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Jack Howell

Jack Robert Howell

Positions: Third Baseman, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1961 in Tucson, AZ
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1985
Teams (by GP): Angels/Astros/Padres 1985-1999
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: July 17, 1999
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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
1985 23 CAL AL 43 158 137 19 27 4 0 5 18 1 1 16 33 .197 .279 .336 .615 68 46 1 0 4 1 2 5
1986 24 CAL AL 63 175 151 26 41 14 2 4 21 2 0 19 28 .272 .349 .470 .819 122 71 1 0 3 2 0 5/7D9
1987 25 CAL AL 138 511 449 64 110 18 5 23 64 4 3 57 118 .245 .331 .461 .792 110 207 7 2 1 2 4 7594
1988 26 CAL AL 154 558 500 59 127 32 2 16 63 2 6 46 130 .254 .323 .422 .745 110 211 8 6 4 2 8 *5/87
1989 27 CAL AL 144 533 474 56 108 19 4 20 52 0 3 52 125 .228 .308 .411 .719 103 195 8 3 3 1 9 *5/97
1990 28 CAL AL 105 366 316 35 72 19 1 8 33 3 0 46 61 .228 .326 .370 .696 98 117 3 1 1 2 5 5/36
1991 29 TOT MLB 90 271 241 35 50 5 1 8 23 1 1 29 44 .207 .293 .336 .629 75 81 2 0 1 0 1 54/93D7
1991 29 CAL AL 32 92 81 11 17 2 0 2 7 1 1 11 11 .210 .304 .309 .613 71 25 1 0 0 0 0 4/593D7
1991 29 SDP NL 58 179 160 24 33 3 1 6 16 0 0 18 33 .206 .287 .350 .637 77 56 1 0 1 0 1 5
1996 34 CAL AL 66 136 126 20 34 4 1 8 21 0 1 10 30 .270 .324 .508 .831 108 64 3 0 0 0 0 5/D34
1997 35 ANA AL 77 191 174 25 45 7 0 14 34 1 0 13 36 .259 .305 .540 .845 114 94 4 0 1 3 2 5D3
1998 36 HOU NL 24 42 38 4 11 5 0 1 7 0 0 4 12 .289 .357 .500 .857 125 19 1 0 0 0 0 3/5
1999 37 HOU NL 37 41 33 2 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 8 9 .212 .366 .364 .729 87 12 1 0 0 0 0 /35D
11 Yrs 941 2982 2639 345 632 129 16 108 337 14 15 300 626 .239 .318 .423 .742 103 1117 39 12 18 13 31
162 Game Avg. 162 513 454 59 109 22 3 19 58 2 3 52 108 .239 .318 .423 .742 103 192 7 2 3 2 5
ANA (9 yrs) 822 2720 2408 315 581 119 15 100 313 14 15 270 572 .241 .319 .428 .747 105 1030 36 12 17 13 30
HOU (2 yrs) 61 83 71 6 18 7 0 2 8 0 0 12 21 .254 .361 .437 .798 107 31 2 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 58 179 160 24 33 3 1 6 16 0 0 18 33 .206 .287 .350 .637 77 56 1 0 1 0 1
AL (9 yrs) 822 2720 2408 315 581 119 15 100 313 14 15 270 572 .241 .319 .428 .747 105 1030 36 12 17 13 30
NL (3 yrs) 119 262 231 30 51 10 1 8 24 0 0 30 54 .221 .310 .377 .687 86 87 3 0 1 0 1

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
1985 23 CAL AL 43 158 -7 -0 1 -1 0 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .483 .495 -0.1 0.0 -2 $ 5
1986 24 CAL AL 63 175 5 1 0 2 -0 8 0.9 5 13 1.4 .512 .505 1.1 0.2 11 $82,500 5/7D9
1987 25 CAL AL 138 511 5 1 0 4 -4 6 0.8 16 22 2.2 .505 .504 1.9 0.1 18 $95,000 7594
1988 26 CAL AL 154 558 3 -3 0 -11 1 -9 -0.8 17 8 0.8 .494 .494 2.0 -0.9 19 $200,000 *5/87
