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Ken Howell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: November 28, 1960 in Detroit, MI us

Died: November 9, 2018 in West Bloomfield, MI

Buried: Mount Hope Memorial Gardens, Livonia, MI

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL).

High School: Redford HS (Detroit, MI)

School: Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL)

Debut: June 25, 1984 (Age 23-210d, 14,924th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1990 (Age 29-250d)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Kenneth Howell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

ERA

3.95

245

613.1

549

WHIP

1.319

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1982	21	LAD-min	A	5	4	.556	4.22	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.2	58	40	28	3	36	0	37	0	1	4				1.575	8.7	0.5	5.4	5.6	1.03	VRO FLOR
1983	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	8	11	.421	4.49	28	27	0	4	1	0	172.1	175	101	86	12	102	0	117	3	2	19				1.607	9.1	0.6	5.3	6.1	1.15	SAN,ABQ TL,PCL
1984	23	LAD-min	AAA	8	2	.800	4.60	18	9	7	3	0	2	72.1	79	48	37	10	37	1	58	0	1	7				1.604	9.8	1.2	4.6	7.2	1.57	ABQ PCL
1984	23	LAD	NL	5	5	.500	3.33	32	1	19	0	0	6	51.1	51	21	19	1	9	4	54	1	0	0	207	107	1.50	1.169	8.9	0.2	1.6	9.5	6.00
1985	24	LAD	NL	4	7	.364	3.77	56	0	31	0	0	12	86.0	66	41	36	8	35	3	85	0	2	4	356	92	3.14	1.174	6.9	0.8	3.7	8.9	2.43
1986	25	LAD	NL	6	12	.333	3.87	62	0	36	0	0	12	97.2	86	48	42	7	63	9	104	3	0	4	437	90	3.60	1.526	7.9	0.6	5.8	9.6	1.65
1987	26	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	6	1	0	0	7	0	13	0	0	1				1.000	4.2	0.0	4.8	9.0	1.86	ABQ PCL
1987	26	LAD	NL	3	4	.429	4.91	40	2	17	0	0	1	55.0	54	32	30	7	29	2	60	0	1	5	239	82	3.93	1.509	8.8	1.1	4.7	9.8	2.07
1988	27	LAD-min	AAA,A	10	2	.833	3.05	21	19	0	0	0	0	121.0	100	48	41	7	51	0	108	0	3	6				1.248	7.4	0.5	3.8	8.0	2.12	ABQ,BAK PCL,CALL
1988	27	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	6.39	4	1	2	0	0	0	12.2	16	10	9	0	4	1	12	0	0	0	55	54	1.82	1.579	11.4	0.0	2.8	8.5	3.00
1989	28	PHI	NL	12	12	.500	3.44	33	32	0	1	1	0	204.0	155	84	78	11	86	6	164	2	1	21	827	103	3.15	1.181	6.8	0.5	3.8	7.2	1.91
1990	29	PHI	NL	8	7	.533	4.64	18	18	0	2	0	0	106.2	106	60	55	12	49	6	70	3	0	8	467	82	4.42	1.453	8.9	1.0	4.1	5.9	1.43
1991	30	PHI-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	5.11	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.2	30	15	14	3	16	0	20	2	1	4	113			1.865	10.9	1.1	5.8	7.3	1.25	SWB IL
1992			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Disabled List)
1993	32	TEX-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	2.08	6	4	1	0	0	0	13.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	17	0	0	0	51			1.000	5.5	0.7	3.5	11.8	3.40	RGS GULF
7 Yrs				38	48	.442	3.95	245	54	105	3	1	31	613.1	534	296	269	46	275	31	549	9	4	42	2588	92	3.34	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1	2.00
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.442	3.95	56	12	24	1	0	7	139	121	67	61	10	63	7	125	2	1	10	589	92	3.34	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1	2.00

LAD (5 yrs)				18	29	.383	4.04	194	4	105	0	0	31	302.2	273	152	136	23	140	19	315	4	3	13	1294	89	3.10	1.365	8.1	0.7	4.2	9.4	2.25
PHI (2 yrs)				20	19	.513	3.85	51	50	0	3	1	0	310.2	261	144	133	23	135	12	234	5	1	29	1294	94	3.59	1.275	7.6	0.7	3.9	6.8	1.73