Roy Howell
Roy Lee Howell
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 18, 1953 in Lompoc, CA
High School: Lompoc (Lompoc, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1974
Final Game: September 29, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 TEX AL 20 3B 12 12 99.0 32 5 24 3 1 .906 0.8 9.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 2.64 2.42 .956 3.12 2.77
1975 TEX AL 21 3B 115 106 883.2 315 80 214 21 32 .933 -2.0 -2.7 -3.0 -3.8 0.8 1 2.99 2.56 .955 3.16 2.81
1975 TEX AL 21 DH 5
1976 TEX AL 22 3B 130 125 1111.1 376 103 245 28 20 .926 -13.3 -14.4 -13.3 -7.5 -5.8 0 2.82 2.68 .954 2.94 2.64
1976 TEX AL 22 DH 8
1977 TOT AL 23 3B 88 87 762.1 259 82 165 12 12 .954 -3.8 -6.0 -3.8 -2.4 -1.3 0 2.92 2.81 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 TOT AL 23 DH 10
1977 TEX AL 23 DH 2
1977 TEX AL 23 LF 2 2 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.38 3.00 .983 2.14 1.75
1977 TEX AL 23 OF 2 2 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 2.81 2.50 .980 2.36 2.05
1977 TEX AL 23 1B 1 0 7.0 8 7 0 1 1 .875 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.00 7.00 .988 10.03 8.80
1977 TEX AL 23 3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 3.00 2.70
1977 TOR AL 23 3B 87 87 759.1 258 81 165 12 12 .953 -3.8 -6.0 -3.8 -2.4 -1.3 0 2.92 2.83 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 TOR AL 23 DH 8
1978 TOR AL 24 3B 131 131 1166.1 437 109 306 22 27 .950 -1.9 -2.0 -1.9 -2.7 0.8 0 3.20 3.17 .954 3.00 2.59 AS
1978 TOR AL 24 OF 5 5 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -38.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -1 1.54 1.40 .971 2.48 2.12 AS
1978 TOR AL 24 RF 5 5 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -38.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -1 1.54 1.40 .971 2.24 1.84 AS
1978 TOR AL 24 DH 1 AS
1979 TOR AL 25 3B 133 131 1128.1 418 108 290 20 28 .952 7.5 8.0 8.5 1.8 6.7 -1 3.17 2.99 .953 3.07 2.66
1979 TOR AL 25 DH 4
1980 TOR AL 26 3B 138 136 1216.0 378 105 257 16 24 .958 1.3 1.3 0.3 -2.3 2.6 1 2.68 2.62 .951 3.01 2.59
1980 TOR AL 26 DH 2
1981 MIL AL 27 3B 53 51 434.0 142 38 98 6 9 .958 -5.2 -14.4 -5.2 0.1 -5.3 0 2.82 2.57 .949 2.95 2.52
1981 MIL AL 27 DH 13
1981 MIL AL 27 1B 3 2 17.2 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -34.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 11.21 7.33 .991 10.09 8.57
1981 MIL AL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1981 MIL AL 27 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1982 MIL AL 28 DH 84
1982 MIL AL 28 1B 4 2 24.0 30 26 2 2 1 .933 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 10.50 7.00 .993 9.86 8.50
1982 MIL AL 28 OF 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.60 1.00 1.000 2.52 2.15
1982 MIL AL 28 RF 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.60 1.00 1.000 2.34 1.90
1983 MIL AL 29 DH 54
1983 MIL AL 29 1B 2 2 18.0 25 20 4 1 4 .960 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 12.00 12.00 .992 9.90 8.25
1984 MIL AL 30 3B 46 39 293.0 97 21 67 9 7 .907 0.3 1.2 0.3 -2.4 2.8 0 2.70 1.91 .953 2.75 2.19
1984 MIL AL 30 DH 8
1984 MIL AL 30 1B 4 1 17.1 21 19 2 0 4 1.000 0.3 20.8 0.3 0.6 -0.3 0 10.90 5.25 .990 9.71 8.25
9 Seasons 3B 846 818 7094.0 2454 651 1666 137 160 .944 -16.3 -2.8 -17.3 -18.9 1.8 1 2.94 2.74 .954 3.01 2.63
10 Seasons DH 189
5 Seasons 1B 14 7 84.0 106 92 10 4 11 .962 -1.6 -22.9 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 0 10.93 7.29 .992 9.90 8.43
4 Seasons OF 10 7 63.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -13.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 -1 2.00 1.40 .979 2.46 2.12
3 Seasons RF 8 5 47.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -35.7 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 -1 1.72 1.13 .978 2.24 1.85
