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Arthur Henry Howe

First name: Art

Last name: Howe

Birthdate: 1946-12-15

Bats: R   Throws: R

RetroID: howea001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1974PIT1.00.31.30.30.60.62
1975PIT2.10.62.6-0.60.22.41
1976HOU0.40.10.6-0.10.10.50
1977HOU5.81.77.63.45.62.017
1978HOU6.01.77.73.05.22.416
1979HOU5.21.46.62.54.42.213
1980HOU4.60.75.31.43.02.49
1981HOU5.21.46.63.35.21.416
1982HOU5.41.26.61.23.13.59
1984SLN2.10.52.50.00.81.82
1985SLN0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career37.89.647.414.328.119.385

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1974PIT84-1-1-1000200009.40.00.00.00.04
1975PIT162-12-12-11002000-108.8-1.10.00.0-1.16
1976HOU35-2-20-1001000-28.8-0.20.00.0-0.22
1977HOU463043-1008200149.01.60.20.01.821
1978HOU46110140-4-101200108.61.20.20.01.414
1979HOU398-8-5-31001510088.21.00.10.01.126
1980HOU364912-1-1-1-1-2-30068.50.7-0.3-0.10.33
1981HOU4061012-1-3016100157.71.90.1-0.11.916
1982HOU414-10-71-1-1-19-10008.30.0-0.1-0.1-0.218
1984SLN161-5-5-100-13000-48.9-0.50.00.0-0.56
1985SLN3-1-100000000-19.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career2,951-109-4-9-3-24520036-4.50.2-0.34.4116

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1974 PIT 3B 527 79 2.0 2 1 -2 0 0.6 0.0 1 2
1974 PIT SS 8 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1975 PIT 3B 1023 147 3.0 3 2 -6 4 0.0 0.0 0 2
1975 PIT SS 15 2 0.0 0 0 -1 -2 0.0 -0.1 0 0
1976 HOU 2B 46 8 1.0 1 1 2 3 0.2 0.0 0 1
1976 HOU 3B 166 23 0.0 0 0 0 -2 0.0 0.0 0 0
1977 HOU 2B 2562 438 6.0 5 4 9 -2 0.3 -0.5 0 4
1977 HOU 3B 450 72 5.0 5 4 12 10 -0.2 0.0 0 4
1977 HOU SS 130 20 0.0 0 0 -3 -1 0.0 -0.1 0 0
1978 HOU 1B 27 4 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1978 HOU 2B 2818 472 3.0 2 1 -2 -6 0.5 -0.9 0 1
1978 HOU 3B 213 28 0.0 0 0 0 -3 0.0 0.0 0 0
1979 HOU 1B 53 7 0.0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1979 HOU 2B 1554 288 13.0 13 9 25 16 -0.5 -0.1 -1 8
1979 HOU 3B 1017 155 10.0 10 7 18 3 -0.2 0.0 0 7
1980 HOU 1B 1772 194 -3.0 -3 -2 5 9 0.5 0.0 0 -2
1980 HOU 2B 31 5 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 0 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1980 HOU 3B 422 52 1.0 1 1 -2 -2 0.1 0.0 0 1
1980 HOU SS 70 12 0.0 0 0 -2 -2 0.1 0.2 0 0
1981 HOU 1B 49 2 0.0 0 0 -2 -2 0.0 0.0 0 0
1981 HOU 3B 2559 352 9.0 8 6 6 16 0.4 0.0 0 6
1982 HOU 1B 920 98 0.0 0 0 3 8 -0.4 0.0 0 0
1982 HOU 3B 1921 277 13.0 12 9 25 22 0.4 0.0 0 9
1984 SLN 1B 101 8 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -2 0.2 0.0 0 -1
1984 SLN 2B 45 6 0.0 0 0 -2 -1 0.1 0.1 0 0
1984 SLN 3B 827 120 5.0 5 4 8 6 -0.2 0.0 0 4
1984 SLN SS 29 6 0.0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1985 SLN 1B 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1985 SLN 3B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1B 2927 313 -4.0 -4 -3 5 15 0.3 0.0 0 -3
2B 7056 1217 22.0 20 14 31 10 0.5 -1.4 -1 13
3B 9126 1305 48.0 46 34 59 54 0.9 0.0 1 35
SS 252 42 0.0 0 0 -6 -4 0.1 0.0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1974PIT0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1980HOU0.20.00.20.10.10.10
1981HOU0.30.10.3-0.10.00.40
Career0.50.10.50.00.10.50

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1974PIT1000000000008.50.00.00.00.00
1980HOU18-1-10000100008.70.00.00.00.01
1981HOU1900-10000000-15.2-0.20.00.0-0.21
Career38-1-1-10001000-1--0.20.00.0-0.22

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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