J.P. Howell

Position: 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)

Debut: June 11, 2005 (Age 22-047d, 18,684th in major league history)
vs. ARI 5.0 IP, 4 H, 8 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

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

Summary of 59 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 4 tying, 10 go ahead

4 Tms
TBD/TBR	37
LAD	11
KCR	9
TOR	2

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Away	31
Home	28

Outs
1	21
2	20
0	18

25 Opps
TOR	5
BOS	4
CLE	4
CHW	4
STL	3
TEX	3
CIN	3
NYY	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
HOU	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
LAA	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
WSN	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
COL	1
DET	1
ATL	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

56 Batters
Rod Barajas	3
Carlos Quentin	2
Arismendy Alcántara	1
José Bautista	1
Derek Jeter	1
Coco Crisp	1
Travis Hafner	1
Tyler White	1
Joey Votto	1
Jonathan Lucroy	1
Ryan Langerhans	1
Matt Carpenter	1
Marlon Byrd	1
Matt LeCroy	1
Ben Paulsen	1
Juan Rivera	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Casey Blake	1
Andy Marte	1
Russell Martin	1
Jhonny Peralta	1
Yangervis Solarte	1
Kevin Youkilis	1
Martín Prado	1
Josh Hamilton	1
Marco Scutaro	1
Albert Pujols	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
Carl Everett	1
Colby Rasmus	1
Ian Desmond	1
Frank Thomas	1
Jeremy Hermida	1
Ike Davis	1
Alexei Ramírez	1
Yuniesky Betancourt	1
Robinson Canó	1
Jason LaRue	1
Billy Hamilton	1
Juan Uribe	1
Jeff Keppinger	1
Chris Davis	1
Morgan Ensberg	1
Scott Schebler	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Carlos Guillén	1
Mark Ellis	1
Jose Iglesias	1
Anthony Rendon	1
Matt Wieters	1
Bill Hall	1
Jamie Burke	1
Juan Lagares	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
David Ortiz	1
Tadahito Iguchi	1

21 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	18
KauffmanStad (KAN)	6
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
Progressive (CLE)	4
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	12
78	12
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
3	12
4	11
1	9
5	7
6	5
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
123	4
12-	4
1--	4
1-3	4
--3	3
-2-	3
-23	2

101 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	35
1 on	10
2 on	10
3 on	4
Any on	24

Inning
1	2
2	2
3	4
4	4
5	8
6	4
7	9
8	16
9	8
Extra	2

1-3	8
4-6	16
7-end	35

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	7
+2	8
+1	5
Tied	7
-1	6
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	12

Ahead	29
Tied	7
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	11
0-0	9
2-1	8
1-1	8
3-2	5
2-2	5
0-2	4
3-1	3
0-1	3
1-2	1
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
SS	8
C	7
DH	7
CF	6
RF	6
2B	5
LF	5
3B	4
PH	2

