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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 22 KCR AL 3 5 .375 6.19 15 15 0 0 0 0 72.2 73 55 50 9 39 0 54 6 0 7 328 71 1.541 9.0 1.1 4.8 6.7 1.38
2006 23 TBD AL 1 3 .250 5.10 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 52 25 24 4 14 0 33 3 0 1 187 90 1.559 11.1 0.9 3.0 7.0 2.36
2007 24 TBD AL 1 6 .143 7.59 10 10 0 0 0 0 51.0 69 45 43 8 21 0 49 3 0 3 244 60 1.765 12.2 1.4 3.7 8.6 2.33
2008 25 TBR AL 6 1 .857 2.22 64 0 9 0 0 3 89.1 62 29 22 6 39 1 92 4 0 5 370 199 1.131 6.2 0.6 3.9 9.3 2.36
2009 26 TBR AL 7 5 .583 2.84 69 0 41 0 0 17 66.2 47 22 21 7 33 3 79 3 1 3 278 154 1.200 6.3 0.9 4.5 10.7 2.39
2011 28 TBR AL 2 3 .400 6.16 46 0 5 0 0 1 30.2 30 24 21 5 18 1 26 2 2 2 138 61 1.565 8.8 1.5 5.3 7.6 1.44
2012 29 TBR AL 1 0 1.000 3.86 18 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 12 7 7 2 9 0 15 2 0 1 67 98 1.286 6.6 1.1 5.0 8.3 1.67
7 Yrs 21 23 .477 4.59 230 33 59 0 0 21 369.0 345 207 188 41 173 5 348 23 3 22 1612 95 1.404 8.4 1.0 4.2 8.5 2.01
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .477 4.59 59 9 15 0 0 5 95 89 54 49 11 45 1 90 6 1 6 417 95 1.404 8.4 1.0 4.2 8.5 2.01
TBR (6 yrs) 18 18 .500 4.19 215 18 59 0 0 21 296.1 272 152 138 32 134 5 294 17 3 15 1284 104 1.370 8.3 1.0 4.1 8.9 2.19
KCR (1 yr) 3 5 .375 6.19 15 15 0 0 0 0 72.2 73 55 50 9 39 0 54 6 0 7 328 71 1.541 9.0 1.1 4.8 6.7 1.38

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 22 KCR AL 72.2 15 15 55 6.81 4.67 -0.69 0.17 101.5 5.62 -10 -1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -1 .435 .494 $
2006 23 TBD AL 42.1 8 8 25 5.31 5.17 -0.22 0.20 99.3 5.56 1 0.1 -0.0 0.4 6 .509 .500 $
2007 24 TBD AL 51.0 10 10 45 7.94 5.00 -0.45 0.19 101.6 5.73 -13 -1.1 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .385 .493 $
2008 25 TBR AL 89.1 64 0 29 2.92 4.89 0.12 -0.36 101.3 4.47 14 1.4 1.4 0.0 2.3 26 .522 .509 $397,400
2009 26 TBR AL 66.2 69 0 22 2.97 4.93 0.22 -0.36 96.8 4.22 9 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.7 17 .513 .505 $433,700
2011 28 TBR AL 30.2 46 0 24 7.04 4.76 0.51 -0.36 92.8 3.60 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.2 -1.1 -8 .474 .493 $1,100,000
2012 29 TBR AL 16.1 18 0 7 3.86 4.58 0.41 -0.34 97.2 3.73 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $
7 Seasons 369.0 230 33 207 5.05 4.88 -0.09 -0.11 99.5 4.84 -12 -1.0 1.5 -0.1 2.3 36 .496 .499 $1,931,100
TBR (6 yrs) 296.1 215 18 152 4.62 4.93 0.05 -0.19 99.0 4.65 -2 -0.0 1.5 -0.1 2.7 37 .500 .500 $1,931,100
KCR (1 yr) 72.2 15 15 55 6.81 4.67 -0.69 0.17 101.5 5.62 -10 -1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -1 .435 .494 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 25 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 0.462 4.2 0.0 0.0 12.5
