Ken Howell
Kenneth Howell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 228 lb.

Born: November 28, 1960 in Detroit, MI
School: Tuskegee University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1984
Final Game: August 5, 1990
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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
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 0 207 106 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 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 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 52 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
7 Seasons 38 48 .442 3.95 245 54 105 3 1 31 613.1 534 296 269 46 275 31 549 9 4 42 2588 91 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 91 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 88 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

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
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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 245 2588 2252 296 534 100 11 46 63 36 275 549 .237 .320 .353 .673 .292 794 40 9 35 17 31
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
MLB Averages

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
1984 23 LAD NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 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 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 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% 57 89 5 17 9 0 8 4.1 4.1 6.3 96 7 9 13 2 131
1990 29 PHI NL 18 18 8 7 3 1 2 9 9 .500 0 2 2 0 10 56% 49 78 20 11 3 0 8 4.1 4.7 5.9 90 5 6 6 0 114
5 Seasons 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 15 20 2 131
MLB Averages

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
1984 23 LAD NL 32 31 19 5 4 10 6 4 60% 12 2 30 7 23% 7 1.752 21 6 4 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 1.756 32 14 9 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 2.046 38 12 11 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 1.117 15 0 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 0.959 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 1.010 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 27
6 Seasons 227 191 105 17 26 53 31 22 58% 68 13 102 31 30% 1.432 108 32 47 85 49 57 58 133 100 28 108 38 4.5 28

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%
1984 23 LAD NL 207 49% 0.5% 26.1% 4.4% 5.8% 24% 1.18 68% 34 5 15%
1985 24 LAD NL 356 48% 2.3% 23.9% 9.8% 4.8% 26% 0.92 63% 69 2 3%
1986 25 LAD NL 437 54% 1.6% 23.8% 14.4% 4.4% 22% 1.00 58% 112 5 4%
1987 26 LAD NL 239 48% 2.9% 25.1% 12.1% 8.8% 39% 1.83 57% 47 4 9%
1988 27 LAD NL 55 58% 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 58% 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 63% 2.6% 15.0% 10.5% 8.6% 38% 1.12 1.74 70% 20% 8.9% 15% 87 6 7%
7 Seasons 2588 55% 1.8% 21.2% 10.6% 6.1% 29% 1.06 1.31 65% 19% 6.6% 23% 499 40 8%
MLB Averages

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
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 807 2990 3.71 1800 60% 25% 19% 25% 31% 75% 2% 45% 74% 55% 7% 54 29 17% 138 76 4 16% 40 19 20 2 3
1990 29 PHI NL 433 1524 3.52 908 60% 23% 16% 25% 35% 76% 3% 46% 79% 52% 7% 32 15 19% 81 43 3 13% 11 12 34 0 4
3 Seasons 1295 4698 3.63 2827 60% 24% 18% 25% 33% 75% 3% 45% 76% 54% 7% 88 44 18% 233 128 7 15% 55 32 54 2 7
MLB Averages

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
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 1 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 2 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 2 1 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 1 0 7 0
7 Seasons 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 7 1 83 0
MLB Averages

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+
1984 23 5 5 .500 3.33 32 1 19 0 0 6 51.1 51 21 19 1 9 4 54 1 0 0 207 106 1.169 8.9 0.2 1.6 9.5 6.00 106
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 88 1.365 8.1 0.7 4.2 9.4 2.25 88
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 93 1.291 7.6 0.6 4.0 8.5 2.12 93
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 91 1.319 7.8 0.7 4.0 8.1 2.00 91

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
1984 23 3 2 .600 3.94 48.0 53 23 21 1 9 51 1 1.292 9.9 1.7 9.6 5.67 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 8.18 11.0 17 11 10 0 4 10 0 1.909 13.9 3.3 8.2 2.50 0.0 4
1989 28 10 11 .476 4.10 191.0 163 97 87 12 90 154 2 1.325 7.7 4.2 7.3 1.71 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 Seasons 27 35 .435 4.59 578.0 559 327 295 48 287 518 9 1.464 8.7 8.1 1.80 0.7 245

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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  .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 InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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