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Ben
Howard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 15, 1979 in Usa, IL, DANVILLE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 MON NL $ 500,000 74 53 53 53 46 46 46 53 53 53
2005 26 MON NL $ 500,000 74 66 66 66 50 50 50 50 50 50
2006 27 MON NL $ 500,000 74 58 58 58 50 50 50 50 50 50
2007 28 MON NL   74 72 72 72 59 59 59 55 55 55
2008 29 STL NL $ 100,000 74 81 81 81 60 60 60 57 57 57
2009 30 STL NL $ 2,307,143 74 81 81 81 59 59 59 57 57 57
2010 31 NYN NL $ 2,307,143 74 80 80 80 59 59 59 57 57 57
2011 32 NYN NL $ 2,300,000 71 80 80 80 59 59 59 57 57 57
2012 33 NYN NL $ 2,300,000 66 77 77 77 58 58 58 50 50 50
2013 34 NYA AL $ 2,300,000 64 75 75 75 56 56 56 50 50 50
OOTP6 Min Ratings   64 53 53 53 46 46 46 50 50 50
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,307,143 74 81 81 81 60 60 60 57 57 57
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 MON NL $ 500,000   1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
2005 26 MON NL $ 500,000   1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
2006 27 MON NL $ 500,000   1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
2007 28 MON NL     1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
2008 29 STL NL $ 100,000   1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
2009 30 STL NL $ 2,307,143   1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
2010 31 NYN NL $ 2,307,143   2 2 3 6 6 6 29 29 29 1 1 1 40 40 40
2011 32 NYN NL $ 2,300,000   2 2 3 6 6 6 29 29 29 1 1 1 40 40 40
2012 33 NYN NL $ 2,300,000   2 2 3 6 6 6 29 29 29 1 1 1 40 40 40
2013 34 NYA AL $ 2,300,000   2 2 3 6 6 6 29 29 29 1 1 1 40 40 40
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 6 6 6 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,307,143   2 2 3 6 6 6 29 29 29 1 1 1 40 40 40
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 23 SDN   0 1 .000 3   0 0 0 10.7 13 11   14 10 9.29  
2003 24 SDN   1 3 .250 6   0 0 0 34.7 31 14   15 24 3.64  
2004 25 AAA   8 15 .348 30 30 2 0 0 201.0 218 90 33 73 207 4.03 .277 .338 .447 .786  
2005 26 MON NL 1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 27.3 30 17 4 13 20 5.60 .265 .341 .487 .828 0.2
    AAA   9 14 .391 30 30 2 0 0 205.3 230 109 32 65 202 4.78 .278 .330 .447 .777  
2006 27 MON NL 1 2 .333 11 4 0 0 0 28.7 40 21 8 5 21 6.59 .328 .354 .566 .920 0.0
2007 28 AAA   8 9 .471 32 23 1 1 0 158.3 158 71 19 68 165 4.04 .258 .332 .395 .728  
2008 29 MON NL 5 5 .500 17 17 0 0 0 107.3 111 50 13 33 95 4.19 .266 .319 .429 .749 4.5
  STL NL 6 8 .429 19 19 1 0 0 116.7 117 56 14 29 101 4.32 .260 .304 .424 .729 6.5
  TOT   11 13 .458 36 36 1 0 0 224.0 228 106 27 62 196 4.26 .263 .311 .427 .738 10.9
2009 30 STL NL 7 9 .438 27 27 0 0 0 157.0 173 93 31 58 130 5.33 .284 .345 .499 .844 4.4
2010 31 STL NL 5 4 .556 13 13 1 0 0 84.7 81 39 10 33 82 4.15 .253 .322 .406 .728 4.8
  NYN NL 7 6 .538 18 18 1 0 0 124.3 125 51 16 48 118 3.69 .262 .328 .427 .754 7.7
  TOT   12 10 .545 31 31 2 0 0 209.0 206 90 26 81 200 3.88 .258 .325 .419 .744 12.6
2011 32 NYN NL 7 15 .318 33 33 3 1 0 216.3 243 127 26 94 222 5.28 .285 .355 .454 .808 3.5
2012 33 NYN NL 5 7 .417 46 14 0 0 0 120.7 128 76 19 62 129 5.67 .270 .353 .458 .811 1.1
2013 34 NYN NL 6 11 .353 18 18 1 1 0 117.0 97 53 15 43 110 4.08 .222 .290 .384 .674 6.1
  NYA AL 4 4 .500 12 12 0 0 0 64.0 86 52 14 32 55 7.31 .317 .388 .561 .949 0.0
  TOT   10 15 .400 30 30 1 1 0 181.0 183 105 29 75 165 5.22 .258 .328 .452 .780 6.1
2014 35 AAA   5 0 1.000 9 9 0 0 0 54.3 52 20 5 17 62 3.31 .248 .304 .357 .661  
