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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 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
1982	21	LAD-min	A	5	4	.556	4.22	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.2	58	40	28	3	36	0	37	0	1	4			1.575	8.7	0.5	5.4	5.6	1.03	VRO · FLOR
1983	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	8	11	.421	4.49	28	27	0	4	1	0	172.1	175	101	86	12	102	0	117	3	2	19			1.607	9.1	0.6	5.3	6.1	1.15	SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1984	23	LAD-min	AAA	8	2	.800	4.60	18	9	7	3	0	2	72.1	79	48	37	10	37	1	58	0	1	7			1.604	9.8	1.2	4.6	7.2	1.57	ABQ · PCL
1984	23	LAD	NL	5	5	.500	3.33	32	1	19	0	0	6	51.1	51	21	19	1	9	4	54	1	0	0	207	107	1.169	8.9	0.2	1.6	9.5	6.00
1985	24	LAD	NL	4	7	.364	3.77	56	0	31	0	0	12	86.0	66	41	36	8	35	3	85	0	2	4	356	92	1.174	6.9	0.8	3.7	8.9	2.43
1986	25	LAD	NL	6	12	.333	3.87	62	0	36	0	0	12	97.2	86	48	42	7	63	9	104	3	0	4	437	90	1.526	7.9	0.6	5.8	9.6	1.65
1987	26	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	6	1	0	0	7	0	13	0	0	1			1.000	4.2	0.0	4.8	9.0	1.86	ABQ · PCL
1987	26	LAD	NL	3	4	.429	4.91	40	2	17	0	0	1	55.0	54	32	30	7	29	2	60	0	1	5	239	82	1.509	8.8	1.1	4.7	9.8	2.07
1988	27	LAD-min	AAA,A	10	2	.833	3.05	21	19	0	0	0	0	121.0	100	48	41	7	51	0	108	0	3	6			1.248	7.4	0.5	3.8	8.0	2.12	ABQ,BAK · PCL,CALL
1988	27	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	6.39	4	1	2	0	0	0	12.2	16	10	9	0	4	1	12	0	0	0	55	54	1.579	11.4	0.0	2.8	8.5	3.00
1989	28	PHI	NL	12	12	.500	3.44	33	32	0	1	1	0	204.0	155	84	78	11	86	6	164	2	1	21	827	103	1.181	6.8	0.5	3.8	7.2	1.91
1990	29	PHI	NL	8	7	.533	4.64	18	18	0	2	0	0	106.2	106	60	55	12	49	6	70	3	0	8	467	82	1.453	8.9	1.0	4.1	5.9	1.43
1991	30	PHI-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	5.11	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.2	30	15	14	3	16	0	20	2	1	4	113		1.865	10.9	1.1	5.8	7.3	1.25	SWB · IL
1992		Did not play in major leagues (Disabled List)
1993	32	TEX-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	2.08	6	4	1	0	0	0	13.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	17	0	0	0	51		1.000	5.5	0.7	3.5	11.8	3.40	RGS · GULF
1994	33	SBR	A+	1	4	.200	5.55	11	8	0	0	0	0	47.0	55	35	29	7	20	0	43	4	1	4	214		1.596	10.5	1.3	3.8	8.2	2.15	SBR · CALL
7 Yrs				38	48	.442	3.95	245	54	105	3	1	31	613.1	534	296	269	46	275	31	549	9	4	42	2588	92	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1	2.00
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.442	3.95	56	12	24	1	0	7	139	121	67	61	10	63	7	125	2	1	10	589	92	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1	2.00

LAD (5 yrs)				18	29	.383	4.04	194	4	105	0	0	31	302.2	273	152	136	23	140	19	315	4	3	13	1294	89	1.365	8.1	0.7	4.2	9.4	2.25
PHI (2 yrs)				20	19	.513	3.85	51	50	0	3	1	0	310.2	261	144	133	23	135	12	234	5	1	29	1294	94	1.275	7.6	0.7	3.9	6.8	1.73

