Dann Howitt

Dann Paul John Howitt

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 13, 1964 in Battle Creek, MI
Schools: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1989
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Mariners/WhiteSox 1989-1994

Final Game: July 7, 1994
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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
1986	22	OAK-min	A-	66	208	208		66	9	2	6						.317	.317	.466	.784		97							MED · NORW
1987	23	OAK-min	A	109	405	336	44	70	11	2	8	42	7	9	59	110	.208	.331	.324	.655		109		4	3	3	1		MOD · CALL
1988	24	OAK-min	A,AAA	136	580	495	76	123	21	2	18	86	11	5	81	110	.248	.355	.408	.763		202	9	2	0	2	3		MOD,TAC · CALL,PCL
1989	25	OAK-min	AA	138	588	509	78	143	28	2	26	111	2	1	68	107	.281	.365	.497	.862		253		3	2	6	7		HVL · SOUL
1989	25	OAK	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/39
1990	26	OAK-min	AAA	118	481	437	58	116	30	1	11	69	4	4	38	95	.265	.324	.414	.739		181		2	0	4	3		TAC · PCL
1990	26	OAK	AL	14	25	22	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	12	.136	.240	.227	.467	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	9/35
1991	27	OAK-min	AAA	122	506	449	58	120	28	6	14	73	6	2	49	92	.267	.339	.450	.789		202	14	2	1	5	2		TAC · PCL
1991	27	OAK	AL	21	44	42	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.167	.182	.262	.444	25	11	1	0	0	1	0	9/873
1992	28	OAK-SEA-min	AAA	93	364	318	54	95	22	6	7	60	9	3	35	58	.299	.367	.472	.839		150	10	3	2	6	1		TAC,CGY · PCL
1992	28	TOT	AL	35	97	85	7	16	4	1	2	10	1	1	8	9	.188	.250	.329	.579	64	28	6	0	1	3	1	79/83D
1992	28	OAK	AL	22	54	48	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	4	.125	.208	.188	.395	15	9	4	0	1	0	1	9/837D
1992	28	SEA	AL	13	43	37	6	10	4	1	1	8	1	1	3	5	.270	.302	.514	.816	125	19	2	0	0	3	0	7/9
1993	29	SEA-min	AAA	95	381	333	57	93	20	1	21	77	7	5	39	67	.279	.350	.535	.885		178	4	1	1	7	2		CGY · PCL
1993	29	SEA	AL	32	80	76	6	16	3	1	2	8	0	0	4	18	.211	.250	.355	.605	61	27	0	0	0	0	0	79/8D
1994	30	CHW-min	AAA	66	253	231	30	59	15	1	8	36	4	0	19	48	.255	.316	.433	.749		100	4	2	0	1	1		NVL · AA
1994	30	CHW	AL	10	15	14	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.357	.400	.571	.971	150	8	1	0	0	0	0	/9387
1995	31	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	86	284	252	35	66	14	4	7	33	0	3	30	62	.262	.338	.433	.771		109	7	0	0	2	6		NVL,BFL · AA
1996	32	STL-CIN-min	AAA	96	333	297	38	79	12	2	8	40	4	4	30	66	.266	.335	.401	.736		119	6	2	2	2	4		LOU,INA · AA
1997	33	COL-min	AAA	102	349	316	57	105	29	0	14	62	2	2	32	71	.332	.393	.557	.950		176	7	0	0	1	4		CSP · PCL
6 Yrs				115	264	242	25	47	11	3	5	22	1	1	17	60	.194	.243	.326	.570	57	79	8	0	1	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	372	341	35	66	15	4	7	31	1	1	24	85	.194	.243	.326	.570	57	111	11	0	1	6	1

OAK (4 yrs)				60	126	115	9	16	1	1	2	6	0	0	9	30	.139	.200	.217	.417	20	25	5	0	1	1	1
SEA (2 yrs)				45	123	113	12	26	7	2	3	16	1	1	7	23	.230	.268	.407	.675	81	46	2	0	0	3	0
CHW (1 yr)				10	15	14	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.357	.400	.571	.971	150	8	1	0	0	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
1989	25	OAK	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/39
1990	26	OAK	AL	14	25	-1	-0	0	3	-1	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	-0.2	0.3	-1	$100,000	9/35
1991	27	OAK	AL	21	44	-4	-0	-0	1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	9/873
1992	28	OAK	AL	22	54	-6	0	-1	4	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.7	0.4	-6	$	9/837D
1992	28	SEA	AL	13	43	0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.494	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	7/9
1993	29	SEA	AL	32	80	-4	-0	0	2	-1	-3	-0.3	3	-0	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	79/8D
1994	30	CHW	AL	10	15	1	0	-0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/9387
6 Seasons				115	264	-15	-1	-1	10	-5	-12	-1.2	9	-3	-0.3	.489	.499	-1.6	0.7	-13	$100,000

OAK (4 yrs)				60	126	-13	-1	-1	8	-2	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.485	.499	-1.5	0.7	-12	$100,000
SEA (2 yrs)				45	123	-4	-0	0	2	-2	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.491	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
CHW (1 yr)				10	15	1	0	-0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$

