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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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Astros/Padres 1985-1999
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: July 17, 1999 (Age 37)
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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
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 (v2.2): 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 1 -7 -0.7 5 -1 -0.2 .484 .496 -0.1 -0.0 -1 5
1986 24 CAL AL 63 175 5 1 0 2 0 8 0.9 6 14 1.4 .513 .505 1.2 0.2 12 $82,500 5/7D9
1987 25 CAL AL 138 511 5 1 0 4 -3 7 0.8 17 25 2.4 .505 .504 2.0 0.1 21 $95,000 7594
1988 26 CAL AL 154 558 3 -3 0 -11 2 -9 -0.8 19 10 1.0 .494 .494 2.2 -0.9 22 $200,000 *5/87
1989 27 CAL AL 144 533 -2 -3 0 9 2 6 0.8 19 25 2.6 .505 .504 1.6 1.3 16 $475,000 *5/97
1990 28 CAL AL 105 366 0 -1 0 -4 1 -2 -0.2 13 11 1.0 .497 .498 1.5 -0.3 14 $652,500 5/36
1991 29 CAL AL 32 92 -3 -0 -0 -2 -0 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .484 .497 0.0 -0.2 0 $652,500 4/593D7
1991 29 SDP NL 58 179 -5 1 1 3 1 2 0.2 6 7 0.7 .503 .501 0.3 0.4 4 5
1996 34 CAL AL 66 136 1 -0 0 -5 0 -4 -0.3 5 1 0.1 .494 .498 0.6 -0.4 6 $300,000 5/D34
1997 35 ANA AL 77 191 4 0 -0 -5 -2 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.4 .496 .498 0.9 -0.6 9 $400,000 5D3
1998 36 HOU NL 24 42 2 0 -0 -2 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 $500,000 3/5
1999 37 HOU NL 37 41 0 -0 -0 2 -0 1 0.1 1 3 0.2 .503 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $550,000 /35D
11 Seasons 941 2982 3 -4 3 -9 0 -6 -0.0 104 98 9.8 .499 .500 10.5 -0.5 106 $3,907,500
ANA (9 yrs) 822 2720 6 -5 2 -12 0 -9 -0.3 96 87 8.7 .499 .499 9.8 -0.8 99 $2,857,500
HOU (2 yrs) 61 83 2 0 -0 0 -1 1 0.1 3 4 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 $1,050,000
SDP (1 yr) 58 179 -5 1 1 3 1 2 0.2 6 7 0.7 .503 .501 0.3 0.4 4

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 CAL AL 23 3B 42 40 35 355.2 116 33 75 8 10 .931 -1 -2 2.73 2.57 .953 2.85 2.82
1986 CAL AL 24 3B 39 30 26 287.0 86 28 56 2 4 .977 2 8 2.63 2.15 .948 2.74 2.71
1986 CAL AL 24 OF 8 7 3 56.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 0 4 1.77 1.38 .980 2.39 2.38
1986 CAL AL 24 LF 7 6 3 48.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 1 20 2.06 1.57 .977 2.23 2.21
1986 CAL AL 24 DH 2 0
1986 CAL AL 24 RF 1 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -90 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.10
1987 CAL AL 25 OF 89 71 54 662.1 156 150 4 2 0 .987 2 3 2.09 1.73 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 CAL AL 25 LF 78 60 50 569.1 134 130 2 2 0 .985 2 5 2.09 1.69 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 CAL AL 25 3B 48 40 31 355.0 120 31 85 4 13 .967 3 9 2.94 2.42 .952 2.77 2.74
1987 CAL AL 25 RF 15 11 4 93.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 2.03 1.40 .979 2.12 2.10
1987 CAL AL 25 2B 13 0 0 23.0 11 4 6 1 2 .909 -0 -21 3.91 0.77 .980 5.13 5.06
1988 CAL AL 26 3B 152 142 121 1261.2 362 96 249 17 19 .953 -11 -11 2.46 2.27 .954 2.71 2.69
1988 CAL AL 26 OF 2 0 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.70 0.50 .980 2.43 2.45
1988 CAL AL 26 CF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1988 CAL AL 26 LF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 1.00 .980 2.40 2.20
1989 CAL AL 27 3B 142 135 130 1210.0 428 95 322 11 27 .974 9 9 3.10 2.94 .943 2.73 2.70
1989 CAL AL 27 OF 4 2 2 24.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 0.75 0.50 .980 2.44 2.40
1989 CAL AL 27 RF 3 1 1 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 1.69 1.00 .980 2.31 2.30
1989 CAL AL 27 LF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -15 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.10
1990 CAL AL 28 3B 102 90 82 817.0 280 70 193 17 18 .939 -3 -5 2.90 2.58 .944 2.75 2.73
1990 CAL AL 28 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1990 CAL AL 28 SS 1 1 1 11.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 -0 -55 5.73 7.00 .972 4.75 4.70