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
1984	23	LAD	NL	51.1	32	1	21	3.68	4.03	-0.14	-0.26	99.9	3.91	1	0.1	2.1	-0.0	0.5	6	.502	.500	$
1985	24	LAD	NL	86.0	56	0	41	4.29	4.04	0.06	-0.32	96.3	3.52	-8	-0.9	1.8	-0.5	-0.7	1	.484	.495	$
1986	25	LAD	NL	97.2	62	0	48	4.42	4.09	-0.37	-0.32	94.5	3.92	-6	-0.6	1.7	-0.4	-0.2	4	.490	.496	$175,000
1987	26	LAD	NL	55.0	40	2	32	5.24	4.60	-0.25	-0.27	100.2	4.58	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	2	.489	.497	$
1988	27	LAD	NL	12.2	4	1	10	7.11	3.53	0.07	-0.09	105.5	3.55	-5	-0.5	.8	0.0	-0.4	-4	.370	.497	$215,000
1989	28	PHI	NL	204.0	33	32	84	3.71	3.98	-0.43	0.14	100.4	4.57	19	2.3	1.5	-0.1	3.9	38	.571	.514	$225,000
1990	29	PHI	NL	106.2	18	18	60	5.06	4.31	0.17	0.16	99.9	4.29	-11	-1.1		-0.1	-0.4	0	.437	.493	$716,667
7 Seasons				613.1	245	54	296	4.34	4.11	-0.20	-0.07	98.9	4.20	-14	-1.2	1.6	-1.2	2.6	48	.495	.499	$1,331,667

LAD (5 yrs)				302.2	194	4	152	4.52	4.13	-0.17	-0.29	97.4	3.91	-23	-2.4	1.6	-1.0	-0.9	9	.488	.497	$390,000
PHI (2 yrs)				310.2	51	50	144	4.17	4.09	-0.23	0.14	100.3	4.47	8	1.2	1.5	-0.2	3.5	39	.524	.504	$941,667

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
1985	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

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
1984	23	LAD	NL	32	207	191	21	51	11	0	1	5	2	9	54	.267	.298	.340	.638	.357	65	5	1	2	4	4	1
1985	24	LAD	NL	56	356	317	41	66	9	0	8	6	5	35	85	.208	.287	.312	.599	.259	99	2	0	4	0	3	5
1986	25	LAD	NL	62	437	360	48	86	9	3	7	10	6	63	104	.239	.354	.339	.693	.313	122	5	3	8	3	9	6
1987	26	LAD	NL	40	239	204	32	54	12	2	7	4	3	29	60	.265	.356	.446	.802	.343	91	4	0	6	0	2	1
1988	27	LAD	NL	4	55	50	10	16	3	0	0	1	1	4	12	.320	.370	.380	.750	.421	19	1	0	1	0	1	0
1989	28	PHI	NL	33	827	722	84	155	30	4	11	26	15	86	164	.215	.297	.313	.610	.259	226	17	2	8	9	6	7
1990	29	PHI	NL	18	467	408	60	106	26	2	12	11	4	49	70	.260	.343	.422	.764	.287	172	6	3	6	1	6	2
7 Yrs				245	2588	2252	296	534	100	11	46	63	36	275	549	.237	.320	.353	.673	.292	794	40	9	35	17	31	22
162 Game Avg.				56	589	512	67	121	23	3	10	14	8	63	125	.237	.320	.353	.673	.292	181	9	2	8	4	7	5
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.389	.713	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1984	23	LAD	NL	1.5	0.2	214	0.2	6.2	-5.9	1.68	0.5	-0.4	8.6	0.9	1.68	7.5	21	4	6
1985	24	LAD	NL	-3.1	-0.3	373	0.8	10.2	-9.5	1.68	1.0	-0.6	1.9	0.2	1.68	9.6	32	12	11
1986	25	LAD	NL	-5.0	-0.5	459	-2.1	12.8	-14.9	1.99	-0.3	-0.7	-10.6	-1.1	1.99	-6.1	38	10	12
1987	26	LAD	NL	-4.8	-0.5	251	-1.6	4.3	-5.9	1.10	-0.0	-1.4	-5.3	-0.5	1.10	-3.8	14	1	22
1988	27	LAD	NL	-4.2	-0.4	57	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	.90	-0.0	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.90	-0.5	1	0	1
1989	28	PHI	NL	4.0	0.4	882	0.7	14.2	-13.5	1.00	1.7	-0.9	8.6	0.9	1.00	14.4	0	1	0
1990	29	PHI	NL	-9.2	-0.9	485	-0.5	7.8	-8.3	.99	-1.1	0.6	-9.6	-1.0	0.99	-11.3	0	0	0
7 Yrs				-20.9	-2.1	2721	-2.5	56.5	-59.0	1.32	1.8	-3.7	-10.1	-0.9	1.32	9.7	106	28	52

