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Bob Howry

Bobby Dean Howry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 4, 1973 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Deer Valley HS (Phoenix, AZ)
School: McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1998
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs/Indians/Giants/RedSox/... 1998-2010
Agents: Craig Landis [*]
Final Game: July 28, 2010
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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
1998 24 CHW AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 25 CHW AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 26 CHW AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 27 CHW AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 TOT AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 CHW AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 BOS AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 29 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 30 CLE AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 31 CLE AL 79 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 32 CHC NL 84 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 411 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 33 CHC NL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 34 CHC NL 72 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 35 SFG NL 63 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 36 TOT NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 36 ARI NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 36 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Yrs 769 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 1 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
CHW (5 yrs) 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (4 yrs) 258 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 157 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 116 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 63 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 434 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 335 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 1 0 0 1 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 Awards
1998 24 CHW AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $170,000 1
1999 25 CHW AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $235,000 1
2000 26 CHW AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $325,000 1
2001 27 CHW AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $375,000 1
2002 28 CHW AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,200,000 1
2002 28 BOS AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2003 29 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,700,000 /1
2004 30 CLE AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
2005 31 CLE AL 79 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $900,000 1
2006 32 CHC NL 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $3,000,000 1
2007 33 CHC NL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,500,000 1
2008 34 CHC NL 72 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $4,500,000 1
2009 35 SFG NL 63 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,750,000 1
2010 36 ARI NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,000,000 1
2010 36 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
13 Seasons 769 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.4 0 $21,655,000
CHW (5 yrs) 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $2,305,000
CHC (4 yrs) 258 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $12,000,000
BOS (2 yrs) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,700,000
CLE (2 yrs) 116 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $900,000
ARI (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,000,000
SFG (1 yr) 63 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,750,000

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
2005 31 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .000 .326 .000 .418 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2006 32 CHC NL 1 0 1 116 1.000 1.000 .276 1.000 .347 1.000 .448 2.000 .795 411 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
2008 34 CHC NL 1 1 0 0.0 114 .000 .275 .000 .348 .000 .439 .000 .787 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2009 35 SFG NL 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .268 .000 .342 .000 .426 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
13 Yrs 6 5 1 5.4 110 .333 .200 .270 .200 .341 .200 .431 .400 .772 5 .542 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 1 1 0 5.4 110 .333 .200 .270 .200 .341 .200 .431 .400 .772 5 .542 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
CHC (4 yrs) 2 1 1 26.8 115 1.000 .500 .276 .500 .348 .500 .444 1.000 .791 157 .956 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
SFG (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .268 .000 .342 .000 .426 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
CLE (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .000 .326 .000 .418 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 5 4 1 6.7 112 .500 .250 .272 .250 .344 .250 .435 .500 .779 30 .641 -0.4 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
AL (8 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .000 .326 .000 .418 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2000 26 CHW AL ALDS SEA L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 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

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
2005 31 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2006 32 CHC NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100% 100% 0.0% 0%
2008 34 CHC NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.00 0%
2009 35 SFG NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33% 0%
13 Yrs 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 1.00 3.00 50% 25% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 17.0% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 1.96 5.2 32.2 7.6 0.78 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1998 24 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 25 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 26 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 27 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 28 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 28 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 28 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2003 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2004 30 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 31 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .01 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
2006 32 CHC NL 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .44 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.62 0.4 0
2007 33 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 34 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .11 -0.0 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.68 -0.4 0
2009 35 SFG NL -0.6 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .22 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.04 -0.7 0
2010 36 TOT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 36 ARI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 36 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Yrs -0.7 -0.1 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .20 -0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 -0.9 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 31 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 SFG NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2005 31 CLE AL 1 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
2006 32 CHC NL 1 100% 1 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
2008 34 CHC NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2009 35 SFG NL 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 6 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%

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
2005 31 CLE AL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 33% 0% 33% 33% 67% 67% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 CHC NL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 CHC NL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 35 SFG NL 3 7 2.33 7 100% 0% 29% 43% 29% 100% 100% 71% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 6 15 2.50 15 100% 7% 20% 47% 27% 93% 93% 79% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 31 434 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 518 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 164 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 596 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 164 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 34 668 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 731 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 1 0 0 1 0 0
2010 36 769 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 1 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2005 31 79 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 79
2006 32 84 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 84
2008 34 72 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 72
2009 35 63 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 63
4 Yrs 298 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 298
162 Game Avg. 162 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 298

* 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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