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Steve Howe
Steven Roy Howe
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 10, 1958 in Pontiac, MI
Schools: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1980
Final Game: June 21, 1996
Died: April 28, 2006 in Coachella, CA
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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
1980 22 LAD NL 7 9 .438 2.66 59 0 36 0 0 17 84.2 83 33 25 1 22 10 39 2 0 1 359 133 1.240 8.8 0.1 2.3 4.1 1.77 RoY-1
1981 23 LAD NL 5 3 .625 2.50 41 0 25 0 0 8 54.0 51 17 15 2 18 7 32 0 0 0 227 134 1.278 8.5 0.3 3.0 5.3 1.78
1982 24 LAD NL 7 5 .583 2.08 66 0 41 0 0 13 99.1 87 27 23 3 17 11 49 0 0 1 393 168 1.047 7.9 0.3 1.5 4.4 2.88 AS
1983 25 LAD NL 4 7 .364 1.44 46 0 33 0 0 18 68.2 55 15 11 2 12 7 52 1 0 3 274 250 0.976 7.2 0.3 1.6 6.8 4.33
1985 27 TOT 3 4 .429 5.49 32 0 19 0 0 3 41.0 58 33 25 3 12 4 21 1 0 3 198 71 1.707 12.7 0.7 2.6 4.6 1.75
1985 27 LAD NL 1 1 .500 4.91 19 0 14 0 0 3 22.0 30 17 12 2 5 2 11 1 0 2 104 70 1.591 12.3 0.8 2.0 4.5 2.20
1985 27 MIN AL 2 3 .400 6.16 13 0 5 0 0 0 19.0 28 16 13 1 7 2 10 0 0 1 94 71 1.842 13.3 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.43
1987 29 TEX AL 3 3 .500 4.31 24 0 15 0 0 1 31.1 33 15 15 2 8 1 19 3 1 2 131 105 1.309 9.5 0.6 2.3 5.5 2.38
1991 33 NYY AL 3 1 .750 1.68 37 0 10 0 0 3 48.1 39 12 9 1 7 2 34 3 0 2 189 247 0.952 7.3 0.2 1.3 6.3 4.86
1992 34 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 2.45 20 0 10 0 0 6 22.0 9 7 6 1 3 1 12 0 0 1 79 161 0.545 3.7 0.4 1.2 4.9 4.00
1993 35 NYY AL 3 5 .375 4.97 51 0 19 0 0 4 50.2 58 31 28 7 10 4 19 3 0 0 215 84 1.342 10.3 1.2 1.8 3.4 1.90
1994 36 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 1.80 40 0 25 0 0 15 40.0 28 8 8 2 7 1 18 0 0 1 152 256 0.875 6.3 0.5 1.6 4.1 2.57
1995 37 NYY AL 6 3 .667 4.96 56 0 20 0 0 2 49.0 66 29 27 7 17 3 28 4 0 1 230 93 1.694 12.1 1.3 3.1 5.1 1.65
1996 38 NYY AL 0 1 .000 6.35 25 0 4 0 0 1 17.0 19 12 12 1 6 3 5 1 1 2 76 79 1.471 10.1 0.5 3.2 2.6 0.83
12 Seasons 47 41 .534 3.03 497 0 257 0 0 91 606.0 586 239 204 32 139 54 328 18 2 17 2523 129 1.196 8.7 0.5 2.1 4.9 2.36
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .534 3.03 68 0 35 0 0 12 83 80 33 28 4 19 7 45 2 0 2 345 129 1.196 8.7 0.5 2.1 4.9 2.36
NYY (6 yrs) 18 10 .643 3.57 229 0 88 0 0 31 227.0 219 99 90 19 50 14 116 11 1 7 941 123 1.185 8.7 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.32
LAD (5 yrs) 24 25 .490 2.35 231 0 149 0 0 59 328.2 306 109 86 10 74 37 183 4 0 7 1357 149 1.156 8.4 0.3 2.0 5.0 2.47
MIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.16 13 0 5 0 0 0 19.0 28 16 13 1 7 2 10 0 0 1 94 71 1.842 13.3 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.43
TEX (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.31 24 0 15 0 0 1 31.1 33 15 15 2 8 1 19 3 1 2 131 105 1.309 9.5 0.6 2.3 5.5 2.38
AL (8 yrs) 23 16 .590 3.83 266 0 108 0 0 32 277.1 280 130 118 22 65 17 145 14 2 10 1166 115 1.244 9.1 0.7 2.1 4.7 2.23
NL (5 yrs) 24 25 .490 2.35 231 0 149 0 0 59 328.2 306 109 86 10 74 37 183 4 0 7 1357 149 1.156 8.4 0.3 2.0 5.0 2.47

