Christopher
Howell
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 17, 1951 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 21 BIR FL     0 1 2 1 6 7 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 22 BIR FL     0 2 3 2 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 5 4 7 6 7
1975 23 BIR FL     1 4 5 4 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 10 10
1976 24 CLG FL     2 4 5 4 6 7 6 9 9 9 4 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10
1977 25 CLG FL     3 4 5 4 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 10 10 10
1978 26 AUS FL $ 300,000   4 3 5 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 7 6 11 10 10
1979 27 LOU JL $ 300,000   5 4 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 7 6 10 10 10
1980 28 LOU JL $ 300,000   7 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 7 11 10 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 1 2 1 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 7 11 10 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 29 LOU JL $ 1,014,286 35 15 16 15 7 9 8 20 20 20
1982 30 LOU JL $ 1,014,286 35 16 16 16 10 12 11 20 20 20
1983 31 LOU JL $ 2,000,000 25 16 16 16 12 14 13 20 20 20
1984 32 LOU JL $ 2,000,000 19 16 16 16 11 13 12 19 19 19
1985 33 LOU JL $ 2,000,000 11 16 16 16 10 12 11 18 18 18
1986 34 LOU JL   11 15 15 15 10 12 11 17 17 17
1987 35 VAL JL $ 1,250,000 8 14 14 14 9 11 10 15 15 15
1988 36 VAL JL $ 1,250,000 4 8 8 8 4 6 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 8 8 8 4 6 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 35 16 16 16 12 14 13 20 20 20
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 21 BIR FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 22 BIR FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 23 BIR FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 24 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 25 CLG FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 26 AUS FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 27 LOU JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 28 LOU JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  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
1981 29 LOU JL $ 1,014,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1982 30 LOU JL $ 1,014,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1983 31 LOU JL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1984 32 LOU JL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1985 33 LOU JL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1986 34 LOU JL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1987 35 VAL JL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1988 36 VAL JL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 21 A   3 0 1.000 65 0 0 0 0 99.3 69 28 6 33 84 2.54 .195 .264 .283 .548  
1974 22 AA   1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 0 26.7 22 11 4 9 24 3.71 .220 .284 .370 .654  
    A   3 1 .750 30 5 0 0 0 38.7 45 17 2 22 32 3.96 .281 .368 .369 .737  
1975 23 AA   3 1 .750 30 0 0 0 0 45.3 41 15 5 11 65 2.98 .238 .284 .372 .656  
    A   1 1 .500 20 1 0 0 1 19.0 15 2 0 8 20 0.95 .211 .291 .211 .502  
1976 24 AAA   1 2 .333 13 0 0 0 7 16.3 21 11 2 6 21 6.06 .313 .370 .403 .773  
    AA   3 3 .500 35 0 0 0 23 41.0 26 9 3 8 59 1.98 .181 .224 .264 .488  
1977 25 AAA   4 9 .308 58 0 0 0 39 62.0 71 36 6 30 86 5.23 .287 .365 .397 .761  
1978 26 AUS FL 3 0 1.000 34 0 0 0 0 46.3 38 16 2 11 56 3.11 .222 .276 .310 .586 4.4
1979 27 LOU JL 4 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 1 20.0 19 4 2 5 18 1.80 .257 .296 .365 .661 3.7
    AAA   1 2 .333 34 0 0 0 25 34.0 36 10 1 16 47 2.65 .271 .349 .316 .665  
1980 28 LOU JL 4 5 .444 77 0 0 0 3 88.3 86 35 8 32 85 3.57 .253 .318 .356 .674 6.9
1981 29 LOU JL 6 4 .600 101 0 0 0 3 103.3 103 54 3 70 68 4.70 .261 .368 .362 .730 6.0
1982 30 LOU JL 3 4 .429 75 0 0 0 3 78.7 65 24 1 37 62 2.75 .221 .307 .293 .599 8.3
1983 31 LOU JL 5 3 .625 83 0 0 0 2 77.3 74 26 0 33 44 3.03 .256 .334 .329 .663 6.3
1984 32 LOU JL 4 3 .571 88 0 0 0 11 78.0 67 20 0 31 63 2.31 .238 .313 .298 .611 12.2
1985 33 LOU JL 3 3 .500 93 0 0 0 2 81.0 68 33 7 45 53 3.67 .227 .329 .338 .666 7.0
1986 34 LOU JL 1 3 .250 81 0 0 0 4 77.0 74 46 9 48 55 5.38 .258 .362 .404 .766 4.2
1987 35 VAL JL 0 6 .000 42 0 0 0 2 32.0 40 21 8 18 32 5.91 .313 .391 .570 .961 0.1
    AAA   1 4 .200 16 0 0 0 6 12.3 16 7 1 4 13 5.11 .314 .364 .412 .775  
1988 36 AAA   2 6 .250 34 0 0 0 16 30.7 39 21 4 18 32 6.16 .312 .399 .456 .855  
    AA   0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 4 8.7 6 2 0 3 10 2.08 .194 .265 .226 .491  
