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J.P. Howell PBlue Jays

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Birth Date	4-25-1983
Height	6' 0"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	41 years, 6 months, 29 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 0.42015
: 0.72016
: -0.02017
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2005	KCA	MLB	15	15	72.7	3	5	0	73	39	54	9	103	9.0	4.8	1.1	6.7	0%	.291	1.54	5.02	6.19	106	5.60	120.5	-0.1
2006	TBA	MLB	8	8	42.3	1	3	0	52	14	33	4	108	11.1	3.0	0.9	7.0	0%	.361	1.56	4.06	5.10	98	5.15	105.0	0.3
2007	TBA	MLB	10	10	51.0	1	6	0	69	21	49	8	104	12.2	3.7	1.4	8.6	0%	.374	1.76	4.83	7.59	94	4.87	100.8	0.5
2008	TBA	MLB	64	0	89.3	6	1	3	62	39	92	6	104	6.2	3.9	0.6	9.3	0%	.245	1.13	3.41	2.22	73	2.77	59.0	2.6
2009	TBA	MLB	69	0	66.7	7	5	17	47	33	79	7	104	6.3	4.5	0.9	10.7	0%	.256	1.20	3.75	2.84	99	3.93	84.2	1.0
2011	TBA	MLB	46	0	30.7	2	3	1	30	18	26	5	99	8.8	5.3	1.5	7.6	0%	.287	1.57	5.44	6.16	110	5.13	119.3	-0.1
2012	TBA	MLB	55	0	50.3	1	0	0	39	22	42	7	96	7.0	3.9	1.3	7.5	0%	.250	1.21	4.73	3.04	109	5.03	115.3	-0.1
2013	LAN	MLB	67	0	62.0	4	1	0	42	23	54	2	99	6.1	3.3	0.3	7.8	0%	.241	1.05	2.86	2.03	83	3.09	74.1	1.1
2014	LAN	MLB	68	0	49.0	3	3	0	31	25	48	2	96	5.7	4.6	0.4	8.8	0%	.236	1.14	3.26	2.39	99	4.12	101.0	0.2
2015	LAN	MLB	65	0	44.0	6	1	1	47	14	39	3	89	9.6	2.9	0.6	8.0	0%	.333	1.39	3.36	1.43	89	3.90	91.0	0.4
2016	LAN	MLB	64	0	50.7	1	1	0	56	15	44	4	91	9.9	2.7	0.7	7.8	60%	.338	1.40	3.53	4.09	87	3.74	82.7	0.7
2017	TOR	MLB	16	0	11.0	1	1	0	13	7	6	2		10.6	5.7	1.6	4.9	59%	.297	1.82	6.32	7.36	108	5.49	116.9	0.0
Career		MLB	547	33	619.7	36	30	22	561	270	566	59	98	8.1	3.9	0.9	8.2	54%	.287	1.34	3.99	3.83	94	4.21	93.1	6.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2004	IDA	Rk	PIO	6	4	26.0	3	1	0	16	12	38	1		5.5	4.2	0.3	13.2	0%	.288	1.08	3.52	2.77	0	0.00	0.0
2005	KCA	MLB	AL	15	15	72.7	3	5	0	73	39	54	9	103	9.0	4.8	1.1	6.7	0%	.291	1.54	5.02	6.19	106	5.60	120.5
2005	HDS	A+	CLF	8	8	46.0	3	1	0	33	24	48	2		6.5	4.7	0.4	9.4	0%	-.403	1.24	4.09	1.96	0	0.00	0.0
2005	WIC	AA	TXS	3	3	18.0	2	0	0	12	5	23	2	61	6.0	2.5	1.0	11.5	0%	-.323	0.94	3.16	2.50	77	3.22	63.5
2005	OMA	AAA	PCL	7	7	37.7	3	1	0	40	19	29	1	75	9.5	4.5	0.2	6.9	0%	-.780	1.56	3.91	4.06	89	4.89	96.4
2006	TBA	MLB	AL	8	8	42.3	1	3	0	52	14	33	4	108	11.1	3.0	0.9	7.0	0%	.361	1.56	4.06	5.10	98	5.15	105.0
2006	DUR	AAA	INT	10	10	55.1	5	3	0	53	15	49	2	87	8.7	2.5	0.3	8.0	0%	.327	1.23	2.80	2.61	85	4.13	86.6
