J.P. Howell
James Phillip Howell
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1983 in Modesto, CA
High School: Jesuit (Carmichael, CA)
School: University of Texas at Austin
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
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Standard Pitching

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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 3 278 159 1.200 6.3 0.9 4.5 10.7 2.39
5 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .474 4.47 57 11 17 0 0 7 110 104 60 55 12 50 1 105 6 0 6 481 100 1.394 8.5 1.0 4.1 8.6 2.10
TBR (4 yrs) 15 15 .500 3.97 151 18 50 0 0 20 249.1 230 121 110 25 107 4 253 13 1 12 1079 113 1.352 8.3 0.9 3.9 9.1 2.36
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

Postseason Pitching

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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
1 Season (3 Series) 0 3 .000 3.00 12 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 9 4 4 0 4 1 17 2 0 1 50 1.083 6.8 0.0 3.0 12.8 4.25
1 ALDS 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
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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 166 1407 1221 176 303 62 2 34 24 10 146 307 .248 .336 .386 .721 .303 471 33 19 13 8 4
162 Game Avg. 57 481 417 60 104 21 1 12 8 3 50 105 .248 .336 .386 .721 .303 161 11 6 4 3 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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% 44 71 21 15 8 0 10 5.1 4.9 4.8 85 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 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 75 15 5 3 0 6 4.6 5.8 5.1 95 1 3 6 0 111
3 Seasons 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 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.278 27 20 17 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 1.839 39 12 18 42 14 13 28 41 13 20 18 23 2.9 16
2 Seasons 133 133 50 13 6 30 20 10 67% 50 18 79 20 25% 1.519 66 32 35 70 27 36 53 80 44 37 52 36 3.5 19

Ratio Pitching*

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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 83% 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 78% 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 76% 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 63% 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 69% 2.5% 28.4% 11.9% 5.8% 34% 0.92 1.38 55% 20% 9.9% 14% 50 5 10%
5 Seasons 1407 73% 2.4% 21.8% 10.4% 7.0% 32% 1.00 1.50 63% 22% 8.2% 10% 290 33 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 328 1282 3.91 746 58% 33% 14% 23% 31% 67% 0% 39% 80% 55% 5% 16 10 16% 53 18 1 24% 9 6 0 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 244 945 3.87 566 60% 33% 14% 23% 30% 67% 0% 40% 79% 51% 2% 6 4 23% 56 25 1 35% 7 2 0 0 0
2008 25 TBR AL 370 1475 3.99 902 61% 36% 17% 21% 26% 64% 1% 39% 73% 58% 6% 23 15 25% 91 55 8 41% 18 7 0 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 278 1098 3.95 687 63% 37% 20% 20% 24% 63% 2% 40% 69% 58% 6% 17 9 26% 73 43 1 23% 18 5 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1407 5510 3.92 3335 61% 34% 16% 22% 28% 66% 1% 40% 76% 56% 5% 72 45 22% 310 159 14 32% 59 23 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 2 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
5 Seasons 1407 303 32 2 34 3 58 27 7 20 14 90 49 17 54% 17 19 0 535 24 10 71% 17 9 6 1 1 0 6 5 38 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 77 1.548 9.8 1.0 4.1 6.8 1.64 77
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

Neutralized Pitching

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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 6.30 70.0 73 54 49 9 39 52 6 1.600 9.4 5.0 6.7 1.33 1.2 15
2006 23 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 50 26 23 4 13 31 3 1.575 11.3 2.9 7.0 2.38 0.9 8
2007 24 1 4 .200 7.24 51.0 68 46 41 8 21 49 3 1.745 12.0 3.7 8.6 2.33 1.4 10
2008 25 7 2 .778 2.25 88.0 62 24 22 6 39 91 4 1.148 6.3 4.0 9.3 2.33 0.6 64
2009 26 5 2 .714 2.91 65.0 47 23 21 7 33 77 3 1.231 6.5 4.6 10.7 2.33 1.0 69
5 Seasons 16 16 .500 4.47 314.0 300 173 156 34 145 300 19 1.417 8.6 8.6 2.07 1.0 166

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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