8 Years Sim 54 72 .429 219 180 7 2 0 1164.0 1231 635 170 450 1083 4.91 .271 .336 .452 .788 38.9
10 Years Pro 55 76 .420 228   7 2 0 1209.3 1275 660   479 1117 4.91  
4 Years AAA 30 38 .441 101 92 5 1 0 619.0 658 290 89 223 636 4.22 .270 .331 .426 .758  
Season Average 6 9 .400 27 22 0 0 0 145.5 153 79 21 56 135 4.91 .271 .336 .452 .788  
Career Highs 12 15 .545 46 36 3 1 0 224.0 243 127 31 94 222 6.59 .328 .355 .566 .920  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   578 321 79 198 537   .260 .320 .430 .750
vs LH   653 314 91 252 546   .282 .352 .474 .826
Home 29 34 .460 115 95 2 1 0 622.0 678 330 84 235 554 4.78 .278 .342 .450 .792
Away 25 38 .397 104 85 5 1 1 542.0 553 305 86 215 529 5.06 .262 .331 .455 .786
Mar/Apr 14 7 .667 35 27 0 0 0 179.6 187 88 24 63 157 4.41 .268 .328 .422 .750
May 7 16 .304 46 30 0 0 0 212.3 213 116 43 85 217 4.92 .259 .328 .470 .798
June 10 13 .435 36 34 2 1 0 215.0 223 108 26 80 188 4.52 .271 .336 .444 .780
July 8 12 .400 28 26 2 1 0 169.3 167 95 27 67 162 5.05 .257 .326 .456 .782
August 9 9 .500 29 26 1 0 0 160.0 180 91 21 68 140 5.12 .284 .354 .449 .802
Sep/Oct 6 15 .286 45 37 2 0 1 227.6 261 137 29 87 219 5.42 .285 .347 .467 .814
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2002 23 SDN   3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2003 24 SDN   6 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5  
2005 26 MON NL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0
2006 27 MON NL 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2008 29 MON NL 17 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .031 .088 .031 .119 -1.6 0.0
  STL NL 19 39 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .154 .195 .179 .375 0.6 0.0
  TOT   36 71 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 27 .099 .147 .113 .259 -1.0 0.0
2009 30 STL NL 27 52 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .077 .094 .115 .210 -1.6 0.0
2010 31 STL NL 13 26 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .077 .111 .115 .226 -1.0 0.0
  NYN NL 18 42 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .095 .136 .119 .255 -0.9 0.0
  TOT   31 68 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .088 .127 .118 .244 -1.9 0.0
2011 32 NYN NL 33 70 2 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 4 24 .114 .162 .129 .291 0.0 0.0
2012 33 NYN NL 46 23 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .130 .167 .261 .428 0.7 0.0
2013 34 NYN NL 18 35 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .057 .057 .086 .143 -2.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 207 331 17 30 8 1 0 15 0 0 14 113 .091 .128 .121 .248 -6.7 0.0
10 Years Pro 216 346 18 31 8 1 0 15 0 0 14 120 .090 .125 .118 .243 -7.5  
162 Game Average 259 13 23 6 0 0 11 0 0 10 88 .091 .128 .121 .248 -5.2  
Career Highs 46 71 4 8 2 1 0 8 0 0 4 27 .130 .167 .261 .428 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   256 13 21 7 1 0 10 0 0 9 89 .082 .113 .117 .230 -6.9
vs LH   75 4 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 24 .120 .175 .133 .308 0.1
Home 110 166 12 15 5 0 0 9 0 0 9 57 .090 .137 .120 .258 -2.8
Away 97 165 5 15 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 56 .091 .118 .121 .239 -4.0
RISP   92 0 8 2 0 0 15 0 0 2 34 .087 .106 .109 .215 -2.9
Close/Late   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Mar/Apr 35 56 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .107 .138 .161 .299 -0.5
May 32 59 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .051 .067 .085 .151 -3.1
June 36 63 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 24 .048 .130 .048 .178 -2.2