1991 TOT MLB 29 3B 62 46 43 444.0 154 37 115 2 8 .987 3 8 3.08 2.45 .951 2.75 2.74
1991 CAL AL 29 2B 12 10 8 86.2 62 24 36 2 4 .968 -1 -18 6.23 5.00 .981 5.19 5.18
1991 CAL AL 29 3B 8 7 7 64.0 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 -0 -4 2.95 2.63 .955 2.78 2.79
1991 CAL AL 29 OF 5 4 1 29.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -25 2.17 1.40 .983 2.36 2.38
1991 CAL AL 29 RF 4 3 1 24.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 2.25 1.50 .980 2.17 2.20
1991 CAL AL 29 1B 3 1 1 16.0 20 18 2 0 2 1.000 0 8 11.25 6.67 .992 9.73 9.73
1991 CAL AL 29 DH 1 0
1991 CAL AL 29 LF 1 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 3.60 2.00 .980 2.16 2.20
1991 SDP NL 29 3B 54 39 36 380.0 133 33 98 2 7 .985 3 10 3.10 2.43 .950 2.74 2.73
1996 CAL AL 34 3B 43 22 15 212.0 69 17 44 8 5 .884 -5 -28 2.59 1.42 .956 2.56 2.55
1996 CAL AL 34 DH 4 1
1996 CAL AL 34 1B 2 1 1 10.0 12 11 0 1 1 .917 0 0 9.90 5.50 .992 9.27 9.20
1996 CAL AL 34 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
1997 ANA AL 35 3B 24 19 7 152.0 42 14 27 1 4 .976 -5 -37 2.43 1.71 .953 2.67 2.65
1997 ANA AL 35 DH 22 21
1997 ANA AL 35 1B 12 4 3 57.1 52 44 6 2 4 .962 0 0 7.85 4.17 .992 9.31 9.23
1998 HOU NL 36 1B 10 5 4 53.0 69 63 6 0 3 1.000 -1 -18 11.72 6.90 .993 9.46 9.41
1998 HOU NL 36 3B 2 2 1 16.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 -1 -67 3.38 3.00 .957 2.76 2.70
1999 HOU NL 37 1B 5 1 1 15.0 11 9 2 0 4 1.000 1 48 6.60 2.20 .993 9.18 9.14
1999 HOU NL 37 3B 3 1 0 9.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1 141 3.86 1.33 .952 2.70 2.67
1999 HOU NL 37 DH 2 2
11 Seasons 3B 659 567 491 5119.2 1667 423 1174 70 108 .958 -8 -2 2.81 2.42 .949 2.73 2.71
5 Seasons OF 108 84 60 774.2 177 170 5 2 1 .989 1 2 2.03 1.62 .980 2.32 2.31
5 Seasons LF 88 68 54 633.1 148 143 3 2 1 .986 3 6 2.07 1.66 .974 2.12 2.09
6 Seasons 1B 33 12 10 152.1 166 147 16 3 14 .982 -0 -1 9.63 4.94 .992 9.39 9.32
3 Seasons 2B 26 10 8 110.0 73 28 42 3 6 .959 -2 -19 5.73 2.69 .981 5.18 5.12
4 Seasons RF 23 16 6 141.0 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 1.91 1.30 .979 2.15 2.14
1 Season SS 1 1 1 11.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 -0 -55 5.73 7.00 .972 4.75 4.70
1 Season CF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
11 Seasons TOT 827 674 570 6167.2 2091 772 1240 79 129 .962 -8 -2 2.94 2.43 .956 2.89 3.00
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1988 AL  152 (3rd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1989 AL  322 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1988 AL  17 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1989 AL  27 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  1 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1989 AL  9 (2nd)
1991 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1989 AL  3.10 (2nd)
1990 AL  2.90 (5th)
Career  2.81 (38th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1989 AL  2.94 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1989 AL  .974 (1st)
Career  .958 (72nd)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2080), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (196th), 9.8 career WAR/9.7 7yr-peak WAR/9.7 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

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  7. Greg Norton (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198624California Angels$82,5001986 USA Today survey
198725California Angels$95,0001987 USA Today survey
198826California Angels$200,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198927California Angels$475,000*
199028California Angels$652,500USA Today
199129California Angels$652,5003/4/91 TSNArbitration loss; $835,000 request
199634California Angels$300,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199735Anaheim Angels$400,0001997 AP survey
199836Houston Astros$500,0004/3/98 USA Today
199937Houston Astros$550,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,907,500
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $470,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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