Harry Howell
1898–1910 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1901-02), Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
459G
.217AVG
.257OBP
.319SLG
More career statistics
302H
11HR
131RBI
19SB
131–146W–L
2,567.2IP
986K
2.74ERA
282GS
6SV
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 459 | 460 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,394 | 1,396 |
| Batting · Hits | 302 | 305 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,510 | 1,512 |
| Batting · RBI | 131 | 126 |
| Batting · Walks | 64 | 67 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 10,442 | 9,709 |
| Pitching · p er | 781 | 592 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,435 | 2,430 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,703 | 7,677 |
| Pitching · p k | 986 | 1,010 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,158 | 1,157 |
| Pitching · p w | 677 | 688 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 459 | 1,510 | 1,394 | 143 | 302 | 60 | 25 | 11 | 131 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 445 | .217 | .257 | .319 | .576 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,567.7 | 340 | 282 | 244 | 131 | 146 | 6 | 2,435 | 1,158 | 781 | 27 | 677 | 986 | 0 | 0 | 2.74 | 1.212 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1902-07-14 to 1902-07-28
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1898-10-15 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1905-04-23 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1901-08-28 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 224 | 735 | 157 | 6 | 69 | 25 | 82 | .230 | .248 | .351 |
| Away | 236 | 777 | 148 | 5 | 57 | 42 | 136 | .208 | .245 | .292 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .194 | .215 | .250 |
| May | 63 | 192 | 46 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 33 | .254 | .276 | .376 |
| June | 62 | 196 | 37 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 23 | .203 | .230 | .324 |
| July | 84 | 279 | 59 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 35 | .224 | .247 | .338 |
| August | 101 | 344 | 61 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 49 | .192 | .212 | .246 |
| September | 111 | 377 | 80 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 60 | .233 | .268 | .369 |
| October | 14 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | .216 | .311 | .243 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 66 | 205 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 35 | .207 | .263 | .298 |
| cleveland-guardians | 65 | 228 | 46 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 26 | .219 | .259 | .314 |
| chicago-white-sox | 61 | 210 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 39 | .209 | .210 | .276 |
| detroit-tigers | 54 | 173 | 44 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 18 | .272 | .283 | .395 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 52 | 171 | 40 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 12 | .253 | .275 | .462 |
| boston-red-sox | 47 | 153 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 28 | .196 | .229 | .280 |
| new-york-yankees | 33 | 116 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | .187 | .198 | .262 |
| st-louis-browns | 19 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | .274 | .309 | .403 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 8 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 18 | 2 |
| 1899 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 29 | 82 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .146 | 209 | 58 |
| 1900 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 22 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .286 | 110 | 26 |
| 1901 |  Baltimore Orioles (1901-02) | 53 | 188 | 41 | 2 | 26 | 6 | .218 | 294 | 94 |
| 1902 | Baltimore Orioles (1901-02) | 96 | 346 | 93 | 2 | 42 | 7 | .269 | 199 | 34 |
| 1903 |  New York Yankees | 40 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .219 | 155 | 62 |
| 1904 |  St. Louis Browns | 36 | 113 | 25 | 1 | 6 | – | .221 | 299 | 122 |
| 1905 | St. Louis Browns | 42 | 135 | 26 | 1 | 6 | – | .193 | 321 | 207 |
| 1906 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 103 | 15 | – | 7 | 2 | .146 | 276 | 136 |
| 1907 | St. Louis Browns | 44 | 114 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .237 | 311 | 135 |
| 1908 | St. Louis Browns | 41 | 120 | 22 | 1 | 9 | – | .183 | 322 | 117 |
| 1909 | St. Louis Browns | 19 | 38 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .184 | 37 | 16 |
| 1910 | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 1 |