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Art Howe

Arthur Henry Howe

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 15, 1946 in Pittsburgh, PA
School: University of Wyoming
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1974
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Pirates 1974-1985

Final Game: April 19, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1974 27 PIT NL 29 84 74 10 18 4 1 1 5 0 0 9 13 .243 .321 .365 .686 95 27 1 0 0 1 0 5/6
1975 28 PIT NL 63 162 146 13 25 9 0 1 10 1 0 15 15 .171 .248 .253 .502 41 37 5 0 1 0 3 5/6
1976 29 HOU NL 21 35 29 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .138 .286 .172 .458 38 5 1 0 0 0 1 /54
1977 30 HOU NL 125 463 413 44 109 23 7 8 58 0 1 41 60 .264 .336 .412 .748 108 170 10 5 2 2 6 456
1978 31 HOU NL 119 461 420 46 123 33 3 7 55 2 3 34 41 .293 .343 .436 .779 125 183 13 1 1 5 3 45/3
1979 32 HOU NL 118 398 355 32 88 15 2 6 33 3 1 36 37 .248 .316 .352 .668 87 125 7 1 2 4 5 45/3
1980 33 HOU NL 110 364 321 34 91 12 5 10 46 1 0 34 29 .283 .350 .445 .795 129 143 9 1 4 4 6 35/64
1981 34 HOU NL 103 406 361 43 107 22 4 3 36 1 3 41 23 .296 .365 .404 .770 124 146 8 0 1 3 7 *5/3 MVP-18
1982 35 HOU NL 110 414 365 29 87 15 1 5 38 2 0 41 45 .238 .315 .326 .641 87 119 10 1 4 3 15 53
1984 37 STL NL 89 161 139 17 30 5 0 2 12 0 2 18 18 .216 .300 .295 .595 70 41 6 0 1 3 1 53/46
1985 38 STL NL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /35
11 Seasons 891 2951 2626 268 682 139 23 43 293 10 10 275 287 .260 .329 .379 .708 102 996 70 9 16 25 47
162 Game Avg. 162 537 477 49 124 25 4 8 53 2 2 50 52 .260 .329 .379 .708 102 181 13 2 3 5 9
HOU (7 yrs) 706 2541 2264 228 609 121 22 39 266 9 8 233 241 .269 .337 .394 .730 109 891 58 9 14 21 43
PIT (2 yrs) 92 246 220 23 43 13 1 2 15 1 0 24 28 .195 .273 .291 .564 59 64 6 0 1 1 3
STL (2 yrs) 93 164 142 17 30 5 0 2 12 0 2 18 18 .211 .294 .289 .583 66 41 6 0 1 3 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 27 PIT NL 85 0 0 -1 1 2 1 3 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ 5/6
1975 28 PIT NL 162 -13 2 1 -1 3 1 5 -2 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ 5/6
1976 29 HOU NL 35 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /54
1977 30 HOU NL 463 2 1 0 0 4 3 14 24 2.4 20 2.1 0.3 $ 456
1978 31 HOU NL 462 15 -2 0 -1 -3 3 14 26 2.7 29 3.2 -0.5 $ 45/3
1979 32 HOU NL 398 -7 -1 0 0 6 2 12 12 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ 45/3
1980 33 HOU NL 364 10 1 0 0 -3 -4 11 16 1.8 18 1.9 -0.1 $ 35/64
1981 34 HOU NL 406 11 -1 1 0 6 0 13 30 3.2 24 2.5 0.7 $ *5/3 MVP-18
1982 35 HOU NL 415 -9 1 -1 -1 9 -2 13 10 0.9 1 0.1 0.8 $ 53
1984 37 STL NL 161 -5 0 -2 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 53/46
1985 38 STL NL 3 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /35
11 Seasons 2954 0 1 -2 -2 25 4 91 118 11.9 92 9.8 2.1 $
HOU (7 yrs) 2543 19 -1 0 -2 20 2 78 116 11.9 96 10.2 1.7 $
PIT (2 yrs) 247 -13 2 0 0 4 2 8 4 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $
STL (2 yrs) 164 -6 0 -2 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