1989 27 CAL AL 144 533 -2 -3 0 9 1 5 0.8 16 22 2.3 .504 .504 1.3 1.2 12 $475,000 *5/97
1990 28 CAL AL 105 366 0 -1 0 -4 1 -3 -0.2 12 9 0.9 .497 .498 1.4 -0.3 13 $652,500 5/36
1991 29 CAL AL 32 92 -3 -0 -0 -2 -0 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0 $652,500 4/593D7
1991 29 SDP NL 58 179 -4 1 1 3 0 1 0.2 5 6 0.7 .502 .501 0.3 0.4 3 $ 5
1996 34 CAL AL 66 136 1 -0 0 -5 -0 -5 -0.3 4 -0 0.1 .493 .497 0.5 -0.4 5 $300,000 5/D34
1997 35 ANA AL 77 191 4 0 -0 -5 -3 -4 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.8 -0.6 7 $400,000 5D3
1998 36 HOU NL 24 42 2 0 -0 -2 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.2 -0.2 2 $500,000 3/5
1999 37 HOU NL 37 41 0 -0 0 2 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $550,000 /35D
11 Seasons 941 2982 3 -4 3 -9 -5 -11 -0.1 93 81 8.6 .499 .499 9.5 -0.5 90 $3,907,500
ANA (9 yrs) 822 2720 6 -5 2 -12 -5 -13 -0.4 85 72 7.6 .498 .499 8.9 -0.8 84 $2,857,500
HOU (2 yrs) 61 83 2 0 -0 0 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 $1,050,000
SDP (1 yr) 58 179 -4 1 1 3 0 1 0.2 5 6 0.7 .502 .501 0.3 0.4 3 $

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
1985 23 CAL AL 158 117 14 3.2 99 .220 .197 .261 .279 .327 .336 .406 .615 .733 68 .341 -6.2 -0.6 .554 .255 .139 1.7
1986 24 CAL AL 175 116 27 6.2 99 .306 .272 .260 .349 .328 .470 .406 .819 .734 122 .628 5.2 0.5 .829 .338 .199 2.7
1987 25 CAL AL 511 352 70 5.3 103 .281 .245 .262 .331 .329 .461 .420 .792 .749 110 .529 6.2 0.6 .765 .345 .216 6.8
1988 26 CAL AL 558 393 67 4.6 92 .312 .254 .256 .323 .320 .422 .385 .745 .706 110 .515 7.0 0.7 .669 .252 .168 3.6
1989 27 CAL AL 533 381 60 4.2 92 .267 .228 .258 .308 .323 .411 .380 .719 .703 103 .487 0.8 0.1 .655 .287 .184 .0
1990 28 CAL AL 366 250 42 4.5 92 .257 .228 .256 .326 .324 .370 .382 .696 .706 98 .511 0.2 0.0 .676 .297 .142 4.4
1991 29 TOT MLB 271 195 25 3.4 96 .222 .207 .260 .293 .329 .336 .392 .629 .720 75 .399 -8.9 -0.9 .567 .249 .129 1.8
1991 29 CAL AL 92 66 8 3.3 96 .221 .210 .259 .304 .328 .309 .393 .613 .721 71 .353 -3.1 -0.3 .545 .235 .099 1.3
1991 29 SDP NL 179 129 17 3.5 96 .223 .206 .261 .287 .329 .350 .391 .637 .720 77 .424 -5.7 -0.6 .578 .256 .144 .0
1996 34 CAL AL 136 96 20 5.6 114 .295 .270 .275 .324 .348 .508 .441 .831 .789 108 .499 0.6 0.0 .760 .310 .238 .0
1997 35 ANA AL 191 137 28 5.5 111 .244 .259 .273 .305 .343 .540 .433 .845 .776 114 .527 2.4 0.2 .812 .362 .282 1.9
1998 36 HOU NL 42 28 7 6.7 106 .400 .289 .266 .357 .337 .500 .420 .857 .757 125 .643 1.5 0.1 .821 .316 .211 .0
1999 37 HOU NL 41 27 5 5.0 115 .261 .212 .274 .366 .350 .364 .442 .729 .792 87 .469 -0.4 -0.0 .741 .394 .152 .0
11 Yrs 2982 2092 365 4.7 98 .273 .239 .261 .318 .328 .423 .400 .742 .728 103 .504 8.5 0.7 .693 .297 .184 24.8
162 Game Avg. 513 360 63 4.7 98 .273 .239 .261 .318 .328 .423 .400 .742 .728 103 .504 1 0 .693 .297 .184 4
ANA (9 yrs) 2720 1908 336 4.7 98 .275 .241 .260 .319 .327 .428 .399 .747 .727 105 .507 13.1 1.2 .698 .298 .186 24.6
