Dixie Howell

Homer Elliott Howell

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 24, 1920 in Louisville, KY
High School: Male HS (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1947
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pirates/Dodgers 1947-1956

Final Game: September 8, 1956
Died: October 5, 1990 in Binghamton, NY
Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
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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
1938	18	THV	D	81	276	276		74	8	8	0						.268	.268	.355	.623		98							THV · GAFL
1939	19	DOV	D	86	298	298		93	20	2	8						.312	.312	.473	.785		141							DOV · ESHL
1940	20	PHI-OAK-min	C,B,AA	86	258	258		81	10	2	11						.314	.314	.496	.810		128							OTO,WMT,REA,BLT · CAML,ISLG,IL
1941	21	LAD-min	AA	93	295	260	30	58	13	0	2	27	0		35	33	.223	.315	.296	.611		77		0	0				MTL,BLT · IL
1942	22	LAD-min	AA	62	203	170	16	29	5	1	1	17	1	1	29	30	.171	.295	.229	.524		39	8	1	3				MTL · IL
1943	23	LAD-min	AA	110	426	374	47	97	14	2	4	42	15	3	43	45	.259	.339	.340	.678		127		2	7				MTL · IL
1946	26	LAD-min	AAA	84	277	244	46	72	14	0	6	41	3	2	31	37	.295	.379	.426	.805		104	4	2	0				MTL · IL
1947	27	PIT	NL	76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1		27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	94	82	2	0	4			2

1948	28	SFR	AAA	119	411	336	48	98	19	4	4	38	3		72	70	.292	.418	.408	.826		137		1	2				SFR · PCL
1949	29	CIN	NL	64	183	172	17	42	6	1	2	18	0		8	21	.244	.286	.326	.611	63	56	5	2	1			2
1950	30	CIN	NL	82	261	224	30	50	9	1	2	22	0		32	31	.223	.326	.299	.625	66	67	7	2	3			2
1951	31	CIN	NL	77	222	207	22	52	6	1	2	18	0	2	15	34	.251	.302	.319	.621	66	66	3	0	0			2
1952	32	CIN	NL	17	40	37	4	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3	9	.189	.250	.432	.682	87	16	3	0	0			2
1953	33	LAD-min	AAA	83	218	198	22	49	3	4	8	26	1		17	39	.247	.310	.424	.734		84	4	1	2				STP · AA
1953	33	BRO	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1954	34	LAD-min	AAA	107	356	319	46	98	22	1	12	58	0		28	33	.307	.360	.495	.855		158		0	6	3			MTL · IL
1955	35	BRO	NL	16	45	42	2	11	4	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.262	.273	.357	.630	63	15	0	0	1	1	0	2
1956	36	LAD-min	AAA	34	73	63	9	18	2	1	1	12	0		8	10	.286	.361	.397	.758		25		0	1	1			MTL · IL
1956	36	BRO	NL	7	16	13	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.231	.267	.385	.651	67	5	0	0	1	1	1	/2
1957	37	LAD-min	AAA	94	292	260	26	60	15	3	2	36	1		25	47	.231	.296	.335	.630		87		1	1	5	1		STP · AA
1958	38	LAD-min	AAA	39	113	94	9	23	2	0	1	3	2		18	21	.245	.366	.298	.664		28		0	1	0	2		STP · AA
8 Yrs				340	1013	910	98	224	39	4	12	93	1	2	87	140	.246	.314	.337	.651	73	307	20	4	10	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	483	434	47	107	19	2	6	44	0		41	67	.246	.314	.337	.651	73	146	10	2	5

CIN (4 yrs)				240	706	640	73	151	22	4	8	62	0	2	58	95	.236	.303	.320	.624	66	205	18	4	4
BRO (3 yrs)				24	62	56	2	14	6	0	0	6	0	0	2	11	.250	.267	.357	.624	61	20	0	0	2	2	1
PIT (1 yr)				76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1		27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	94	82	2	0	4

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	27	PIT	NL	76	245	-2	0	0	-3	2	-3	-0.2	9	6	0.6	.496	.498	0.9	-0.1	9	$	2

1949	29	CIN	NL	64	183	-9	0	0	0	2	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.1	.488	.495	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
1950	30	CIN	NL	82	261	-10	0	-0	0	2	-8	-0.9	9	0	0.0	.490	.495	0.0	0.2	0	$	2
1951	31	CIN	NL	77	222	-10	-1	0	0	2	-9	-1.0	7	-2	-0.3	.487	.494	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	2
1952	32	CIN	NL	17	40	-1	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	2
1953	33	BRO	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1955	35	BRO	NL	16	45	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.483	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	2
1956	36	BRO	NL	7	16	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
8 Seasons				340	1013	-34	-2	0	-4	8	-31	-3.4	35	3	0.2	.490	.497	0.7	0.4	7	$

