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Donald
Howell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: August 11, 1921 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1955   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 30 SF CL $ 1,960,000  
1953 31 SF CL $ 1,960,000  
1954 32 SF CL $ 1,960,000  
1955 33 VAN CL $ 750,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 750,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,960,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 30 SF CL $ 1,960,000  
1953 31 SF CL $ 1,960,000  
1954 32 SF CL $ 1,960,000  
1955 33 VAN CL $ 750,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 750,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,960,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 30 SF CL 3 6 .333 69 0 0 0 13 73.7 68 30 5 18 57 3.67 .248 .300 .372 .672 13.0
1953 31 SF CL 3 5 .375 42 0 0 0 2 51.3 38 22 2 6 26 3.86 .207 .256 .326 .582 6.0
1954 32 SF CL 3 4 .429 73 0 0 0 22 66.7 80 35 3 22 51 4.73 .289 .355 .394 .749 8.8
1955 33 VAN CL 6 2 .750 67 0 0 0 12 78.3 63 24 4 31 53 2.76 .218 .306 .304 .610 12.3
4 Years Sim 15 17 .469 251 0 0 0 49 270.0 249 111 14 77 187 3.70 .243 .309 .351 .660 40.1
Season Average 3 4 .429 62 0 0 0 12 67.5 62 27 3 19 46 3.70 .243 .309 .351 .660  
Career Highs 6 6 .750 73 0 0 0 22 78.3 80 35 5 31 57 4.73 .289 .355 .394 .749  
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   188 85 11 66 136   .247 .307 .355 .662
vs LH   61 26 3 11 51   .232 .263 .338 .601
Home 6 8 .429 125 0 0 0 24 141.7 128 53 7 30 96 3.37 .241 .282 .343 .624
Away 9 9 .500 126 0 0 0 25 128.3 121 58 7 47 91 4.07 .245 .311 .359 .670
Mar/Apr 2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 7 15.3 19 8 1 3 9 4.70 .297 .328 .438 .766
May 2 3 .400 52 0 0 0 7 59.3 66 33 4 23 37 5.01 .283 .348 .421 .768
June 5 4 .556 55 0 0 0 10 61.3 43 14 2 12 48 2.05 .195 .236 .276 .512
July 2 0 1.000 51 0 0 0 6 51.3 48 20 4 15 37 3.51 .245 .299 .383 .681
August 3 5 .375 49 0 0 0 11 52.7 52 29 3 19 32 4.96 .251 .314 .343 .657
Sep/Oct 1 4 .200 27 0 0 0 8 30.0 21 7 0 5 24 2.10 .204 .241 .252 .493
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 32 SF CL 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1955 33 VAN CL 67 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
2 Years Sim 140 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1  
Career Highs 73 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0  
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   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
vs LH   4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Home 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Away 71 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
RISP   2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
August 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 30 SF CL P 69 0 73.7 2 14 1 0 .941 1.95    
1953 31 SF CL P 42 0 51.3 2 12 1 1 .933 2.45    
1954 32 SF CL P 73 0 66.7 2 11 2 0 .867 1.76    
1955 33 VAN CL P 67 0 78.3 5 15 1 0 .952 2.30    
Career Totals   251 0 270.0 11 52 5 1 .926 2.10    
Career Highs   73 0 78.3 5 15 2 1 .952 2.45    
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
1953 31 SF CL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .000 .100 .000 .100
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .000 .100 .000 .100
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1952-8-13
1954-3-22
1955-10-12
CAR-13-49
 Games Pitched
1952-2-69
1954-4-73
1955-3-67
CAR-1-251
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 12
 
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  1. John Vogel (970)
  2. Adrian Hoover (967)
  3. Brian Carey (957)
  4. Keith Amezcua (955)
  5. Robert Krout (951)
  6. Jay Tyrrell (948)
  7. Thomas Hathaway (948)
  8. Alfred Hadsell (946)
  9. Hai Orona (944)
  10. Ryan Rossi (941)
History
Drafted in 11th round, 220th overall pick, by San Francisco in 1952
Earned first career win on 4/14/1952
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 3/4/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Had first career hit on 7/10/1955, off Tony Delossantos (SD)
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
 
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