P · 2016
J.P. Howell
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Number
- #39
- Born
- April 25, 1983 in Modesto, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- June 11, 2005
Age shown as of the 2017 season.
- dbWAR
- 1.0 4 season(s)
- PA
- 2
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -124 100 = avg
J.P. Howell is a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2016 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 2 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .739. He made contact on 40.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -124 wRC+ puts his offence 224% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.5 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2016.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2016. These four terms sum to -0.4 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -124 | -0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7.36 | 6.34 | 1.82 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 169 | 145 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | 64 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 23 | 44 | 15 | 4.09 | 3.50 | 1.40 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 98 | 84 | 0.6 | |
| 2015 | 65 | 0 | 44.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 1.43 | 3.34 | 1.39 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 36 | 84 | 0.6 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 102 | 96 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 22 | .302 | .343 | .417 | .333 | 21.6% |
| vs RHB | 118 | 103 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 22 | .262 | .333 | .369 | .304 | 18.6% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2016.
Situational hitting
How J.P. Howell hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2016.
Pitch sequencing
What J.P. Howell throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2016.
| Sinker | 437 | 85.3 | 1,911 | 45.3% | 17.8% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 411 | 78.4 | 1,002 | 42.1% | 30.5% | |
| Changeup | 28 | 81.7 | 1,605 | 17.9% | 0.0% |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.