Jay Howell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 26, 1955 in Miami, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fairview HS (Boulder, CO) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Colorado (Boulder, CO).

High School: Fairview HS (Boulder, CO)

School: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)

Debut: August 10, 1980 (Age 24-258d, 14,340th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 8, 1994 (Age 38-255d)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Jay Canfield Howell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

ERA

3.34

568

155

844.2

666

WHIP

1.270

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 10 tying, 10 go ahead

6 Tms
LAD	14
OAK	14
NYY	13
TEX	10
CHC	3
ATL	3

Platoon
vs RHB	33
vs LHB	24

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	20

Outs
0	25
1	16
2	16

23 Opps
SEA	5
PHI	5
CHW	5
CAL	4
NYY	4
MIN	3
CIN	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
STL	2
SDP	2
DET	2
ATL	2
TOR	2
COL	1
TEX	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
MON	1
HOU	1

52 Batters
Brian Downing	2
Wayne Kirby	2
Charlie Hayes	2
Paul O'Neill	2
Doug DeCinces	2
Lou Whitaker	1
Mike Aldrete	1
Todd Cruz	1
Manny Trillo	1
Julio Franco	1
Brian Jordan	1
Willie Randolph	1
Torey Lovullo	1
Robin Yount	1
Ricky Nelson	1
Lloyd Moseby	1
Glenn Braggs	1
Dale Murphy	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Joe Carter	1
Tony Armas	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Todd Benzinger	1
Dwight Evans	1
Gary Carter	1
Gary Ward	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Bob Jones	1
Rob Deer	1
Darren Daulton	1
Tommy Gregg	1
Tim Raines	1
Kenny Lofton	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Jeff Newman	1
David Justice	1
Ken Phelps	1
Mike Easler	1
Matt Walbeck	1
George Bell	1
Tom Pagnozzi	1
Craig Biggio	1
Barry Bonds	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Mark Salas	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Willie Wilson	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Mike Gallego	1
Kevin Mitchell	1
Luis Salazar	1

25 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Dodger Stad (LOS)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Progressive (CLE)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
9	17
7	12
8	4
89	3
78	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	34
2	6
4	5
3	3
1	3
6	2
7+	2
5	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	7
12-	4
-2-	4
123	2
1-3	2
--3	1

87 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	37
1 on	12
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	20

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	4
4	2
5	4
7	7
8	16
9	18
Extra	3

1-3	7
4-6	6
7-end	44

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	8
-1	8
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	9

Ahead	20
Tied	8
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	34
1-0	6
1-2	3
0-0	3
2-2	3
2-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
1-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	10
3B	8
C	7
LF	7
CF	6
DH	5
PH	4
2B	4
1B	3
SS	3

