Dixie Howell
Millard Howell
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 7, 1920 in Harold, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1940
Final Game: April 26, 1958
Died: March 18, 1960 in Hollywood, FL
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50
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 51 2.175 14.2 2.0 5.4 4.7 0.88
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 2 285 114 1.376 8.4 0.8 4.0 4.9 1.23
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
6 Seasons 19 15 .559 3.78 115 2 68 0 0 19 226.1 236 104 95 13 103 19 99 2 1 10 986 104 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 6 573 104 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 51 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 19 234 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 9 920 112 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 51 2.175 14.2 2.0 5.4 4.7 0.88

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 107 900 789 91 213 37 6 10 5 2 91 90 .270 .345 .370 .715 .292 292 25 2 12 6 19
162 Game Avg. 67 567 497 57 134 23 4 6 3 1 57 57 .270 .345 .370 .715 .292 184 16 1 8 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 36 CHW AL 34 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 20 6 0 1 6.0 9.0 5.7
1 Season 34 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 20 6 0 1 6.0 9.0 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 35 CHW AL 35 35 25 8 3 13 9 4 69% 13 0 49 12 24% 7 1.429 19 8 8 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 1.247 14 6 13 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 1.432 19 7 11 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 0.052 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
4 Seasons 107 106 62 18 14 24 19 9 79% 35 9 120 34 28% 1.364 52 21 33 38 16 52 61 45 63 22 72 15 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1940 20 CLE AL
1949 29 CIN NL
1955 35 CHW AL 313 46% 0.3% 8.0% 8.0% 4.5% 20% 1.10 82% 68 6 9%
1956 36 CHW AL 297 38% 1.0% 9.4% 12.1% 6.4% 24% 1.37 75% 60 9 15%
1957 37 CHW AL 286 27% 2.1% 12.9% 10.5% 7.0% 31% 1.58 74% 57 9 16%
1958 38 CHW AL 4 0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.00 100% 1 1 100%
6 Seasons 900 37% 1.4% 11.0% 11.4% 5.9% 23% 1.33 77% 186 25 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 21 3 1
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 1 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 Seasons 900 236 13 0 44 5 5 4 6 49 27 7 55% 9 10 1 382 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1940 20 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1941 21 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1942 22 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1943 23 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1944 24 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1945 25 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1946 26 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1947 27 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1948 28 0 0 1.80 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 19 234 1.200 3.6 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 234
1949 29 0 1 .000 6.38 8 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 23 13 13 3 12 9 0 0 1 85 65 1.909 11.3 1.5 5.9 4.4 0.75 65
1950 30 0 1 .000 6.38 8 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 23 13 13 3 12 9 0 0 1 85 65 1.909 11.3 1.5 5.9 4.4 0.75 65
1951 31 0 1 .000 6.38 8 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 23 13 13 3 12 9 0 0 1 85 65 1.909 11.3 1.5 5.9 4.4 0.75 65
1952 32 0 1 .000 6.38 8 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 23 13 13 3 12 9 0 0 1 85 65 1.909 11.3 1.5 5.9 4.4 0.75 65
1953 33 0 1 .000 6.38 8 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 23 13 13 3 12 9 0 0 1 85 65 1.909 11.3 1.5 5.9 4.4 0.75 65
1954 34 0 1 .000 6.38 8 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 23 13 13 3 12 9 0 0 1 85 65 1.909 11.3 1.5 5.9 4.4 0.75 65
1955 35 8 4 .667 3.62 43 1 31 0 0 9 92.0 93 40 37 4 37 5 34 0 1 4 399 110 1.413 9.1 0.4 3.6 3.3 0.92 110
1956 36 13 10 .565 4.03 77 2 49 0 0 13 156.1 172 79 70 7 73 15 62 2 1 8 697 100 1.567 9.9 0.4 4.2 3.6 0.85 100
1957 37 19 15 .559 3.81 114 2 68 0 0 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 0 0 19 226.1 236 104 95 13 103 19 99 2 1 10 986 104 1.498 9.4 0.5 4.1 3.9 0.96 104

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3.60 5.0 2 2 2 0 4 2 0 1.200 3.6 7.2 3.6 0.50 0.0 3
1949 29 0 1 .000 8.31 13.0 21 13 12 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 4.64 64.0 80 37 33 3 36 28 2 1.813 11.3 5.1 3.9 0.78 0.4 34
1957 37 4 3 .571 3.63 67.0 68 30 27 6 32 36 0 1.493 9.1 4.3 4.8 1.13 0.8 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 Seasons 12 11 .522 3.94 226.0 244 110 99 13 106 99 2 1.549 9.7 3.9 0.93 0.5 115

* 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.

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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