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Dixie Howell

Millard Howell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 7, 1920 in Harold, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1940
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Reds/Indians 1940-1958

Final Game: April 26, 1958
Died: March 18, 1960 in Hollywood, FL
Buried: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Standard Pitching

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
1937	17	LGN	D	13	11	.542	2.86	32	20					233.0	150	108	74		121								1.163	5.8		4.7			LGN · MTNS
1938	18	CLE-min	D,C	2	10	.167	6.46	18						71.0	86	75	51		65								2.127	10.9		8.2			LDS,SPL · BIST,MATL
1939	19	CLE-min	A	9	9	.500	3.92	23	18					131.0	126	78	57		92								1.664	8.7		6.3			WKB · EL
1940	20	CLE-min	A	12	12	.500	3.58	29	25					191.0	162	105	76		124								1.497	7.6		5.8			WKB · EL
1940	20	CLE	AL	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50

1941	21	CLE-min	A	11	5	.688	3.36	22						134.0	112	62	50		77								1.410	7.5		5.2			WKB · EL
1942	22	CLE-min	A	5	7	.417	4.20	20	15					105.0	94	56	49		81								1.667	8.1		6.9			WKB · EL
1943	23	CIN-min	AA	13	9	.591	3.11	28	22		18	4		191.0	155	80	66		123		106	4	0	5			1.455	7.3		5.8	5.0	0.86	SYR · IL
1946	26	CIN-min	AAA	10	14	.417	3.55	24	24		19	2		190.0	191	87	75		100		100	6	0	2			1.532	9.0		4.7	4.7	1.00	SYR · IL
1947	27	CIN-min	AAA	13	15	.464	3.59	31	31		22	4		246.0	231	116	98		126		85	3	0	8			1.451	8.5		4.6	3.1	0.67	SYR · IL
1948	28	CIN-min	AAA	17	12	.586	3.72	30	30		27	2		247.0	231	115	102		91		101	8	1	3			1.304	8.4		3.3	3.7	1.11	SYR · IL
1949	29	CIN-min	AAA	2	5	.286	6.23	9	9		2	1		39.0	55	28	27		24		11	0	0	1			2.026	12.7		5.5	2.5	0.46	SYR · IL
1949	29	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	8.10	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	21	12	12	3	8		7	0	0	1	66	53	2.175	14.2	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.88

1950	30	SFG-min	AAA	14	2	.875	4.78	24	23		10	2		145.0	162	84	77		67		91	3	1	4			1.579	10.1		4.2	5.6	1.36	MNE · AA
1951	31	SFG-min	AAA	9	9	.500	6.50	29	21		8	1		137.0	155	109	99		69		77	2	0	2			1.635	10.2		4.5	5.1	1.12	MNE · AA
1952	32	CHW-PHI-min	AA,AAA	6	8	.429	3.90	45	3		0	0		90.0	94	49	39		37		3	0	0	0			1.456	9.4		3.7	0.3	0.08	MEM,BLT · SOUA,IL
1953	33	CHW-min	AA	10	8	.556	4.28	32	2					101.0	87	63	48	7	40								1.257	7.8	0.6	3.6			MEM · SOUA
1954	34	CHW-min	AA	9	6	.600	3.21	49	0					98.0	90	45	35	8	41								1.337	8.3	0.7	3.8			MEM · SOUA
1955	35	CHW-min	AA	5	3	.625	3.96	12	11					75.0	75	45	33	8	25								1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0			MEM · SOUA
1955	35	CHW	AL	8	3	.727	2.93	35	0	25	0	0	9	73.2	70	27	24	1	25	5	25	0	1	3	314	134	1.290	8.6	0.1	3.1	3.1	1.00
1956	36	CHW	AL	5	6	.455	4.62	34	1	18	0	0	4	64.1	79	39	33	3	36	10	28	2	0	4	298	89	1.788	11.1	0.4	5.0	3.9	0.78
1957	37	CHW	AL	6	5	.545	3.29	37	0	19	0	0	6	68.1	64	25	25	6	30	4	37	0	0	2	285	115	1.376	8.4	0.8	4.0	4.9	1.23
1958	38	CHW-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.38	29	10		5	0		112.0	122	48	42	9	24	10	59	1	0	3			1.304	9.8	0.7	1.9	4.7	2.46	INA · AA
1958	38	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1959	39	CHW-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.54	51	0		0	0		89.0	96	41	35	3	36	11	45	1	0	3			1.483	9.7	0.3	3.6	4.6	1.25	INA · AA
6 Yrs				19	15	.559	3.78	115	2	68	0	0	19	226.1	236	104	95	13	103	19	99	2	1	10	986	105	1.498	9.4	0.5	4.1	3.9	0.96
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.559	3.78	67	1	40	0	0	11	132	137	60	55	8	60		58	1	1	6	573	105	1.498	9.4	0.5	4.1	3.9	0.96

CHW (4 yrs)				19	14	.576	3.55	107	1	62	0	0	19	208.0	213	91	82	10	91	19	90	2	1	9	901	111	1.462	9.2	0.4	3.9	3.9	0.99
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.10	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	21	12	12	3	8		7	0	0	1	66	53	2.175	14.2	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.88
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50