OrderPos
4th	13
2nd	9
5th	7
6th	7
9th	5
8th	5
3rd	4
7th	4
1st	3

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-09-01	Ruppert Jones	SDP		CHC	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---		1	4	8	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1981-10-03	Manny Trillo	PHI		CHC	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---		1	6	4	12%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
3	3	3	2	1981-10-03	Mike Schmidt	PHI		CHC	behind 1-4	b 5	1	12-		3	4	5	32%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. Rose Scores; G. Matthews Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1982-09-03	Willie Wilson	KCR		NYY	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---		1	1	7	11%	39%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1983-04-06	Todd Cruz	SEA		NYY	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---		1	7	6	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1983-04-19	Greg Luzinski	CHW		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	1-3		3	4	DH	11%	86%		Home Run; T. Bernazard Scores; H. Baines Scores
7	7	3	1	1983-06-03	Ricky Nelson	SEA	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-		3	3	9	21%	86%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores; M. Castillo Scores
8	8	4	1	1983-07-01	Jeff Newman	BOS	@	NYY	behind 0-7	t 3	0	---		1	9	2	2%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	5	2	1983-07-01	Tony Armas	BOS	@	NYY	behind 1-7	t 3	1	12-		3	4	8	10%	18%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Boggs Scores; J. Rice Scores
10	10	6	1	1983-07-11	Gary Gaetti	MIN		NYY	behind 0-2	b 2	1	--3		2	6	5	14%	53%		Home Run; K. Hrbek Scores
11	11	7	1	1983-09-30 (2)	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		NYY	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---		1	3	6	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1984-05-18	Doug DeCinces	CAL	@	NYY	tied 3-3	t 10	0	---		1	4	5	34%	84%		Home Run
13	13	2	1	1984-06-02	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		NYY	ahead 5-4	b 5	0	---		1	2	8	10%	81%		Home Run
14	14	3	2	1984-06-02	George Bell	TOR		NYY	ahead 6-4	b 5	2	---		1	5	7	8%	87%		Home Run
15	15	4	1	1984-08-09	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	NYY	behind 4-7	t 8	0	-2-		2	2	2	13%	24%		Home Run; R. Law Scores
16	16	5	1	1984-09-23	Kirk Gibson	DET		NYY	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	---		1	3	9	3%	97%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1985-04-23	Doug DeCinces	CAL		OAK	behind 8-14	b 9	1	---		1	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run
18	18	2	1	1985-05-10	Dwight Evans	BOS		OAK	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---		1	2	9	47%	58%		Home Run
19	19	3	1	1985-07-12	Robin Yount	MIL	@	OAK	ahead 4-3	t 9	1	---		1	2	8	9%	92%		Home Run
20	20	4	1	1985-09-22	Luis Salazar	CHW		OAK	tied 5-5	b 10	2	1--		2	2	5	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); R. Law Scores
21	21	5	1	1985-09-30	Bob Jones	TEX		OAK	behind 2-3	b 8	1	1--		2	2	PH	54%	85%		Home Run; T. Harrah Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1986-04-16	Mark Salas	MIN		OAK	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---		1	6	2	32%	56%		Home Run
23	23	2	1	1986-04-26	Ken Phelps	SEA	@	OAK	behind 1-5	t 8	2	1--		2	8	PH	5%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Presley Scores
24	24	3	1	1986-04-29	Rob Deer	MIL		OAK	behind 1-3	b 8	0	1-3		3	7	9	44%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Robidoux Scores; J. Gantner Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1987-04-11	Brian Downing	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	-2-		2	1	DH	19%	92%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. Pettis Scores
26	26	2	1	1987-04-22	Brian Downing	CAL		OAK	behind 4-7	b 7	2	1--		2	3	DH	19%	29%		Home Run; D. White Scores
27	27	3	1	1987-05-19	Gary Ward	NYY	@	OAK	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---		1	6	7	4%	8%		Home Run (CF-RF)
28	28	4	1	1987-05-20	Willie Randolph	NYY	@	OAK	behind 2-7	t 9	0	12-		3	2	4	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Tolleson Scores; R. Henderson Scores
29	29	5	1	1987-07-24	Glenn Braggs	MIL		OAK	ahead 8-2	b 8	1	---		1	5	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	6	1	1987-08-23	Mike Easler	NYY	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	---		1	6	DH	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1988-08-10	Paul O'Neill	CIN		LAD	behind 3-8	b 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Sabo Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1989-06-04	Craig Biggio	HOU		LAD	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---		1	8	2	49%	53%		Home Run
33	33	2	1	1989-09-17	Tommy Gregg	ATL	@	LAD	behind 1-3	t 9	0	-2-	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	9	PH	35%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); O. McDowell Scores
34	34	3	1	1989-09-20	Kevin Mitchell	SFG		LAD	behind 3-7	b 9	0	---		1	4	7	2%	3%		Home Run
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1990-06-09	Joe Carter	SDP		LAD	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) ...CLBX	1	4	8	31%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	2	1	1990-06-22	Todd Benzinger	CIN		LAD	behind 4-6	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	12%	24%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	3	1	1990-07-27	David Justice	ATL	@	LAD	behind 3-4	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	7	3	35%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	4	1	1990-08-01	Gary Carter	SFG	@	LAD	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	5	3	35%	85%		Home Run
39	39	5	1	1990-08-17	Mike Aldrete	MON	@	LAD	behind 5-7	t 8	0	---		1	4	PH	12%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1991-05-04	Charlie Hayes	PHI		LAD	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ...CBX	1	6	5	27%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Hayes Scores
41	41	2	1	1991-05-11	Dale Murphy	PHI	@	LAD	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	4	9	8%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Murphy Scores
42	42	3	1	1991-08-08	Paul O'Neill	CIN		LAD	behind 2-6	b 9	1	-2-	4,(1-2) FCBX	2	5	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Sabo Scores; P. O'Neill Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1992-07-17	Darren Daulton	PHI		LAD	ahead 10-3	b 8	0	---	4,(0-2) ...CCFX	1	5	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Daulton Scores
44	44	2	1	1992-09-06	Barry Bonds	PIT		LAD	behind 4-7	b 9	2	---	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	1	4	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Bonds Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1993-05-01	Tom Pagnozzi	STL	@	ATL	ahead 9-3	t 9	2	---	6,(2-2) BSSBFX	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	2	1	1993-07-19	Brian Jordan	STL	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	---	7,(2-2) CFBFBFX	1	7	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	3	1	1993-07-26	Charlie Hayes	COL		ATL	behind 2-11	b 8	2	123	5,(2-2) BSBFX	4	4	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); F. Benavides Scores; E. Young Scores; R. Mejía Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1994-04-07	Mike Gallego	NYY		TEX	ahead 16-6	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	8	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Williams Scores
49	49	2	1	1994-04-29	Kenny Lofton	CLE		TEX	tied 4-4	b 12	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	1	8	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	3	1	1994-05-04	Lou Whitaker	DET		TEX	ahead 10-7	b 8	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	2	4	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores; C. Kreuter Scores; T. Phillips Scores
51	51	4	1	1994-05-20	Torey Lovullo	SEA		TEX	ahead 14-2	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
52	52	5	2	1994-05-20	Edgar Martínez	SEA		TEX	ahead 17-2	b 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Blowers Scores
53	53	6	1	1994-06-21	Tim Raines	CHW		TEX	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	7	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	7	1	1994-07-19	Wayne Kirby	CLE		TEX	ahead 7-1	b 7	0	---		1	9	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	8	1	1994-07-20	Wayne Kirby	CLE		TEX	ahead 10-8	b 7	1	---	8,(1-2) CFFFFFBX	1	9	9	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
56	56	9	1	1994-07-26	Matt Walbeck	MIN	@	TEX	tied 6-6	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	25%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
57	57	10	1	1994-08-03	Julio Franco	CHW	@	TEX	tied 7-7	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	20%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)

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SEA	5
PHI	5
CHW	5
CAL	4
NYY	4
MIN	3
CIN	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
STL	2
SDP	2
DET	2
ATL	2
TOR	2
COL	1
TEX	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
MON	1
HOU	1

SEA	5
PHI	5
CHW	5
CAL	4
NYY	4
MIN	3
CIN	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
STL	2
SDP	2
DET	2
ATL	2
TOR	2
COL	1
TEX	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
MON	1
HOU	1

SEA	5
PHI	5
CHW	5
CAL	4
NYY	4
MIN	3
CIN	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
STL	2
SDP	2
DET	2
ATL	2
TOR	2
COL	1
TEX	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
MON	1
HOU	1