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Bob Howry

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: August 4, 1973 in Phoenix, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 32nd round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Deer Valley HS (Glendale, AZ), the Houston Astros in the 29th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ), the Florida Marlins in the 45th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA).

High School: Deer Valley HS (Glendale, AZ)

Schools: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ), McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)

Debut: June 21, 1998 (Age 24-321d, 17,293rd in major league history)
vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 28, 2010 (Age 36-358d)
vs. HOU 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Craig Landis

Full Name: Bobby Dean Howry

Pronunciation: \HOW-ree\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

ERA

3.84

769

787.2

653

WHIP

1.249

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
1994	20	SFG-min	A,A-	1	7	.125	5.00	14	13	0	0	0	0	68.1	90	48	38	4	26	2	38	4	2	9	316			1.698	11.9	0.5	3.4	5.0	1.46	CLI,EVR MIDW,NORW
1995	21	SFG-min	A+	12	10	.545	3.54	27	25	1	1	0	0	165.1	171	79	65	6	54	0	107	8	3	7	695			1.361	9.3	0.3	2.9	5.8	1.98	SJO CALL
1996	22	SFG-min	AA	10	8	.556	4.65	27	27	0	0	0	0	156.2	163	90	81	17	56	3	57	9	1	3	682			1.398	9.4	1.0	3.2	3.3	1.02	SHV TL
1997	23	SFG-CHW-min	AA	6	3	.667	4.52	60	0	45	0	0	24	67.2	74	39	34	7	24	0	46	0	1	3	294			1.448	9.8	0.9	3.2	6.1	1.92	SHV,BIR TL,SOUL
1998	24	CHW-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.41	23	0	11	0	0	5	31.2	25	12	12	2	10	3	22	2	0	4	130			1.105	7.1	0.6	2.8	6.3	2.20	CGY PCL
1998	24	CHW	AL	0	3	.000	3.15	44	0	15	0	0	9	54.1	37	20	19	7	19	2	51	2	0	2	217	146	4.10	1.031	6.1	1.2	3.1	8.4	2.68
1999	25	CHW	AL	5	3	.625	3.59	69	0	54	0	0	28	67.2	58	34	27	8	38	3	80	3	1	3	298	138	4.12	1.419	7.7	1.1	5.1	10.6	2.11
2000	26	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	3.17	65	0	29	0	0	7	71.0	54	26	25	6	29	2	60	4	0	2	289	159	3.94	1.169	6.8	0.8	3.7	7.6	2.07
2001	27	CHW	AL	4	5	.444	4.69	69	0	23	0	0	5	78.2	85	41	41	11	30	9	64	4	0	6	346	99	4.54	1.462	9.7	1.3	3.4	7.3	2.13
2002	28	TOT	AL	3	5	.375	4.19	67	0	26	0	0	0	68.2	67	37	32	9	21	4	45	5	0	2	292	109	4.49	1.282	8.8	1.2	2.8	5.9	2.14
2002	28	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	3.91	47	0	17	0	0	0	50.2	45	22	22	7	17	2	31	3	0	1	209	116	4.72	1.224	8.0	1.2	3.0	5.5	1.82
2002	28	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	5.00	20	0	9	0	0	0	18.0	22	15	10	2	4	2	14	2	0	1	83	93	3.85	1.444	11.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	3.50
2003	29	BOS-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.06	13	0	3	0	0	0	17.0	14	2	2	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	67			0.882	7.4	0.5	0.5	5.3	10.00	PAW IL
