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Jay Howell

Jay Canfield Howell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 26, 1955 in Miami, FL
High School: Fairview HS (Boulder, CO)
School: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1980
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics/Yankees/Braves/Rangers/... 1980-1994
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: August 8, 1994
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All-Star

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
1980 24 CIN NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 25 CHC NL 10 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1982 26 NYY AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 27 NYY AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 28 NYY AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 29 OAK AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1986 30 OAK AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 31 OAK AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1988 32 LAD NL 50 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 33 LAD NL 56 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1990 34 LAD NL 45 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 35 LAD NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 36 LAD NL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 37 ATL NL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 38 TEX AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 568 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (5 yrs) 236 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (3 yrs) 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 10 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 305 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1980 24 CIN NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1981 25 CHC NL 10 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 26 NYY AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1983 27 NYY AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $45,000 1
1984 28 NYY AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $95,000 1
1985 29 OAK AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $262,500 1 AS
1986 30 OAK AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $530,000 1
1987 31 OAK AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $530,000 1 AS
1988 32 LAD NL 50 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $595,000 1
1989 33 LAD NL 56 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $925,000 1 AS
1990 34 LAD NL 45 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $1,025,000 1
1991 35 LAD NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,050,000 1
1992 36 LAD NL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,575,000 1
1993 37 ATL NL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,000,000 1
1994 38 TEX AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $805,000 1
15 Seasons 568 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.4 -0 $9,437,500
LAD (5 yrs) 236 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -1 $6,170,000
OAK (3 yrs) 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,322,500
NYY (3 yrs) 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $140,000
ATL (1 yr) 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,000,000
TEX (1 yr) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $805,000
CHC (1 yr) 10 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CIN (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1981 25 CHC NL 5 4 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .267 .333 .333 .000 .383 .333 .716 0 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1988 32 LAD NL 2 2 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .254 .000 .318 .000 .373 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1989 33 LAD NL 3 3 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .253 .000 .320 .000 .377 .000 .697 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1990 34 LAD NL 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .261 .000 .326 .000 .392 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 12 11 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .258 .100 .325 .000 .381 .100 .705 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
162 Game Avg. 3 3 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .258 .100 .325 .000 .381 .100 .705 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
LAD (5 yrs) 7 7 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .000 .321 .000 .380 .000 .701 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .267 .333 .333 .000 .383 .333 .716 0 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 32 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 32 LAD NL WS OAK W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 OAK AL 29 DNP
1987 OAK AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 33

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1981 25 CHC NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.50 40%
1988 32 LAD NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1989 33 LAD NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 0.50 100% 33% 0.0% 50%
1990 34 LAD NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
15 Yrs 12 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 0.0% 1.00 9.0 2.00 1.25 67% 17% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 1.69 6.2 41.6 8.4 0.81 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1980 24 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 25 CHC NL -0.2 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .99 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.07 -0.2 0
1982 26 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1983 27 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1984 28 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 29 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 30 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 31 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 32 LAD NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.1 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.48 -0.4 0
1989 33 LAD NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .74 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.90 -0.7 0
1990 34 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .16 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.38 -0.6 0
1991 35 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 36 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 37 ATL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 38 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
15 Yrs -2.1 -0.2 12 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .64 -0.2 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.98 -1.9 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 25 CHC NL 0 0 200% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 32 LAD 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
1989 33 LAD 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
1990 34 LAD 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
15 Yrs 0 0 200% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1981 25 CHC NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1988 32 LAD NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 LAD NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 34 LAD NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 12 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 59% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 LAD NL 2 8 4.00 6 75% 17% 17% 50% 17% 83% 0% 63% 80% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 33 LAD NL 4 13 3.25 11 85% 45% 9% 18% 27% 55% 0% 46% 83% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 -1 0 0
1990 34 LAD NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 0% 67% 0% 33% 100% 0% 60% 33% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs 7 26 3.71 20 77% 30% 20% 25% 25% 70% 0% 54% 71% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1981 25 15 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1982 26 21 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1983 27 40 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1984 28 101 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1985 29 164 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1986 30 202 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1987 31 238 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1988 32 288 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 2 0 0
1989 33 344 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -61 0 0 0 2 0 0
1990 34 389 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1991 35 433 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1992 36 474 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1993 37 528 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1994 38 568 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1981 25 15 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 10
1988 32 50 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 50
1989 33 56 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 56
1990 34 45 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 45
4 Yrs 166 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 161
162 Game Avg. 162 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 161

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1985
1987 *
1989 *

                                         

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