OrderPos
6th	11
9th	10
3rd	9
4th	7
5th	6
8th	6
7th	4
2nd	4
1st	2

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-06-17	Morgan Ensberg	HOU	@	KCR	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	5	5	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2005-06-22	Carl Everett	CHW		KCR	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	-23	5,(2-2) BFBFX	3	5	7	14%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); F. Thomas Scores; P. Konerko Scores
3	3	3	1	2005-07-04	Raúl Ibañez	SEA	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	DH	24%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Bloomquist Scores; P. Borders Scores
4	4	4	1	2005-07-09	Matt LeCroy	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	--3	4,(2-1) B*BSX	2	5	DH	15%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); N. Punto Scores
5	5	5	1	2005-07-21	Jhonny Peralta	CLE		KCR	tied 0-0	b 4	2	-23	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	6	27%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Martínez Scores; J. Hernández Scores
6	6	6	2	2005-07-21	Casey Blake	CLE		KCR	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	9	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2005-09-01	Rod Barajas	TEX	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 4	1	12-	5,(3-1) S*BBBX	3	8	2	28%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Blalock Scores; P. Nevin Scores
8	8	8	1	2005-09-14	Tadahito Iguchi	CHW	@	KCR	behind 0-3	t 3	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	17%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Crede Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
9	9	9	2	2005-09-14	Juan Uribe	CHW	@	KCR	ahead 4-3	t 3	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	6	17%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rowand Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2006-08-01	Carlos Guillén	DET	@	TBD	ahead 5-2	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	6	6%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	2	1	2006-08-06	David Ortiz	BOS	@	TBD	tied 2-2	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	3	DH	14%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	2006-09-09	Frank Thomas	OAK	@	TBD	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	2006-09-28	Andy Marte	CLE		TBD	behind 0-4	b 5	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	5	12%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Inglett Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2007-06-03	Jason LaRue	KCR	@	TBD	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) TBX	1	9	2	11%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	2007-06-08	Jeremy Hermida	FLA		TBD	behind 2-8	b 5	1	123	4,(1-2) CF*BX	4	6	9	16%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Uggla Scores; H. Ramírez Scores; J. Willingham Scores
16	16	3	1	2007-06-19	Carlos Quentin	ARI		TBD	behind 2-8	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	9	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	4	1	2007-06-30	Travis Hafner	CLE		TBD	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) BCCBX	1	4	DH	8%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	5	1	2007-07-05	Coco Crisp	BOS		TBD	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	7	8	13%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ramirez Scores; M. Lowell Scores; J. Varitek Scores
19	19	6	1	2007-09-19	Juan Rivera	LAA		TBD	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	9	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	7	1	2007-09-26	Derek Jeter	NYY	@	TBD	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	8	2	2007-09-26	Robinson Canó	NYY	@	TBD	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	4	8%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Rodriguez Scores; J. Posada Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2008-04-09	Jamie Burke	SEA	@	TBR	ahead 4-1	t 8	1	12-	6,(3-2) BBBCF>X	3	8	2	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sexson Scores/unER; J. Vidro Scores
23	23	2	1	2008-05-17	Albert Pujols	STL		TBR	ahead 7-4	b 6	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	3	3	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	3	1	2008-05-27	Josh Hamilton	TEX	@	TBR	ahead 8-5	t 8	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	8	3%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Vázquez Scores; I. Kinsler Scores; M. Young Scores
25	25	4	1	2008-06-11	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA		TBR	ahead 3-2	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	4	DH	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	2008-08-22	Alexei Ramírez	CHW		TBR	behind 2-6	b 8	0	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	6	4	10%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Thome Scores
27	27	6	1	2008-08-26	Rod Barajas	TOR	@	TBR	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	8	2	8%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2009-05-03	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	@	TBR	behind 1-4	t 8	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	11%	16%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); D. Pedroia Scores
29	29	2	1	2009-07-12	Mark Ellis	OAK	@	TBR	ahead 6-3	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	2009-08-03	Yuniesky Betancourt	KCR	@	TBR	behind 3-10	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	9	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	2009-08-07	Ryan Langerhans	SEA		TBR	behind 5-6	b 11	2	-2-	5,(2-2) FBSBX	2	9	7	86%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); F. Gutiérrez Scores
32	32	5	1	2009-08-16	Marco Scutaro	TOR	@	TBR	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	6	1	2009-08-22	Marlon Byrd	TEX	@	TBR	behind 3-4	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	4	8	35%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	7	1	2009-08-26	Rod Barajas	TOR		TBR	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	9	PH	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2011-06-20	Jonathan Lucroy	MIL		TBR	behind 0-5	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BCBX	1	8	2	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	2	1	2011-06-26	Jeff Keppinger	HOU		TBR	tied 7-7	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	4	24%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
37	37	3	1	2011-07-01	Colby Rasmus	STL	@	TBR	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	12-	2,(0-1) .FX	3	6	8	11%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); L. Berkman Scores; N. Punto Scores
38	38	4	1	2011-08-29	José Bautista	TOR		TBR	ahead 6-3	b 6	1	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	3	9	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	5	1	2011-09-13	Matt Wieters	BAL		TBR	tied 2-2	b 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) .1C1*B111>X	2	5	2	38%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Jones Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2012-05-12	Bill Hall	BAL		TBR	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	2012-05-18	Martín Prado	ATL	@	TBR	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	---	6,(2-2) CCBFBX	1	2	7	8%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	3	1	2012-06-07	Russell Martin	NYY		TBR	behind 2-7	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) .BCBCX	1	9	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	2012-06-12	Ike Davis	NYM	@	TBR	ahead 6-2	t 7	2	1-3	7,(3-2) FBBBC>F>X	3	6	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); L. Duda Scores; D. Murphy Scores
44	44	5	1	2012-09-01	Edwin Encarnación	TOR		TBR	behind 0-4	b 4	1	1--	6,(3-2) 1SB1T*BB>X	2	3	3	14%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Rasmus Scores
45	45	6	1	2012-09-11	Chris Davis	BAL		TBR	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) BBCBCX	1	6	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	7	1	2012-09-20	Jose Iglesias	BOS	@	TBR	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	---	4,(0-2) CLFX	1	9	6	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2013-06-04	Carlos Quentin	SDP	@	LAD	behind 6-9	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	7%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
48	48	2	1	2013-09-06	Joey Votto	CIN		LAD	behind 1-2	b 5	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	31%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Choo Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2014-09-20	Arismendy Alcántara	CHC		LAD	behind 3-7	b 7	2	1-3	4,(2-1) C*BBX	3	6	8	20%	26%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Rizzo Scores; M. Olt Scores
50	50	2	1	2014-09-26	Ben Paulsen	COL	@	LAD	behind 3-7	t 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	2015-08-10	Ian Desmond	WSN	@	LAD	ahead 7-0	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) ...BBBCX	1	6	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	2	1	2015-08-13	Billy Hamilton	CIN	@	LAD	ahead 9-3	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	9	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
53	53	3	1	2015-09-03	Yangervis Solarte	SDP		LAD	behind 5-7	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	5	13%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2016-05-28	Juan Lagares	NYM		LAD	behind 0-8	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	9	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
55	55	2	1	2016-06-02	Anthony Rizzo	CHC		LAD	ahead 6-2	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
56	56	3	1	2016-07-20	Anthony Rendon	WSN		LAD	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
57	57	4	1	2016-08-20	Scott Schebler	CIN		LAD	ahead 9-0	b 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Duvall Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	2017-04-27 (1)	Matt Carpenter	STL		TOR	tied 4-4	b 11	1	123	6,(3-2) .C*BCBBX	4	3	3	17%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Wong Scores; R. Grichuk Scores; D. Fowler Scores
59	59	2	1	2017-08-04	Tyler White	HOU		TOR	ahead 15-7	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ....X	1	8	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)