Jim
Howarth
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 7, 1947 in Usa, MS, BILOXI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 24 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 25 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8
1973 26 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1974 27 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1975 28 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1976 29 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8
1977 30 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 8 8 8
1978 31 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1979 32 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1980 33 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
1981 34 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
1982 35 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 24 A   136 483 73 128 13 3 10 62 5 2 103 37 .265 .394 .366 .761 79.1  
1972 25 A   135 501 78 133 20 3 7 42 6 6 97 39 .265 .385 .359 .744 75.9  
1973 26 A   137 528 77 131 20 3 8 50 8 9 118 37 .248 .385 .343 .728 79.6  
1974 27 AA   135 529 67 114 13 2 1 29 7 11 92 43 .216 .332 .253 .585 51.1  
    A   2 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .375 .500 .375 .875 1.7  
1975 28 AA   54 191 16 50 4 0 1 19 6 1 38 19 .262 .384 .298 .683 27.0  
    A   83 300 41 84 7 2 5 22 4 0 62 18 .280 .403 .367 .770 50.4  
1976 29 A   137 509 66 161 24 4 16 62 7 5 102 36 .316 .430 .473 .904 103.9  
1977 30 AAA   125 464 44 129 25 2 3 35 10 11 61 50 .278 .362 .360 .722 60.8  
1978 31 AAA   137 538 57 139 26 2 4 43 3 6 68 51 .258 .342 .336 .678 63.5  
1979 32 TAM AL 70 210 23 51 5 1 1 21 2 1 18 24 .243 .297 .290 .588 18.7 1.2
    AAA   80 312 26 71 6 1 2 20 4 3 35 33 .228 .305 .272 .578 27.8  
1980 33 TAM AL 149 491 50 131 21 6 0 40 1 3 40 55 .267 .320 .334 .654 50.0 5.4
1981 34 TAM AL 149 575 45 147 17 2 4 41 6 4 44 59 .256 .308 .313 .621 54.7 7.0
1982 35 AAA   137 526 44 129 10 1 7 47 6 3 73 73 .245 .337 .308 .645 60.6  
3 Years Sim 368 1276 118 329 43 9 5 102 9 8 102 138 .258 .311 .317 .628 123.4 13.7
4 Years AAA 479 1840 171 468 67 6 16 145 23 23 237 207 .254 .339 .323 .663 212.7  
2 Years AA 189 720 83 164 17 2 2 48 13 12 130 62 .228 .346 .265 .611 78.0  
6 Years A 630 2329 336 640 84 15 46 238 30 22 484 168 .275 .398 .383 .781 390.6  
12 Years Minors 1298 4889 590 1272 168 23 64 431 66 57 851 437 .260 .369 .343 .712 681.3  
162 Game Average 561 51 144 18 3 2 44 3 3 44 60 .258 .311 .317 .628 54.3  
Career Highs 149 575 50 147 21 6 4 41 6 4 44 59 .267 .320 .334 .654 54.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   928 86 244 33 5 3 76 6 6 78 98 .263 .318 .319 .637 94.8
vs LH   348 32 85 10 4 2 26 3 2 24 40 .244 .291 .313 .605 31.6
Home 184 616 51 150 17 2 2 43 5 5 47 71 .244 .296 .287 .584 52.2
Away 184 660 67 179 26 7 3 59 4 3 55 67 .271 .324 .345 .670 74.1
RISP   257 0 65 10 3 0 91 0 0 24 36 .253 .307 .315 .622 26.0
Pinch Hitting   12 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.4
Close/Late   156 10 38 3 0 0 12 0 0 10 16 .244 .287 .263 .550 11.7
Mar/Apr 37 132 14 38 8 2 0 4 1 0 13 16 .288 .349 .379 .728 17.4
May 55 183 13 44 5 0 0 12 1 1 21 19 .240 .316 .268 .583 16.8
June 50 190 11 41 5 1 0 8 0 2 11 14 .216 .259 .253 .511 10.9
July 71 249 20 56 8 2 1 21 1 1 21 30 .225 .281 .285 .566 20.3
August 76 256 29 80 6 3 1 26 2 3 18 29 .313 .358 .371 .729 32.5
Sep/Oct 79 266 31 70 11 1 3 31 4 1 18 30 .263 .308 .346 .654 28.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 32 TAM AL CF 69 69 567.0 178 2 0 1 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1980 33 TAM AL CF 143 143 1255.7 361 6 1 0 .997 2.63 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    2B 3 0 7.7 4 3 0 0 1.000 8.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 34 TAM AL CF 139 138 1176.3 347 2 0 1 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    2B 12 0 24.0 7 9 0 2 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 7 1 20.7 7 5 0 1 1.000 5.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 351 350 2999.0 886 10 1 2 .999 2.69 0 0 .000 0 9.2
  2B 15 0 31.7 11 12 0 2 1.000 6.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 7 1 20.7 7 5 0 1 1.000 5.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   377 351 3067.0 905 27 1 5 .999 2.73 0 0 .000 0 9.4
Career Highs   162 143 1263.3 365 16 1 4 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0  
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  6. Beau Bell (967)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 69th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1971
Injured on 7/11/1974 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/30/1977 with a Stress Fractured Ulna, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1978 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Injured on 6/18/1979 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/4/1979, off Willie Hernandez (PHN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/8/1979, off Jerry Stephenson (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1981