Jack Howell

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb

BornAugust 18, 1961 · Tucson, AZ, USA

MLB debutMay 20, 1985

Final gameJuly 17, 1999

Seasons11 (1985–1999)

California Angels 1985–1991; San Diego Padres 1991; California Angels 1996; Anaheim Angels 1997; Houston Astros 1998–1999

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified batters

144

35.2

533

19.2

474

14.4

16.8

108

19.2

63.2

73.6

RBI

45.6

125

9.6

.228

4.8

OBP

.308

22.4

SLG

.411

58.4

OPS

.719

wRC+

100.1

32.8

OPS+

103.4

40.8

wOBA

.323

32.8

sWAR

2.1

of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

10.8

87.8

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
1985	43	158	137	19	27	4	0	5	18	16	33	1	1	.197	.279	.336	.615	66.5	69.0	.276	0.0
1986	63	175	151	26	41	14	2	4	21	19	28	2	0	.272	.349	.470	.819	123.8	122.7	.363	1.1
1987	138	511	449	64	110	18	5	23	64	57	118	4	3	.245	.331	.461	.792	110.1	110.7	.345	2.0
1988	154	558	500	59	127	32	2	16	63	46	130	2	6	.254	.323	.422	.745	108.0	110.1	.333	2.7
1989	144	533	474	56	108	19	4	20	52	52	125	0	3	.228	.308	.411	.719	100.1	103.4	.323	2.1
1990	105	366	316	35	72	19	1	8	33	46	61	3	0	.228	.326	.370	.696	97.4	97.4	.320	1.3
1991	90	271	241	35	50	5	1	8	23	29	44	1	1	.207	.293	.336	.629	76.4	74.9	.294	0.2
1996	66	136	126	20	34	4	1	8	21	10	30	0	1	.270	.324	.508	.831	105.9	106.5	.360	0.6
1997	77	191	174	25	45	7	0	14	34	13	36	1	0	.259	.305	.540	.845	110.0	116.0	.355	0.6
1998	24	42	38	4	11	5	0	1	7	4	12	0	0	.289	.357	.500	.857	128.9	126.7	.378	0.2
1999	37	41	33	2	7	2	0	1	1	8	9	0	0	.212	.366	.364	.729	93.9	85.3	.343	0.0

Career totals

941

2,982

2,639

345

632

129

108

RBI

337

300

626

.2395

OBP

.3185

SLG

.4233

OPS

.7418

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	TB
1988-10-01	LAA @ MIN Gameday	4	3	4	2	0	1	1	9
1986-07-04	LAA @ TOR Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	4	9
1997-07-29	LAA @ CLE Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	4	9
1990-05-15	LAA @ MIL Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	1	2	8
1985-08-27	BAL @ LAA Gameday	4	2	2	0	0	2	5	8

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.