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Kevin
Howard		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 25, 1981 in N/a
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 23 CIN NL     4 4 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
2005 24 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
2006 25 BOS AL     5 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
2007 26 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
2008 27 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2009 28 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2010 29 BOS AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2011 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2012 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2013 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2014 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
2015 34 BOS AL $ 1,870,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
2016 35 BOS AL $ 1,870,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2017 36 BOS AL $ 1,870,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2018 37 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,870,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 23 AA   15 58 7 11 3 0 1 2 2 0 3 19 .190 .230 .293 .523 4.0  
    A   111 378 37 105 19 0 10 50 11 2 26 90 .278 .324 .407 .732 50.1  
2005 24 A   138 531 81 169 31 9 12 74 17 7 50 103 .318 .377 .478 .855 90.5  
2006 25 AAA   71 272 23 47 9 3 6 25 6 3 18 84 .173 .224 .294 .518 17.4  
    AA   64 243 32 68 17 5 4 31 14 1 18 62 .280 .330 .440 .770 35.7  
2007 26 AA   138 535 72 155 26 5 13 79 24 4 53 95 .290 .354 .430 .784 82.7  
2008 27 AA   135 495 86 152 31 2 19 71 13 3 57 80 .307 .379 .493 .872 89.6  
2009 28 AA   130 518 65 145 23 3 10 54 15 3 39 131 .280 .330 .394 .724 67.8  
2010 29 AA   138 555 80 174 21 4 18 66 19 7 53 105 .314 .373 .463 .836 93.3  
2011 30 BOS AL 75 301 37 77 10 1 3 11 14 6 22 72 .256 .317 .326 .643 32.8 4.1
    AAA   22 87 10 34 8 0 3 11 3 1 9 14 .391 .448 .586 1.034 19.8  
    AA   57 225 34 76 15 3 4 36 11 3 36 47 .338 .429 .484 .914 45.6  
2012 31 BOS AL 128 433 57 122 23 1 7 43 5 4 27 82 .282 .330 .388 .718 50.7 7.6
2013 32 BOS AL 97 245 42 77 17 1 6 32 3 2 19 56 .314 .368 .465 .834 39.0 8.1
2014 33 BOS AL 71 136 19 30 9 0 2 17 6 1 14 34 .221 .298 .331 .629 13.5 1.2
2015 34 BOS AL 113 353 49 93 17 1 6 47 12 5 46 83 .263 .355 .368 .723 50.7 7.0
2016 35 BOS AL 56 148 20 49 6 1 3 22 3 1 13 26 .331 .393 .446 .839 24.6 4.8
2017 36 BOS AL 101 278 32 78 17 1 0 24 13 1 20 65 .281 .332 .349 .681 34.3 4.8
2018 37 CHA AL 15 49 8 14 7 0 0 6 0 1 1 10 .286 .300 .429 .729 5.3 0.7
    AAA   76 303 45 102 15 0 6 40 10 7 39 56 .337 .412 .446 .858 53.5  
8 Years Sim 656 1943 264 540 106 6 27 202 56 21 162 428 .278 .340 .380 .720 251.0 38.5
3 Years AAA 169 662 78 183 32 3 15 76 19 11 66 154 .276 .343 .402 .745 90.6  
7 Years AA 677 2629 376 781 136 22 69 339 98 21 259 539 .297 .363 .444 .807 418.7  
2 Years A 249 909 118 274 50 9 22 124 28 9 76 193 .301 .359 .449 .808 140.6  
12 Years Minors 1095 4200 572 1238 218 34 106 539 145 41 401 886 .295 .359 .439 .798 649.9  
162 Game Average 479 65 133 26 1 6 49 13 5 40 105 .278 .340 .380 .720 62.0  
Career Highs 128 433 57 122 23 1 7 47 14 6 46 83 .331 .393 .465 .839 50.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1472 212 422 80 5 20 147 48 15 125 285 .287 .349 .389 .738 195.6
vs LH   471 52 118 26 1 7 55 8 6 37 143 .251 .310 .355 .665 50.1