2006	OMA	AAA	PCL	8	8	36.2	3	2	0	39	14	33	3	97	9.7	3.5	0.7	8.2	0%	.343	1.46	3.75	4.72	91	4.92	103.3
2007	TBA	MLB	AL	10	10	51.0	1	6	0	69	21	49	8	104	12.2	3.7	1.4	8.6	0%	.374	1.76	4.83	7.59	94	4.87	100.8
2007	DUR	AAA	INT	21	21	128.0	7	8	0	110	34	145	16	96	7.7	2.4	1.1	10.2	0%	.289	1.13	3.51	3.38	82	3.93	80.6
2008	TBA	MLB	AL	64	0	89.3	6	1	3	62	39	92	6	104	6.2	3.9	0.6	9.3	0%	.245	1.13	3.41	2.22	73	2.77	59.0
2009	TBA	MLB	AL	69	0	66.7	7	5	17	47	33	79	7	104	6.3	4.5	0.9	10.7	0%	.256	1.20	3.75	2.84	99	3.93	84.2
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	46	0	30.7	2	3	1	30	18	26	5	99	8.8	5.3	1.5	7.6	0%	.287	1.57	5.44	6.16	110	5.13	119.3
2011	PCH	A+	FSL	3	3	3.3	0	1	0	3	1	4	0	91	8.1	2.7	0.0	10.8	0%	.333	1.20	1.87	2.70	78	3.74	76.4
2011	DUR	AAA	INT	4	0	3.7	0	0	0	5	1	5	0		12.3	2.5	0.0	12.3	0%	.500	1.64	1.32	0.00	67	4.16	84.9
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	55	0	50.3	1	0	0	39	22	42	7	96	7.0	3.9	1.3	7.5	0%	.250	1.21	4.73	3.04	109	5.03	115.3
2013	LAN	MLB	NL	67	0	62.0	4	1	0	42	23	54	2	99	6.1	3.3	0.3	7.8	0%	.241	1.05	2.86	2.03	83	3.09	74.1
2014	LAN	MLB	NL	68	0	49.0	3	3	0	31	25	48	2	96	5.7	4.6	0.4	8.8	0%	.236	1.14	3.26	2.39	99	4.12	101.0
2015	LAN	MLB	NL	65	0	44.0	6	1	1	47	14	39	3	89	9.6	2.9	0.6	8.0	0%	.333	1.39	3.36	1.43	89	3.90	91.0
2016	LAN	MLB	NL	64	0	50.7	1	1	0	56	15	44	4	91	9.9	2.7	0.7	7.8	60%	.338	1.40	3.53	4.09	87	3.74	82.7
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	16	0	11.0	1	1	0	13	7	6	2		10.6	5.7	1.6	4.9	59%	.297	1.82	6.32	7.36	108	5.49	116.9
2017	DUN	A+	FSL	2	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	109	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5	50%	.250	0.50	-1.69	0.00	34	1.43	30.5
2017	BUF	AAA	INT	8	0	7.0	0	1	0	9	3	6	1		11.6	3.9	1.3	7.7	43%	.364	1.71	5.62	6.43	104	5.51	117.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	1465	0.4683	0.3816	0.7281	0.5160	0.2632	0.8277	0.5561	0.2719
2009	1091	0.4794	0.3923	0.6822	0.5335	0.2623	0.7957	0.4698	0.3178
2011	516	0.4826	0.3915	0.7772	0.5542	0.2397	0.8913	0.5313	0.2228
2012	805	0.4435	0.3602	0.7724	0.4678	0.2746	0.8743	0.6341	0.2276
2013	948	0.4272	0.4093	0.7423	0.5679	0.2910	0.8826	0.5380	0.2577
2014	783	0.3895	0.3844	0.7375	0.5508	0.2782	0.8929	0.5414	0.2625
2015	736	0.4117	0.4117	0.7393	0.5611	0.3072	0.8882	0.5489	0.2607
2016	875	0.4617	0.3977	0.7586	0.5594	0.2590	0.8894	0.5164	0.2414
2017	192	0.3854	0.3542	0.7941	0.5405	0.2373	0.8750	0.6786	0.2059
Career	7411	0.4461	0.3896	0.7388	0.5366	0.2710	0.8609	0.5440	0.2612

