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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 CIN NL 24 P 5 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.68
1981 CHC NL 25 P 10 2 22.1 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.43 1.10 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 NYY AL 26 P 6 6 28.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.67 .950 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 27 P 19 12 82.0 18 7 10 1 0 .944 1.87 0.89 .961 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 28 P 61 1 103.2 28 11 16 1 3 .964 2.34 0.44 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 OAK AL 29 P 63 0 98.0 16 1 15 0 1 1.000 1.47 0.25 .950 1.86 0.70 AS
1986 OAK AL 30 P 38 0 53.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.21 .950 1.82 0.68
1987 OAK AL 31 P 36 0 44.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.42 0.19 .962 1.85 0.67 AS
1988 LAD NL 32 P 50 0 65.0 14 7 6 1 0 .929 1.80 0.26 .957 1.97 0.69
1989 LAD NL 33 P 56 0 79.2 16 5 10 1 2 .938 1.69 0.27 .950 1.88 0.63 AS
1990 LAD NL 34 P 45 0 66.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.24 .955 1.80 0.58
1991 LAD NL 35 P 44 0 51.0 12 5 6 1 1 .917 1.94 0.25 .958 1.85 0.59
1992 LAD NL 36 P 41 0 46.2 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.51 0.32 .954 1.95 0.60
1993 ATL NL 37 P 54 0 58.1 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.70 0.20 .955 1.84 0.54
1994 TEX AL 38 P 40 0 43.0 13 5 6 2 1 .846 2.30 0.28 .962 1.72 0.52
15 Seasons P 568 21 844.2 183 63 112 8 9 .956 1.86 0.31 .956 1.84 0.64
15 Seasons TOT 568 21 844.2 183 63 112 8 9 .956 1.86 0.31 .912 1.84 0.64

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
1980 CIN NL 24 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 25 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 26 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 27 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 28 61 0 1 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 29 63 0 2 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 OAK AL 30 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 OAK AL 31 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 LAD NL 32 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 33 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 34 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 35 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 LAD NL 36 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 ATL NL 37 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX AL 38 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 568 2 311 568 568 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1980 CIN NL 24 21 90% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 25 105 79% 28% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1982 NYY AL 26 142 76% 20% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 27 388 75% 26% 11 82% 0 7 0 7 10 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 28 443 68% 22% 14 93% 0 11 0 11 15 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1985 OAK AL 29 426 77% 23% 14 100% 0 1 0 1 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1986 OAK AL 30 239 72% 26% 5 100% 0 2 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 OAK AL 31 212 73% 25% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 LAD NL 32 277 67% 30% 9 78% 1 7 1 5 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1989 LAD NL 33 319 76% 25% 9 89% 0 5 0 4 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1990 LAD NL 34 289 70% 22% 10 90% 0 3 1 2 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1991 LAD NL 35 206 75% 25% 7 86% 0 5 1 4 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1992 LAD NL 36 216 75% 28% 7 100% 1 6 0 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 ATL NL 37 246 78% 32% 8 88% 0 4 1 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1994 TEX AL 38 196 80% 37% 8 75% 0 5 2 2 6 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0%
15 Seasons 3725 74% 26% 116 91% 2 62 6 51 110 80 8 8 0 4 4 4 9 7 7 2 25 84%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 91% 88%

* 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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