Players · H · Pitcher · 2017 regular season
J.P. Howell
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Number
- #39
- Born
- April 25, 1983 in Modesto, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- June 11, 2005
- dbWAR
- 5.6 Regular season, 17 season(s)
- IP
- 11.0
- ERA
- 7.36
- FIP
- 6.34
- K/9
- 4.9
- FIP−
- 145 100 = avg
J.P. Howell was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2017 he struck out 6 batters over 11.0 innings across 16 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 7.36 was 69.0% higher than the league average of 4.36. Stripping out defence, his 6.34 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.3% of swings (7.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.5%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2017 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | TOR | 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 | LAD | 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 | LAD | 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 | |
| 2014 | LAD | 68 | 0 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 48 | 25 | 2.39 | 3.30 | 1.14 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 64 | 88 | 0.5 | |
| 2013 | LAD | 67 | 0 | 62.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 54 | 23 | 2.03 | 2.89 | 1.05 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 53 | 75 | 1.0 | |
| 2012 | TB | 55 | 0 | 50.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 42 | 22 | 3.04 | 4.78 | 1.21 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 76 | 119 | -0.2 | |
| 2011 | TB | 46 | 0 | 30.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 6.16 | 5.41 | 1.57 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 156 | 137 | -0.4 | |
| 2009 | TB | 69 | 0 | 66.2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 21 | 79 | 33 | 2.83 | 3.71 | 1.20 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 66 | 86 | 0.8 | |
| 2008 | TB | 64 | 0 | 89.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 22 | 92 | 39 | 2.22 | 3.39 | 1.13 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 51 | 78 | 1.4 | |
| 2007 | TB | 10 | 10 | 51.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 43 | 49 | 21 | 7.59 | 4.77 | 1.76 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 170 | 107 | 0.4 | |
| 2006 | TB | 8 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 5.10 | 4.02 | 1.56 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 113 | 89 | 0.7 | |
| 2005 | KC | 15 | 15 | 72.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 50 | 54 | 39 | 6.19 | 5.00 | 1.54 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 144 | 117 | 0.2 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.
Separate from the regular season
Postseason Postseason
Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.
Postseason pitching
| Season | Team | Round | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Post | LAD | NLDS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Post | LAD | NLDS | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3.75 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Post | LAD | Postseason total | 7 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1.50 | 1.33 | 9.0 |
| NLDS | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 11.6 | ||
| NLCS | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.45 | 1.64 | 7.4 | ||
| 2011 Post | TB | ALDS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2008 Post | TB | Postseason total | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3.00 | 1.08 | 12.8 |
| ALDS | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 12.5 | ||
| ALCS | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3.38 | 1.50 | 10.1 | ||
| World Series | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7.71 | 1.29 | 19.3 | ||
| Career | Postseason total · 5 Octobers | 24 | 0 | 20.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 3.10 | 1.38 | 10.2 |
Postseason batting
| Season | Team | Round | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Post | TB | World Series | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 25 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .273 | .360 | .455 | .356 | 4.0% |
| vs RHB | 27 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .304 | .407 | .652 | .446 | 18.5% |
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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 120 | 85.0 | 1,837 | 33.3% | 14.0% | 29 | .241 | .768 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 54 | 78.8 | 2,388 | 35.2% | 29.2% | 15 | .333 | 1.200 | |
| Changeup | 15 | 79.9 | 1,429 | 13.3% | 100.0% | 0 | — | — |
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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.