2003	29	BOS	AL	0	0		12.46	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	11	6	6	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	27	40	6.26	3.231	22.8	2.1	6.2	8.3	1.33
2004	30	CLE-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.19	18	0	5	0	0	0	26.0	22	15	15	3	6	0	24	2	0	0	108			1.077	7.6	1.0	2.1	8.3	4.00	BFL IL
2004	30	CLE	AL	4	2	.667	2.74	37	0	6	0	0	0	42.2	37	14	13	5	12	0	39	2	0	0	178	160	3.73	1.148	7.8	1.1	2.5	8.2	3.25
2005	31	CLE	AL	7	4	.636	2.47	79	0	24	0	0	3	73.0	49	23	20	4	16	1	48	0	0	0	277	171	3.07	0.890	6.0	0.5	2.0	5.9	3.00
2006	32	CHC	NL	4	5	.444	3.17	84	0	26	0	0	5	76.2	70	28	27	8	17	4	71	3	0	1	314	147	3.43	1.135	8.2	0.9	2.0	8.3	4.18
2007	33	CHC	NL	6	7	.462	3.32	78	0	32	0	0	8	81.1	76	31	30	8	19	3	72	2	0	1	336	140	3.52	1.168	8.4	0.9	2.1	8.0	3.79
2008	34	CHC	NL	7	5	.583	5.35	72	0	27	0	0	1	70.2	90	44	42	13	13	5	59	2	0	0	311	86	4.49	1.458	11.5	1.7	1.7	7.5	4.54
2009	35	SFG	NL	2	6	.250	3.39	63	0	20	0	0	0	63.2	50	26	24	5	23	6	46	2	0	4	268	126	3.85	1.147	7.1	0.7	3.3	6.5	2.00
2010	36	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	7.71	38	0	10	0	0	0	35.0	47	36	30	8	13	2	14	0	0	3	168	56	6.36	1.714	12.1	2.1	3.3	3.6	1.08
2010	36	ARI	NL	1	0	1.000	10.67	14	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	18	17	17	6	6	1	6	0	0	1	67	41	8.94	1.674	11.3	3.8	3.8	3.8	1.00
2010	36	CHC	NL	0	3	.000	5.66	24	0	6	0	0	0	20.2	29	19	13	2	7	1	8	0	0	2	101	76	4.58	1.742	12.6	0.9	3.0	3.5	1.14
13 Yrs				45	52	.464	3.84	769	0	295	0	0	66	787.2	731	366	336	93	253	42	653	29	1	24	3321	120	4.05	1.249	8.4	1.1	2.9	7.5	2.58
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.464	3.84	68	0	26	0	0	6	70	65	32	30	8	22	4	58	3	0	2	294	120	4.05	1.249	8.4	1.1	2.9	7.5	2.58
				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
CHW (5 yrs)				13	17	.433	3.74	294	0	138	0	0	49	322.1	279	143	134	39	133	18	286	16	1	14	1359	127	4.27	1.278	7.8	1.1	3.7	8.0	2.15
CHC (4 yrs)				17	20	.459	4.04	258	0	91	0	0	14	249.1	265	122	112	31	56	13	210	7	0	4	1062	114	3.86	1.287	9.6	1.1	2.0	7.6	3.75
BOS (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	6.45	24	0	12	0	0	0	22.1	33	21	16	3	7	3	18	2	0	1	110	73	4.32	1.791	13.3	1.2	2.8	7.3	2.57
CLE (2 yrs)				11	6	.647	2.57	116	0	30	0	0	3	115.2	86	37	33	9	28	1	87	2	0	0	455	167	3.32	0.986	6.7	0.7	2.2	6.8	3.11
ARI (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	10.67	14	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	18	17	17	6	6	1	6	0	0	1	67	41	8.94	1.674	11.3	3.8	3.8	3.8	1.00
SFG (1 yr)				2	6	.250	3.39	63	0	20	0	0	0	63.2	50	26	24	5	23	6	46	2	0	4	268	126	3.85	1.147	7.1	0.7	3.3	6.5	2.00

AL (8 yrs)				25	26	.490	3.58	434	0	180	0	0	52	460.1	398	201	183	51	168	22	391	20	1	15	1924	130	4.03	1.230	7.8	1.0	3.3	7.6	2.33
NL (5 yrs)				20	26	.435	4.21	335	0	115	0	0	14	327.1	333	165	153	42	85	20	262	9	0	9	1397	107	4.08	1.277	9.2	1.2	2.3	7.2	3.08