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Ken Howell

Kenneth Howell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 28, 1960 in Detroit, MI
School: Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1984
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Phillies 1984-1990

Final Game: August 5, 1990
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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
1984 23 LAD NL 32 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 24 LAD NL 56 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 25 LAD NL 62 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 26 LAD NL 40 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 27 LAD NL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 /1
1989 28 PHI NL 33 78 65 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 .092 .132 .123 .255 -26 8 3 1 10 0 0 1
1990 29 PHI NL 18 39 30 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 15 .067 .097 .100 .197 -45 3 1 0 8 0 0 1
1992 Did not play in major leagues (Disabled List)
7 Yrs 245 138 114 3 9 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 49 .079 .110 .105 .215 -38 12 5 1 20 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 91 75 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 32 .079 .110 .105 .215 -38 8 3 1 13 0 0
LAD (5 yrs) 194 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 1 1 0 2 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 51 117 95 2 8 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 40 .084 .121 .116 .237 -32 11 4 1 18 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 Awards
1984 23 LAD NL 32 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1985 24 LAD NL 56 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1986 25 LAD NL 62 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $175,000 1
1987 26 LAD NL 40 4 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1988 27 LAD NL 4 2 -0 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .485 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $215,000 /1
1989 28 PHI NL 33 78 -10 -0 -0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $225,000 1
1990 29 PHI NL 18 39 -7 1 -0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $716,667 1
7 Seasons 245 138 -21 1 -0 0 16 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 0.1 -0 $1,331,667
LAD (5 yrs) 194 21 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.1 -0 $390,000
PHI (2 yrs) 51 117 -17 1 -1 0 14 -4 -0.4 4 0 -0.4 .492 .499 -0.4 0.0 0 $941,667

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 PwrSpd
1984 23 LAD NL 6 6 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .261 .000 .326 .000 .380 .000 .705 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1985 24 LAD NL 4 4 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .000 .322 .000 .380 .000 .703 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1986 25 LAD NL 5 5 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .253 .000 .322 .000 .382 .000 .704 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1987 26 LAD NL 4 3 0 0.0 104 .333 .250 .267 .250 .336 .250 .416 .500 .752 35 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1988 27 LAD NL 2 3 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .254 .000 .317 .000 .373 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1989 28 PHI NL 78 72 1 0.4 90 .150 .092 .253 .132 .320 .123 .376 .255 .696 -26 .013 -10.7 -1.2 .177 .062 .031
1990 29 PHI NL 39 37 0 0.0 97 .133 .067 .263 .097 .329 .100 .395 .197 .724 -45 .000 -6.0 -0.6 .172 .100 .033 .0
7 Yrs 138 130 1 0.2 92 .138 .079 .256 .110 .323 .105 .383 .215 .707 -38 .004 -21.1 -2.2 .155 .061 .026 .0
162 Game Avg. 91 86 1 0.2 92 .138 .079 .256 .110 .323 .105 .383 .215 .707 -38 .004 -21.1 -2.2 .155 .061 .026
LAD (5 yrs) 21 21 0 0.0 94 .100 .053 .259 .053 .326 .053 .388 .105 .713 -70 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
PHI (2 yrs) 117 109 1 0.2 92 .145 .084 .256 .121 .323 .116 .382 .237 .705 -32 .006 -16.7 -1.8 .176 .074 .032 .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
1985 24 LAD NL NLCS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1984 23 LAD NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 33%
1985 24 LAD NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1986 25 LAD NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 0.00 40%
1987 26 LAD NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 75%
1988 27 LAD NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50% 0%
1989 28 PHI NL 78 0.0% 32.1% 2.6% 2.6% 33% 12.50 2.6 65.0 1.33 2.75 51% 8% 0.0% 27%
1990 29 PHI NL 39 0.0% 38.5% 2.6% 2.6% 50% 15.00 2.0 15.0 0.86 2.67 38% 13% 0.0% 29%
7 Yrs 138 0.0% 35.5% 2.2% 2.2% 33% 16.33 2.3 38.0 1.18 2.90 47% 9% 0.0% 27%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.72 6.1 40.6 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.6% 26%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 23 LAD NL -1.3 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .98 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.22 -1.4 0
1985 24 LAD NL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .51 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.99 -0.6 0
1986 25 LAD NL -1.3 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .69 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.99 -0.8 0
1987 26 LAD NL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .75 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.01 -0.5 0
1988 27 LAD NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.61 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.47 -0.6 0
1989 28 PHI NL -10.7 -1.2 78 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 .78 -1.1 -0.2 -10.6 -1.1 0.91 -11.7 0
1990 29 PHI NL -6.0 -0.6 42 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .87 -0.7 -0.0 -6.7 -0.7 1.02 -7.3 0
7 Yrs -21.1 -2.2 141 -1.9 0.5 -2.4 .82 -2.2 -0.2 -23.0 -2.4 0.97 -22.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 23 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 LAD NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 LAD NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 26 LAD NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1988 27 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 PHI NL 2 0 0% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 PHI NL 0 0 67% 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Yrs 3 0 23% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

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
1984 23 LAD NL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 LAD NL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1986 25 LAD NL 5 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1987 26 LAD NL 4 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1988 27 LAD NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 PHI NL 78 56% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 15 3 20% 17 5 29% 51 1 2% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1990 29 PHI NL 39 26% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 11 1 9% 16 1 6% 31 2 6% 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 0
7 Yrs 138 46% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 29 20 69% 32 5 16% 39 8 21% 103 3 3% 4 1 25% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages 60% 75% 11% 35% 15% 52% 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
1988 27 LAD NL 2 3 1.50 3 100% 0% 0% 33% 67% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 PHI NL 77 234 3.04 180 77% 14% 33% 25% 27% 85% 0% 65% 61% 60% 4% 3 0 5% 4 1 3% 2 2 16% 1 1 2
1990 29 PHI NL 36 96 2.67 75 78% 11% 39% 23% 28% 89% 0% 70% 57% 72% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 3% 1 0 14% 3 0 0
3 Yrs 115 333 2.90 258 78% 13% 34% 24% 28% 86% 0% 67% 60% 65% 3% 3 0 4% 5 2 3% 3 2 15% 4 1 2
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 23 32 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1985 24 88 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1986 25 150 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1987 26 190 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .056 .056 .056 .111 -69 1 0 0 1 0 0
1988 27 194 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 1 1 0 2 0 0
1989 28 227 99 84 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 34 .083 .115 .107 .222 -36 9 4 1 12 0 0
1990 29 245 138 114 3 9 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 49 .079 .110 .105 .215 -38 12 5 1 20 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 23 32 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
1985 24 56 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 56
1986 25 62 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 62
1987 26 40 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 40
1988 27 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1989 28 33 78 65 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 25 .092 .132 .123 .255 1 33
1990 29 18 39 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 .000 .032 .000 .032 0 18
7 Yrs 245 138 114 0 6 2 0 0 1 1 3 49 .053 .085 .070 .155 1 245
162 Game Avg. 162 91 75 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 32 .053 .085 .070 .155 1 245

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