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
1981 23 LAD NL NLDS W HOU 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1981 23 LAD NL NLCS W MON 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1981 23 LAD NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 1 7.0 7 3 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 30 1.143 9.0 1.3 1.3 5.1 4.00
1995 37 NYY AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.000 36.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.75 9 0 5 0 0 1 12.0 13 5 5 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 49 1.167 9.8 1.5 0.8 6.0 8.00
1 ALDS 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.000 36.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 1 7.0 7 3 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 30 1.143 9.0 1.3 1.3 5.1 4.00
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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
1980 22 LAD NL 59 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-1
1981 23 LAD NL 41 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 24 LAD NL 66 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
1983 25 LAD NL 46 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 27 TOT 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 27 LAD NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 35 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 232 30 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .074 .138 .074 .212 -39 2 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .074 .138 .074 .212 -39 1 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (5 yrs) 231 30 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .074 .138 .074 .212 -39 2 0 0 1 0 0
NYY (6 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 231 30 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .074 .138 .074 .212 -39 2 0 0 1 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1981 23 LAD NL WS NYY W 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 LAD NL 22 P 59 0 84.2 24 3 20 1 0 .958 0.0 0.0 2.44 0.39 .950 1.91 0.69 RoY-1
1981 LAD NL 23 P 41 0 54.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.15 .950 1.97 0.68
1982 LAD NL 24 P 66 0 99.1 20 2 17 1 0 .950 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.29 .950 1.96 0.70 AS
1983 LAD NL 25 P 46 0 68.2 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.49 0.41 .947 1.93 0.68
1985 TOT 27 P 32 0 41.0 11 3 7 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 2.20 0.31 .955 1.89 0.69
1985 LAD NL 27 P 19 0 22.0 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.32 .957 1.92 0.68
1985 MIN AL 27 P 13 0 19.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.89 0.31 .950 1.85 0.70
1987 TEX AL 29 P 24 0 31.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.30 0.33 .950 1.84 0.67
1991 NYY AL 33 P 37 0 48.1 14 5 6 3 1 .786 0.0 0.0 2.05 0.30 .964 1.81 0.58
1992 NYY AL 34 P 20 0 22.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 3.68 0.45 .960 1.72 0.56
1993 NYY AL 35 P 51 0 50.2 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.0 0.0 2.66 0.29 .956 1.79 0.56
1994 NYY AL 36 P 40 0 40.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.15 .950 1.71 0.52
1995 NYY AL 37 P 56 0 49.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.57 0.25 .957 1.78 0.53
1996 NYY AL 38 P 25 0 17.0 6 0 5 1 1 .833 0.0 0.0 2.65 0.20 .967 1.75 0.52
12 Seasons P 497 0 606.0 154 31 114 9 3 .942 0.0 0.0 2.15 0.29 .954 1.87 0.62
12 Seasons TOT 497 0 606.0 154 31 114 9 3 .942 0.0 0.0 2.15 0.29 .895 1.87 0.62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1980-NL-Rookie of the Year

Games Played s c a p y
1982 NL--66--10th

Saves s c a p y
1980 NL--17--9th
1983 NL--18--9th
1994 AL--15--9th
Career--91--137th

Games Finished s c a p y
1982 NL--41--7th
Career--257--149th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (424), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Hoerner (974)
  2. Joe Sambito (961)
  3. Al Holland (945)
  4. Fred Gladding (941)
  5. Steve Hamilton (938)
  6. Bill Henry (936)
  7. Gary Lucas (933)
  8. Tim Burke (931)
  9. Jack Aker (927)
  10. Al Hrabosky (927)
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  1. Sparky Lyle (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Franco (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Hrabosky (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jesse Orosco (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Lavelle (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Sambito (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Hoerner (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Sambito (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Hoerner (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Hoerner (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Hoerner (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

July 3, 1985: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

August 12, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

September 17, 1985: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

July 12, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

January 19, 1988: Released by the Texas Rangers.

February 21, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 8, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 13, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 24, 1996: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1992New York Yankees$700,000
1993New York Yankees$2,500,000
1994New York Yankees$2,100,000
1995New York Yankees$2,300,000
1996New York Yankees$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,100,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Steven Roy Steve hoew Howe

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