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Roy
Howell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 18, 1953 in Usa, CA, LOMPOC
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 20 COL NL     5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6
1975 21 COL NL     5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6
1976 22 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6
1977 23 COL NL     6 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 5
1978 24 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 5
1979 25 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 5
1980 26 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
1981 27 COL NL $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
1982 28 COL NL $ 1,892,857   6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
1983 29 COL NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
1984 30 LAD NL $ 1,750,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 3 4 4
1985 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 3 4 3 3 4 4
1986 32 SEM AL     6 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 3 4 4
1987 33 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 3 4 3
1988 34 PHN NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 3 3 3
1989 35 CLE AL $ 578,000   5 5 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 4 4 6 7 6 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
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
1974 20 AAA   2 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.8  
    AA   135 500 64 123 29 3 17 66 4 1 64 70 .246 .332 .418 .750 71.4  
1975 21 AAA   81 307 44 82 16 1 10 62 5 3 35 54 .267 .342 .423 .766 44.7  
    AA   56 227 27 49 11 1 5 24 1 1 21 21 .216 .282 .339 .621 22.1  
1976 22 COL NL 9 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .160 .125 .285 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   108 389 66 109 21 5 13 68 3 4 37 51 .280 .343 .460 .803 59.0  
    AA   26 93 11 25 5 0 1 10 1 1 20 14 .269 .398 .355 .753 14.7  
1977 23 AAA   136 524 94 160 27 3 16 72 3 6 68 68 .305 .385 .460 .845 89.4  
1978 24 COL NL 44 100 16 25 4 1 2 15 0 0 5 16 .250 .290 .370 .660 9.5 1.0
1979 25 COL NL 65 210 34 54 13 0 6 31 0 2 13 36 .257 .301 .405 .706 23.5 3.4
    AAA   25 112 19 37 6 1 6 22 2 1 5 11 .330 .359 .563 .921 20.5  
1980 26 COL NL 146 516 58 136 31 8 13 66 1 0 37 115 .264 .316 .430 .746 66.2 15.4
1981 27 COL NL 158 569 60 140 26 5 13 67 0 0 42 92 .246 .296 .378 .673 62.4 9.2
1982 28 COL NL 129 441 52 130 29 5 7 64 2 3 29 46 .295 .338 .431 .768 58.4 11.1
1983 29 COL NL 137 479 61 129 38 2 6 57 2 1 20 66 .269 .301 .395 .695 50.3 9.2
1984 30 LAD NL 103 355 39 91 29 1 8 43 1 2 23 57 .256 .305 .411 .717 41.8 8.4
1985 31 MIN AL 51 182 15 47 10 0 3 25 0 0 17 33 .258 .324 .363 .686 22.7 5.5
    AAA   19 48 2 11 3 0 0 4 1 0 4 17 .229 .288 .292 .580 4.1  
1986 32 SEM AL 152 518 47 120 23 4 10 54 1 2 39 137 .232 .286 .349 .635 47.1 4.5
1987 33 TAM AL 95 179 23 47 13 4 2 26 0 0 6 52 .263 .288 .413 .701 20.6 2.6
1988 34 PHN NL 68 94 6 18 6 0 0 6 0 0 7 31 .191 .245 .255 .500 4.9 0.0
    AAA   15 11 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .636 .909 1.9  
1989 35 AAA   137 549 63 127 22 2 24 78 3 0 41 139 .231 .285 .410 .695 65.9  
12 Years Sim 1157 3667 411 940 222 30 70 454 7 10 239 682 .256 .303 .391 .693 406.9 70.3
8 Years AAA 523 1948 292 531 97 12 70 309 18 14 190 344 .273 .337 .443 .780 286.4  
3 Years AA 217 820 102 197 45 4 23 100 6 3 105 105 .240 .325 .389 .714 108.2  
11 Years Minors 740 2768 394 728 142 16 93 409 24 17 295 449 .263 .333 .427 .760 394.6  
162 Game Average 513 57 131 31 4 9 63 0 1 33 95 .256 .303 .391 .693 57.0  
Career Highs 158 569 61 140 38 8 13 67 2 3 42 137 .295 .338 .431 .768 66.2  
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   2873 324 753 177 24 58 367 6 8 203 494 .262 .312 .401 .713 346.9
vs LH   794 87 187 45 6 12 87 1 2 36 188 .236 .267 .353 .619 71.4
Home 570 1766 194 457 114 15 34 222 4 7 106 330 .259 .303 .398 .701 202.5
Away 587 1901 217 483 108 15 36 232 3 3 133 352 .254 .303 .383 .686 215.9
RISP   918 0 233 46 8 20 345 0 0 78 170 .254 .306 .387 .693 110.5
Pinch Hitting   89 6 24 8 1 1 22 0 0 7 15 .270 .316 .416 .732 11.4
Close/Late   471 42 131 37 5 8 57 0 0 36 77 .278 .332 .429 .761 63.5
Mar/Apr 156 501 53 128 23 1 17 61 1 2 29 93 .255 .295 .407 .702 59.2
May 200 584 72 146 38 3 11 73 1 3 54 110 .250 .312 .382 .694 68.9