HOU (2 yrs) 83 55 12 5.9 110 .333 .254 .270 .361 .343 .437 .430 .798 .774 107 .564 1.1 0.1 .782 .352 .183 .0
SDP (1 yr) 179 129 17 3.5 96 .223 .206 .261 .287 .329 .350 .391 .637 .720 77 .424 -5.7 -0.6 .578 .256 .144 .0
AL (9 yrs) 2720 1908 336 4.7 98 .275 .241 .260 .319 .327 .428 .399 .747 .727 105 .507 13.1 1.2 .698 .298 .186 24.6
NL (3 yrs) 262 184 29 4.2 100 .254 .221 .264 .310 .334 .377 .403 .687 .737 86 .475 -4.6 -0.5 .639 .286 .156 .0

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
1986 24 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1985 23 CAL AL 158 3.2% 20.9% 10.1% 5.7% 33% 2.06 4.2 27.4 7.6 1.05 63%
1986 24 CAL AL 175 2.3% 16.0% 10.9% 11.4% 49% 1.47 5.4 37.8 7.2 1.15 69%
1987 25 CAL AL 511 4.5% 23.1% 11.2% 9.0% 42% 2.07 3.8 19.5 7.0 1.08 61%
1988 26 CAL AL 558 2.9% 23.3% 8.2% 9.0% 39% 2.83 3.8 31.3 7.9 0.62 0.87 64% 23% 11.3% 37%
1989 27 CAL AL 533 3.8% 23.5% 9.8% 8.1% 40% 2.40 3.8 23.7 9.1 0.68 1.02 62% 21% 11.7% 17%
1990 28 CAL AL 366 2.2% 16.7% 12.6% 7.7% 39% 1.33 5.2 39.5 9.6 0.68 0.83 68% 21% 6.3% 16%
1991 29 TOT MLB 271 3.0% 16.2% 10.7% 5.2% 28% 1.52 5.5 30.1 10.5 0.88 1.03 70% 17% 9.1% 15%
1991 29 CAL AL 92 2.2% 12.0% 12.0% 4.4% 24% 1.00 7.4 40.5 11.6 0.56 0.54 74% 19% 5.3% 16%
1991 29 SDP NL 179 3.4% 18.4% 10.1% 5.6% 30% 1.83 4.8 26.7 10.0 1.12 1.47 68% 16% 12.0% 15%
1996 34 CAL AL 136 5.9% 22.1% 7.4% 9.6% 38% 3.00 4.2 15.8 6.0 0.62 0.88 65% 19% 18.6% 26%
1997 35 ANA AL 191 7.3% 18.9% 6.8% 11.0% 47% 2.77 4.8 12.4 5.1 0.70 0.98 66% 16% 22.6% 23%
1998 36 HOU NL 42 2.4% 28.6% 9.5% 14.3% 55% 3.00 3.2 38.0 5.4 1.17 2.00 60% 31% 8.3% 0%
1999 37 HOU NL 41 2.4% 22.0% 19.5% 7.3% 43% 1.13 3.7 33.0 33.0 0.85 1.00 56% 21% 9.1% 15%
11 Yrs 2982 3.6% 21.0% 10.1% 8.5% 40% 2.09 4.2 24.4 7.8 0.69 0.98 64% 20% 11.6% 23%
MLB Averages 2.4% 15.6% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 1.77 5.7 36.9 7.9 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.3% 18%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 23 CAL AL -6.2 -0.6 160 -0.6 2.2 -2.7 .93 -0.5 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.93 -4.7 0.31 2
1986 24 CAL AL 5.2 0.5 178 0.4 3.4 -3.0 1.04 0.6 -0.2 8.1 0.8 0.90 4.8 2.28 16
1987 25 CAL AL 6.2 0.6 525 0.8 10.3 -9.4 1.06 0.8 0.0 4.2 0.4 0.94 7.3 1.66 18
1988 26 CAL AL 7.0 0.7 571 -1.3 9.1 -10.4 1.03 0.1 -1.3 7.0 0.7 0.95 6.3 1.83 4
1989 27 CAL AL 0.8 0.1 541 -1.2 8.6 -9.8 .98 0.0 -1.2 -7.2 -0.7 0.96 -3.5 2.07 3
1990 28 CAL AL 0.2 0.0 371 0.5 6.7 -6.2 1.04 0.1 0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.94 1.6 1.59 6
1991 29 TOT MLB -8.9 -0.9 279 0.6 4.6 -4.1 .93 -0.4 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.93 -2.6 1.78 15
1991 29 CAL AL -3.1 -0.3 96 -0.2 1.4 -1.5 .91 -0.1 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.96 -1.7 2.13 4
1991 29 SDP NL -5.7 -0.6 183 0.7 3.2 -2.5 .93 -0.3 1.0 2.0 0.2 0.91 -0.9 1.65 11
