Steve Howe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: March 10, 1958 in Pontiac, MI us

Died: April 28, 2006 in Coachella, CA

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (16th) of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: Clarkston HS (Clarkston, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: April 11, 1980 (Age 22-032d, 14,273rd in major league history)
vs. HOU 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 21, 1996 (Age 38-103d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Dick Moss • Previously: Tony Attanasio

Full Name: Steven Roy Howe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.03

497

606.0

328

WHIP

1.196

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Team Record in Appearances: 34-25

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 25

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,6-10	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.75	4	1	1	1	0	2		3	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	-0.215	3.14	-0.19%	-2.54	8b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 4
2	2	3	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	12-16	W(1-0)	0	5.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.59	3.46	18	11	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.22	0.593	3.09	0.50%	2.06	12b --- 0 out tie	16b 3 out tie
3	3	9	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,4-7	8-8		5	1.0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.05	3.80	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.90	-0.201	1.18	-0.16%	-2.56	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d4
4	4	10	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	3.14	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.014	.46	0.01%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	5	12	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	2.86	7	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.262	2.80	0.17%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
6	6	16	Apr 25	LAD		SDP	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.85	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.037	1.80	0.03%	0.56	9t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 3
7	7	17	Apr 26	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	8-8	BS(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.85	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.69	-0.195	7.58	-0.19%	-0.72	8t 12- 0 out a1	8t 1-3 1 out tie
8	8	20	Apr 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	2.84	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.177	4.28	0.19%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	23	May 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,12-10	7-8	BS(2)	3	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.75	3.09	5	1	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	-0.320	4.59	-0.31%	-1.28	7b 123 2 out a2	8b 1-- 1 out tie
10	10	24	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	8-9	L(1-1)	1	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.15	3.14	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.41	-0.204	4.04	-0.21%	-1.36	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 123 0 out tie
11	11	25	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.77	2.82	4	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.082	1.31	0.08%	1.20	7b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 1
12	12	28	May 11	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	6-9	H(1)	3	3.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	2.81	12	7	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.45	0.293	2.10	0.25%	1.85	6b 12- 1 out a2	9b 12- 2 out a2
13	13	32	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	8-9	H(2)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	2.81	5	2	1	0	0	2		2	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.040	4.05	0.04%	-0.43	8t 1-3 2 out a3	9t --3 2 out a2
14	14	33	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,3-1	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	2.80	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.065	1.63	0.07%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
15	15	34	May 18	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.80	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.032	2.33	0.04%	0.21	9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
16	16	36	May 20	LAD		STL	W,4-3	9-9	H(3)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	2.80	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	0.005	10.44	0.01%	0.01	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t 1-3 2 out a1
17	17	40	May 25	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	BL(1-2)	4	0.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	2.80	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	5.29	-0.807	11.90	-1.09%	-1.74	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	47	Jun 1	LAD		ATL	L,5-9	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	2.62	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.08	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
19	19	49	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	2.75	6	2	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.115	2.92	0.22%	0.85	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 4
20	20	55	Jun 11	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	8-8		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	2.67	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.025	1.05	0.03%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
21	21	57	Jun 13	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(1-3)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.39	2.71	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.153	2.77	-0.19%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
22	22	60	Jun 16	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	12-GF(12)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	2.71	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.047	1.90	0.06%	0.63	12t -2- 1 out d1	12t end d 1
23	23	62	Jun 18	LAD		MON	W,8-7	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	2.65	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.262	5.41	0.32%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
24	24	64	Jun 20	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	9-GF	W(2-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.10	2.69	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.032	1.63	0.04%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
25	25	68	Jun 24	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	7-9		3	2.1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2.23	3.22	13	5	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	-0.260	11.87	-0.60%	-0.22	7b 1-- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
26	26	71	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	8-9	BS(4)	3	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.36	3.16	10	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.34	-0.193	8.15	-0.28%	-0.13	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	27	77	Jul 3	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	8-9	BS(5)	4	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.09	8	3	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.16	0.012	8.12	0.02%	0.08	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t 3 out tie
28	28	80	Jul 6	LAD		SFG	L,4-7	9-10	L(2-4)	2	1.0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	3.08	8	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.17	-0.218	9.00	-0.37%	-1.37	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 123 0 out tie
29	29	81	Jul 10	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	8-GF	W(3-4)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.09	3.04	6	1	2	1	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.078	3.97	0.20%	0.92	8t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
