Born on April 25, 1983 in Modesto, California, J.P. Howell (James Phillip Howell) played for the Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the course of his 3 year career. Howell broke into the bigs on June 11, 2005 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 6.19 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched in 2005, his rookie year.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
SV
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
ERA
WHIP
BAA
2005
KC
15
15
3
5
0
0
0
72.2
73
55
50
9
39
54
6.19
1.54
.264
2006
TB
8
8
1
3
0
0
0
42.1
52
25
24
4
14
33
5.10
1.56
.310
2007
TB
10
10
1
6
0
0
0
51.0
69
45
43
8
21
49
7.59
1.76
.318
Career
33
33
5
14
0
0
0
166.0
194
125
117
21
74
136
6.34
1.61
.293
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
TC
A
E
DP
FPCT
2005
KC
P
15
15
72
2
10
8
0
0
1.000
2006
TB
P
8
8
42
4
11
7
0
3
1.000
2007
TB
P
10
10
51
7
17
10
0
1
1.000
Total
P
33
33
166
13
38
25
0
4
1.000
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
K
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2005
KC
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
2007
TB
2
6
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
.333
.333
.333
.667
Career
3
9
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
.222
.222
.222
.444
Awards
Transactions
Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (31st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 2004 - signed July 20, 2004).