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
1974 27 PIT NL 84 58 9 4.2 92 .279 .243 .259 .321 .330 .365 .374 .686 .705 95 .492 -0.4 -0.0 .632 .243 .122 .0
1975 28 PIT NL 162 127 9 1.9 95 .185 .171 .264 .248 .335 .253 .382 .502 .717 41 .183 -11.8 -1.2 .421 .192 .082 1.0
1976 29 HOU NL 35 26 2 2.1 84 .174 .138 .252 .286 .317 .172 .359 .458 .676 38 .223 -2.0 -0.2 .423 .241 .034
1977 30 HOU NL 463 319 57 4.8 95 .291 .264 .258 .336 .324 .412 .394 .748 .718 108 .519 5.4 0.5 .683 .245 .148 .0
1978 31 HOU NL 461 319 60 5.0 88 .308 .293 .252 .343 .319 .436 .371 .779 .690 125 .585 14.5 1.5 .693 .221 .143 3.1
1979 32 HOU NL 398 281 41 3.9 95 .259 .248 .262 .316 .326 .352 .388 .668 .715 87 .448 -5.3 -0.5 .596 .211 .104 4.0
1980 33 HOU NL 364 247 50 5.5 88 .283 .283 .257 .350 .318 .445 .373 .795 .691 129 .614 12.6 1.3 .749 .271 .162 1.8
1981 34 HOU NL 406 269 53 5.3 88 .308 .296 .257 .365 .321 .404 .368 .770 .689 124 .616 12.5 1.3 .698 .216 .108 1.5
1982 35 HOU NL 414 295 38 3.5 88 .258 .238 .256 .315 .318 .326 .372 .641 .690 87 .413 -4.9 -0.5 .566 .205 .088 2.9
1984 37 STL NL 161 121 12 2.7 92 .230 .216 .261 .300 .326 .295 .380 .595 .705 70 .306 -4.9 -0.5 .487 .194 .079 .0
1985 38 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .387 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
11 Seasons 2951 2065 331 4.3 91 .275 .260 .258 .329 .322 .379 .378 .708 .700 102 .502 14.8 1.5 .632 .224 .120 16.2
162 Game Avg. 537 375 60 4.3 91 .275 .260 .258 .329 .322 .379 .378 .708 .700 102 .502 3 0 .632 .224 .120 3
HOU (7 yrs) 2541 1756 301 4.6 90 .284 .269 .257 .337 .321 .394 .378 .730 .699 109 .533 32.7 3.4 .659 .228 .125 14.6
PIT (2 yrs) 246 185 18 2.6 94 .215 .195 .262 .273 .333 .291 .379 .564 .713 59 .288 -12.2 -1.3 .486 .209 .095 1.3
STL (2 yrs) 164 124 12 2.6 92 .224 .211 .261 .294 .326 .289 .380 .583 .705 66 .296 -5.8 -0.6 .475 .190 .077 .0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 27 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 33 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 5 18 15 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .200 .278 .400 .678 6 0 0 0 1 2
1981 34 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 5 18 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .375 .653 6 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons (3 Series) 11 37 32 1 6 1 1 1 3 0 0 4 3 .188 .270 .375 .645 12 0 0 0 1 3
1 NLDS 5 18 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .375 .653 6 0 0 0 0 1
2 NLCS 6 19 16 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .188 .263 .375 .638 6 0 0 0 1 2