CIN (4 yrs)				240	706	-30	-1	-0	0	6	-25	-2.8	24	-2	-0.3	.489	.496	-0.2	0.5	-1	$
BRO (3 yrs)				24	62	-3	-1	1	-1	1	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$
PIT (1 yr)				76	245	-2	0	0	-3	2	-3	-0.2	9	6	0.6	.496	.498	0.9	-0.1	9	$

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
1947	27	PIT	NL	245	161	29	4.8	108	.313	.276	.278	.357	.354	.383	.412	.740	.765	94	.515	-1.3	-0.1	.701	.238	.107	1.6

1949	29	CIN	NL	183	136	16	3.2	105	.268	.244	.272	.286	.345	.326	.406	.611	.752	63	.335	-9.6	-1.0	.489	.128	.081	.0
1950	30	CIN	NL	261	184	21	3.0	108	.251	.223	.270	.326	.346	.299	.418	.625	.764	66	.309	-10.5	-1.0	.558	.219	.076	.0
1951	31	CIN	NL	222	160	19	3.2	104	.292	.251	.269	.302	.343	.319	.407	.621	.750	66	.346	-10.2	-1.0	.494	.130	.068	.0
1952	32	CIN	NL	40	33	4	3.2	96	.192	.189	.260	.250	.333	.432	.388	.682	.721	87	.389	-1.1	-0.1	.576	.324	.243	.0
1953	33	BRO	NL	1	1	0	0.0	113		.000	.278	.000	.350	.000	.433	.000	.783	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1955	35	BRO	NL	45	33	4	3.2	109	.306	.262	.270	.273	.342	.357	.428	.630	.770	63	.338	-2.1	-0.2	.516	.119	.095
1956	36	BRO	NL	16	12	2	4.4	111	.273	.231	.274	.267	.343	.385	.433	.651	.776	67	.498	-0.5	-0.1	.600	.231	.154
8 Yrs				1013	720	95	3.5	106	.279	.246	.271	.314	.346	.337	.411	.651	.758	73	.381	-35.5	-3.5	.561	.186	.091	1.8
162 Game Avg.				483	343	45	3.5	106	.279	.246	.271	.314	.346	.337	.411	.651	.758	73	.381	-35.5	-3.5	.561	.186	.091	1

CIN (4 yrs)				706	513	60	3.1	105	.266	.236	.269	.303	.344	.320	.410	.624	.754	66	.332	-31.3	-3.1	.521	.172	.084	.0
BRO (3 yrs)				62	46	6	3.5	109	.298	.250	.271	.267	.342	.357	.429	.624	.771	61	.373	-2.9	-0.3	.524	.143	.107
PIT (1 yr)				245	161	29	4.8	108	.313	.276	.278	.357	.354	.383	.412	.740	.765	94	.514	-1.3	-0.1	.701	.238	.107	1.6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	27	PIT	NL	245	1.6%	13.9%	11.0%	6.1%	25%	1.26	6.3	53.5	8.6		72%

1949	29	CIN	NL	183	1.1%	11.5%	4.4%	4.9%	21%	2.63	8.2	86.0	9.6	0.79	81%
1950	30	CIN	NL	261	0.8%	11.9%	12.3%	4.6%	24%	0.97	7.2	112.0	10.2	0.85	73%
1951	31	CIN	NL	222	0.9%	15.3%	6.8%	4.1%	17%	2.27	6.1	103.5	11.5	1.10	77%
1952	32	CIN	NL	40	5.0%	22.5%	7.5%	10.0%	57%	3.00	4.1	18.5	9.3	1.00	65%
1953	33	BRO	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1955	35	BRO	NL	45	0.0%	15.6%	2.2%	8.9%	36%	7.00	6.0		8.4	1.08	80%
1956	36	BRO	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	12.5%	67%	3.00	4.3		13.0	1.00	69%
8 Yrs				1013	1.2%	13.8%	8.6%	5.4%	25%	1.61	6.5	75.8	9.8	0.92	75%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	44.4	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	27	PIT	NL	-1.3	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	29	CIN	NL	-9.6	-1.0	136	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	.98	-0.7	-0.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.98	-7.4	1.80	7
1950	30	CIN	NL	-10.5	-1.0	201	-0.2	3.1	-3.3	.93	-0.8	0.5	-8.1	-0.8	0.92	-9.1		0
1951	31	CIN	NL	-10.2	-1.0	170	-1.0	2.3	-3.3	1.02	-0.7	-0.3	-6.7	-0.7	0.93	-7.4	1.00	4
1952	32	CIN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	36	-0.4	0.4	-0.9	1.10	-0.3	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.97	-0.3	0.88	5
1953	33	BRO	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.3	0.24	1