Home 334 967 129 269 57 3 11 91 30 8 80 194 .278 .340 .377 .717 122.0
Away 322 976 135 271 49 3 16 111 26 13 82 234 .278 .340 .383 .723 123.7
RISP   427 0 122 31 1 5 159 0 0 43 87 .286 .356 .398 .754 58.4
Pinch Hitting   98 15 29 6 0 2 11 3 0 3 16 .296 .317 .418 .735 12.6
Close/Late   228 36 56 9 1 3 18 0 0 19 45 .246 .306 .333 .640 23.3
Mar/Apr 104 315 47 92 22 1 6 37 5 5 30 65 .292 .359 .425 .785 45.1
May 101 317 35 85 15 0 4 37 6 2 28 77 .268 .337 .353 .690 37.2
June 97 304 31 79 17 0 1 14 9 1 27 64 .260 .327 .326 .653 33.1
July 113 310 41 92 13 2 4 36 16 5 19 78 .297 .340 .390 .731 40.5
August 143 433 65 121 26 3 6 45 8 5 36 99 .279 .338 .395 .733 55.6
Sep/Oct 98 264 45 71 13 0 6 33 12 3 22 45 .269 .334 .386 .721 34.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2011 30 BOS AL 2B 75 75 670.3 139 255 13 45 .968 5.29   1.1
2012 31 BOS AL SS 66 55 505.3 84 198 11 39 .962 5.02   1.7
    2B 42 40 327.0 60 135 4 32 .980 5.37   1.6
    3B 13 6 75.7 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.74   0.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2013 32 BOS AL SS 24 22 201.7 24 69 1 14 .989 4.15   1.2
    2B 26 17 162.0 40 68 3 15 .973 6.00   1.1
    3B 18 14 130.0 9 27 1 0 .973 2.49   0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2014 33 BOS AL 3B 28 9 103.3 8 28 1 4 .973 3.14   0.6
    2B 15 11 103.0 17 41 1 7 .983 5.07   0.5
    SS 12 9 89.0 13 31 1 8 .978 4.45   0.4
2015 34 BOS AL 2B 71 67 569.0 110 212 8 56 .976 5.09   1.9
    SS 22 19 165.0 27 73 3 15 .971 5.45   1.3
    3B 10 6 65.0 3 14 3 1 .850 2.35   0.1
2016 35 BOS AL SS 17 13 121.3 16 49 2 7 .970 4.82   0.4
    3B 16 9 99.0 5 26 1 3 .969 2.82   0.3
    2B 10 10 85.3 15 42 1 6 .983 6.01   0.4
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2017 36 BOS AL 2B 34 27 260.3 57 127 2 34 .989 6.36   1.7
    3B 13 9 85.0 6 21 0 0 1.000 2.86   0.4
    SS 15 7 74.0 9 26 0 3 1.000 4.26   0.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2018 37 CHA AL 3B 12 12 105.7 8 16 1 1 .960 2.04   0.3
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 273 247 2177.0 438 880 32 195 .976 5.45   8.3
  SS 158 125 1158.3 173 446 18 86 .972 4.81   5.5
  3B 110 65 663.7 45 149 7 9 .965 2.63   2.4
  RF 4 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   548 437 4010.0 659 1475 57 290 .974 4.79   16.1
Career Highs   122 101 911.0 151 350 15 72 .992 5.29    
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History
Injured on 8/4/2004 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/20/2004 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/25/2005 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston on 3/30/2006 (Going to CIN: 3B Kevin Youkilis. Going to BOS: P Chris Gruler, 3B Kevin Howard)
Injured on 7/16/2008 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/25/2009 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/1/2011, off Daniel Scott (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/19/2011, off Tim Stauffer (DET)
Injured on 9/27/2013 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
6/16/2014: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $1,870,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 5/14/2016 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 10/1/2016
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,870,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 5/6/2018 to a minor league deal
Injured on 8/19/2018 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
 
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