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Jay Howell

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Full Name: Jay Canfield Howell Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: August 10, 1980
Birthdate: November 26, 1955 Final Game: August 8, 1994
Birthplace: Miami, Florida MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 26, 1955 in Miami, Florida, Jay Howell (Jay Canfield Howell) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers over the course of his 15 year career. Howell broke into the bigs on August 10, 1980 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 5.38 ERA in 82 innings pitched in 1983, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jay Howell's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1985, when he posted a 2.85 ERA, notched 29 saves and struck out 68 batters. However, others believe that it was 1989, when he posted a 1.58 ERA, notched 28 saves and struck out 55 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1980 CIN N 5 0 0 0 13.50 1 5 5 0 0 0 3.1 8 0 0 0 0 1
1981 CHI N 10 2 2 0 4.84 10 13 12 0 0 0 22.1 23 3 10 2 0 2
1982 NY A 6 6 2 3 7.71 21 25 24 0 0 0 28 42 1 13 0 1 0
1983 NY A 19 12 1 5 5.38 61 53 49 2 0 0 82 89 7 35 0 2 3
1984 NY A 61 1 9 4 2.69 109 33 31 0 0 7 103.2 86 5 34 3 4 0
1985 OAK A 63 0 9 8 2.85 68 32 31 0 0 29 98 98 5 31 3 4 1
1986 OAK A 38 0 3 6 3.38 42 23 20 0 0 16 53.1 53 3 23 4 4 1
1987 OAK A 36 0 3 4 5.89 35 30 29 0 0 16 44.1 48 6 21 1 4 1
1988 LA N 50 0 5 3 2.08 70 16 15 0 0 21 65 44 1 21 2 2 1
1989 LA N 56 0 5 3 1.58 55 15 14 0 0 28 79.2 60 3 22 6 1 0
1990 LA N 45 0 5 5 2.18 59 17 16 0 0 16 66 59 5 20 3 4 6
1991 LA N 44 0 6 5 3.18 40 19 18 0 0 16 51 39 3 11 3 0 1
1992 LA N 41 0 1 3 1.54 36 9 8 0 0 4 46.2 41 2 18 5 3 1
1993 ATL N 54 0 3 3 2.31 37 16 15 0 0 0 58.1 48 3 16 4 0 0
1994 TEX A 40 0 4 1 5.44 22 29 26 0 0 2 43 44 10 16 2 2 1
Total NL 305 2 27 22 2.36 308 110 103 0 0 85 392.1 322 20 118 25 10 12
Total AL 263 19 31 31 4.18 358 225 210 2 0 70 452.1 460 37 173 13 21 7
Total 568 21 58 53 3.34 666 335 313 2 0 155 844.2 782 57 291 38 31 19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1980 CIN N P 5 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000
1981 CHI N P 10 2 22.1 2 9 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 1.000
1982 NY A P 6 6 28 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000
1983 NY A P 19 12 82 7 10 1 0 0 4 13 0 1 .944
1984 NY A P 61 1 103.2 11 16 1 3 0 0 10 3 1 .964
1985 OAK A P 63 0 98 1 15 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1.000
1986 OAK A P 38 0 53.1 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1.000
1987 OAK A P 36 0 44.1 3 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 .875
1988 LA N P 50 0 65 7 6 1 0 0 0 7 3 1 .929
1989 LA N P 56 0 79.2 5 10 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 .938
1990 LA N P 45 0 66 3 8 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 1.000
1991 LA N P 44 0 51 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .917
1992 LA N P 41 0 46.2 6 7 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 1.000
1993 ATL N P 54 0 58.1 4 7 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 1.000
1994 TEX A P 40 0 43 5 6 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .846
Total P 568 21 844.2 63 112 8 9 0 11 73 26 8 .956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1980 CIN N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHI N 10 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
1982 NY A 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NY A 19 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NY A 61 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK A 63 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 OAK A 38 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 OAK A 36 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 LA N 50 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LA N 56 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LA N 45 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LA N 44 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 LA N 41 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 ATL N 54 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX A 40 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 305 9 2 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Total AL 263 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 568 9 2 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1973).
  • Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976 - signed June 21, 1976).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Mike O'Berry (October 17, 1980).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Yankees (August 2, 1982) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded Pat Tabler to Chicago Cubs in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 19, 1981); New York Yankees received Bill Caudill (April 1, 1982).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Stan Javier, Jose Rijo, Eric Plunk and Tim Birtsas to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley and cash (December 5, 1984).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics with Alfredo Griffin to Los Angeles Dodgers as part of 3-team trade in which Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to New York Mets; Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to New York Mets; Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to Oakland Athletics; and New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to Los Angeles Dodgers (December 11, 1987).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 1991).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 23, 1992).
  • Granted free agency (November 4, 1992).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 22, 1993).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 1993).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (January 6, 1994).
  • Granted free agency (October 24, 1994).

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