AL (5 yrs)				19	14	.576	3.51	110	1	65	0	0	19	213.0	215	92	83	10	95	19	92	2	1	9	920	113	1.455	9.1	0.4	4.0	3.9	0.97
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.10	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	21	12	12	3	8		7	0	0	1	66	53	2.175	14.2	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1940	20	CLE	AL	5.0	3	0	1	1.80	5.15	0.18	0.00	103.3	5.13	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.560	.501	$

1949	29	CIN	NL	13.1	5	1	12	8.10	4.36	-0.06	0.00	101.3	4.48	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.398	.497	$

1955	35	CHW	AL	73.2	35	0	27	3.30	4.56	0.28	0.00	100.4	4.30	8	0.8	2.2	0.3	1.7	15	.523	.505	$
1956	36	CHW	AL	64.1	34	1	39	5.46	5.06	0.10	0.00	96.2	4.78	-5	-0.5	1.5	-0.2	-0.3	1	.484	.497	$
1957	37	CHW	AL	68.1	37	0	25	3.29	4.11	0.37	0.00	98.5	3.69	3	0.4	2.1	0.1	1.0	9	.510	.502	$
1958	38	CHW	AL	1.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.04	0.17	0.00	94.0	3.65	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.578	.500	$
6 Seasons				226.1	115	2	104	4.14	4.56	0.23	0.00	98.7	4.28	3	0.4	1.9	0.2	2.4	24	.503	.500	$

CHW (4 yrs)				208.0	107	1	91	3.94	4.56	0.25	0.00	98.4	4.24	6	0.7	1.9	0.2	2.5	26	.507	.501	$
CIN (1 yr)				13.1	5	1	12	8.10	4.36	-0.06	0.00	101.3	4.48	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.398	.497	$
CLE (1 yr)				5.0	3	0	1	1.80	5.15	0.18	0.00	103.3	5.13	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.560	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1949	29	CIN	NL	5	43	61	12	21	4	0	3	1	0	8	7	.344	.420	.557	.978	.353	34	0	0	0	0		0

1955	35	CHW	AL	35	313	278	27	70	13	0	1	0	0	25	25	.252	.309	.309	.619	.270	86	6	0	6	4	5	7
1956	36	CHW	AL	34	297	255	39	79	14	2	3	1	2	36	28	.310	.399	.416	.815	.339	106	9	2	4	0	10	2
1957	37	CHW	AL	37	286	252	25	64	10	4	6	4	0	30	37	.254	.331	.397	.728	.275	100	9	0	2	2	4	0
1958	38	CHW	AL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				112	943	850	103	234	41	6	13	6	2	99	97	.275	.350	.384	.734	.296	326	25	2	12	6	19	9
162 Game Avg.				67	562	507	61	140	24	4	8	4	1	59	58	.275	.350	.384	.734	.296	194	15	1	7	4		5
MLB Averages																.260	.332	.357	.689	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1949	29	CIN	NL	-4.7	-0.4	45	-0.3	0.2	-0.6	.44	-0.4	-0.3	-5.4	-0.5	0.44	-6.1	0	0	2

1955	35	CHW	AL	8.4	0.9	318	1.0	7.7	-6.7	1.41	1.1	-0.4	15.5	1.6	1.41	12.6	19	7	9
1956	36	CHW	AL	-4.2	-0.4	305	-0.3	6.0	-6.3	1.23	-0.4	0.1	-6.9	-0.7	1.23	-7.7	14	4	15
1957	37	CHW	AL	5.0	0.5	292	-0.6	7.0	-7.6	1.38	0.2	-0.6	6.7	0.7	1.38	2.9	19	6	12
1958	38	CHW	AL	0.9	0.1	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.07	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.07	1.4	0	0	1
6 Yrs				7.0	0.8	964	-0.3	20.9	-21.2	1.29	0.6	-0.8	11.6	1.3	1.29	3.1	52	17	39

Starting Pitching*

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
1949	29	CIN	NL	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	2	0	0	1	4.0	0.0	2.0

1956	36	CHW	AL	34	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	42	42	20	6	0	1	6.0	9.0	5.7
2 Yrs				39	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	42	27	22	6	0	2	5.0	6.8	3.8
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	118	-20					4.4	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1940	20	CLE	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														2	0		0	5.0

1949	29	CIN	NL	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.442	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	2	0	8.5

1955	35	CHW	AL	35	35	25	8	3	13	9	4	69%	13	0	49	12	24%	7	1.409	19	7	9	14	5	16	24	11	23	6	25	7	6.3
1956	36	CHW	AL	34	33	18	4	6	2	4	1	200%	8	4	37	12	32%	8	1.225	14	4	15	8	6	19	20	13	19	6	22	5	5.3
1957	37	CHW	AL	37	37	19	6	5	9	6	4	67%	14	5	32	10	31%	8	1.377	19	6	12	16	5	16	16	21	20	10	24	3	5.5
1958	38	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	.067	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0
6 Yrs				115	113	68	18	14	24	19	9	79%	35	9	120	34	28%		1.292	52	17	39	38	16	54	61	47	69	22	74	15	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1940	20	CLE	AL	19		0.0%	10.5%	21.1%				63%