2008 25 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 0 1 .000 3.38 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 25 1.500 8.4 0.0 5.1 10.1 2.00
2008 25 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 2 .000 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 10 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 19.3 5.00
2011 28 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (4 Series) 0 3 .000 3.00 13 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 10 4 4 0 4 1 17 2 0 1 51 1.167 7.5 0.0 3.0 12.8 4.25
2 ALDS 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 0.692 6.2 0.0 0.0 12.5
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.38 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 25 1.500 8.4 0.0 5.1 10.1 2.00
1 WS 0 2 .000 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 10 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 19.3 5.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2005 22 KCR AL 15 328 277 55 73 19 0 9 6 3 39 54 .264 .363 .430 .793 .295 119 10 6 3 3 0 5
2006 23 TBD AL 8 187 168 25 52 7 1 4 3 1 14 33 .310 .369 .435 .804 .361 73 6 3 0 2 0 1
2007 24 TBD AL 10 244 217 45 69 15 0 8 2 1 21 49 .318 .384 .498 .882 .379 108 5 3 2 1 0 4
2008 25 TBR AL 64 370 320 29 62 13 0 6 10 3 39 92 .194 .288 .291 .579 .251 93 7 4 6 1 1 4
2009 26 TBR AL 69 278 239 22 47 8 1 7 3 2 33 79 .197 .301 .326 .627 .260 78 5 3 2 1 3 3
2011 28 TBR AL 46 138 116 24 30 2 0 5 5 1 18 26 .259 .365 .405 .770 .291 47 4 2 1 1 1 2
2012 29 TBR AL 18 67 56 7 12 2 0 2 1 0 9 15 .214 .343 .357 .700 .256 20 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 230 1612 1393 207 345 66 2 41 30 11 173 348 .248 .339 .386 .725 .300 538 39 23 14 9 5 19
162 Game Avg. 59 417 360 54 89 17 1 11 8 3 45 90 .248 .339 .386 .725 .300 139 10 6 4 2 1 5
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 22 KCR AL -14.4 -1.3 344 -1.7 5.3 -6.9 1.00 -0.6 -1.0 -15.6 -1.4 1.00 -7.1 0 0 0
2006 23 TBD AL -1.7 -0.2 190 -0.2 3.3 -3.5 1.03 -0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0 1.03 -0.6 0 0 0
2007 24 TBD AL -16.6 -1.5 250 -0.9 4.1 -5.0 1.06 -1.1 0.2 -15.4 -1.4 1.06 -11.4 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 19.3 1.9 388 3.6 8.9 -5.3 1.27 1.7 1.1 20.0 2.0 1.27 19.4 27 19 18
2009 26 TBR AL 11.9 1.2 287 0.4 8.6 -8.2 1.82 0.7 -0.5 8.7 0.9 1.82 10.4 39 9 21
2011 28 TBR AL -9.5 -1.0 146 -1.4 2.4 -3.8 1.21 -0.5 -0.7 -8.5 -0.9 1.21 -5.0 18 14 14
2012 29 TBR AL 0.1 0.0 71 0.0 0.9 -0.9 .77 0.1 -0.0 0.7 0.1 0.77 1.6 4 4 9
7 Yrs -10.9 -0.8 1676 -0.1 33.5 -33.6 1.22 0.3 -0.4 -9.9 -0.8 1.22 7.4 88 46 62

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 22 KCR AL 15 15 3 5 7 2 0 7 8 .467 2 2 0 0 3 20% 43.9 71 21 15 8 0 10 5.1 4.9 4.8 86 4 9 2 0 108