1955	35	BRO	NL	-2.1	-0.2	46	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	1.20	0.1	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.95	-0.2	1.82	4
1956	36	BRO	NL	-0.5	-0.1	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	1.25	-0.1	-0.2	-1.5	-0.1	0.95	-0.7	2.82	2
8 Yrs				-35.5	-3.5	606	-3.0	8.2	-11.2	1.00	-2.4	-0.6	-26.7	-2.6	0.94	-25.3	1.49	23

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	29	CIN	NL	2	0	30%	42	0			0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50%	6	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	1
1950	30	CIN	NL	7	0	34%	73	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	67%	8	6	2	2	0	2	8	0	8
1951	31	CIN	NL	0	0	31%	65	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	47%	9	7	2	1	0	1	7	2	5
1952	32	CIN	NL	1	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	33	BRO	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

1955	35	BRO	NL	1	0	17%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1956	36	BRO	NL	1	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
8 Yrs				12	0	28%	209	1	2	50%	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	6	51%	28	19	9	6	2	4	19	5	14

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
1949	29	CIN	NL	183	51%	42			7	3	1	1	1.80	2	0	5	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	50%	32	5	16%	16	3	19%	91	13	14%	7	4	57%	9	3	33%	0
1950	30	CIN	NL	261	40%	50			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	300%	31	7	23%	14	6	43%	121	16	13%	13	7	54%	6	3	50%	0
1951	31	CIN	NL	222	42%	52			4	2	0	1	1.00	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0%	28	3	11%	15	1	7%	94	9	10%	8	2	25%	5	0	0%	0
1952	32	CIN	NL	40	19%	7			5	0	0	0	0.88	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	22	1	5%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1953	33	BRO	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1955	35	BRO	NL	45	16%	11			4	1	0	0	1.82	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	7	3	43%	30	6	20%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1956	36	BRO	NL	16	31%	3			2	0	0	0	2.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	3	75%	9	1	11%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				768	40%	224			23	6	1	2	1.49	12	0	15	2	4	3	5	0	7	10	143%	110	20	18%	57	17	30%	367	46	13%	35	16	46%	24	8	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			104%			13%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
1947	27	76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1		27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	94	82	2	0	4
1948	28	76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1		27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	94	82	2	0	4
1949	29	140	428	386	40	101	17	1	6	43	1		35	55	.262	.326	.358	.684	81	138	7	2	5
1950	30	222	689	610	70	151	26	2	8	65	1		67	86	.248	.326	.336	.662	75	205	14	4	8
1951	31	299	911	817	92	203	32	3	10	83	1	2	82	120	.248	.320	.332	.652	73	271	17	4	8
1952	32	316	951	854	96	210	33	4	12	87	1	2	85	129	.246	.317	.336	.653	73	287	20	4	8
1953	33	317	952	855	96	210	33	4	12	87	1	2	85	130	.246	.317	.336	.652	73	287	20	4	8
1954	34	317	952	855	96	210	33	4	12	87	1	2	85	130	.246	.317	.336	.652	73	287	20	4	8
1955	35	333	997	897	98	221	37	4	12	92	1	2	86	137	.246	.315	.337	.651	73	302	20	4	9	1	0
1956	36	340	1013	910	98	224	39	4	12	93	1	2	87	140	.246	.314	.337	.651	73	307	20	4	10	2	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
1947	27	79	252	221	22	59	11	0	4	24	1	27	36	.267	.347	.371	.718	28	76

1949	29	66	189	178	17	43	6	1	2	18	0	8	22	.242	.282	.320	.602	16	64
1950	30	86	269	232	29	50	9	1	2	21	0	32	32	.216	.316	.289	.605	21	82
1951	31	80	231	215	23	54	6	1	2	19	0	16	35	.251	.303	.316	.619	21	77
1952	32	18	41	38	4	7	1	1	2	4	0	3	9	.184	.244	.421	.665	4	17
1953	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1955	35	17	47	44	2	11	4	0	0	5	0	1	7	.250	.261	.341	.602	4	16
1956	36	7	16	13	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	.231	.267	.385	.651	1	7
8 Yrs		354	1046	942	97	227	39	4	12	92	1	88	145	.241	.308	.329	.637	95	340
162 Game Avg.		162	479	431	44	104	18	2	5	42	0	40	66	.241	.308	.329	.637	43	340

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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Name and misspellings: Homer Dixie Elliott Howell

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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