Dixie Howell
Homer Elliott Howell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 24, 1920 in Louisville, KY
High School: Male (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1947
Final Game: September 8, 1956
Died: October 5, 1990 in Binghamton, NY
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1947 PIT NL 27 C 74 310 272 30 8 2 .974 4.08 .981 4.37 12
1949 CIN NL 29 C 56 229 191 35 3 2 .987 4.04 .982 4.39 5
1950 CIN NL 30 C 81 369 338 26 5 4 .986 4.49 .982 4.53 4
1951 CIN NL 31 C 73 307 275 28 4 5 .987 4.15 .981 4.43 4
1952 CIN NL 32 C 16 53 43 9 1 0 .981 3.25 .985 4.84 0
1955 BRO NL 35 C 13 9 88.0 54 49 4 1 0 .981 -1.0 -13.6 -1 5.42 4.08 .987 5.65 4.82 1 2 2 0 0%
1956 BRO NL 36 C 6 4 38.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.21 3.67 .986 5.83 5.02 0 2 0 1 100%
7 Seasons C 319 13 126.0 1344 1189 133 22 13 .984 -1.0 -9.5 -1 94.43 4.14 .982 5.70 4.48 26 4 2 1 33%
8 Seasons TOT 319 13 126.0 1344 1189 133 22 13 .984 -1.0 -9.5 -1 94.43 4.14 .966 5.70 4.48 26 4 2 1 33%

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
1947 PIT NL 27 76 76 76 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 29 64 64 64 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 30 82 82 82 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 31 77 77 77 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CIN NL 32 17 17 17 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 35 16 9 16 16 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 BRO NL 36 7 4 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 340 13 340 340 0 319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 BRO NL 35 384 4.70 5.11 6 100% 0 1 50 4 0 1 45 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 BRO NL 36 145 2.13 2.13 4 100% 0 0 22 2 0 3 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 529 3.93 4.21 10 100% 0 1 72 6 0 4 62 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 3.99 4.51 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 BRO NL 35 1 2 139 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.68
1956 BRO NL 36 0 2 41 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.86
2 Seasons 1 4 180 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.68 0.86
MLB Averages 45% 1.15 1.13

* 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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