- J. P. Howell
Infobox MLB player
name=J. P. Howell
width=150
position=Pitcher
team=Tampa Bay Rays
number=39
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1983|4|25
debutdate=June 11
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Kansas City Royals
statyear=August 30, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=11-14
stat2label=Earned Run Average | stat2value=5.23
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=208
teams=
*Kansas City Royals (by|2005)
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays (by|2006-present)James Phillip Howell (born
April 25 ,1983 , inModesto, California ) is aMajor League Baseball left-handedpitcher . He is an alumnus of Jesuit High School inCarmichael, California and theUniversity of Texas at Austin .Howell is a soft tosser. He throws his sinking fastball in the mid 80's, topping out at 90 MPH. He also throws a
knuckle-curve that's been described byscout s as "heavy" because of its extremely sharp downward break. He throws a changeup that breaks away from right-handed hitters. Howell also throws a cutter to his arsenal.Howell has goodcommand of all four pitches.Howell made his
Major League Baseball debut with theKansas City Royals onJune 11 , 2005. OnJune 20 ,2006 Howell was traded to theTampa Bay Devil Rays forinfielder Fernando Cortez andoutfielder Joey Gathright ,and made his Devil Rays debut onAugust 1 , 2006. He is expected to be in thebullpen for the beginning of the 2008 season.ee also
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Tampa Bay Rays all-time roster External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howeljp01.shtml Page at "Baseball Reference"]
* http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7572/news
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