1996 34 CAL AL 0.6 0.0 137 -0.5 2.1 -2.6 1.12 -0.1 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.98 1.2 1.24 34
1997 35 ANA AL 2.4 0.2 197 0.3 4.2 -3.9 1.11 0.7 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 1.01 5.7 2.08 21
1998 36 HOU NL 1.5 0.1 43 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1.02 0.2 -0.5 2.8 0.3 0.99 2.2 1.56 11
1999 37 HOU NL -0.5 -0.0 41 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 1.13 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.88 -0.3 1.27 20
11 Yrs 8.4 0.7 3043 -1.3 52.4 -53.7 1.02 1.4 -2.7 6.7 0.7 0.95 17.9 1.63 150

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
1985 23 CAL AL 1 0 37% 54 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 43% 8 5 3 2 1 1 4 2 2
1986 24 CAL AL 2 0 39% 68 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 62% 3 2 1 0 0 0 10 3 7
1987 25 CAL AL 4 0 28% 197 4 3 57% 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 15 49% 28 19 9 5 2 3 12 2 10
1988 26 CAL AL 3 0 26% 201 2 6 25% 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 15 46% 35 21 14 5 4 1 16 4 11
1989 27 CAL AL 3 0 25% 186 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11 43% 19 14 4 6 3 3 15 5 10
1990 28 CAL AL 6 0 24% 143 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 33% 20 16 4 0 0 0 10 4 6
1991 29 TOT MLB 3 0 38% 102 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 30% 23 16 7 3 3 0 7 4 3
1991 29 CAL AL 1 0 35% 29 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23% 7 5 2 2 2 0 4 3 1
1991 29 SDP NL 2 0 40% 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 35% 16 11 5 1 1 0 3 1 2
1996 34 CAL AL 1 0 33% 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1
1997 35 ANA AL 4 0 25% 57 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 21% 9 8 0 0 0 0 5 2 3
1998 36 HOU NL 1 0 21% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1999 37 HOU NL 1 0 7% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 29 0 28% 1086 14 15 48% 12 12 2 1 0 2 4 1 17 71 42% 154 105 47 23 15 8 81 26 54

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
1985 23 CAL AL 158 71% 27 2 1 0 1 0.31 5 1 4 4 1 2 3 0 4 4 100% 30 1 3% 16 8 50% 92 13 14% 8 5 63% 5 4 80% 0
1986 24 CAL AL 175 85% 41 16 4 0 1 2.28 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 3 3 100% 29 1 3% 13 7 54% 95 17 18% 6 4 67% 5 4 80% 0
1987 25 CAL AL 511 84% 110 18 6 2 3 1.66 23 0 10 22 1 15 8 0 2 1 50% 102 7 7% 48 16 33% 317 44 14% 31 13 42% 18 11 61% 0
1988 26 CAL AL 558 69% 127 12 0 4 1 0 0 1.83 16 0 14 12 4 9 7 0 7 4 57% 117 8 7% 43 10 23% 346 48 14% 27 14 52% 20 10 50% 0
1989 27 CAL AL 533 72% 108 4 0 3 1 0 1 2.07 20 0 10 18 2 9 11 0 6 3 50% 103 8 8% 41 10 24% 345 33 10% 21 5 24% 15 7 47% 0
1990 28 CAL AL 366 80% 72 5 0 6 2 1 1 1.59 8 0 16 8 0 3 5 0 1 1 100% 63 3 5% 20 7 35% 234 28 12% 18 8 44% 7 4 57% 0