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
1984	23	LAD	NL	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44.0	44	44	10	7	1	0	0.0	0.0	5.7

1987	26	LAD	NL	40	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	47.0	68	26	13	5	0	1	6.4	5.6	4.2
1988	27	LAD	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	14.0	14	14	1	1	0	1	2.0	3.0	6.0	100	0	0	1	0	100
1989	28	PHI	NL	33	32	12	12	8	3	4	16	16	.500	2	2	1	1	18	56%	56.8	89	5	17	9	0	8	4.1	4.1	6.3	96	7	8	14	2	131
1990	29	PHI	NL	18	18	8	7	3	1	2	9	9	.500	0	2	2	0	10	56%	48.5	78	20	11	3	0	8	4.1	4.7	5.9	90	5	6	6	0	114
5 Yrs				127	54	21	22	11	5	6	26	28	.481	2	4	3	1	28	52%	53	89	5	52	25	1	18	4.1	4.3	6.1	94	12	14	21	2	131
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1984	23	LAD	NL	32	31	19	5	4	10	6	4	60%	12	2	30	7	23%	7	1.683	21	4	6	14	9	8	15	16	17	7	18	7	4.4
1985	24	LAD	NL	56	56	31	4	7	16	12	4	75%	22	6	32	9	28%	8	1.680	32	12	11	27	17	12	18	38	32	7	34	13	4.6
1986	25	LAD	NL	62	62	36	6	12	21	12	9	57%	26	5	25	11	44%	8	1.989	38	10	12	34	15	13	16	46	34	7	36	13	4.7
1987	26	LAD	NL	40	38	17	2	3	6	1	5	17%	8	0	13	4	31%	8	1.096	14	1	22	10	7	21	8	30	13	7	16	5	3.7
1988	27	LAD	NL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.905	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	3	0	3	0	6.7	28
1989	28	PHI	NL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	4	.998	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	27
6 Yrs				227	191	105	17	26	53	31	22	58%	68	13	102	31	30%		1.392	106	28	52	85	49	57	58	133	100	28	108	38	4.5	28

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%
1984	23	LAD	NL	207	51%	0.5%	26.1%	4.4%	5.8%	24%		1.18	68%				34	5	15%
1985	24	LAD	NL	356	52%	2.3%	23.9%	9.8%	4.8%	26%		0.92	63%				69	2	3%
1986	25	LAD	NL	437	46%	1.6%	23.8%	14.4%	4.4%	22%		1.00	58%				112	5	4%
1987	26	LAD	NL	239	52%	2.9%	25.1%	12.1%	8.8%	39%		1.83	57%				47	4	9%
1988	27	LAD	NL	55	42%	0.0%	21.8%	7.3%	5.5%	19%	0.90	0.79	69%	23%	0.0%	45%	9	1	11%
1989	28	PHI	NL	827	42%	1.3%	19.8%	10.4%	5.4%	29%	1.04	1.42	67%	18%	5.5%	27%	141	17	12%
1990	29	PHI	NL	467	37%	2.6%	15.0%	10.5%	8.6%	38%	1.12	1.74	70%	20%	8.9%	15%	87	6	7%
7 Yrs				2588	45%	1.8%	21.2%	10.6%	6.1%	29%	1.06	1.31	65%	19%	6.6%	23%	499	40	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			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
1988	27	LAD	NL	55	184	3.35	119	65%	19%	21%	27%	33%	81%	6%	52%	74%	56%	4%	2	0	25%	14	9	0	17%	4	1	0	0	0
1989	28	PHI	NL	811	2997	3.70	1803	60%	25%	19%	25%	31%	75%	2%	45%	74%	55%	7%	54	29	17%	138	76	4	16%	40	19	16	2	3
1990	29	PHI	NL	434	1525	3.51	908	60%	23%	16%	25%	35%	76%	3%	46%	79%	52%	7%	32	15	19%	81	43	3	13%	11	12	33	0	4
3 Yrs				1300	4706	3.62	2830	60%	24%	18%	25%	33%	76%	3%	45%	76%	54%	7%	88	44	18%	233	128	7	15%	55	32	49	2	7
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1984	23	LAD	NL	207	51			1	0	10	1	0	1	0	15	5	8	33%	1	0	0	79	5	2	71%	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
1985	24	LAD	NL	356	66			8	0	9	7	1	4	4	26	14	5	54%	5	4	0	135	6	5	55%	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1986	25	LAD	NL	437	86			7	0	16	4	3	3	4	33	18	4	55%	6	4	0	185	10	6	63%	10	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	0
1987	26	LAD	NL	239	54			7	0	2	6	1	3	4	12	5	2	42%	1	5	0	98	4	3	57%	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
1988	27	LAD	NL	55	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	1	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1989	28	PHI	NL	827	155	16	1	11	0	10	5	6	7	4	38	25	3	66%	7	21	2	281	26	15	63%	21	14	5	1	0	0	3	2	43	0
1990	29	PHI	NL	467	106	7	1	12	0	7	5	7	9	3	21	13	5	62%	2	8	0	172	11	4	73%	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
7 Yrs				2588	534	25	2	46	0	55	28	18	27	19	148	81	27	55%	22	42	3	967	63	36	64%	56	32	7	3	0	1	5	2	83	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

