Jay Howell
Jay Howell
Full name: Jay Canfield Howell
Born: November 26, 1955, Miami, Florida
First Game: August 10, 1980 ; Final Game: August 8, 1994
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 200
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Jay Howell
Top Performances
Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1980 CIN N 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 CIN N
1981 CHI N Daily Splits 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0.0 1981 CHI N
1982 NY A 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 NY A
1983 NY A 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 NY A
1984 NY A 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1984 NY A
1985 OAK A 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1985 OAK A
1986 OAK A 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1986 OAK A
1987 OAK A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1987 OAK A
1988 LA N Daily Splits 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1988 LA N
1989 LA N Daily Splits 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1989 LA N
1990 LA N Daily Splits 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1990 LA N
1991 LA N 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1991 LA N
1992 LA N 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1992 LA N
1993 ATL N 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1993 ATL N
1994 TEX A 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1994 TEX A
Total NL 305 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 568 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1988 LA N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1988 LA N
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1988 LA N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1988 LA N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1987 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1987 AL
1989 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1989 NL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1980 CIN N Daily Splits 5 0 0 0 1 0 3.1 8 19 0 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.50 -0.2 1980 CIN N
1981 CHI N Daily Splits 10 2 0 0 1 0 22.1 23 97 3 13 12 10 2 10 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 1 2 2 0 4.84 -0.1 1981 CHI N
1982 NY A Daily Splits 6 6 0 0 0 0 28 42 138 1 25 24 13 0 21 0 2 1 0 0 9 1 1 3 2 3 7.71 -1.6 1982 NY A
1983 NY A Daily Splits 19 12 2 0 3 0 82 89 368 7 53 49 35 0 61 1 5 2 3 1 15 2 5 3 1 5 5.38 -0.8 1983 NY A
1984 NY A Daily Splits 61 1 0 0 23 7 103.2 86 426 5 33 31 34 3 109 3 3 4 0 0 13 1 4 6 9 4 2.69 1.9 1984 NY A
1985 OAK A Daily Splits 63 0 0 0 58 29 98 98 414 5 32 31 31 3 68 3 4 4 1 1 13 1 8 3 9 8 2.85 2.6 1985 OAK A
1986 OAK A Daily Splits 38 0 0 0 33 16 53.1 53 230 3 23 20 23 4 42 3 1 4 1 0 9 0 6 3 3 6 3.38 0.5 1986 OAK A
1987 OAK A Daily Splits 36 0 0 0 27 16 44.1 48 200 6 30 29 21 1 35 3 2 4 1 0 10 3 2 2 3 4 5.89 -1.5 1987 OAK A
1988 LA N Daily Splits 50 0 0 0 38 21 65 44 262 1 16 15 21 2 70 3 3 2 1 2 7 1 0 6 5 3 2.08 1.8 1988 LA N
1989 LA N Daily Splits 56 0 0 0 41 28 79.2 60 312 3 15 14 22 6 55 4 2 1 0 0 11 1 9 3 5 3 1.58 2.8 1989 LA N
1990 LA N Daily Splits 45 0 0 0 35 16 66 59 271 5 17 16 20 3 59 1 0 4 6 1 8 1 6 2 5 5 2.18 2.2 1990 LA N
1991 LA N Daily Splits 44 0 0 0 35 16 51 39 202 3 19 18 11 3 40 5 2 0 1 0 8 2 1 2 6 5 3.18 0.7 1991 LA N
1992 LA N Daily Splits 41 0 0 0 26 4 46.2 41 203 2 9 8 18 5 36 5 1 3 1 1 3 0 1 6 1 3 1.54 1.1 1992 LA N
1993 ATL N Daily Splits 54 0 0 0 22 0 58.1 48 233 3 16 15 16 4 37 3 4 0 0 2 6 0 3 3 3 3 2.31 1.0 1993 ATL N
1994 TEX A Daily Splits 40 0 0 0 17 2 43 44 189 10 29 26 16 2 22 1 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 4 4 1 5.44 -0.3 1994 TEX A
Total NL 305 2 0 0 199 85 392.1 322 1599 20 110 103 118 25 308 22 14 10 12 6 49 6 22 25 27 22 2.36 9.3 Total NL
Total AL 263 19 2 0 161 70 452.1 460 1965 37 225 210 173 13 358 14 20 21 7 2 76 9 27 24 31 31 4.18 0.8 Total AL
Total Splits 568 21 2 0 360 155 844.2 782 3564 57 335 313 291 38 666 36 34 31 19 8 125 15 49 49 58 53 3.34 10.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1988 LA N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 1 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 27.00 1988 LA N
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1988 LA N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 1 2.2 3 13 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.38 1988 LA N
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1987 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 9 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 1987 AL
1989 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1989 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 13 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1980 CIN N Daily P 5 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
1981 CHI N Daily P 10 2 0 22.1 2 9 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 1.000
1982 NY A Daily P 6 6 0 28 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000
1983 NY A Daily P 19 12 2 82 7 10 1 0 0 4 0 13 1 .944
1984 NY A Daily P 61 1 0 103.2 11 16 1 3 0 0 3 10 1 .964
1985 OAK A Daily P 63 0 0 98 1 15 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1.000
1986 OAK A Daily P 38 0 0 53.1 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1.000
1987 OAK A Daily P 36 0 0 44.1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 .875
1988 LA N Daily P 50 0 0 65 7 6 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 .929
1989 LA N Daily P 56 0 0 79.2 5 10 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 .938
1990 LA N Daily P 45 0 0 66 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 1.000
1991 LA N Daily P 44 0 0 51 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 .917
1992 LA N Daily P 41 0 0 46.2 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 1.000
1993 ATL N Daily P 54 0 0 58.1 4 7 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 1.000
1994 TEX A Daily P 40 0 0 43 5 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .846
Total P 568 21 2 844.2 63 112 8 9 0 11 26 73 8 .956
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1988 LA N Daily P 2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1988 LA N Daily P 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1987 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1989 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions 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 ).
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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