Art Howe
Arthur Henry Howe Jr.
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
Final Game: April 19, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 PIT NL 27 3B 20 16 164.2 63 11 48 4 8 .937 1.7 12.4 0.7 1.7 -1.0 1 3.22 2.95 .949 3.04 2.64
1974 PIT NL 27 SS 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.25
1975 PIT NL 28 3B 42 36 342.2 113 17 89 7 4 .938 3.4 11.9 3.4 -0.8 4.2 0 2.78 2.52 .945 2.98 2.58
1975 PIT NL 28 SS 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 3.60 0.67 .950 5.04 4.20
1976 HOU NL 29 3B 8 4 46.0 16 6 9 1 1 .938 -0.6 -15.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 2.93 1.88 .950 2.93 2.61
1976 HOU NL 29 2B 2 2 16.0 8 1 7 0 2 1.000 1.1 82.5 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 .975 5.46 4.95
1977 HOU NL 30 2B 96 95 822.0 478 192 279 7 49 .985 1.0 1.5 2.0 -0.7 2.6 -1 5.16 4.91 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 HOU NL 30 3B 19 15 147.2 54 16 37 1 1 .981 4.3 34.9 4.3 3.7 0.7 0 3.23 2.79 .956 2.98 2.54
1977 HOU NL 30 SS 11 5 41.0 22 5 17 0 2 1.000 -0.8 -23.4 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 4.83 2.00 .964 5.03 4.30
1978 HOU NL 31 2B 107 107 922.1 525 224 289 12 51 .977 -2.6 -3.4 -1.6 -6.8 5.2 -1 5.01 4.79 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 HOU NL 31 3B 11 8 73.0 23 10 13 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -6.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 2.84 2.09 .948 3.00 2.53
1978 HOU NL 31 1B 1 1 9.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 6.00 6.00 1.000 10.00 8.30
1979 HOU NL 32 2B 68 67 504.1 317 126 188 3 33 .991 4.2 10.0 5.2 -2.0 7.2 -1 5.60 4.62 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 HOU NL 32 3B 59 29 313.2 121 47 70 4 6 .967 1.7 6.5 1.7 -2.1 3.7 0 3.36 1.98 .950 2.89 2.50
1979 HOU NL 32 1B 3 3 28.0 18 15 3 0 3 1.000 0.4 17.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 5.79 6.00 .994 9.90 8.60
1980 HOU NL 33 1B 77 68 576.1 638 580 49 9 47 .986 -0.3 -0.6 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 1 9.82 8.17 .992 10.16 8.97
1980 HOU NL 33 3B 25 13 152.1 39 11 27 1 3 .974 -2.0 -15.8 -2.0 -0.1 -1.9 0 2.25 1.52 .946 2.87 2.39
1980 HOU NL 33 SS 5 2 22.0 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -21.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 5.32 2.60 .962 5.03 4.30
1980 HOU NL 33 2B 3 0 8.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 4.50 1.33 .975 5.51 4.70
1981 HOU NL 34 3B 98 98 840.2 267 52 206 9 16 .966 6.1 8.7 6.1 2.0 4.1 0 2.76 2.63 .947 2.84 2.47 MVP-18
1981 HOU NL 34 1B 2 2 18.0 15 15 0 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0 7.50 7.50 .993 10.20 8.70 MVP-18
1982 HOU NL 35 3B 72 72 631.1 212 53 153 6 13 .972 7.3 13.9 7.3 4.7 2.6 0 2.94 2.86 .950 2.77 2.43
1982 HOU NL 35 1B 35 34 289.2 313 291 21 1 34 .997 1.5 6.2 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 9.69 8.91 .992 10.23 8.89
1984 STL NL 37 3B 45 28 264.1 95 23 70 2 6 .979 1.5 6.8 1.5 -0.9 2.5 0 3.17 2.07 .941 2.79 2.36
1984 STL NL 37 1B 11 3 34.0 48 45 2 1 6 .979 -0.7 -24.7 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0 12.44 4.27 .992 9.85 8.15
1984 STL NL 37 2B 8 0 15.0 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -16.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.20 0.88 .971 5.40 4.71
1984 STL NL 37 SS 5 0 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.00 0.80 .975 4.90 3.98
1985 STL NL 38 1B 1 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1985 STL NL 38 3B 1 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 2.00 .950 2.50
11 Seasons 3B 400 319 2976.1 1005 247 723 35 58 .965 22.9 9.2 21.9 7.6 14.4 1 2.93 2.43 .948 2.87 2.48
6 Seasons 2B 284 271 2287.2 1339 546 771 22 137 .984 3.3 1.7 6.3 -9.1 15.3 -3 5.18 4.64 .977 5.31 4.45
7 Seasons 1B 130 111 957.0 1043 956 75 12 94 .988 0.5 0.6 -0.5 -1.1 0.5 1 9.70 7.93 .992 10.16 8.86
5 Seasons SS 26 7 79.0 42 14 28 0 4 1.000 -2.0 -30.4 -2.0 -1.3 -0.7 0 4.78 1.62 .964 5.01 4.22
11 Seasons TOT 840 708 6300.0 3429 1763 1597 69 293 .980 24.7 4.7 25.7 -3.9 29.5 -1 4.80 4.00 .953 4.89 4.19
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 PIT NL 27 29 16 29 22 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1975 PIT NL 28 63 36 63 45 0 0 0 0 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
