Ben Howard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: January 15, 1979 in Danville, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Merry HS (Jackson, TN).

High School: Central Merry HS (Jackson, TN)

Debut: April 28, 2002 (Age 23-103d, 18,055th in major league history)
vs. PIT 5.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2004 (Age 25-260d)
vs. PHI 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Full Name: Benjamin Richard Howard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

5.20

83.0

WHIP

1.578

Summary of 20 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
SDP	14
FLA	6

Platoon
vs RHB	11
vs LHB	9

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	8

Outs
1	8
0	6
2	6

10 Opps
LAD	4
ARI	3
NYM	2
SFG	2
PIT	2
PHI	2
FLA	2
TBD	1
COL	1
TEX	1

19 Batters
Jimmy Rollins	2
Aubrey Huff	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Yorvit Torrealba	1
Rob Mackowiak	1
Rich Aurilia	1
Kip Wells	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Robin Ventura	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Juan Uribe	1
Eric Owens	1
Shawn Green	1
Cliff Floyd	1
Brad Fullmer	1
Robby Hammock	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
David Ross	1
Mike Piazza	1

8 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	6
SunLife Stad (MIA)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1

Where Hit
7	8
9	5
8	3
89	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	6
1	4
3	4
4	2
7+	2
6	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	14
1--	4
12-	1
-23	1

28 Runs
RISP	2
0 on	14
1 on	4
2 on	2
Any on	6

Inning
1	2
2	4
3	5
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1

1-3	11
4-6	6
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	6
-1	2
-2	1
-4..	1

Ahead	10
Tied	6
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	5
0-0	4
1-1	3
1-2	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
1-0	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	4
RF	4
SS	4
C	3
LF	2
3B	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	6
8th	3
3rd	2
7th	2
1st	2
6th	2
5th	1
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-05-03	Kip Wells	PIT	@	SDP	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	1	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2	2	2	2	2002-05-03	Rob Mackowiak	PIT	@	SDP	ahead 4-0	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	2	5	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Núñez Scores
3	3	3	1	2002-05-07	Cliff Floyd	FLA		SDP	ahead 9-0	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	2002-05-07	Eric Owens	FLA		SDP	ahead 10-1	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2003-08-26	Raúl Mondesí	ARI		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2,(0-1) S1X	2	4	9	17%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Kata Scores
6	6	2	2	2003-08-26	Robby Hammock	ARI		SDP	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	2003-09-02	Shea Hillenbrand	ARI	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	11%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	2003-09-09	Yorvit Torrealba	SFG	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	2	12%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
9	9	5	2	2003-09-09	Rich Aurilia	SFG	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	6	13%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	2003-09-14	Robin Ventura	LAD		SDP	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	20%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Green Scores/unER
11	11	7	2	2003-09-14	Jeromy Burnitz	LAD		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	7	8%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Burnitz Scores/unER
12	12	8	3	2003-09-14	David Ross	LAD		SDP	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Ross Scores/unER
13	13	9	1	2003-09-19	Juan Uribe	COL		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	8	6	16%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Pellow Scores
14	14	10	1	2003-09-24	Shawn Green	LAD	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) BFSX	1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2004-06-05	Mike Piazza	NYM		FLA	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	7,(1-2) SSBFFFX	1	4	3	16%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	2	1	2004-06-18	Brad Fullmer	TEX	@	FLA	ahead 4-0	t 7	1	12-	3,(0-2) CFX	3	4	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); H. Blalock Scores; A. Soriano Scores
17	17	3	1	2004-06-26	Aubrey Huff	TBD		FLA	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	1	4	3	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	4	1	2004-07-20	Richard Hidalgo	NYM		FLA	behind 4-6	b 3	1	-23	1,(0-0) .X	3	5	9	22%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); E. Valent Scores; C. Floyd Scores
19	19	5	1	2004-07-26	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	@	FLA	behind 2-6	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BFBBCFX	1	1	6	5%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
20	20	6	1	2004-10-01	Jimmy Rollins	PHI		FLA	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	6	11%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)