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Steve Howe
Steven Roy Howe

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut April 11, 1980
  vs. HOU 0.7 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER
Final Game June 21, 1996
Born March 10, 1958 in Pontiac, MI
Died April 28, 2006 in Coachella, CA

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 22 LAD NL   7   9  59   0   0   0  36 17   84.7   83   33   25   1   22   39   2   1   359  10   0  2.66  3.54  133 1.240 RoY-1
 1981 23 LAD NL   5   3  41   0   0   0  25  8   54.0   51   17   15   2   18   32   0   0   227   7   0  2.50  3.35  134 1.278
 1982 24 LAD NL   7   5  66   0   0   0  41 13   99.3   87   27   23   3   17   49   0   1   393  11   0  2.08  3.50  168 1.047 AS
 1983 25 LAD NL   4   7  46   0   0   0  33 18   68.7   55   15   11   2   12   52   1   3   274   7   0  1.44  3.60  250 0.976
 1985 27 TOT      3   4  32   0   0   0  19  3   41.0   58   33   25   3   12   21   1   3   198   4   0  5.49  3.87   71 1.707
         LAD NL   1   1  19   0   0   0  14  3   22.0   30   17   12   2    5   11   1   2   104   2   0  4.91  3.45   70 1.591
         MIN AL   2   3  13   0   0   0   5  0   19.0   28   16   13   1    7   10   0   1    94   2   0  6.16  4.36   71 1.842
 1987 29 TEX AL   3   3  24   0   0   0  15  1   31.3   33   15   15   2    8   19   3   2   131   1   1  4.31  4.52  105 1.309
 1991 33 NYY AL   3   1  37   0   0   0  10  3   48.3   39   12    9   1    7   34   3   2   189   2   0  1.68  4.14  247 0.952
 1992 34 NYY AL   3   0  20   0   0   0  10  6   22.0    9    7    6   1    3   12   0   1    79   1   0  2.45  3.95  161 0.545
 1993 35 NYY AL   3   5  51   0   0   0  19  4   50.7   58   31   28   7   10   19   3   0   215   4   0  4.97  4.16   84 1.342
 1994 36 NYY AL   3   0  40   0   0   0  25 15   40.0   28    8    8   2    7   18   0   1   152   1   0  1.80  4.61  256 0.875
 1995 37 NYY AL   6   3  56   0   0   0  20  2   49.0   66   29   27   7   17   28   4   1   230   3   0  4.96  4.63   93 1.694
 1996 38 NYY AL   0   1  25   0   0   0   4  1   17.0   19   12   12   1    6    5   1   2    76   3   1  6.35  5.00   79 1.471
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .534  47  41 497   0   0   0 257 91  606.0  586  239  204  32  139  328  18  17  2523  54   2  3.03  3.91  129 1.196
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   5  68   0   0   0  35 12   82.7   80   32   27   4   19   44   2   2   345   7   0  3.03  3.91  129 1.196
 Career High      7   9  66   0   0   0  41 18   99.3   87   33   28   7   22   52   4   3   393  11   1  1.44  4.63  256 0.875