2006 23 TBD AL 8 8 1 3 4 0 1 3 5 .375 2 1 0 0 3 38% 45.2 72 20 9 5 0 6 5.1 5.4 5.3 89 1 6 1 0 100
2007 24 TBD AL 10 10 1 6 3 0 2 1 9 .100 3 0 0 0 3 30% 39.3 75 15 5 3 0 6 4.6 5.8 5.1 95 1 3 6 0 111
3 Yrs 33 33 5 14 14 2 3 11 22 .333 7 3 0 0 9 27% 43 75 15 29 16 0 22 4.9 5.3 5.0 89 6 18 9 0 111
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 25 TBR AL 64 64 9 6 1 5 3 2 60% 20 14 35 4 11% 6 1.271 27 19 18 28 13 23 25 39 31 17 34 13 4.2 23
2009 26 TBR AL 69 69 41 7 5 25 17 8 68% 30 4 44 16 36% 9 1.820 39 9 21 42 14 13 28 41 13 20 18 23 2.9 16
2011 28 TBR AL 46 46 5 2 3 2 1 1 50% 14 10 32 8 25% 8 1.209 18 14 14 17 8 21 23 23 2 29 8 10 2.0 12
2012 29 TBR AL 18 18 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 14% 6 .769 4 4 9 6 1 11 4 14 2 5 4 5 2.7 15
4 Yrs 197 197 59 16 9 32 21 11 66% 66 30 118 29 25% 1.400 88 46 62 93 36 68 80 117 48 71 64 51 3.1 17

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 22 KCR AL 328 17% 2.7% 16.5% 11.9% 8.5% 38% 1.16 1.78 66% 20% 9.5% 9% 64 10 16%
2006 23 TBD AL 187 22% 2.1% 17.7% 7.5% 6.4% 23% 0.88 1.09 71% 27% 5.9% 7% 45 6 13%
2007 24 TBD AL 244 24% 3.3% 20.1% 8.6% 9.4% 33% 0.82 1.58 66% 26% 9.2% 5% 58 5 9%
2008 25 TBR AL 370 37% 1.6% 24.9% 10.5% 5.1% 31% 1.13 1.57 60% 18% 6.5% 14% 73 7 10%
2009 26 TBR AL 278 31% 2.5% 28.4% 11.9% 5.8% 34% 0.92 1.38 55% 20% 9.9% 14% 50 5 10%
2011 28 TBR AL 138 49% 3.6% 18.8% 13.0% 5.1% 23% 1.17 1.83 62% 18% 12.5% 5% 37 4 11%
2012 29 TBR AL 67 48% 3.0% 22.4% 13.4% 6.0% 33% 0.60 0.78 58% 15% 10.0% 20% 10 2 20%
7 Yrs 1612 30% 2.5% 21.6% 10.7% 6.8% 32% 0.99 1.48 63% 21% 8.7% 10% 337 39 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 22 KCR AL 330 1286 3.90 748 58% 33% 14% 23% 31% 67% 0% 39% 80% 55% 5% 16 10 16% 53 18 1 24% 9 6 -2 0 0
2006 23 TBD AL 187 710 3.80 434 61% 32% 14% 23% 32% 68% 0% 42% 80% 58% 5% 10 7 20% 37 18 3 39% 7 3 0 0 0
2007 24 TBD AL 245 947 3.87 566 60% 33% 14% 23% 30% 67% 0% 40% 79% 51% 2% 6 4 23% 56 25 1 35% 7 2 -1 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 371 1480 3.99 904 61% 36% 17% 21% 26% 64% 1% 39% 73% 58% 6% 23 15 25% 91 55 8 41% 18 7 -1 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 280 1106 3.95 691 62% 37% 20% 20% 24% 63% 2% 39% 69% 58% 6% 17 9 26% 73 43 1 23% 18 5 -2 0 0
2011 28 TBR AL 138 538 3.90 323 60% 35% 14% 22% 28% 65% 2% 39% 78% 59% 6% 8 6 15% 21 9 2 31% 5 1 0 0 0
2012 29 TBR AL 68 262 3.85 157 60% 39% 15% 19% 26% 61% 0% 36% 75% 65% 3% 2 2 35% 24 10 0 33% 4 0 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 1619 6329 3.91 3823 60% 35% 16% 22% 28% 65% 1% 39% 76% 57% 5% 82 53 22% 355 178 16 32% 68 24 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 22 KCR AL 328 73 3 0 9 0 6 8 1 6 3 21 13 2 62% 5 7 0 119 6 3 67% 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 11 0
