Jay Howell
Born: November 26, 1955, Miami, FLHeight: 6'3" Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Colorado
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1980 Cincinnati NL 24 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 4 1 0 0 3.1 8 19 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 1981 Chicago NL 25 2 0 4.84 10 2 0 7 1 0 0 22.1 23 97 13 12 3 8 2 2 10 1982 New York AL 26 2 3 7.71 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 28.0 42 138 25 24 1 13 0 0 21 1983 New York AL 27 1 5 5.38 19 12 2 4 3 0 0 82.0 89 368 53 49 7 35 0 3 61 1984 New York AL 28 9 4 2.69 61 1 0 37 23 7 0 103.2 86 426 33 31 5 31 3 0 109 1985 Oakland AL 29 9 8 2.85 63 0 0 5 58 29 0 98.0 98 414 32 31 5 28 3 1 68 1986 Oakland AL 30 3 6 3.38 38 0 0 5 33 16 0 53.1 53 230 23 20 3 19 4 1 42 1987 Oakland AL 31 3 4 5.89 36 0 0 9 27 16 0 44.1 48 200 30 29 6 20 1 1 35 1988 Los Angeles NL 32 5 3 2.08 50 0 0 12 38 21 0 65.0 44 262 16 15 1 19 2 1 70 1989 Los Angeles NL 33 5 3 1.58 56 0 0 15 41 28 0 79.2 60 312 15 14 3 16 6 0 55 1990 Los Angeles NL 34 5 5 2.18 45 0 0 10 35 16 0 66.0 59 271 17 16 5 17 3 6 59 1991 Los Angeles NL 35 6 5 3.18 44 0 0 9 35 16 0 51.0 39 202 19 18 3 8 3 1 40 1992 Los Angeles NL 36 1 3 1.54 41 0 0 15 26 4 0 46.2 41 203 9 8 2 13 5 1 36 1993 Atlanta NL 37 3 3 2.31 54 0 0 32 22 0 0 58.1 48 233 16 15 3 12 4 0 37 1994 Texas AL 38 4 1 5.44 40 0 0 23 17 2 0 43.0 44 189 29 26 10 14 2 1 22 TOTALS 58 53 3.34 568 21 2 187 360 155 0 844.2 782 3564 335 313 57 253 38 19 666
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1980 Cincinnati NL 5 17 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .471 .471 .474 1981 Chicago NL 10 83 13 23 40 6 1 3 1 1 2 4 8 2 2 10 1 .277 .482 .365 1982 New York AL 6 123 25 42 56 9 1 1 0 2 2 0 13 0 0 21 1 .341 .455 .399 1983 New York AL 19 324 53 89 129 15 2 7 1 5 13 0 35 0 3 61 5 .275 .398 .346 1984 New York AL 61 386 33 86 116 13 1 5 3 3 10 3 31 3 0 109 4 .223 .301 .284 1985 Oakland AL 63 375 32 98 128 13 1 5 3 4 2 2 28 3 1 68 8 .261 .341 .316 1986 Oakland AL 38 202 23 53 71 9 0 3 3 1 1 1 19 4 1 42 6 .262 .351 .339 1987 Oakland AL 36 173 30 48 82 10 3 6 3 2 4 1 20 1 1 35 2 .277 .474 .355 1988 Los Angeles NL 50 234 16 44 56 7 1 1 3 3 7 3 19 2 1 70 0 .188 .239 .255 1989 Los Angeles NL 56 284 15 60 82 11 1 3 4 2 3 3 16 6 0 55 9 .211 .289 .266 1990 Los Angeles NL 45 244 17 59 84 8 1 5 1 0 10 1 17 3 6 59 6 .242 .344 .315 1991 Los Angeles NL 44 183 19 39 60 8 2 3 5 2 3 1 8 3 1 40 1 .213 .328 .259 1992 Los Angeles NL 41 178 9 41 50 3 0 2 5 1 7 1 13 5 1 36 1 .230 .281 .303 1993 Atlanta NL 54 210 16 48 63 6 0 3 3 4 5 5 12 4 0 37 3 .229 .300 .278 1994 Texas AL 40 168 29 44 83 7 1 10 1 3 2 1 14 2 1 22 1 .262 .494 .324
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1980 Cincinnati NL 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Chicago NL 25 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .333 1982 New York AL 26 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 New York AL 27 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 New York AL 28 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Oakland AL 29 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Oakland AL 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Oakland AL 31 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Los Angeles NL 32 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 Los Angeles NL 33 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 Los Angeles NL 34 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1991 Los Angeles NL 35 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 Los Angeles NL 36 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1993 Atlanta NL 37 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 Texas AL 38 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 568 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .100
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1980 Cincinnati NL P 3.1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 2 0 0 1981 Chicago NL P 22.1 2 10 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.43 2 4 1 1982 New York AL P 28.0 6 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 2 0 0 1983 New York AL P 82.0 12 19 7 10 1 0 .944 1.87 13 0 1 1984 New York AL P 103.2 1 61 11 16 1 3 .964 2.34 10 3 1 1985 Oakland AL P 98.0 0 63 1 15 0 1 1.000 1.47 2 2 1 1986 Oakland AL P 53.1 0 38 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 1 1 1 1987 Oakland AL P 44.1 0 36 3 4 1 0 .875 1.42 4 1 0 1988 Los Angeles NL P 65.0 0 50 7 6 1 0 .929 1.80 7 3 1 1989 Los Angeles NL P 79.2 0 56 5 10 1 2 .938 1.69 3 3 0 1990 Los Angeles NL P 66.0 0 45 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 10 1 1 1991 Los Angeles NL P 51.0 0 44 5 6 1 1 .917 1.94 3 1 0 1992 Los Angeles NL P 46.2 0 41 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.51 7 1 0 1993 Atlanta NL P 58.1 0 54 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.70 5 5 0 1994 Texas AL P 43.0 0 40 5 6 2 1 .846 2.30 2 1 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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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