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 22 LAD NL  59   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .091  .091  .091  -49    1   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-1
 1981 23 LAD NL  41    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   54    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 24 LAD NL  66    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0 AS
 1983 25 LAD NL  46    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .125  .222  .125   -1    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     232   27    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  10  .074  .138  .074  -39    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         19    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .074  .138  .074  -39    1   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     66   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3                           1   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1980 22 LAD NL   11   10    0   0.0    94| .091  .266| .091  .328| .091  .385| .182  .713| -49  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1981 23 LAD NL    2    1    0   0.0    89| .000  .259| .500  .324| .000  .371| .500  .695|  54  .000   0.1   0.0   0%
 1982 24 LAD NL    8    8    0   0.0    93| .000  .263| .000  .326| .000  .383| .000  .709|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1983 25 LAD NL    9    7    0   0.0    96| .125  .262| .222  .330| .125  .388| .347  .719|  -1  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons       30   26    0   0.0    94| .074  .264| .138  .328| .074  .385| .212  .713| -39  .000  -5.1  -0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 22 LAD NL P 59 3 20 1 0 .958 .950 0.39 0.69 2.44 1.91 0 84.7 1981 23 LAD NL P 41 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.68 1.00 1.97 0 54.0 1982 24 LAD NL P 66 2 17 1 0 .950 .950 0.29 0.70 1.72 1.96 0 99.3 AS 1983 25 LAD NL P 46 4 15 0 0 1.000 .950 0.41 0.68 2.49 1.93 0 68.7 1985 27 TOT P 32 3 7 1 0 .909 .952 0.31 0.69 2.20 1.89 0 41.0 LAD NL P 19 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.32 0.68 2.45 1.92 0 22.0 MIN AL P 13 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.70 1.89 1.85 0 19.0 1987 29 TEX AL P 24 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 2.30 1.84 0 31.3 1991 33 NYY AL P 37 5 6 3 1 .786 .957 0.30 0.58 2.05 1.81 0 48.3 1992 34 NYY AL P 20 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.45 0.56 3.68 1.72 0 22.0 1993 35 NYY AL P 51 2 13 1 0 .938 .955 0.29 0.56 2.66 1.79 0 50.7 1994 36 NYY AL P 40 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.52 1.35 1.71 0 40.0 1995 37 NYY AL P 56 3 11 0 1 1.000 .959 0.25 0.53 2.57 1.78 0 49.0 1996 38 NYY AL P 25 0 5 1 1 .833 .962 0.20 0.52 2.65 1.75 0 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 22 LAD NL P 59 3 20 1 0 .958 .950 0.39 0.69 2.44 1.91 0 84.7 1981 23 LAD NL P 41 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.68 1.00 1.97 0 54.0 1982 24 LAD NL P 66 2 17 1 0 .950 .950 0.29 0.70 1.72 1.96 0 99.3 1983 25 LAD NL P 46 4 15 0 0 1.000 .950 0.41 0.68 2.49 1.93 0 68.7 1985 27 TOT P 32 3 7 1 0 .909 .952 0.31 0.69 2.20 1.89 0 41.0 LAD NL P 19 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.32 0.68 2.45 1.92 0 22.0 MIN AL P 13 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.70 1.89 1.85 0 19.0 1987 29 TEX AL P 24 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 2.30 1.84 0 31.3 1991 33 NYY AL P 37 5 6 3 1 .786 .957 0.30 0.58 2.05 1.81 0 48.3 1992 34 NYY AL P 20 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.45 0.56 3.68 1.72 0 22.0 1993 35 NYY AL P 51 2 13 1 0 .938 .955 0.29 0.56 2.66 1.79 0 50.7 1994 36 NYY AL P 40 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.52 1.35 1.71 0 40.0 1995 37 NYY AL P 56 3 11 0 1 1.000 .959 0.25 0.53 2.57 1.78 0 49.0 1996 38 NYY AL P 25 0 5 1 1 .833 .962 0.20 0.52 2.65 1.75 0 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 497 31 114 9 3 .942 .953 0.29 0.62 2.15 1.87 0 606.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 497 31 114 9 3 .942 .953 0.29 0.62 2.15 1.87 0 606
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   2 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   2 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   3   0   3.86  1  0  1  0   7     7   3   1   4 
 1995   ALDS  NYY SEA     L   2   0  18.00  0  0  0  0   1     4   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   4   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     5   2   0   2 
  4 Postseason Ser      3-1   9   0   3.75  1  0  1  0  12    13   5   1   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1995   ALDS  NYY SEA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1   9   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1982   LAD NL      0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1982   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1982 *

Awards
1980-NL-ROY

Games
1982 NL-66-10

Saves
1980 NL-17-9
1983 NL-18-9
1994 AL-15-9

Games Finished
1982 NL-41-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 16.0 (424) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (868) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

July 3, 1985: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

August 12, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

September 17, 1985: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

July 12, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

January 19, 1988: Released by the Texas Rangers.

February 21, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 8, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 13, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 24, 1996: Released by the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1992New York Yankees$700,000
1993New York Yankees$2,500,000
1994New York Yankees$2,100,000
1995New York Yankees$2,300,000
1996New York Yankees$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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