2006 23 TBD AL 187 52 4 0 4 0 6 3 1 3 1 10 4 1 40% 1 1 0 71 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 24 TBD AL 244 69 8 1 8 2 18 5 3 3 5 23 13 6 57% 4 3 0 93 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2008 25 TBR AL 370 62 10 1 6 1 14 5 1 3 3 20 8 5 40% 4 5 0 144 10 3 77% 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
2009 26 TBR AL 278 47 7 0 7 0 14 6 1 5 2 16 11 3 69% 3 3 0 108 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
2011 28 TBR AL 138 30 3 0 5 0 3 4 1 1 4 5 3 1 60% 2 2 0 65 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
2012 29 TBR AL 67 12 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
7 Yrs 1612 345 37 3 41 3 63 33 8 22 19 97 53 18 55% 19 22 0 617 30 11 73% 22 10 7 1 1 0 6 5 46 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 22 3 5 .375 6.19 15 15 0 0 0 0 72.2 73 55 50 9 39 0 54 6 0 7 328 71 1.541 9.0 1.1 4.8 6.7 1.38 71
2006 23 4 8 .333 5.79 23 23 0 0 0 0 115.0 125 80 74 13 53 0 87 9 0 8 515 78 1.548 9.8 1.0 4.1 6.8 1.64 78
2007 24 5 14 .263 6.34 33 33 0 0 0 0 166.0 194 125 117 21 74 0 136 12 0 11 759 71 1.614 10.5 1.1 4.0 7.4 1.84 71
2008 25 11 15 .423 4.90 97 33 9 0 0 3 255.1 256 154 139 27 113 1 228 16 0 16 1129 91 1.445 9.0 1.0 4.0 8.0 2.02 91
2009 26 18 20 .474 4.47 166 33 50 0 0 20 322.0 303 176 160 34 146 4 307 19 1 19 1407 100 1.394 8.5 1.0 4.1 8.6 2.10 100
2010 27 18 20 .474 4.47 166 33 50 0 0 20 322.0 303 176 160 34 146 4 307 19 1 19 1407 100 1.394 8.5 1.0 4.1 8.6 2.10 100
2011 28 20 23 .465 4.62 212 33 55 0 0 21 352.2 333 200 181 39 164 5 333 21 3 21 1545 95 1.409 8.5 1.0 4.2 8.5 2.03 95
2012 29 21 23 .477 4.59 230 33 59 0 0 21 369.0 345 207 188 41 173 5 348 23 3 22 1612 95 1.404 8.4 1.0 4.2 8.5 2.01 95

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 22 2 5 .286 6.21 71.0 72 54 49 9 38 53 6 1.549 9.1 4.8 6.7 1.39 1.1 15
2006 23 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 51 26 23 4 14 31 3 1.625 11.5 3.2 7.0 2.21 0.9 8
2007 24 1 4 .200 7.41 51.0 68 47 42 8 21 49 3 1.745 12.0 3.7 8.6 2.33 1.4 10
2008 25 7 2 .778 2.12 89.0 61 23 21 6 38 92 4 1.112 6.2 3.8 9.3 2.42 0.6 64
2009 26 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 48 24 22 7 34 76 3 1.281 6.8 4.8 10.7 2.24 1.0 69
2011 28 1 2 .333 8.04 28.0 33 28 25 6 20 23 2 1.893 10.6 6.4 7.4 1.15 1.9 46
2012 29 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 13 9 8 2 10 13 2 1.643 8.4 6.4 8.4 1.30 1.3 18
7 Yrs 16 20 .444 4.79 357.0 346 211 190 42 175 337 23 1.459 8.7 8.5 1.93 1.1 230

* 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

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.6 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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