June 184 585 71 144 43 2 11 77 0 0 43 111 .246 .302 .383 .685 65.2
July 202 680 78 185 40 11 14 98 2 4 36 124 .272 .310 .425 .735 84.2
August 202 663 64 177 46 6 7 72 2 0 37 128 .267 .304 .386 .690 74.7
Sep/Oct 211 654 73 160 32 7 10 73 1 1 40 116 .245 .292 .361 .653 66.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 22 COL NL 2B 6 6 46.0 12 17 2 5 .935 5.67   0.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1978 24 COL NL 3B 23 17 146.0 11 43 5 3 .915 3.33   0.4
    1B 9 6 61.3 83 10 0 7 1.000 13.65   0.0
    2B 9 0 20.3 5 10 0 0 1.000 6.64   0.1
1979 25 COL NL 1B 32 28 245.3 311 18 2 28 .994 12.07   0.5
    2B 16 12 112.7 17 49 1 6 .985 5.27   0.5
    3B 13 11 100.0 9 17 1 2 .963 2.34   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 26 COL NL 2B 140 139 1184.0 276 496 9 120 .988 5.87   4.8
    3B 4 0 14.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.46   0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1981 27 COL NL 1B 150 145 1273.0 1533 107 11 148 .993 11.59   2.5
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1982 28 COL NL 3B 112 103 921.3 58 215 19 22 .935 2.67   1.8
    1B 6 2 30.3 42 3 0 5 1.000 13.35   0.1
    2B 5 3 25.0 7 11 0 0 1.000 6.48   0.1
1983 29 COL NL 3B 18 8 100.7 7 29 1 2 .973 3.22   0.5
    2B 8 5 50.0 9 25 3 5 .919 6.12   0.2
    1B 4 4 33.0 45 5 0 0 1.000 13.64   0.1
    SS 3 2 19.0 1 9 2 3 .833 4.74   0.1
1984 30 LAD NL 2B 97 95 817.7 163 299 6 59 .987 5.09   2.7
    1B 4 0 6.0 6 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 31 MIN AL 2B 39 39 325.7 84 132 2 33 .991 5.97   1.2
    1B 4 0 15.0 20 1 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
1986 32 SEM AL 1B 149 148 1276.3 1429 92 9 126 .994 10.73   3.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1987 33 TAM AL 1B 22 14 131.0 177 14 1 15 .995 13.12   0.3
    2B 37 8 122.3 30 49 2 8 .975 5.81   0.6
    3B 19 13 113.7 7 22 2 3 .935 2.30   0.2
    SS 23 10 105.7 10 50 2 10 .968 5.11   0.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 34 PHN NL SS 22 9 105.0 10 35 1 5 .978 3.86   0.4
    2B 33 4 81.3 11 27 1 3 .974 4.21   0.2
    3B 8 4 40.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 381 347 3073.3 3646 250 23 332 .994 11.41   6.4
  2B 392 311 2788.0 615 1116 26 239 .985 5.59   10.5
  3B 203 157 1454.6 99 341 28 33 .940 2.72   3.5
  SS 51 21 235.7 23 95 5 19 .959 4.51   1.0
  LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1030 837 7562.6 4385 1802 82 623 .987 7.36   21.5
Career Highs   156 148 1284.0 1534 499 19 148 .994 11.53    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 29 COL NL 6 20 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .200 .190 .200 .390
1987 33 TAM AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 8 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .182 .174 .182 .356
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1981-1-158
 Doubles
1983-10-38
 Triples
1980-2-8
 Strikeouts
1980-9-115
1986-7-137
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Harry Simpson (954)
  2. Dick Sisler (953)
  3. Willie Aikens (946)
  4. Mike Ivie (945)
  5. Sid Bream (945)
  6. Mike Brown (934)
  7. Andre Dawson (930)
  8. Lamar Johnson (926)
  9. Len Matuszek (924)
  10. Phil Bradley (923)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 56th overall pick, by Colorado in 1974
Had first career hit on 9/1/1976, off Bill Parsons (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1978, off Jim Wright (DET)
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/27/1982 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/20/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $1,750,000 per year
Injured on 8/3/1984 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 7/1/1985 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $516,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1986
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/3/1987 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/3/1988 to a minor league deal
Traded from Detroit to Philadelphia on 5/1/1988 (Going to PHN: RF Dick Davis, 2B Roy Howell, C Tony Pena, 1B Willie Aikens, LF Mike Vail. Going to DET: C Marc Hill)
Injured on 8/15/1988 with a Sore Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Philadelphia on 10/3/1988
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/17/1989 to a 2-year deal worth $578,000 per year
 
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