J.P. Howell

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 25, 1983 in Modesto, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jesuit HS (Carmichael, CA) and the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (31st) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Jesuit HS (Carmichael, CA)

Schools: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Last Game: August 13, 2017 (Age 34-110d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: The Legacy Agency

National Team: us USA (WBC,18U)

Full Name: James Phillip Howell

Pronunciation: \HOW-uhl\

Twitter: @100jphowell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

ERA

3.83

547

619.2

566

WHIP

1.341

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2004	21	0.2	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	3	1	.750	2.77	3.12	6	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	16	9	8	1	12	0	38	2	0	9	101	1.077	5.5	0.3	4.2	13.2	3.17
2005	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AAA-AA	KCR	8	2	.800	2.83	3.54	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.2	85	40	32	5	48	0	100	5	1	10	422	1.308	7.5	0.4	4.2	8.9	2.08
2005	22	-5.2	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3	1	.750	4.06	4.54	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.2	40	19	17	1	19	0	29	1	0	3	162	1.566	9.6	0.2	4.5	6.9	1.53
2005	22	-2.5	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	2	0	1.000	2.50	2.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	23	1	0	2	70	0.944	6.0	1.0	2.5	11.5	4.60
2005	22	-1.3	High Desert	CALL	A+	KCR	3	1	.750	1.96	3.13	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	33	16	10	2	24	0	48	3	1	5	190	1.239	6.5	0.4	4.7	9.4	2.00
2005	22	-7.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	3	5	.375	6.19	6.81	15	15	0	0	0	0	72.2	73	55	50	9	39	0	54	6	0	7	328	1.541	9.0	1.1	4.8	6.7	1.38
2006	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	TBD	8	5	.615	3.46	3.66	18	18	0	0	0	0	91.0	92	37	35	5	29	0	82	4	0	3	381	1.330	9.1	0.5	2.9	8.1	2.83
2006	23	-4.1	Durham	IL	AAA	TBD	5	3	.625	2.62	2.95	10	10	0	0	0	0	55.0	53	18	16	2	15	0	49	4	0	0	226	1.236	8.7	0.3	2.5	8.0	3.27
2006	23	-3.8	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3	2	.600	4.75	4.75	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.0	39	19	19	3	14	0	33	0	0	3	155	1.472	9.8	0.8	3.5	8.3	2.36
2006	23	-5.4	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	1	3	.250	5.10	5.31	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.1	52	25	24	4	14	0	33	3	0	1	187	1.559	11.1	0.9	3.0	7.0	2.36
2007	24	-2.8	Durham	IL	AAA	TBD	7	8	.467	3.38	4.43	21	21	0	1	0	0	128.0	110	63	48	16	34	1	145	8	1	7	528	1.125	7.7	1.1	2.4	10.2	4.26
2007	24	-4.4	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	1	6	.143	7.59	7.94	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.0	69	45	43	8	21	0	49	3	0	3	244	1.765	12.2	1.4	3.7	8.6	2.33
2008	25	-3.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	6	1	.857	2.22	2.92	64	0	9	0	0	3	89.1	62	29	22	6	39	1	92	4	0	5	370	1.131	6.2	0.6	3.9	9.3	2.36
2009	26	-2.1	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	7	5	.583	2.84	2.97	69	0	41	0	0	17	66.2	47	22	21	7	33	3	79	3	1	3	278	1.200	6.3	0.9	4.5	10.7	2.39

2011	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	TBR	0	1	.000	1.29	6.43	7	3	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	1	0	2	0	9	0	0	1	30	1.429	10.3	0.0	2.6	11.6	4.50
2011	28	1.3	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	0	0		0.00	9.82	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	16	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	12.3	5.00
2011	28	5.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	1	.000	2.70	2.70	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00
2011	28	-0.2	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	2	3	.400	6.16	7.04	46	0	5	0	0	1	30.2	30	24	21	5	18	1	26	2	2	2	138	1.565	8.8	1.5	5.3	7.6	1.44
2012	29	0.8	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	1	0	1.000	3.04	3.04	55	0	10	0	0	0	50.1	39	17	17	7	22	2	42	4	0	1	203	1.212	7.0	1.3	3.9	7.5	1.91
2013	30	1.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	4	1	.800	2.03	2.03	67	0	6	0	0	0	62.0	42	14	14	2	23	3	54	1	0	3	246	1.048	6.1	0.3	3.3	7.8	2.35
2014	31	2.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	3	.500	2.39	2.57	68	0	8	0	0	0	49.0	31	14	13	2	25	1	48	1	0	3	199	1.143	5.7	0.4	4.6	8.8	1.92
2015	32	3.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	6	1	.857	1.43	1.84	65	0	18	0	0	1	44.0	47	9	7	3	14	1	39	2	1	3	190	1.386	9.6	0.6	2.9	8.0	2.79
2016	33	4.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	1	.500	4.09	4.09	64	0	11	0	0	0	50.2	56	23	23	4	15	2	44	3	0	3	220	1.401	9.9	0.7	2.7	7.8	2.93
2017	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	TOR	0	1	.000	5.00	6.00	10	2	2	0	0	0	9.0	10	6	5	1	3	0	11	2	0	0	43	1.444	10.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	3.67
2017	34	7.6	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	1	.000	6.43	7.71	8	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	9	6	5	1	3	0	6	2	0	0	34	1.714	11.6	1.3	3.9	7.7	2.00
2017	34	10.9	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	9	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
2017	34	5.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	1	.500	7.36	7.36	16	0	6	0	0	0	11.0	13	9	9	2	7	0	6	0	0	1	52	1.818	10.6	1.6	5.7	4.9	0.86
2018	35	9.9	San Rafael	PACA	Ind		0	1	.000	3.60	3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	4	1	5	0	14	0	0	0	45	1.500	9.0	0.9	4.5	12.6	2.80
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		36	30	.545	3.83	4.15	547	33	114	0	0	22	619.2	561	286	264	59	270	14	566	32	4	35	2655	1.341	8.1	0.9	3.9	8.2	2.10
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		26	18	.591	3.20	3.97	80	66	2	1	0	0	362.2	321	160	129	28	128	1	385	21	2	30	1505	1.238	8.0	0.7	3.2	9.6	3.01
Other (1 season)					Other		0	1	.000	3.60	3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	4	1	5	0	14	0	0	0	45	1.500	9.0	0.9	4.5	12.6	2.80
All Levels (14 Seasons)							62	49	.559	3.60	4.08	630	102	116	1	0	22	992.1	892	450	397	88	403	15	965	53	6	65	4205	1.305	8.1	0.8	3.7	8.8	2.39

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		18	15	.545	3.53	4.34	58	46	2	1	0	0	267.1	256	129	105	23	86	1	267	15	1	14	1121	1.279	8.6	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.10
AA (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	2.50	2.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	23	1	0	2	70	0.944	6.0	1.0	2.5	11.5	4.60
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	1.93	2.98	13	13	0	0	0	0	51.1	37	17	11	2	25	0	57	3	1	5	213	1.208	6.5	0.4	4.4	10.0	2.28
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	2.77	3.12	6	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	16	9	8	1	12	0	38	2	0	9	101	1.077	5.5	0.3	4.2	13.2	3.17