1991 29 TOT MLB 271 89% 50 14 1 15 4 0 4 1.78 8 0 4 8 0 3 5 1 3 1 33% 60 2 3% 29 7 24% 150 16 11% 12 6 50% 14 7 50% 0
1991 29 CAL AL 92 86% 17 3 0 4 1 0 1 2.13 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 1 4% 13 2 15% 61 6 10% 9 4 44% 5 2 40% 0
1991 29 SDP NL 179 90% 33 11 1 11 3 0 3 1.65 6 0 3 6 0 3 3 1 3 1 33% 36 1 3% 16 5 31% 89 10 11% 3 2 67% 9 5 56% 0
1996 34 CAL AL 136 93% 34 0 0 34 10 4 5 1.24 8 0 4 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 34 3 9% 9 1 11% 90 13 14% 6 2 33% 0 0 0
1997 35 ANA AL 191 87% 45 2 0 21 3 0 3 2.08 14 0 9 14 0 5 9 0 1 1 100% 45 4 9% 27 9 33% 149 23 15% 16 8 50% 13 8 62% 0
1998 36 HOU NL 42 79% 11 4 0 11 3 0 2 1.56 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 33 6 18% 5 4 80% 2 2 100% 0
1999 37 HOU NL 41 98% 7 0 0 20 5 0 0 1.27 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 0 0% 22 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
11 Yrs 2982 79% 632 41 1 150 40 7 21 1.63 108 1 79 100 8 52 56 1 27 18 67% 599 39 7% 252 77 31% 1873 241 13% 152 69 45% 100 58 58% 0
MLB Averages 58% 73% 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 26 CAL AL 552 2076 3.76 1307 63% 23% 20% 28% 28% 77% 4% 48% 74% 34% 6% 31 4 16% 88 26 7% 41 30 27% 6 0 0
1989 27 CAL AL 532 1994 3.75 1222 61% 21% 22% 28% 29% 79% 4% 48% 72% 40% 5% 28 4 14% 74 31 8% 44 31 31% 1 0 1
1990 28 CAL AL 353 1376 3.90 801 58% 25% 15% 28% 31% 74% 3% 43% 80% 32% 8% 28 4 20% 69 24 10% 36 27 37% 13 0 2
1991 29 TOT MLB 272 1011 3.72 608 60% 33% 12% 22% 33% 67% 1% 40% 82% 27% 6% 15 0 16% 43 12 11% 29 13 43% -1 0 0
1991 29 CAL AL 92 314 3.41 180 57% 28% 10% 23% 39% 72% 0% 41% 86% 32% 7% 6 0 17% 16 4 9% 8 5 45% 0 0 0
1991 29 SDP NL 180 697 3.87 428 61% 36% 13% 22% 30% 64% 1% 40% 80% 25% 5% 9 0 15% 27 8 12% 21 8 42% -1 0 0
1996 34 CAL AL 108 408 3.78 248 61% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 0% 45% 81% 34% 3% 3 0 18% 19 8 10% 11 9 40% 28 0 0
1997 35 ANA AL 177 629 3.55 396 63% 24% 19% 23% 34% 76% 2% 48% 74% 34% 5% 8 0 14% 25 9 10% 17 10 27% 14 0 0
1998 36 HOU NL 42 154 3.67 92 60% 29% 21% 22% 28% 71% 0% 42% 71% 31% 5% 2 0 17% 7 4 17% 7 5 33% 0 0 0
1999 37 HOU NL 42 166 3.95 95 57% 24% 25% 25% 25% 76% 0% 43% 67% 29% 14% 6 0 21% 9 2 14% 6 4 44% -1 0 0
8 Yrs 2078 7814 3.76 4769 61% 25% 18% 27% 30% 75% 3% 46% 75% 34% 6% 121 12 16% 334 116 9% 191 129 32% 60 0 3
MLB Averages 3.67 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 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
1985 23 43 158 137 19 27 4 0 5 18 1 1 16 33 .197 .279 .336 .615 68 46 1 0 4 1 2
1986 24 106 333 288 45 68 18 2 9 39 3 1 35 61 .236 .316 .406 .722 97 117 2 0 7 3 2
1987 25 244 844 737 109 178 36 7 32 103 7 4 92 179 .242 .325 .440 .765 105 324 9 2 8 5 6
1988 26 398 1402 1237 168 305 68 9 48 166 9 10 138 309 .247 .324 .432 .757 107 535 17 8 12 7 14
1989 27 542 1935 1711 224 413 87 13 68 218 9 13 190 434 .241 .320 .427 .746 106 730 25 11 15 8 23