Ratio Batting*

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
1974 27 PIT NL 84 1.2% 15.5% 10.7% 7.1% 33% 1.44 5.7 74.0 14.8 1.05 73%
1975 28 PIT NL 162 0.6% 9.3% 9.3% 6.2% 40% 1.00 9.7 146.0 14.6 0.86 80%
1976 29 HOU NL 35 0.0% 17.1% 17.1% 2.9% 25% 1.00 4.8 1.00 66%
1977 30 HOU NL 463 1.7% 13.0% 8.9% 8.2% 35% 1.46 6.9 51.6 7.1 1.10 75%
1978 31 HOU NL 461 1.5% 8.9% 7.4% 9.3% 35% 1.21 10.2 60.0 7.6 1.15 82%
1979 32 HOU NL 398 1.5% 9.3% 9.1% 5.8% 26% 1.03 9.6 59.2 10.8 1.03 79%
1980 33 HOU NL 364 2.8% 8.0% 9.3% 7.4% 30% 0.85 11.1 32.1 7.0 1.00 79%
1981 34 HOU NL 406 0.7% 5.7% 10.1% 7.1% 27% 0.56 15.7 120.3 10.0 1.02 83%
1982 35 HOU NL 414 1.2% 10.9% 9.9% 5.1% 24% 1.10 8.1 73.0 9.6 1.18 77%
1984 37 STL NL 161 1.2% 11.2% 11.2% 4.4% 23% 1.00 7.7 69.5 11.6 1.15 76%
1985 38 STL NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 100%
11 Seasons 2951 1.5% 9.7% 9.3% 7.0% 30% 1.04 9.1 61.1 9.0 1.07 79%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.55 6.8 45.4 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 27 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 87 -0.0 1.4 -1.4 1.01 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.94 -1.1 1.44 8
1975 28 PIT NL -11.8 -1.2 171 -2.0 1.3 -3.3 .89 -1.1 -1.1 -11.1 -1.2 1.01 -10.6 0.99 18
1976 29 HOU NL -2.0 -0.2 36 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .93 -0.3 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.82 -2.4 1.11 7
1977 30 HOU NL 5.4 0.5 469 1.9 9.4 -7.6 1.01 0.6 1.2 12.2 1.3 0.97 6.0 1.44 6
1978 31 HOU NL 14.5 1.5 468 2.7 10.3 -7.6 1.07 1.9 0.6 14.0 1.5 0.98 17.4 0.25 3
1979 32 HOU NL -5.3 -0.5 404 -0.2 7.1 -7.3 1.08 -0.4 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.96 -0.2 2.54 11
1980 33 HOU NL 12.6 1.3 366 0.7 7.1 -6.3 1.13 1.2 -0.6 6.6 0.7 1.03 10.7 2.56 19
1981 34 HOU NL 12.5 1.3 414 1.9 7.9 -5.9 .98 1.0 1.0 13.5 1.4 0.95 9.8 3.03 3
1982 35 HOU NL -4.9 -0.5 422 -1.1 6.0 -7.1 1.02 -1.3 0.2 -8.9 -1.0 0.95 -11.4 4.15 3
1984 37 STL NL -4.9 -0.5 164 -0.5 2.5 -3.1 1.10 -0.6 0.1 -8.8 -0.9 1.01 -6.1 1.52 22
1985 38 STL NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.76 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 -0.7 1.76 3
11 Seasons 14.8 1.5 3004 3.0 53.2 -50.2 1.04 1.0 1.9 11.4 1.2 0.97 11.2 1.78 103

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1974 27 PIT NL 0 1 35% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44% 5 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 2
1975 28 PIT NL 4 0 31% 54 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 46% 4 3 1 0 0 0 7 3 4
1976 29 HOU NL 0 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1977 30 HOU NL 5 0 25% 153 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 63% 10 6 4 5 1 3 15 2 12
1978 31 HOU NL 6 1 26% 157 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 7 44% 22 12 7 3 1 2 14 4 8
1979 32 HOU NL 5 0 22% 138 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 47% 16 8 6 7 3 4 7 3 4
1980 33 HOU NL 4 0 21% 109 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 49% 25 14 10 3 1 2 7 2 5
1981 34 HOU NL 7 0 28% 147 1 3 25% 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 10 43% 26 14 11 8 6 2 15 6 8
1982 35 HOU NL 4 1 19% 131 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 46% 22 13 8 4 1 3 13 6 7
1984 37 STL NL 0 0 33% 52 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39% 7 6 1 3 1 2 3 1 2
1985 38 STL 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
11 Seasons 35 3 24% 987 10 10 50% 10 6 0 4 0 0 7 3 34 50 47% 139 81 50 33 14 18 86 29 52

