Jim Howarth
James Eugene Howarth
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 7, 1947 in Biloxi, MS
School: Mississippi State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1971
Final Game: May 19, 1974
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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
1971 24 SFG NL 7 16 13 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .231 .375 .308 .683 97 4 0 0 0 0 0 /978
1972 25 SFG NL 74 136 119 16 28 4 0 1 7 3 2 16 18 .235 .326 .294 .620 76 35 3 0 1 0 1 8/73
1973 26 SFG NL 65 98 90 8 18 1 1 0 7 0 0 7 8 .200 .258 .233 .491 35 21 1 0 1 0 0 8/973
1974 27 SFG NL 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
4 Seasons 152 254 226 27 49 6 1 1 16 3 2 26 29 .217 .298 .265 .563 58 60 4 0 2 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 271 241 29 52 6 1 1 17 3 2 28 31 .217 .298 .265 .563 58 64 4 0 2 0 1

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
1971 24 SFG NL 16 10 2 5.4 92 .300 .231 .258 .375 .325 .308 .378 .683 .703 97 .625 0.2 0.0 .700 .308 .077
1972 25 SFG NL 136 97 12 3.4 93 .270 .235 .259 .326 .327 .294 .382 .620 .710 76 .412 -3.3 -0.4 .542 .202 .059 1.5
1973 26 SFG NL 98 74 6 2.2 101 .220 .200 .268 .258 .338 .233 .399 .491 .737 35 .226 -8.4 -0.9 .384 .111 .033
1974 27 SFG NL 4 4 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .268 .000 .341 .000 .388 .000 .728 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 254 185 20 2.9 96 .245 .217 .263 .298 .332 .265 .389 .563 .720 58 .344 -12.7 -1.3 .475 .168 .049 1.5
162 Game Avg. 271 197 21 2.9 96 .245 .217 .263 .298 .332 .265 .389 .563 .720 58 .344 -12.7 -1.3 .475 .168 .049 2

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
1971 24 SFG NL 16 0.0% 18.8% 18.8% 6.3% 33% 1.00 4.3 6.5 2.50 63%
1972 25 SFG NL 136 0.7% 13.2% 11.8% 3.7% 18% 1.13 6.6 119.0 17.0 1.11 74%
1973 26 SFG NL 98 0.0% 8.2% 7.1% 2.0% 11% 1.14 11.3 12.9 0.64 84%
1974 27 SFG NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 100%
4 Seasons 254 0.4% 11.4% 10.2% 3.2% 16% 1.12 7.8 226.0 14.1 0.94 77%
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
1971 24 SFG NL 0 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1972 25 SFG NL 1 0 35% 46 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 25% 9 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 1
1973 26 SFG NL 3 0 32% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 31% 9 8 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1974 27 SFG NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4 0 35% 98 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 33% 18 13 3 2 1 1 7 1 5
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
1971 24 SFG NL 16 100% 3 1 0 0 0 1.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 10 2 20% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1972 25 SFG NL 136 90% 28 39 13 0 4 1.53 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 26 3 12% 16 2 13% 75 7 9% 9 0 0% 10 6 60% 0
1973 26 SFG NL 98 79% 18 26 6 0 2 1.45 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 16 1 6% 7 4 57% 57 7 12% 3 2 67% 6 3 50% 0
1974 27 SFG NL 4 100% 0 4 0 0 0 2.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 254 87% 49 70 19 0 6 1.53 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 44 4 9% 26 8 31% 145 16 11% 14 3 21% 17 10 59% 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
1971 24 7 16 13 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .231 .375 .308 .683 97 4 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 81 152 132 19 31 5 0 1 9 3 2 19 21 .235 .331 .295 .627 79 39 3 0 1 0 1
1973 26 146 250 222 27 49 6 1 1 16 3 2 26 29 .221 .302 .270 .573 61 60 4 0 2 0 1
1974 27 152 254 226 27 49 6 1 1 16 3 2 26 29 .217 .298 .265 .563 58 60 4 0 2 0 1

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
1971 24 7 18 14 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 4 3 .286 .444 .357 .802 2 7
1972 25 77 145 127 18 32 5 0 1 8 3 18 19 .252 .345 .315 .660 14 74
1973 26 65 98 91 8 19 1 1 0 7 0 7 8 .209 .265 .242 .507 6 65
1974 27 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
4 Seasons 155 265 236 29 55 7 1 1 17 3 29 30 .233 .317 .284 .601 22 152
162 Game Avg. 162 277 247 30 57 7 1 1 18 3 30 31 .233 .317 .284 .601 23 152

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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