10 Years Sim 33 31 .516 694 0 0 0 31 682.0 634 279 40 330 536 3.68 .248 .333 .351 .684 59.2
5 Years AAA 9 23 .281 155 0 0 0 93 155.3 183 85 14 74 199 4.93 .294 .369 .393 .762  
4 Years AA 7 5 .583 85 0 0 0 27 121.7 95 37 12 31 158 2.74 .213 .264 .327 .590  
3 Years A 7 2 .778 115 6 0 0 1 157.0 129 47 8 63 136 2.69 .221 .297 .298 .595  
12 Years Minors 23 30 .434 355 6 0 0 121 434.0 407 169 34 168 493 3.50 .246 .316 .342 .657  
Season Average 3 3 .500 69 0 0 0 3 68.2 63 27 4 33 53 3.68 .248 .333 .351 .684  
Career Highs 6 6 1.000 101 0 0 0 11 103.3 103 54 9 70 85 5.91 .313 .391 .570 .961  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   317 140 17 157 290   .238 .319 .323 .642
vs LH   317 139 23 173 246   .258 .350 .382 .732
Home 14 13 .519 355 0 0 0 19 363.3 341 136 21 179 276 3.37 .250 .337 .349 .686
Away 19 18 .514 339 0 0 0 13 318.6 293 143 19 151 260 4.04 .246 .330 .354 .684
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 107 0 0 0 2 109.0 106 39 4 57 77 3.22 .259 .349 .337 .686
May 6 7 .462 122 0 0 0 3 119.0 103 49 7 58 105 3.71 .234 .323 .349 .672
June 3 4 .429 108 0 0 0 7 104.0 96 40 6 56 89 3.46 .240 .333 .348 .681
July 13 10 .565 128 0 0 0 1 121.3 119 54 8 65 100 4.01 .259 .351 .368 .719
August 6 3 .667 121 0 0 0 11 128.3 99 40 7 51 83 2.81 .216 .295 .317 .611
Sep/Oct 4 5 .444 108 0 0 0 8 100.3 111 57 8 43 82 5.11 .284 .355 .394 .749
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 26 AUS FL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1980 28 LOU JL 77 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1981 29 LOU JL 101 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1982 30 LOU JL 75 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
1983 31 LOU JL 83 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 0.8 0.2
1984 32 LOU JL 88 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1985 33 LOU JL 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1986 34 LOU JL 81 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.0
8 Years Sim 632 21 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 .143 .182 .238 .420 0.8 0.2
162 Game Average 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .182 .238 .420 0.2  
Career Highs 101 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500 .500 .750 1.000 0.8  
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   13 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .308 .522 0.8
vs LH   8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Home 275 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
Away 269 9 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .444 .744 1.2
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
June 66 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .500 .667 0.6
July 58 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
August 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 42 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 26 AUS FL P 34 0 46.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.36    
1979 27 LOU JL P 20 0 20.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1980 28 LOU JL P 77 0 88.3 6 13 1 1 .950 1.94    
1981 29 LOU JL P 101 0 103.3 4 18 1 1 .957 1.92    
1982 30 LOU JL P 75 0 78.7 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.49    
1983 31 LOU JL P 83 0 77.3 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.09    
1984 32 LOU JL P 88 0 78.0 6 14 0 2 1.000 2.31    
1985 33 LOU JL P 93 0 81.0 6 9 1 2 .938 1.67    
1986 34 LOU JL P 81 0 77.0 1 10 1 3 .917 1.29    
1987 35 VAL JL P 42 0 32.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.97    
Career Totals   694 0 682.0 32 102 4 10 .971 1.77    
Career Highs   101 0 103.3 6 18 1 3 1.000 2.31    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1980 28 LOU JL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 1 6.0 4 1 1 0 4 1.50 .200 .200 .350 .550
1985 33 LOU JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .100 .100 .200 .300
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 1 9.0 5 1 1 0 6 1.00 .167 .167 .300 .467
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1981-4-101
1983-9-83
1984-8-88
1985-8-93
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 46th round, 1095th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1973
Traded from Calgary to Austin on 3/2/1978 (Going to CLG: P J. Jumboni, P J. Fillion, LF C. Mah. Going to AUS: LF K. Stroudt, P T. Money, P C. Howell)
Earned first career win on 6/9/1978
Traded from Austin to Louisville on 5/21/1979 (Going to AUS: P K. Williamson, P L. Sciortino. Going to LOU: P C. Howell)
Won Landis Memorial Series with Louisville in 1980
Had first career hit on 9/13/1981, off Sidney Vanfleet (CAL)