J. P. Howell
Kansas City Royals 2005; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2006–2007; Tampa Bay Rays 2008–2009; Tampa Bay Rays 2011–2012; Los Angeles Dodgers 2013–2016; Toronto Blue Jays 2017
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121.6 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.8 |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 77.6 | 78.7 | .301 | -1.2 |
| 2008 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 2.9 |
| 2009 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
| 2012 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -132.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.8 |
| 2014 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 50 | 39 | 54 | 9 | 72.7 | 6.19 | 1.541 | 6.69 | 5.03 | 115.1 | 70.6 | -0.8 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 24 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 42.3 | 5.10 | 1.559 | 7.02 | 4.06 | 90.0 | 88.5 | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 43 | 21 | 49 | 8 | 51.0 | 7.59 | 1.765 | 8.65 | 4.84 | 109.0 | 58.5 | -1.2 |
| 2008 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 22 | 39 | 92 | 6 | 89.3 | 2.22 | 1.131 | 9.27 | 3.42 | 80.4 | 191.8 | 2.9 |
| 2009 | 69 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 21 | 33 | 79 | 7 | 66.7 | 2.84 | 1.200 | 10.67 | 3.76 | 87.1 | 152.2 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 30.7 | 6.16 | 1.565 | 7.63 | 5.44 | 142.9 | 61.8 | -0.5 |
| 2012 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 50.3 | 3.04 | 1.212 | 7.51 | 4.73 | 122.1 | 127.5 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 23 | 54 | 2 | 62.0 | 2.03 | 1.048 | 7.84 | 2.86 | 80.1 | 175.7 | 1.8 |
| 2014 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 25 | 48 | 2 | 49.0 | 2.39 | 1.143 | 8.82 | 3.27 | 92.6 | 147.6 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 3 | 44.0 | 1.43 | 1.386 | 7.98 | 3.37 | 90.2 | 260.7 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 23 | 15 | 44 | 4 | 50.7 | 4.09 | 1.401 | 7.82 | 3.54 | 88.2 | 98.3 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11.0 | 7.36 | 1.818 | 4.91 | 6.32 | 144.3 | 59.5 | -0.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-08 | TB @ MIA Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007-06-19 | TB @ AZ Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005-06-11 | KC @ AZ Gameday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-05-08 | TB @ TOR Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-05-17 | TB @ STL Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-08 | TB @ MIA Gameday | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2007-09-19 | TB @ LAA Gameday | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 2005-06-11 | KC @ AZ Gameday | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 2007-06-03 | KC @ TB Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2005-09-01 | TEX @ KC Gameday | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.