Jay Howell
Jay Canfield Howell
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 26, 1955 in Miami, FL
High School: Fairview (Boulder, CO)
School: University of Colorado
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1980
Final Game: August 8, 1994
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Standard Batting

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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
1984 28 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 29 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1986 30 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 31 OAK AL 1 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
15 Seasons 311 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 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .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) 5 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
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
NYY (3 yrs) 1 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) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 .382 .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 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .328 .000 .394 .000 .722 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Seasons 12 11 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .258 .100 .325 .000 .381 .100 .706 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
162 Game Avg. 6 6 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .258 .100 .325 .000 .381 .100 .706 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
LAD (5 yrs) 7 7 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .256 .000 .322 .000 .380 .000 .702 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .267 .333 .333 .000 .382 .333 .716 0 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000

Postseason Batting

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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 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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*

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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 Seasons 12 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 0.0% 1.00 9.0 2.00 1.25 67% 17% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 2 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 1 0 0% 0
15 Seasons 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% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 3 9 3.00 9 100% 33% 11% 22% 33% 67% 67% 83% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 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 Seasons 6 22 3.67 18 82% 22% 22% 28% 28% 78% 0% 64% 71% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 15 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 15 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 16 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 18 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 20 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 21 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 71 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 2 0 0
1989 33 127 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -61 0 0 0 2 0 0
1990 34 172 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1991 35 216 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1992 36 257 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1993 37 311 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
1994 38 311 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

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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
1981 25 15 5 3 0 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 Seasons 166 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 161
162 Game Avg. 162 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 161

* 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

All-Star Games
1985
1987 *
1989 *

                                         

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