J.P. Howell

James Phillip Howell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 25, 1983 in Modesto, CA
High School: Jesuit HS (Carmichael, CA)
Schools: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays/Royals 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.007, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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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
2004	21	KCR-min	Rk	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IDF · PION
2005	22	KCR-min	AA,AAA,A+	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WCH,OMA,HDS · TL,PCL,CALL
2005	22	KCR	AL	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	23	KCR-TBD-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA,DHM · PCL,IL
2006	23	TBD	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2007	24	TBD-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
2007	24	TBD	AL	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	25	TBR	AL	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	26	TBR	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2011	28	TBD-min	AAA,A+	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DHM,POE · IL,FLOR
2011	28	TBR	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6 Yrs				212	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2	0	0	0	0	0

TBR (5 yrs)				197	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
2005	22	KCR	AL	15	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
2006	23	TBD	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2007	24	TBD	AL	10	6	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2008	25	TBR	AL	64	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$397,400	1
2009	26	TBR	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$433,700	1

2011	28	TBR	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,100,000	1
2012	29	TBR	AL	18		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		-0.0		$
7 Seasons				230	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$1,931,100

TBR (6 yrs)				215	7	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$1,931,100
KCR (1 yr)				15	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	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
2005	22	KCR	AL	3	3	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.000	.329	.000	.423	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2007	24	TBD	AL	6	4	1	6.7	105	.500	.333	.269	.333	.336	.333	.420	.667	.756	79	.625	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
2008	25	TBR	AL	1	1	0	0.0	106		.000	.269	.000	.337	.000	.423	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				10	8	1	3.3	105	.333	.200	.268	.200	.334	.200	.421	.400	.755	7	.323	-1.4	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				8	6	1	3.3	105	.333	.200	.268	.200	.334	.200	.421	.400	.755	7	.323	-1.4	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

TBR (5 yrs)				7	5	1	5.3	105	.500	.286	.269	.286	.336	.286	.420	.571	.756	53	.527	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
KCR (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.000	.329	.000	.423	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.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	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	25	TBR	AL	ALDS	CHW	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	WS	PHI	L	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

2011	28	TBR	AL	ALDS	TEX	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2 ALDS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
2005	22	KCR	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	1.00	67%	50%	0.0%	0%

2007	24	TBD	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		6.0	3.00	1.00	67%	0%		100%
2008	25	TBR	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
7 Yrs				10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		10.0	2.00	1.00	60%	17%	0.0%	50%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2005	22	KCR	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.05	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.82	-1.0	0
2006	23	TBD	AL	0.0	0.0
2007	24	TBD	AL	-0.2	-0.0	6	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.47	-0.0	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.10	-0.4	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.18	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.04	-0.3	0
2009	26	TBR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2011	28	TBR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2012	29	TBR	AL
7 Yrs				-1.4	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.82	-0.1	-0.0	-2.7	-0.3	1.31	-1.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	22	KCR	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	24	TBD	AL	0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	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
2005	22	KCR	AL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2007	24	TBD	AL	6	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				10	30%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	1	7%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			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
2005	22	KCR	AL	3	11	3.67	8	73%	25%	38%	13%	25%	75%	0%	55%	50%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2007	24	TBD	AL	6	20	3.33	15	75%	33%	27%	13%	27%	67%	0%	50%	60%	17%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2008	25	TBR	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	67%	33%	0%	0%	33%	0%	25%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				10	35	3.50	26	74%	35%	31%	12%	23%	65%	0%	49%	53%	20%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2005	22	15	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2006	23	23	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2007	24	33	9	9	1	2	1	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	19	2
2008	25	97	10	10	1	2	1	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2
2009	26	166	10	10	1	2	1	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2
2010	27	166	10	10	1	2	1	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2
2011	28	212	10	10	1	2	1	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
2005	22	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15

2007	24	10	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	10
2008	25	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	64
3 Yrs		89	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.273	.273	.273	.545	1	89
162 Game Avg.		162	20	20	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	.273	.273	.273	.545	2	89

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