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J.P. Howell

James Phillip Howell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 25, 1983 in Modesto, CA
High School: Jesuit (Carmichael, CA)
Schools: University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California
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 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.1M (11), 1 yr/$1.35M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.007, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:14AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 91 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
6 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .465 4.62 59 9 15 0 0 6 98 92 56 50 11 46 1 92 6 1 6 429 95 1.409 8.5 1.0 4.2 8.5 2.03
TBR (5 yrs) 17 18 .486 4.21 197 18 55 0 0 21 280.0 260 145 131 30 125 5 279 15 3 14 1217 104 1.375 8.4 1.0 4.0 9.0 2.23
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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 22 KCR AL 72.2 15 55 51 -4 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
2006 23 TBD AL 42.1 8 25 31 -2 1.0 6 0.6 $
2007 24 TBD AL 51.0 10 45 37 -3 1.1 -8 -0.8 $
2008 25 TBR AL 89.1 0 29 57 3 1.3 28 2.3 $397,400
2009 26 TBR AL 66.2 0 22 41 2 1.8 19 2.0 $433,700
2011 28 TBR AL 30.2 0 24 16 1 1.2 -8 -0.9 $1,100,000
6 Seasons 352.2 33 200 233 -3 1.3 33 2.7 $1,931,100
TBR (5 yrs) 280.0 18 145 182 1 1.3 37 3.2 $1,931,100
KCR (1 yr) 72.2 15 55 51 -4 1.0 -4 -0.5 $

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 Seasons (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

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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
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 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 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 TBR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 170 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 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 2 0 0 0 0 0
TBR (5 yrs) 155 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 22 KCR AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
2007 24 TBD AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
2008 25 TBR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $397,400 1
2011 28 TBR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,100,000 1
4 Seasons 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,497,400
TBR (3 yrs) 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $1,497,400
KCR (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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
2008 25 TBR AL WS PHI L 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 KCR AL 22 P 15 72.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 -2 -6 1.24 0.67 .954 1.70 1.68
2006 TBD AL 23 P 8 42.1 11 4 7 0 3 1.000 0 0 2.34 1.38 .958 1.55 1.54
2007 TBD AL 24 P 10 51.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 1 4 3.00 1.70 .955 1.61 1.59
2008 TBR AL 25 P 64 89.1 17 7 9 1 0 .941 -3 -7 1.61 0.25 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 TBR AL 26 P 69 66.2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.48 0.16 .953 1.53 1.51
2011 TBR AL 28 P 46 0 0 30.2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 1 7 1.47 0.11 .948 1.61 1.59 5 1 17% 1
6 Seasons P 212 0 0 352.2 71 25 45 1 5 .986 -4 -2 1.79 0.33 .954 1.60 1.57 5 1 17% 1
6 Seasons TOT 212 0 0 352.2 71 25 45 1 5 .986 -4 -13 1.79 0.33 .954 1.60 1.57 5 1 17% 1
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 1950-1973, 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 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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
200825Tampa Bay Rays$397,400
200926Tampa Bay Rays$433,700
201027Tampa Bay Rays$1,800,000
201128Tampa Bay Rays$1,100,000
201229Tampa Bay Rays$1,350,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,731,100Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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