Les Howe

Lester Curtis Howe (Lucky)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 24, 1895 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1923
Team: RedSox 1923-1924

Final Game: June 6, 1924
Died: July 26, 1976 in Woodmere, NY
Buried: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1921	25	WBY	A	7	8	.467	2.64	17						133.0	122	59	39		31							1.150	8.3		2.1			WBY · EL
1922	26	WBY,BPT	A	12	11	.522	2.71	30						196.0	195	88	59		65							1.327	9.0		3.0			WBY,BPT · EL
1923	27	WBY	A	14	10	.583	3.51	30						195.0	228	81	76		55							1.451	10.5		2.5			WBY · EL
1923	27	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	2.40	12	2	4	0	0	0	30.0	23	10	8	0	7	7	1	0	0	122	171	1.000	6.9	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
1924	28	HFD,MOB	A	6	9	.400	4.42	20						108.0	118	64	53		40							1.463	9.8		3.3			HFD,MOB · EL,SOUA
1924	28	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	7.36	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	11	6	6	1	2	3	1	0	0	31	62	1.773	13.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	1.50
2 Yrs				2	0	1.000	3.38	16	2	5	0	0	0	37.1	34	16	14	1	9	10	2	0	0	153	124	1.152	8.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.11
162 Game Avg.				8	0	1.000	3.38	60	8	19	0	0	0	141	128	60	53	4	34	38	8	0	0	578	124	1.152	8.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.11

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1923	27	BOS	AL	30.0	12	2	10	3.00	4.65	-0.23	102.1	4.98	7	0.7	1.0	-0.0	0.9	10	.557	.504	$
1924	28	BOS	AL	7.1	4	0	6	7.36	5.10	-0.28	103.7	5.58	-2	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.464	.499	$
2 Seasons				37.1	16	2	16	3.86	4.74	-0.24	102.4	5.10	5	0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.8	9	.534	.502	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1923	27	BOS	AL	122	0.0%	5.7%	5.7%			84%
1924	28	BOS	AL	31	3.2%	9.7%	6.5%			71%
2 Yrs				153	0.7%	6.5%	5.9%			81%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.1%	7.8%	3.0%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1923	27	1	0	1.000	2.40	12	2	4	0	0	0	30.0	23	10	8	0	7		7	1	0	0	122	171	1.000	6.9	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00	171
1924	28	2	0	1.000	3.38	16	2	5	0	0	0	37.1	34	16	14	1	9		10	2	0	0	153	124	1.152	8.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.11	124

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1923	27	2	1	.667	2.25	32.0	24	9	8	0	7	7	1	0.969	6.8	2.0	2.0	1.00	0.0	12
1924	28	0	0		6.43	7.0	10	6	5	1	2	3	1	1.714	12.9	2.6	3.9	1.50	1.3	4
2 Yrs		2	1	.667	3.00	39.0	34	15	13	1	9	10	2	1.103	7.8		2.3	1.11	0.2	16

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