1990 28 647 2301 2027 259 485 106 14 76 251 12 13 236 495 .239 .321 .418 .739 105 847 28 12 16 10 28
1991 29 737 2572 2268 294 535 111 15 84 274 13 14 265 539 .236 .318 .409 .727 102 928 30 12 17 10 29
1992 30 737 2572 2268 294 535 111 15 84 274 13 14 265 539 .236 .318 .409 .727 102 928 30 12 17 10 29
1993 31 737 2572 2268 294 535 111 15 84 274 13 14 265 539 .236 .318 .409 .727 102 928 30 12 17 10 29
1994 32 737 2572 2268 294 535 111 15 84 274 13 14 265 539 .236 .318 .409 .727 102 928 30 12 17 10 29
1995 33 737 2572 2268 294 535 111 15 84 274 13 14 265 539 .236 .318 .409 .727 102 928 30 12 17 10 29
1996 34 803 2708 2394 314 569 115 16 92 295 13 15 275 569 .238 .318 .414 .732 102 992 33 12 17 10 29
1997 35 880 2899 2568 339 614 122 16 106 329 14 15 288 605 .239 .317 .423 .740 103 1086 37 12 18 13 31
1998 36 904 2941 2606 343 625 127 16 107 336 14 15 292 617 .240 .318 .424 .742 103 1105 38 12 18 13 31
1999 37 941 2982 2639 345 632 129 16 108 337 14 15 300 626 .239 .318 .423 .742 103 1117 39 12 18 13 31

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
1985 23 43 158 137 19 27 4 0 5 18 1 16 33 .197 .279 .336 .615 13 43
1986 24 63 176 152 27 42 14 2 4 22 2 19 28 .276 .353 .474 .826 26 63
1987 25 138 511 449 64 110 18 5 23 64 4 57 118 .245 .331 .461 .792 68 138
1988 26 154 570 509 66 136 34 2 17 71 2 49 130 .267 .337 .442 .779 75 154
1989 27 144 543 481 62 115 20 4 21 58 0 55 125 .239 .320 .428 .749 66 144
1990 28 105 374 321 39 77 20 1 9 37 3 49 61 .240 .340 .393 .733 43 105
1991 29 90 274 243 37 52 5 1 8 24 1 30 44 .214 .300 .342 .642 25 90
1996 34 66 132 123 17 31 4 1 7 18 0 9 30 .252 .303 .472 .775 18 66
1997 35 77 188 172 23 43 7 0 13 31 1 12 36 .250 .294 .517 .812 27 77
1998 36 24 42 38 4 11 5 0 1 7 0 4 12 .289 .357 .500 .857 7 24
1999 37 37 41 33 2 7 2 0 1 1 0 8 9 .212 .366 .364 .729 4 37
11 Yrs 941 3009 2658 360 651 133 16 109 351 14 308 626 .245 .325 .430 .755 372 941
162 Game Avg. 162 518 458 62 112 23 3 19 60 2 53 108 .245 .325 .430 .755 64 941

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 AL  130 (6th)
1989 AL  125 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1999 NL  born 1961-08-18 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Alex Gordon (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Greene (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Willie Greene (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Pagliarulo (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Craig Paquette (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Greg Norton (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Greg Norton (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Dwyer (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Jack jach Jack jakie joe Robert Howell

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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