.0	-0.5	-4	.471	.498	$

SDP (2 yrs)				45.1	9	8	28	5.56	4.17	-0.10	0.11	98.6	4.33	-6	-0.6	.3	0.0	-0.2	-2	.437	.498	$
FLA (1 yr)				37.2	31	0	23	5.50	4.67	0.07	-0.34	96.1	4.09	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.481	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2002	23	SDP	NL	3	58	43	11	13	4	0	4	1	1	14	10	.302	.466	.674	1.140	.300	29	0	0	0	1	1	0
2003	24	SDP	NL	6	148	132	17	31	6	1	10	4	1	15	24	.235	.313	.523	.836	.214	69	1	0	1	0	1	1
2004	25	FLA	NL	31	167	142	23	37	7	1	6	6	1	21	33	.261	.355	.451	.806	.295	64	4	1	1	2	3	1
3 Yrs				40	373	317	51	81	17	2	20	11	3	50	67	.256	.356	.511	.867	.262	162	5	1	2	3	5	2
162 Game Avg.				57	528	449	72	115	24	3	28	16	4	71	95	.256	.356	.511	.867	.262	230	7	1	3	4	7	3
MLB Averages																.264	.333	.422	.755	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	23	SDP	NL	-6.5	-0.6	60	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.71	-0.8	0.5	-6.2	-0.6	0.71	-7.6	0	0	1
2003	24	SDP	NL	0.6	0.0	154	-0.1	2.2	-2.4	.77	-0.9	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.77	-8.1	0	0	0
2004	25	FLA	NL	-5.0	-0.5	176	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	.76	-0.7	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.76	-5.7	8	5	16
3 Yrs				-11.0	-1.0	390	-0.7	5.1	-5.7	.76	-2.4	1.5	-9.2	-0.9	0.76	-21.3	8	5	17

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2002	23	SDP	NL	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	36.5	55	18	2	1	0	1	3.0	3.0	3.0	65	1	1	0	0	86
2003	24	SDP	NL	6	6	1	3	2	0	0	2	4	.333	0	2	0	0	2	33%	51.5	74	36	3	1	0	3	3.6	2.7	5.8	87	3	1	2	0	104
2 Yrs				9	8	1	4	3	0	0	2	6	.250	1	2	0	0	2	25%	48	74	18	5	2	0	4	3.5	2.8	5.1	82	4	2	2	0	104
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-9					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2002	23	SDP	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	.710	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	14.0	91

2004	25	FLA	NL	31	31	7	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	13	5	38%	7	.762	8	5	16	9	5	17	8	23	10	8	10	6	3.6	20
2 Yrs				34	32	7	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	14	6	43%		.749	8	5	17	9	5	18	9	23	11	8	11	6	4.0	23

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2002	23	SDP	NL	58	55%	6.9%	17.2%	24.1%	13.8%	62%	0.32	0.40	52%	21%	25.0%	27%	16	0	0%
2003	24	SDP	NL	148	49%	6.8%	16.2%	10.1%	11.5%	55%	0.63	0.80	66%	16%	17.2%	11%	25	1	4%
2004	25	FLA	NL	167	54%	3.6%	19.8%	12.6%	8.4%	38%	0.51	0.65	63%	17%	9.0%	6%	35	4	11%
3 Yrs				373	53%	5.4%	18.0%	13.4%	10.5%	48%	0.53	0.67	62%	17%	14.2%	11%	76	5	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	8.0%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	23	SDP	NL	58	221	3.81	125	57%	33%	17%	23%	27%	67%	4%	38%	75%	52%	10%	6	1	17%	10	8	1	30%	4	4	0	0	0
2003	24	SDP	NL	148	524	3.54	329	63%	29%	16%	22%	33%	71%	1%	45%	77%	60%	7%	10	5	18%	27	20	3	21%	3	4	0	0	0
2004	25	FLA	NL	167	629	3.77	372	59%	25%	19%	27%	30%	75%	5%	45%	75%	51%	11%	18	7	20%	33	18	1	24%	6	8	0	0	0
3 Yrs				373	1374	3.68	826	60%	27%	17%	24%	31%	73%	3%	44%	76%	55%	9%	34	13	19%	70	46	5	24%	13	16	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2002	23	SDP	NL	58	13	0	0	4	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	100%	0	0	1	29	1	1	50%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2003	24	SDP	NL	148	31	3	0	10	0	1	7	3	4	6	4	0	2	0%	1	1	0	51	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
2004	25	FLA	NL	167	37	4	2	6	0	7	2	4	2	4	17	7	2	41%	1	3	0	59	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3 Yrs				373	81	7	2	20	0	9	11	9	8	12	23	9	4	39%	2	4	1	139	11	3	79%	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	10	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2002	23	0	1	.000	9.28	3	2	0	10.2	13	11	11	4	14	1	10	0	0	58	42	2.531	11.0	3.4	11.8	8.4	0.71	42
2003	24	1	4	.200	4.96	9	8	0	45.1	44	28	25	14	29	2	34	0	1	206	80	1.610	8.7	2.8	5.8	6.8	1.17	80
2004	25	2	5	.286	5.20	40	8	7	83.0	81	51	48	20	50	5	67	1	4	373	78	1.578	8.8	2.2	5.4	7.3	1.34	78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2002	23	0	1	.000	10.80	10.0	14	13	12	4	15	9	0	2.900	12.6	13.5	8.1	0.60	3.6	3
2003	24	2	1	.667	3.71	34.0	31	16	14	10	15	24	0	1.353	8.2	4.0	6.4	1.60	2.6	6
2004	25	1	3	.250	5.75	36.0	37	26	23	6	21	32	1	1.611	9.3	5.3	8.0	1.52	1.5	31
3 Yrs		3	5	.375	5.51	80.0	82	55	49	20	51	65	1	1.663	9.2		7.3	1.27	2.3	40

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