July 27 50 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .020 .058 .040 .098 -3.3
August 24 42 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .167 .186 .190 .377 0.7
Sep/Oct 39 61 3 10 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 16 .164 .190 .213 .404 1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 26 MON NL P 5 5 27.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.99    
2006 27 MON NL P 11 4 28.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.88    
2008 29 MON NL P 17 17 107.3 7 16 0 1 1.000 1.93    
  STL NL P 19 19 116.7 7 18 0 1 1.000 1.93    
  TOT   P 36 36 224.0 14 34 0 2 1.000 1.93    
2009 30 STL NL P 27 27 157.0 11 25 0 5 1.000 2.06    
2010 31 STL NL P 13 13 84.7 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.81    
  NYN NL P 18 18 124.3 5 18 1 1 .958 1.66    
  TOT   P 31 31 209.0 9 31 1 1 .976 1.72    
2011 32 NYN NL P 33 33 216.3 12 32 1 2 .978 1.83    
2012 33 NYN NL P 46 14 120.7 8 17 0 1 1.000 1.86    
2013 34 NYN NL P 18 18 117.0 10 15 0 1 1.000 1.92    
  NYA AL P 12 12 64.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.83    
Career Totals   219 180 1164.0 71 169 2 13 .992 1.86    
Career Highs   46 36 224.0 15 34 1 5 1.000 2.06    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2011 32 NYN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.3 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .200 .333 .200 .533
2012 33 NYN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 0 4.50 .250 .333 .250 .583
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 3.3 3 1 0 2 2 2.70 .231 .333 .231 .564
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2011-10-15
 Games Started
2008-7-36
 Complete Games
2011-8-3
 Shutouts
2011-6-1
 Hits Allowed
2008-9-228
2011-10-243
 Homeruns Allowed
2008-6-27
2009-4-31
2011-7-26
Strikeouts
2011-8-222
 Walks Allowed
2011-7-94
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2011-8-9.2
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  2. Dewon Brazelton (967)
  3. Seung Song (964)
  4. Ralph Dixon (960)
  5. Kyle Lohse (959)
  6. Brandon Webb (956)
  7. Brett Tomko (954)
  8. Ian Kennedy (954)
  9. Rich Harden (953)
  10. Aaron Cook (952)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jason Hirsh (994)
  2. Justin Wayne (993)
  3. Alejandro Cassella (992)
  4. Jerome Williams (988)
  5. Roy Halladay (988)
  6. Brien Taylor (986)
  7. Jason Jennings (986)
  8. Duane Below (985)
  9. Mark Mulder (982)
  10. Joseph Gustafson (982)
History
Injured on 5/30/2006 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Montreal to St. Louis on 6/22/2008 (Going to STL: LF Jeff Cook, CF Jeremy Reed, P Ben Howard, 1B Fredrick McAuley. Going to MON: P Roy Halladay)
2/3/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/3/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to New York (N) on 6/21/2010 (Going to NYN: P Ben Howard. Going to STL: P Carl Hedin, P Richard Martinelli)
6/21/2010: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/10/2010 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to New York (A) on 7/31/2013 (Going to NYA: P Ben Howard. Going to NYN: CF William Ly)
Released by New York (A) on 10/28/2013
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 3/4/2014 to a minor league contract
Injured on 4/27/2014 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 5/31/2014 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
Released by Philadelphia on 6/4/2014
 
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