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2011-07-31	2011-08-02	DTD	2	1	Left	Hand	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2011-06-20	2011-06-20	DTD	0	0	Left	Foot	Inflammation	Gout	-
2011-03-22	2011-05-20	15-DL	59	44	Left	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Labrum	2010-05-19
2010-03-26	2010-10-13	60-DL	201	162	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	2010-05-19
2010-03-15	2010-03-26	Camp	11	0	Left	Shoulder	Weakness		-
2008-08-16	2008-08-22	DTD	6	5	-	Thigh	Soreness		-	-
2006-05-07	2006-06-06	Minors	30	0	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	Dates Are Estimated	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	TOR	$3,000,000
2016	LAN	$6,250,000
2015	LAN	$5,500,000
2014	LAN	$5,500,000
2013	LAN	$2,850,000
2012	TBA	$1,350,000
2011	TBA	$1,100,000
2010	TBA	$1,800,000
2009	TBA	$433,700
2008	TBA	$397,500
2006	TBA	$330,000

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$28,511,200
11 yr	Total	$28,511,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 7 d	Legacy Sports	1 year/$3M (2017)

Details

1 year/$3M (2017). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/17. DFA by Toronto 8/16/17. Released by Toronto 8/20/17.
2 years/$11.25M (2014-15), plus 2016 option. Re-signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/20/13. $3M signing bonus. 14:$4M, 15:$4M, 16:$6.25M option, $0.25M buyout. If club exercises 2016 option, Howell may decline the option and forfeit buyout. 2016 becomes player option if Howell 1) has 65 games in 2015 or 120 games in 2014-15 and 2) is not on the disabled list at the end of the 2015 season. Howell exercised $6.25M option for 2016 11/4/15.
1 year/$2.85M (2013). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 1/4/13. Performance bonuses: $75,000 for 50 games. $0.125M for 55 games. $0.15M for 60 games. $0.2M each for 65, 70 games. $50,000 each for 50, 55, 65, 70 innings pitched. $0.1M for 75 IP. $0.1M each 30, 35, 40 games finished. $0.2M for 45, 50 GF.
1 year/$1.35M (2012). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.1M (2011). Re-signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 12/13/10.
1 year/$1.8M (2010). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Tampa Bay 12/2/10.
1 year/$0.4337M (2009). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 2/25/09.
1 year/$0.3975M (2008). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 2/08.
1 year (2007). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 2/07. Optioned to Triple-A 3/07. Recalled 6/2/07. Optioned to Triple-A 7/9/07. Recalled 7/21/07. Optioned to Triple-A 7/23/07. Recalled 9/16/07.
1 year/$0.33M (2006). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/06. Optioned to Triple-A 3/06. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Kansas City 6/06. Recalled 7/06. Optioned to Triple-A 8/06. Recalled 8/06.
1 year (2005). Contract purchased by Kansas City 6/05. Optioned to Triple-A 7/05. Recalled 8/05.
Drafted by Kansas City 2004 (1s-31) (Texas). Signed 7/04, $1M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	2.1	1.5	68	51.0	43	17	41	5	.260	1.18	3.50	3.67	-3.8	-0.4
80^o	1.7	1.2	60	44.8	41	16	36	5	.276	1.28	3.89	4.09	-5.5	-0.6
70^o	1.5	1.1	54	40.4	39	16	33	5	.288	1.36	4.18	4.4	-6.3	-0.7
60^o	1.3	0.9	49	36.8	38	15	30	5	.297	1.42	4.43	4.66	-6.8	-0.7
50^o	1.1	0.8	45	33.6	36	14	27	4	.306	1.49	4.67	4.92	-7.2	-0.8
40^o	1	0.7	41	30.4	34	13	25	4	.316	1.55	4.92	5.18	-7.4	-0.8
30^o	0.8	0.6	36	27.0	32	12	22	4	.326	1.63	5.19	5.46	-7.4	-0.8
20^o	0.6	0.5	31	23.3	29	11	19	3	.337	1.72	5.51	5.79	-7.2	-0.8
10^o	0.5	0.4	24	18.2	24	10	15	3	.353	1.84	5.96	6.27	-6.6	-0.7
Weighted Mean	1.1	0.8	44	32.8	35	14	26	4	.304	1.47	4.64	4.88	-6.9	-0.7

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Date	Question	Answer
2012-10-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Assuming the Mets re-sign David Wright, what do you see as their biggest move the offseason? The starting pitching is probably already their, do they trade Murphy and look at Valdespin at 2B? Sign and trade for a outfielder? Simply add to the bullpen? What can Mets fans expect this offseason? (deech from Long Island)	Tough to say what any team's biggest move this offseason will be at this point, but I could see the Mets trading Murphy. I think they'll move one of Ike Davis and Lucas Duda, as well. My money would be on Duda heading to an American League team. He's tough to hide on defense and his bat isn't good enough to just accept the defensive woes. They'll probably make a few other moves, too-I could see someone like J.P. Howell landing in that bullpen. (R.J. Anderson)
2009-04-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Troy Percival sucks, Dan Wheeler isn't much better and J.P. Howell and Grant Balfour haven't been good...yet. What do you make of the early struggles of the Rays pen? (Tommy from DRaysBay)	Wait, a bullpen couldn't repeat its performance from last year, one which was above and beyond expectations during its successful run? I liked the Rays to be better than last year for reasons outside of their bullpen. I think we'll see Howell and Balfour pick it up a bit, but if you expect them to replicate last year again, you're in for a long season. (Marc Normandin)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	See, this is what I mean when I said that Maddon is learning as he goes and might make mistakes. If J.P. Howell was going to get Burrell and only Burrell, why was he left in the game? Why is it not Balfour for Burrell? It's one thing to not worry too much about platoon splits in favor of skill sets. It's another to act in contravention of them. I really don't understand this sequence. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	Quite often in talking about pitchers during Top 11 time or during the season, I talk about guys with good curveballs. The key is to find the guys who can BOTH drop it in for strikes AND bury it as a chase pitch. That's what J.P. Howell is doing here . . . and that should have been strike three. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	"jessehoffins (Swarthmore, PA): Joe- As to Howard's placement in the lineup, you really think pushing him back to eighth makes sense against a pitcher that almost never makes it past the 6th anyway? I understand his awful platoons, but Charlie Manuel has to believe that getting him one extra at bat late in a game is worth it. " An at-bat that, if it means anything, will probably come against J.P. Howell, or David Price, or Trever Miller, all of whom Howard can't hit. He's a platoon player. (Joe Sheehan)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, J.P. Howell threw 7,969 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Sinker (85mph) and Curve (79mph), also mixing in a Change (80mph).