Jay Howell

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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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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

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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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