30	30	82	Jul 11	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	9-GF	S(8)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.98	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	0.120	19.77	0.32%	0.34	9t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
31	31	84	Jul 13	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	9-13		1	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.84	2.87	16	6	7	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.604	5.02	1.06%	2.11	9b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
32	32	91	Jul 20(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	8-GF	S(9)	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	2.82	5	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.253	6.79	0.45%	1.33	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
33	33	92	Jul 20(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-8	9-GF	BS(6)	-1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.77	2.88	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.44	-0.473	21.64	-0.83%	-2.00	9b 123 1 out a1	9b end d 1
34	34	96	Jul 25	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	9-GF	W(4-4)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	2.88	4	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	0.126	8.11	0.20%	0.44	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
35	35	98	Jul 27	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	10-GF(12)	W(5-4)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	2.87	13	6	4	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.55	0.377	6.68	0.59%	1.33	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	36	103	Aug 2	LAD		STL	W,3-2	8-9	H(4)	5	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	2.87	5	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.102	5.94	0.19%	0.41	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 1-- 1 out a1
37	37	106	Aug 5	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-6	9-9		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.76	2.87	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.046	4.92	-0.09%	-1.00	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b 12- 2 out a2
38	38	111	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-1	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.70	2.79	8	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.43	0.02%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
39	39	116	Aug 16	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	8-GF	BL(5-5)	5	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.96	2.79	10	5	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.484	11.70	-1.35%	-1.11	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
40	40	120	Aug 21	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	BW(6-5)	4	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.86	2.80	11	3	5	1	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.441	7.46	0.76%	1.68	8b 1-3 0 out a1	10b end a 1
41	41	122	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	9-GF	S(10)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	2.77	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.180	11.17	0.31%	0.84	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
42	42	123	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	8-GF	S(11)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	2.74	4	1	1	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.88	0.241	11.53	0.43%	0.64	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
43	43	126	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(6-6)	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.90	2.75	8	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	-0.099	10.25	-0.21%	0.35	7b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
44	44	127	Aug 29	LAD		MON	W,5-4	7-GF	S(12)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.81	2.69	12	1	6	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.353	5.83	0.71%	1.33	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
45	45	131	Sep 1	LAD		NYM	W,5-2	8-GF	S(13)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	2.66	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.095	2.47	0.22%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
46	46	133	Sep 3	LAD		NYM	W,2-0	9-GF	S(14)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	2.66	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.89	0.077	11.80	0.19%	0.47	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
47	47	136	Sep 6	LAD		PHI	W,7-3	8-GF	S(15)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	2.67	6	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.048	1.40	0.12%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
48	48	138	Sep 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	7-7	L(6-7)	2	1.0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.66	2.75	7	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	2.19	-0.308	15.67	-1.33%	-1.59	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d2
49	49	139	Sep 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	9-10		0	2.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.62	2.83	10	2	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.01	0.237	24.14	1.14%	0.82	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
50	50	140	Sep 12	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	8-GF	S(16)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	2.83	7	4	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.080	4.01	0.29%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
51	51	145	Sep 17	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	8-GF	S(17)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.53	2.82	9	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.59	0.262	12.67	0.77%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
52	52	149	Sep 21	LAD		CIN	L,2-7	10-11	L(6-8)	3	1.1	4	5	5	0	1	0	1	2.09	2.83	9	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	-0.356	18.08	-1.29%	-3.24	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 1-3 1 out d3
53	53	152	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	9-10		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.03	2.84	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.251	13.59	0.85%	0.89	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
54	54	154	Sep 26	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	2.84	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.019	4.33	0.07%	0.29	8b -2- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
55	55	155	Sep 27	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-4	8-8		0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.35	2.88	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.046	2.26	-0.14%	-1.40	8b --- 0 out a5	8b 12- 1 out a4
56	56	156	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	L,5-7	8-8	HL(6-9)	0	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.79	2.89	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	-0.400	14.32	-1.21%	-2.05	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 123 1 out a1
57	57	159	Oct 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	BS(9)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	2.86	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	-0.513	27.42	-1.86%	-1.28	8b 123 2 out a1	8b end d 1
58	58	162	Oct 5	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	8-9	W(7-9)	2	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	2.84	8	1	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.038	41.25	0.52%	0.43	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 2 out a1
59	59	163	Oct 6	LAD		HOU	L,1-7	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	2.83	6	2	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.42	0.04%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
							34-25		W-L:7-9,Sv:17,BSv:9,Hld:5	2.1	84.2	83	33	25	22	39	1	2	2.66	2.83	359	1.44		6%	6%	74		45	27%	5	0	1	324	8	0	10	4	3	6	2.15	0.597	7.83	-0.33%	5.68

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