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+
1984	23	5	5	.500	3.33	32	1	19	0	0	6	51.1	51	21	19	1	9	4	54	1	0	0	207	107	1.169	8.9	0.2	1.6	9.5	6.00	107
1985	24	9	12	.429	3.60	88	1	50	0	0	18	137.1	117	62	55	9	44	7	139	1	2	4	563	97	1.172	7.7	0.6	2.9	9.1	3.16	97
1986	25	15	24	.385	3.71	150	1	86	0	0	30	235.0	203	110	97	16	107	16	243	4	2	8	1000	94	1.319	7.8	0.6	4.1	9.3	2.27	94
1987	26	18	28	.391	3.94	190	3	103	0	0	31	290.0	257	142	127	23	136	18	303	4	3	13	1239	91	1.355	8.0	0.7	4.2	9.4	2.23	91
1988	27	18	29	.383	4.04	194	4	105	0	0	31	302.2	273	152	136	23	140	19	315	4	3	13	1294	89	1.365	8.1	0.7	4.2	9.4	2.25	89
1989	28	30	41	.423	3.80	227	36	105	1	1	31	506.2	428	236	214	34	226	25	479	6	4	34	2121	94	1.291	7.6	0.6	4.0	8.5	2.12	94
1990	29	38	48	.442	3.95	245	54	105	3	1	31	613.1	534	296	269	46	275	31	549	9	4	42	2588	92	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1	2.00	92

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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
1984	23	3	2	.600	4.02	47.0	54	23	21	1	10	50	1	1.362	10.3	1.9	9.6	5.00	0.2	32
1985	24	4	5	.444	4.50	82.0	71	46	41	9	38	81	0	1.329	7.8	4.2	8.9	2.13	1.0	56
1986	25	4	6	.400	4.70	92.0	92	53	48	7	67	98	3	1.728	9.0	6.6	9.6	1.46	0.7	62
1987	26	2	3	.400	5.19	52.0	54	33	30	7	29	57	0	1.596	9.3	5.0	9.9	1.97	1.2	40
1988	27	0	1	.000	9.00	11.0	18	12	11	0	4	10	0	2.000	14.7	3.3	8.2	2.50	0.0	4
1989	28	10	11	.476	4.05	191.0	163	96	86	12	90	153	2	1.325	7.7	4.2	7.2	1.70	0.6	33
1990	29	4	7	.364	5.12	102.0	109	64	58	12	50	67	3	1.559	9.6	4.4	5.9	1.34	1.1	18
7 Yrs		27	35	.435	4.60	577.0	561	327	295	48	288	516	9	1.471	8.8		8.0	1.79	0.7	245

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1989 NL 6.838 (3rd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1989 NL 7.235 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1989 NL 164 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1989 NL 86 (5th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1989 NL 0.485 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1986 NL 12 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1989 NL 21 (1st) 1990 NL 8 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Danys Baez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Meyer (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Keith Atherton (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Johnson (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Stewart (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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