1976 HOU NL 29 21 6 21 10 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1977 HOU NL 30 125 115 125 119 0 0 0 96 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1978 HOU NL 31 119 116 119 116 0 0 1 107 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 HOU NL 32 118 99 118 103 0 0 5 68 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1980 HOU NL 33 110 83 110 99 0 0 76 3 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1981 HOU NL 34 103 100 103 100 0 0 2 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 HOU NL 35 110 106 110 106 0 0 35 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 STL NL 37 89 31 89 67 0 0 10 8 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
1985 STL NL 38 4 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Seasons 891 708 891 789 0 0 130 284 400 25 0 0 0 0 0 126 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 PIT NL 27 719 64% 80% 29% 63 87% 0 11 9 1 1 47 35 11 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 8 6 0 6 2 2 0 6 100%
1975 PIT NL 28 1451 70% 77% 27% 113 89% 1 16 11 3 2 89 75 13 0 1 7 1 5 1 4 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 8 63%
1976 HOU NL 29 216 56% 84% 27% 16 94% 0 6 6 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 30 657 51% 78% 30% 57 93% 1 18 12 1 5 42 37 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 HOU NL 31 337 47% 75% 23% 20 95% 0 10 8 0 2 12 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1979 HOU NL 32 1339 60% 80% 27% 118 93% 1 49 36 4 9 70 60 9 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 4 1 5 0 0 0 2 50%
1980 HOU NL 33 655 56% 79% 26% 45 87% 0 12 10 0 2 29 24 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1981 HOU NL 34 3578 56% 79% 28% 267 90% 2 52 40 2 10 206 164 31 3 6 9 0 8 1 8 16 13 0 13 3 3 0 11 73%
1982 HOU NL 35 2752 52% 78% 27% 218 91% 1 54 43 4 7 154 122 25 1 3 6 0 6 0 4 14 8 2 13 1 0 1 5 100%
1984 STL NL 37 1137 55% 80% 29% 85 98% 0 24 19 1 4 66 51 10 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 6 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 100%
1985 STL NL 38 3 67% 33% 0% 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 12844 57% 79% 28% 1002 91% 6 252 194 16 42 724 586 109 8 19 36 1 32 3 28 60 41 3 49 9 6 2 39 79%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 90% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 HOU NL 29 62 68% 82% 39% 7 100% 0 1 0 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 30 3658 58% 78% 26% 334 96% 0 191 78 76 37 275 245 21 0 5 7 1 6 0 3 49 15 6 14 6 42 20 22 5 2 3
1978 HOU NL 31 4167 57% 76% 24% 361 95% 1 225 83 79 63 294 255 31 1 2 12 1 9 2 7 51 22 4 18 1 47 20 26 4 1 3
1979 HOU NL 32 2238 54% 77% 27% 226 97% 1 127 50 49 28 191 162 21 3 4 4 0 3 1 3 32 13 2 9 1 27 10 16 4 3 1
1980 HOU NL 33 43 44% 88% 19% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 STL NL 37 63 65% 81% 24% 4 100% 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 10231 57% 77% 25% 936 96% 2 547 212 206 129 775 672 77 4 11 23 2 18 3 13 136 51 12 44 8 120 53 65 13 6 7
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 HOU NL 31 34 47% 79% 18% 4 75% 0 6 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 32 138 58% 72% 22% 9 100% 0 26 1 25 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1980 HOU NL 33 2467 50% 77% 26% 150 90% 0 567 28 529 10 64 47 29 12 0 3 9 0 9 0 9 47 3 3 0 43 6 4 2 2 9 100%
1981 HOU NL 34 73 60% 71% 25% 1 100% 0 15 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 35 1305 52% 79% 26% 75 95% 1 291 9 274 8 43 22 14 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 34 0 0 0 33 0 1 0 1 4 75%
1984 STL NL 37 143 61% 78% 31% 6 83% 0 44 0 43 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 STL NL 38 6 83% 83% 67% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4166 51% 77% 26% 245 91% 1 953 38 896 19 118 75 47 18 0 5 12 0 12 0 12 94 3 4 0 88 7 6 3 3 15 93%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 94% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 PIT NL 27 11 55% 82% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 28 20 80% 85% 25% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 30 181 65% 80% 30% 14 100% 1 3 1 1 1 13 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 33 96 66% 81% 24% 8 100% 0 7 2 3 2 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1984 STL NL 37 41 61% 78% 24% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 349 65% 81% 28% 28 100% 1 12 4 5 3 24 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 91%

* 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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