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
1989	25	OAK	AL	3	3	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.257	.000	.322	.000	.379	.000	.700	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1990	26	OAK	AL	25	19	1	1.4	90	.300	.136	.253	.240	.321	.227	.379	.467	.700	35	.112	-2.0	-0.2	.421	.227	.091
1991	27	OAK	AL	44	37	2	1.5	92	.200	.167	.253	.182	.321	.262	.384	.444	.705	25	.111	-4.3	-0.4	.333	.119	.095	.0
1992	28	TOT	AL	97	80	6	2.0	91	.182	.188	.255	.250	.324	.329	.379	.579	.703	64	.194	-4.1	-0.4	.474	.235	.141	1.3
1992	28	OAK	AL	54	47	1	0.6	89	.116	.125	.252	.208	.320	.188	.375	.395	.695	15	.023	-5.5	-0.6	.304	.167	.063	.0
1992	28	SEA	AL	43	33	5	4.1	94	.265	.270	.259	.302	.328	.514	.385	.816	.713	125	.464	1.4	0.1	.733	.324	.243	1.0
1993	29	SEA	AL	80	60	7	3.1	103	.250	.211	.268	.250	.339	.355	.410	.605	.748	61	.311	-4.8	-0.5	.517	.197	.145	.0
1994	30	CHW	AL	15	10	3	8.0	110	.714	.357	.270	.400	.342	.571	.430	.971	.772	150	.678	1.1	0.1	.900	.286	.214
6 Yrs				264	209	19	2.4	96	.232	.194	.260	.243	.329	.326	.392	.570	.721	57	.239	-14.8	-1.5	.471	.202	.132	1.7
162 Game Avg.				372	294	27	2.4	96	.232	.194	.260	.243	.329	.326	.392	.570	.721	57	.239	-14.8	-1.5	.471	.202	.132	2

OAK (4 yrs)				126	106	4	1.0	90	.167	.139	.253	.200	.321	.217	.379	.417	.700	20	.063	-12.6	-1.3	.327	.157	.078	.0
SEA (2 yrs)				123	93	12	3.5	100	.256	.230	.265	.268	.335	.407	.401	.675	.736	81	.366	-3.4	-0.3	.589	.239	.177	1.5
CHW (1 yr)				15	10	3	8.0	110	.714	.357	.270	.400	.342	.571	.430	.971	.772	150	.678	1.1	0.1	.900	.286	.214

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
1989	25	OAK	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	0.00	33%	0%		100%
1990	26	OAK	AL	25	0.0%	48.0%	12.0%	4.0%	33%	4.00	1.8		22.0	1.50	2.00	40%	20%	0.0%	0%
1991	27	OAK	AL	44	2.3%	27.3%	2.3%	4.6%	29%	12.00	3.5	42.0	14.0	0.82	1.00	68%	16%	7.1%	18%
1992	28	TOT	AL	97	2.1%	9.3%	8.3%	7.2%	44%	1.13	9.4	42.5	8.5	0.81	1.19	79%	15%	5.1%	9%
1992	28	OAK	AL	54	1.9%	7.4%	9.3%	1.9%	17%	0.80	12.0	48.0	24.0	1.20	1.53	80%	9%	5.0%	0%
1992	28	SEA	AL	43	2.3%	11.6%	7.0%	14.0%	60%	1.67	7.4	37.0	4.6	0.48	0.80	79%	23%	5.3%	17%
1993	29	SEA	AL	80	2.5%	22.5%	5.0%	7.5%	38%	4.50	4.2	38.0	9.5	0.87	0.78	70%	10%	9.5%	32%
1994	30	CHW	AL	15	0.0%	46.7%	6.7%	20.0%	60%	7.00	2.0			0.40	2.00	47%	29%	0.0%	0%
6 Yrs				264	1.9%	22.7%	6.4%	7.2%	40%	3.53	4.0	48.4	11.0	0.83	1.04	69%	14%	6.0%	18%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	41.5	8.3	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	25	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.93	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.05	-0.8	0.16	1
1990	26	OAK	AL	-2.0	-0.2	25	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.87	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.08	-1.4	0.37	2
1991	27	OAK	AL	-4.3	-0.4	44	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.87	-0.2	-0.2	-5.3	-0.6	0.97	-3.7	0.76	6
1992	28	TOT	AL	-4.1	-0.4	101	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	.89	-0.5	0.4	-8.3	-0.9	0.96	-6.4	2.54	2
1992	28	OAK	AL	-5.5	-0.6	55	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.89	-0.6	0.1	-7.7	-0.8	1.00	-6.3		0
1992	28	SEA	AL	1.4	0.1	46	0.2	0.9	-0.6	.89	0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.92	-0.1	2.54	2
1993	29	SEA	AL	-4.8	-0.5	80	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	.84	-0.3	0.2	-3.0	-0.3	0.95	-3.7	1.53	5
1994	30	CHW	AL	1.1	0.1	17	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.42	0.1	-0.0	0.8	0.1	0.88	0.5	0.05	2
6 Yrs				-14.9	-1.5	270	-0.8	3.4	-4.2	.84	-1.2	0.2	-19.3	-2.0	0.97	-15.6	1.02	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	25	OAK	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	OAK	AL	1	50%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1
1991	27	OAK	AL	0	57%	11	0	0		0	0	1	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0
1992	28	TOT	AL	0	23%	27	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	50%	2	1	1	2	1	1
1992	28	OAK	AL	0	0%	12	0	0		0	0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0
1992	28	SEA	AL	0	42%	15	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1
1993	29	SEA	AL	1	22%	25	0	0		0	0	1	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0
1994	30	CHW	AL	0	67%	3	0	0		0	0	0	3	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				2	34%	82	1	1	50%	1	1	2	6	43%	10	6	4	4	2	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
1989	25	OAK	AL	3	100%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	26	OAK	AL	25	84%	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.37	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1991	27	OAK	AL	44	95%	7	3	0	6	1	1	1	0.76	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		10	1	10%	7	2	29%	26	2	8%	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	0
1992	28	TOT	AL	97	92%	16	7	0	2	0	0	0	2.54	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	22	6	27%	12	5	42%	58	10	17%	7	5	71%	3	3	100%	0
1992	28	OAK	AL	54	89%	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	4	27%	6	2	33%	32	2	6%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1992	28	SEA	AL	43	95%	10	4	0	2	0	0	0	2.54	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	6	3	50%	26	8	31%	6	4	67%	1	1	100%	0
1993	29	SEA	AL	80	96%	16	3	0	5	0	0	0	1.53	2	1	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		13	0	0%	9	2	22%	50	6	12%	5	2	40%	4	2	50%	0
1994	30	CHW	AL	15	93%	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				264	93%	47	15	0	18	2	1	1	1.02	5	1	10	5	0	2	3	0	2	1	50%	51	8	16%	33	9	27%	159	19	12%	15	9	60%	12	6	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			72%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

