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 Pitching

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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
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 40 2.531 11.0 3.4 11.8 8.4 0.71
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 1 148 108 1.327 8.0 2.6 3.9 6.2 1.60
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
3 Seasons 2 5 .286 5.20 40 8 7 0 0 0 83.0 81 51 48 20 50 5 67 1 0 4 373 77 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 77 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 79 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 40 373 317 51 81 17 2 20 11 3 50 67 .256 .356 .511 .867 .262 162 5 1 2 3 5
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 37 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% 52 74 36 3 1 0 3 3.6 2.7 5.8 87 3 1 2 0 104
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0.700 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 0.767 8 5 17 9 5 17 8 23 10 8 10 6 3.6 20
2 Seasons 34 32 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 14 6 43% 0.750 8 5 18 9 5 18 9 23 11 8 11 6 4.0 23

Ratio Pitching*

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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 45% 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 51% 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 46% 3.6% 19.8% 12.6% 8.4% 38% 0.51 0.65 63% 17% 9.0% 6% 35 4 11%
3 Seasons 373 47% 5.4% 18.0% 13.4% 10.5% 48% 0.53 0.67 62% 17% 14.2% 11% 76 5 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2002 23 0 1 .000 9.28 3 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 11 11 4 14 1 10 0 0 0 58 40 2.531 11.0 3.4 11.8 8.4 0.71 40
2003 24 1 4 .200 4.96 9 8 0 0 0 0 45.1 44 28 25 14 29 2 34 0 0 1 206 79 1.610 8.7 2.8 5.8 6.8 1.17 79
2004 25 2 5 .286 5.20 40 8 7 0 0 0 83.0 81 51 48 20 50 5 67 1 0 4 373 77 1.578 8.8 2.2 5.4 7.3 1.34 77

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 32 16 14 10 15 24 0 1.382 8.5 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 Seasons 3 5 .375 5.51 80.0 83 55 49 20 51 65 1 1.675 9.3 7.3 1.27 2.3 40

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