Situational Hitting*

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
1974 27 PIT NL 85 59% 18 8 4 0 1 1.44 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 8% 3 2 67% 46 4 9% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1975 28 PIT NL 162 52% 25 18 4 0 0 0.99 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 33% 32 5 16% 24 4 17% 105 11 10% 11 3 27% 12 4 33% 0
1976 29 HOU NL 35 49% 4 7 1 0 0 1.11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1977 30 HOU NL 463 29% 109 6 3 0 0 1.44 8 1 14 6 2 1 7 0 2 2 100% 87 10 11% 41 13 32% 303 54 18% 21 13 62% 20 13 65% 0
1978 31 HOU NL 462 30% 123 3 1 0 0 0.25 7 0 13 5 2 3 4 0 1 1 100% 93 13 14% 37 10 27% 304 51 17% 31 17 55% 16 6 38% 0
1979 32 HOU NL 398 37% 88 11 1 0 1 2.54 6 0 6 4 2 0 6 0 2 2 100% 65 7 11% 34 14 41% 239 30 13% 21 9 43% 18 11 61% 0
1980 33 HOU NL 364 58% 91 19 2 1 2 2.56 10 0 14 3 7 3 7 0 4 4 100% 60 9 15% 32 14 44% 269 36 13% 26 10 38% 24 12 50% 0
1981 34 HOU NL 406 34% 107 3 1 0 0 3.03 3 0 13 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 100% 65 8 12% 26 13 50% 244 36 15% 31 18 58% 15 10 67% 0
1982 35 HOU NL 415 27% 87 3 0 0 0 4.15 5 0 9 3 2 4 1 1 4 4 100% 66 10 15% 41 13 32% 254 33 13% 25 9 36% 17 9 53% 0
1984 37 STL NL 161 62% 30 22 7 0 2 1.52 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 32 6 19% 18 10 56% 107 10 9% 10 6 60% 11 6 55% 0
1985 38 STL NL 3 67% 0 3 0 0 0 1.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 2954 38% 682 103 24 1 6 1.78 43 1 81 24 19 16 27 1 18 16 89% 517 70 14% 259 93 36% 1882 265 14% 180 87 48% 135 72 53% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1974 27 29 84 74 10 18 4 1 1 5 0 0 9 13 .243 .321 .365 .686 95 27 1 0 0 1 0
1975 28 92 246 220 23 43 13 1 2 15 1 0 24 28 .195 .273 .291 .564 59 64 6 0 1 1 3
1976 29 113 281 249 23 47 14 1 2 15 1 0 30 34 .189 .275 .277 .552 57 69 7 0 1 1 4
1977 30 238 744 662 67 156 37 8 10 73 1 1 71 94 .236 .313 .361 .674 89 239 17 5 3 3 10
1978 31 357 1205 1082 113 279 70 11 17 128 3 4 105 135 .258 .325 .390 .715 103 422 30 6 4 8 13
1979 32 475 1603 1437 145 367 85 13 23 161 6 5 141 172 .255 .322 .381 .703 99 547 37 7 6 12 18
1980 33 585 1967 1758 179 458 97 18 33 207 7 5 175 201 .261 .328 .392 .720 104 690 46 8 10 16 24
1981 34 688 2373 2119 222 565 119 22 36 243 8 8 216 224 .267 .334 .395 .729 108 836 54 8 11 19 31
1982 35 798 2787 2484 251 652 134 23 41 281 10 8 257 269 .262 .331 .384 .716 105 955 64 9 15 22 46
1983 36 798 2787 2484 251 652 134 23 41 281 10 8 257 269 .262 .331 .384 .716 105 955 64 9 15 22 46
1984 37 887 2948 2623 268 682 139 23 43 293 10 10 275 287 .260 .329 .380 .709 103 996 70 9 16 25 47
1985 38 891 2951 2626 268 682 139 23 43 293 10 10 275 287 .260 .329 .379 .708 102 996 70 9 16 25 47

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1974 27 29 86 75 11 19 4 1 1 6 0 10 13 .253 .337 .373 .711 10 29
1975 28 63 163 147 14 26 9 0 1 11 1 16 15 .177 .258 .259 .516 10 63
1976 29 21 38 30 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 .167 .342 .200 .542 2 21
1977 30 125 471 420 49 116 24 7 9 64 0 44 60 .276 .350 .431 .781 62 125
1978 31 119 479 435 55 138 37 3 8 66 2 38 41 .317 .370 .471 .841 76 119
1979 32 118 404 361 36 94 16 2 6 37 3 38 37 .260 .329 .366 .695 44 118
1980 33 110 374 331 41 101 13 6 11 55 1 38 29 .305 .374 .480 .855 60 110
1981 34 156 639 565 78 180 37 7 5 65 2 69 35 .319 .390 .435 .825 97 103
1982 35 110 423 374 34 96 17 1 6 45 2 45 45 .257 .336 .356 .691 44 110
1984 37 89 163 141 19 32 5 0 2 13 0 19 18 .227 .313 .305 .618 14 89
1985 38 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
11 Seasons 944 3243 2882 337 807 163 27 49 362 11 325 299 .280 .352 .406 .758 419 891
162 Game Avg. 162 557 495 58 138 28 5 8 62 2 56 51 .280 .352 .406 .758 72 891

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 NL (18, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1981 NL  3.2 (9th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1981 NL  0.7 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 NL  15.7 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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