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

Born: January 15, 1979 in Danville, IL
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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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
Redesign Note: Due to the increased amount of data available for each player, tables such as postseason stats, all-star stats, neutralized stats, and now much more have been moved to separate pages. You can reach these pages by clicking on "Pitching", "Batting" or "Fielding" in the gray navigation bar just above the player's biographical summary at the top of the page or clicking on "More Stats" links just below or beside the table headers below.

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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
Redesign Note: Due to the increased amount of data available for each player, tables such as postseason stats, all-star stats, neutralized stats, and now much more have been moved to separate pages. You can reach these pages by clicking on "Pitching", "Batting" or "Fielding" in the gray navigation bar just above the player's biographical summary at the top of the page or clicking on "More Stats" links just below or beside the table headers below.

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 SDP NL 23 P 3 2 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.84 0.33 1.000 1.86 0.47
2003 SDP NL 24 P 6 6 34.2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.56 1.00 .950 1.84 0.48
2004 FLA NL 25 P 31 0 37.2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.43 0.19 .967 1.84 0.47
3 Seasons P 40 8 83.0 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.41 0.33 .962 1.84 0.47
3 Seasons TOT 40 8 83.0 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.41 0.33 .962 1.84 0.47

Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1997.

April 3, 2004: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Florida Marlins for Blaine Neal.

October 15, 2005: Released by the Florida Marlins.

December 16, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 16, 2006: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

July 24, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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