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Dixie Howell
Homer Elliott Howell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.

Debut May 6, 1947
Final Game September 8, 1956
Born April 24, 1920 in Louisville, KY
Died October 5, 1990 in Binghamton, NY

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 27 PIT NL  76  214   23   59  11  0   4   25   1     27  34  .276  .357  .383   94   82   4           0   2
 1949 29 CIN NL  64  172   17   42   6  1   2   18   0      8  21  .244  .286  .326   63   56   1           2   5
 1950 30 CIN NL  82  224   30   50   9  1   2   22   0     32  31  .223  .326  .299   66   67   3           2   7
 1951 31 CIN NL  77  207   22   52   6  1   2   18   0  2  15  34  .251  .302  .319   66   66   0           0   3
 1952 32 CIN NL  17   37    4    7   1  1   2    4   0  0   3   9  .189  .250  .432   86   16   0           0   3
 1953 33 BRO NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1955 35 BRO NL  16   42    2   11   4  0   0    5   0  0   1   7  .262  .273  .357   64   15   1   1   0   0   0
 1956 36 BRO NL   7   13    0    3   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .231  .267  .385   67    5   1   1   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      340  910   98  224  39  4  12   93   1  2  87 140  .246  .314  .337   73  307  10   2   1   4  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        434   47  107  19  2   6   44   0  1  41  67  .246  .314  .337   73  146   5   1   0   2  10
 Career High     82  224   30   59  11  1   4   25   1  2  32  34  .276  .357  .383   94   82   4   1   1   2   7

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 27 PIT NL  245  161   29   4.8   108| .276  .277| .357  .353| .383  .412| .740  .765|  94  .515  -1.2  -0.1     
 1949 29 CIN NL  183  136   16   3.2   105| .244  .272| .286  .345| .326  .406| .612  .752|  63  .335  -9.6  -1.0     
 1950 30 CIN NL  261  184   21   3.0   108| .223  .270| .326  .346| .299  .418| .625  .764|  66  .309 -10.5  -1.0     
 1951 31 CIN NL  222  160   19   3.2   105| .251  .270| .302  .344| .319  .409| .621  .753|  66  .346 -10.4  -1.0   0%
 1952 32 CIN NL   40   33    4   3.2    97| .189  .262| .250  .334| .432  .389| .682  .724|  86  .389  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1953 33 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .431| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 35 BRO NL   45   33    4   3.2   108| .262  .269| .273  .340| .357  .426| .630  .766|  64  .338  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1956 36 BRO NL   16   12    2   4.4   110| .231  .274| .267  .343| .385  .433| .652  .775|  67  .498  -0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1013  720   95   3.5   106| .246  .272| .314  .347| .337  .412| .651  .758|  73  .381 -35.7  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1947 27 PIT NL   C   74    272   30    8    2  .974  .981  4.08  4.37                          12             
 1949 29 CIN NL   C   56    191   35    3    2  .987  .982  4.04  4.39                           5             
 1950 30 CIN NL   C   81    338   26    5    4  .986  .982  4.49  4.53                           4             
 1951 31 CIN NL   C   73    275   28    4    5  .987  .981  4.15  4.43                           4             
 1952 32 CIN NL   C   16     43    9    1    0  .981  .985  3.25  4.84                           0             
 1955 35 BRO NL   C   13     49    4    1    0  .981  .987  4.08  4.82                           1             
 1956 36 BRO NL   C    6     21    1    0    0 1.000  .987  3.67  5.02  5.21  5.83    4   38.0   0   2    0   1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1947 27 PIT NL   C   74    272   30    8    2  .974  .981  4.08  4.37                          12             
 1949 29 CIN NL   C   56    191   35    3    2  .987  .982  4.04  4.39                           5             
 1950 30 CIN NL   C   81    338   26    5    4  .986  .982  4.49  4.53                           4             
 1951 31 CIN NL   C   73    275   28    4    5  .987  .981  4.15  4.43                           4             
 1952 32 CIN NL   C   16     43    9    1    0  .981  .985  3.25  4.84                           0             
 1955 35 BRO NL   C   13     49    4    1    0  .981  .987  4.08  4.82                           1             
 1956 36 BRO NL   C    6     21    1    0    0 1.000  .987  3.67  5.02  5.21  5.83    4   38.0   0   2    0   1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C* 319   1189  133   22   13  .984  .982  4.14  4.48                4   38.0  26   2    0   1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       319   1189  133   22   13  .984  .982  4.14  4.48

An Important note about our fielding stats

Transactions
Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
Before 1939 Season: Sent from the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Dover Beach (Eastern Shore) in an unknown transaction.
Before 1940 Season: Sent from the Dover Beach (Eastern Shore) to the Philadelphia Phillies in an unknown transaction.
August 14, 1941: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Joe Becker, George Staller, John S. Bell (minors), and Ray Roche (minors).
May 3, 1947: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Hank Behrman, Kirby Higbe, Gene Mauch, and Cal McLish to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Gionfriddo and $100,000.
January 15, 1948: Sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco (PCL) to complete an earlier deal made on September 20, 1947. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent players to be named later and $100,000 to the San Francisco (PCL) for Bob Chesnes. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Gene Woodling (September 30, 1947), Ken Gables (September 30, 1947), Manuel Perez (minors) (September 30, 1947), and Dixie Howell (January 15, 1948) to the San Francisco (PCL) to complete the trade.
November 10, 1948: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the San Francisco (PCL) in the 1948 rule 5 draft.
October 10, 1952: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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