1 Season LF 2 2 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.38 3.00 .983 2.14 1.75
11 Seasons TOT 870 832 7241.0 2574 757 1676 141 171 .945 -18.6 -3.1 -18.6 -19.7 1.3 -1 1 3.02 2.80 .900 3.08 2.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 TEX AL 20 13 12 13 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 TEX AL 21 125 110 125 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 0
1976 TEX AL 22 140 131 140 130 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0
1977 TOR AL 23 96 95 96 87 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
1977 TEX AL 23 7 3 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 2
1978 TOR AL 24 140 136 140 136 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 5 5 0 3 1
1979 TOR AL 25 138 135 138 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
1980 TOR AL 26 142 138 142 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
1981 MIL AL 27 76 65 76 56 0 0 3 0 53 0 0 0 1 1 12 8 1
1982 MIL AL 28 98 83 98 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 81 12 0
1983 MIL AL 29 69 51 69 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 18 0
1984 MIL AL 30 68 46 68 48 0 0 4 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 0
11 Seasons 1112 1005 1112 867 0 0 14 0 845 0 2 0 8 10 173 89 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 TEX AL 20 436 58% 79% 30% 32 91% 0 6 5 0 1 24 20 3 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 TEX AL 21 3910 54% 78% 27% 306 86% 1 79 51 8 21 215 159 47 4 9 21 0 16 5 16 33 22 3 29 3 0 3 12 42%
1976 TEX AL 22 4919 55% 81% 26% 360 87% 6 104 69 7 28 245 195 37 6 10 28 1 17 10 24 20 11 2 16 4 3 0 18 61%
1977 TOR AL 23 3494 53% 77% 25% 254 86% 2 79 45 20 14 169 140 21 1 8 12 1 11 0 8 12 6 5 12 0 0 0 4 50%
1977 TEX AL 23 10 50% 90% 40% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 24 5295 59% 78% 24% 412 89% 5 106 74 7 25 303 236 49 7 13 22 0 17 5 19 27 17 1 22 3 1 2 14 79%
1979 TOR AL 25 5149 58% 80% 27% 404 92% 6 109 72 14 23 289 225 55 2 9 20 0 16 4 14 28 19 1 21 5 3 2 10 80%
1980 TOR AL 26 5455 49% 79% 26% 381 88% 4 107 78 12 17 256 201 43 3 16 15 1 11 3 14 23 19 0 20 3 2 0 14 79%
1981 MIL AL 27 1967 59% 82% 27% 152 83% 0 35 23 6 6 100 80 16 1 3 6 0 6 0 6 10 7 0 8 2 1 0 13 46%
1984 MIL AL 30 1283 50% 78% 27% 89 90% 3 21 15 0 6 67 52 11 3 1 8 0 7 1 7 6 4 0 4 2 2 0 0
9 Seasons 31918 55% 79% 26% 2391 88% 27 647 433 74 141 1668 1308 282 27 70 135 4 103 28 109 160 106 12 133 22 12 7 86 64%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 TEX AL 23 25 24% 68% 28% 4 75% 0 7 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 27 81 62% 84% 32% 4 75% 0 21 1 20 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0%
1982 MIL AL 28 115 64% 81% 24% 10 90% 0 25 5 21 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL AL 29 75 59% 85% 39% 7 86% 0 20 0 20 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 30 80 65% 80% 26% 4 100% 0 19 0 19 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 376 60% 81% 30% 29 86% 0 92 7 86 0 11 8 6 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 180 41% 85% 32% 19 37%
1981 MIL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 100% 0
1982 MIL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 60% 77% 27% 5 40%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 213 44% 84% 32% 24 38%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 75 36% 80% 24% 11 55%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 75 36% 80% 24% 11 55%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 50%

* 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.

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