Dixie Howell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: January 7, 1920 in Harold, KY us

Died: March 18, 1960 in Hollywood, FL

Buried: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Debut: September 14, 1940 (Age 20-251d, 8,938th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 26, 1958 (Age 38-109d)
vs. KCA 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Millard Howell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

3.78

115

226.1

WHIP

1.498

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
1939	19	CLE-min	A	9	9	.500	3.92	23	18					131.0	126	78	57		92									1.664	8.7		6.3			WKB EL
1940	20	CLE-min	A	12	12	.500	3.58	29	25					191.0	162	105	76		124									1.497	7.6		5.8			WKB EL
1940	20	CLE	AL	0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	19	253	4.05	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50

1941	21	CLE-min	A	11	5	.688	3.36	22						134.0	112	62	50		77									1.410	7.5		5.2			WKB EL
1942	22	CLE-min	A	5	7	.417	4.20	20	15					105.0	94	56	49		81									1.667	8.1		6.9			WKB EL
1943	23	CIN-min	AA	13	9	.591	3.11	28	22		18	4		191.0	155	80	66		123		106	4	0	5				1.455	7.3		5.8	5.0	0.86	SYR IL
1946	26	CIN-min	AAA	10	14	.417	3.55	24	24		19	2		190.0	191	87	75		100		100	6	0	2				1.532	9.0		4.7	4.7	1.00	SYR IL
1947	27	CIN-min	AAA	13	15	.464	3.59	31	31		22	4		246.0	231	116	98		126		85	3	0	8				1.451	8.5		4.6	3.1	0.67	SYR IL
1948	28	CIN-min	AAA	17	12	.586	3.72	30	30		27	2		247.0	231	115	102		91		101	8	1	3				1.304	8.4		3.3	3.7	1.11	SYR IL
1949	29	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	8.10	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	21	12	12	3	8	0	7	0	0	1	66	53	6.19	2.175	14.2	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.88

1950	30	NYG-min	AAA	14	2	.875	4.78	24	23		10	2		145.0	162	84	77		67		91	3	1	4				1.579	10.1		4.2	5.6	1.36	MNE AA
1951	31	NYG-min	AAA	9	9	.500	6.50	29	21		8	1		137.0	155	109	99		69		77	2	0	2				1.635	10.2		4.5	5.1	1.12	MNE AA
1952	32	CHW-PHI-min	AA,AAA	6	8	.429	3.90	45	3		0	0		90.0	94	49	39		37		3	0	0	0				1.456	9.4		3.7	0.3	0.08	MEM,BLT SOUA,IL
1953	33	CHW-min	AA	10	8	.556	4.28	32	2		0	0		101.0	87	63	48	7	40		54	3	0	1				1.257	7.8	0.6	3.6	4.8	1.35	MEM SOUA
1954	34	CHW-min	AA	9	6	.600	3.21	49	0		0	0		98.0	90	45	35	8	41		73	3	1	2				1.337	8.3	0.7	3.8	6.7	1.78	MEM SOUA
1955	35	CHW-min	AA	5	3	.625	3.96	12	11		5	0		75.0	75	45	33	8	25	1	60	2	0	2				1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	7.2	2.40	MEM SOUA
1955	35	CHW	AL	8	3	.727	2.93	35	0	25	0	0	9	73.2	70	27	24	1	25	5	25	0	1	3	314	134	2.88	1.290	8.6	0.1	3.1	3.1	1.00
1956	36	CHW	AL	5	6	.455	4.62	34	1	18	0	0	4	64.1	79	39	33	3	36	10	28	2	0	4	298	89	3.88	1.788	11.1	0.4	5.0	3.9	0.78
1957	37	CHW	AL	6	5	.545	3.29	37	0	19	0	0	5	68.1	64	25	25	6	30	4	37	0	0	2	285	115	3.83	1.376	8.4	0.8	4.0	4.9	1.23
1958	38	CHW-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.38	29	10		5	0		112.0	122	48	42	9	24	10	59	1	0	3				1.304	9.8	0.7	1.9	4.7	2.46	INA AA
1958	38	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		2.48	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1959	39	CHW-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.54	51	0		0	0		89.0	96	41	35	3	36	11	45	1	0	3				1.483	9.7	0.3	3.6	4.6	1.25	INA AA
6 Yrs				19	15	.559	3.78	115	2	68	0	0	18	226.1	236	104	95	13	103	20	99	2	1	10	986	105	3.67	1.498	9.4	0.5	4.1	3.9	0.96
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.559	3.78	67	1	40	0	0	10	132	137	60	55	8	60	12	58	1	1	6	573	105	3.67	1.498	9.4	0.5	4.1	3.9	0.96

CHW (4 yrs)				19	14	.576	3.55	107	1	62	0	0	18	208.0	213	91	82	10	91	19	90	2	1	9	901	111	3.50	1.462	9.2	0.4	3.9	3.9	0.99
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.10	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	21	12	12	3	8	0	7	0	0	1	66	53	6.19	2.175	14.2	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.88
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		1.80	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	19	253	4.05	1.200	3.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50

AL (5 yrs)				19	14	.576	3.51	110	1	65	0	0	18	213.0	215	92	83	10	95	20	92	2	1	9	920	113	3.51	1.455	9.1	0.4	4.0	3.9	0.97
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.10	5	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	21	12	12	3	8	0	7	0	0	1	66	53	6.19	2.175	14.2	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.88

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