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
1989	25	OAK	AL	3	12	4.00	7	58%	14%	29%	43%	14%	86%	0%	50%	67%	33%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1990	26	OAK	AL	24	93	3.88	57	61%	28%	33%	23%	16%	72%	0%	44%	54%	42%	4%	1	0	21%	5	3	4%	1	0	17%	1	0	0
1991	27	OAK	AL	44	167	3.80	113	68%	18%	31%	24%	27%	82%	0%	56%	62%	41%	2%	1	0	11%	5	3	2%	1	0	17%	0	0	0
1992	28	TOT	AL	97	369	3.80	214	58%	22%	19%	22%	37%	78%	1%	45%	76%	32%	6%	6	0	21%	20	11	12%	12	7	33%	0	0	0
1992	28	OAK	AL	54	198	3.67	114	58%	23%	16%	22%	39%	77%	2%	44%	80%	39%	6%	3	0	20%	11	6	13%	7	4	75%	0	0	0
1992	28	SEA	AL	43	171	3.98	100	58%	21%	22%	22%	35%	79%	0%	46%	72%	23%	7%	3	0	21%	9	5	12%	5	3	0%	0	0	0
1993	29	SEA	AL	79	289	3.66	195	67%	17%	29%	24%	30%	83%	0%	56%	65%	38%	1%	1	0	8%	6	4	6%	5	2	12%	1	0	0
1994	30	CHW	AL	15	59	3.93	43	73%	23%	33%	28%	16%	77%	0%	56%	58%	47%	0%	0	0	7%	1	1	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				262	989	3.77	629	64%	20%	27%	24%	30%	80%	1%	51%	67%	37%	3%	9	0	15%	38	23	7%	19	9	17%	2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	17	28	25	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	14	.120	.214	.200	.414	20	5	0	0	0	0
1991	27	38	72	67	8	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	4	26	.149	.194	.239	.433	23	16	1	0	1	0
1992	28	73	169	152	15	26	5	2	3	14	1	1	12	35	.171	.226	.289	.516	46	44	7	1	4	1
1993	29	105	249	228	21	42	8	3	5	22	1	1	16	53	.184	.234	.311	.545	51	71	7	1	4	1
1994	30	115	264	242	25	47	11	3	5	22	1	1	17	60	.194	.243	.326	.570	57	79	8	1	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1989	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1990	26	14	25	22	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	12	.136	.240	.227	.467	1	14
1991	27	21	44	42	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	1	12	.167	.182	.262	.444	2	21
1992	28	35	100	87	8	18	4	1	2	11	1	9	9	.207	.273	.345	.618	9	35
1993	29	32	80	76	6	16	3	1	2	8	0	4	18	.211	.250	.355	.605	7	32
1994	30	14	21	20	5	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	.350	.381	.550	.931	4	10
6 Yrs		119	273	250	26	51	12	3	5	23	1	18	63	.204	.254	.336	.590	23	115
162 Game Avg.		162	372	340	35	69	16	4	7	31	1	25	86	.204	.254	.336	.590	31	115

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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