1949	29	CIN	NL	69	58%	7.0%	16.3%	18.6%	16.3%	33%	0.82	119%	8	0	0%

1955	35	CHW	AL	313	54%	0.3%	8.0%	8.0%	4.5%	20%	1.10	82%	68	6	9%
1956	36	CHW	AL	297	62%	1.0%	9.4%	12.1%	6.4%	24%	1.37	75%	60	9	15%
1957	37	CHW	AL	286	73%	2.1%	12.9%	10.5%	7.0%	31%	1.58	74%	57	9	16%
1958	38	CHW	AL	4	100%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%		4.00	100%	1	1	100%
6 Yrs				988	63%	1.4%	10.3%	10.7%	6.2%	25%	1.31	79%	194	25	13%
MLB Averages					51%	1.9%	11.0%	10.0%	5.0%	20%	0.96	83%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1940	20	CLE	AL		2			0												0

1949	29	CIN	NL	43	21			3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	50%	0	1	1	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26

1955	35	CHW	AL	313	70			1	0	18	0	1	0	1	20	10	1	50%	7	3	0	142	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1956	36	CHW	AL	297	79			3	0	19	1	2	1	2	18	12	2	67%	2	4	1	125	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1957	37	CHW	AL	286	64			6	0	7	4	2	3	3	10	5	4	50%	0	2	0	114	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1958	38	CHW	AL	4	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				943	236			13	0	44	5	6	4	7	51	28	7	55%	9	10	2	405	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	26
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1940	20	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1941	21	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1942	22	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1943	23	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1944	24	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1945	25	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1946	26	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1947	27	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1948	28	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	19	253	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	253
1949	29	0	1	.000	6.38	8	1	6	0	18.1	23	13	13	3	12		9	0	0	1	85	69	1.909	11.3	1.5	5.9	4.4	0.75	69
1950	30	0	1	.000	6.38	8	1	6	0	18.1	23	13	13	3	12		9	0	0	1	85	69	1.909	11.3	1.5	5.9	4.4	0.75	69
1951	31	0	1	.000	6.38	8	1	6	0	18.1	23	13	13	3	12		9	0	0	1	85	69	1.909	11.3	1.5	5.9	4.4	0.75	69
1952	32	0	1	.000	6.38	8	1	6	0	18.1	23	13	13	3	12		9	0	0	1	85	69	1.909	11.3	1.5	5.9	4.4	0.75	69
1953	33	0	1	.000	6.38	8	1	6	0	18.1	23	13	13	3	12		9	0	0	1	85	69	1.909	11.3	1.5	5.9	4.4	0.75	69
1954	34	0	1	.000	6.38	8	1	6	0	18.1	23	13	13	3	12		9	0	0	1	85	69	1.909	11.3	1.5	5.9	4.4	0.75	69
1955	35	8	4	.667	3.62	43	1	31	9	92.0	93	40	37	4	37	5	34	0	1	4	399	111	1.413	9.1	0.4	3.6	3.3	0.92	111
1956	36	13	10	.565	4.03	77	2	49	13	156.1	172	79	70	7	73	15	62	2	1	8	697	101	1.567	9.9	0.4	4.2	3.6	0.85	101
1957	37	19	15	.559	3.81	114	2	68	19	224.2	236	104	95	13	103	19	99	2	1	10	982	104	1.509	9.5	0.5	4.1	4.0	0.96	104
1958	38	19	15	.559	3.78	115	2	68	19	226.1	236	104	95	13	103	19	99	2	1	10	986	105	1.498	9.4	0.5	4.1	3.9	0.96	105

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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
1940	20	0	0		1.80	5.0	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	1.200	3.6	7.2	3.6	0.50	0.0	3

1949	29	0	1	.000	7.62	13.0	21	12	11	3	8	7	0	2.231	14.5	5.5	4.8	0.88	2.1	5

1955	35	5	3	.625	2.96	76.0	73	28	25	1	26	26	0	1.303	8.6	3.1	3.1	1.00	0.1	35
1956	36	3	4	.429	4.86	63.0	82	38	34	3	37	28	2	1.889	11.7	5.3	4.0	0.76	0.4	34
1957	37	4	3	.571	3.82	66.0	70	31	28	7	33	36	0	1.561	9.5	4.5	4.9	1.09	1.0	37
1958	38	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
6 Yrs		12	11	.522	3.98	224.0	248	110	99	14	108	99	2	1.589	10.0		4.0	0.92	0.6	115

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1955 AL 9 (6th) 1957 AL 6 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1955 AL 25 (7th)	Oldest s c a p y 1958 AL born 1920-01-07 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1940 AL born 1920-01-07 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1955 AL 9 (6th)
1957 AL 6 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL 25 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1958 AL born 1920-01-07 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1940 AL born 1920-01-07 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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