Steve Howe Stats

Steve Howe was born on Monday, March 10, 1958, in Pontiac, Michigan. Howe was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 11, 1980, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Steve Howe baseball stats page.

"The entire Dodger organization is deeply saddened by the loss of Steve and our sympathies go out to his family and friends. Steve was a huge part of the Dodgers' 1981 World Championship club and he will go down as one of the best closers in franchise history. He will be missed." - Los Angeles Dodger. Press Release. 28 April 2006.

Birth Name:	Steven Roy Howe
Nickname:	Steve
Born On:	03-10-1958 (Pisces)
Born In:	Pontiac, Michigan
Died On:	04-28-2006 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Coachella, California
Cemetery:	Cremated (Ashes Scattered in Whitefish Lake)

High School:	Clarkston High School (Clarkston, MI)
College:	University of Michigan
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Left
Height:	6-01	Weight:	180
First Game:	04-11-1980 (Age 22)
Last Game:	06-21-1996
Draft:	1979 : 1st Round (16th) / Signing Bonus = $75,000

Steve Howe Steve Howe Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1980	22	Dodgers	59	0	36	7	9	.438	2.66	0	0	17	84.2	359	83	25	33	1	22	10	39	1	2	0	-
1981	23	Dodgers	41	0	25	5	3	.625	2.50	0	0	8	54.0	227	51	15	17	2	18	7	32	0	0	0	-
1982	24	Dodgers	66	0	41	7	5	.583	2.08	0	0	13	99.1	393	87	23	27	3	17	11	49	1	0	0	-
1983	25	Dodgers	46	0	33	4	7	.364	1.44	0	0	18	68.2	274	55	11	15	2	12	7	52	3	1	0	-
1985	27	Dodgers	19	0	14	1	1	.500	4.91	0	0	3	22.0	104	30	12	17	2	5	2	11	2	1	0	-
1985	27	Twins	13	0	5	2	3	.400	6.16	0	0	0	19.0	94	28	13	16	1	7	2	10	1	0	0	-
1987	29	Rangers	24	0	15	3	3	.500	4.31	0	0	1	31.1	131	33	15	15	2	8	1	19	2	3	1	-
1991	33	Yankees	37	0	10	3	1	.750	1.68	0	0	3	48.1	189	39	9	12	1	7	2	34	2	3	0	-
1992	34	Yankees	20	0	10	3	0	1.000	2.45	0	0	6	22.0	79	9	6	7	1	3	1	12	1	0	0	-
1993	35	Yankees	51	0	19	3	5	.375	4.97	0	0	4	50.2	215	58	28	31	7	10	4	19	0	3	0	-
1994	36	Yankees	40	0	25	3	0	1.000	1.80	0	0	15	40.0	152	28	8	8	2	7	1	18	1	0	0	-
1995	37	Yankees	56	0	20	6	3	.667	4.96	0	0	2	49.0	230	66	27	29	7	17	3	28	1	4	0	-
1996	38	Yankees	25	0	4	0	1	.000	6.35	0	0	1	17.0	76	19	12	12	1	6	3	5	2	1	1	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
12 Years			497	0	257	47	41	.534	3.03	0	0	91	606.0	2,523	586	204	239	32	139	54	328	17	18	2	-

Steve Howe Steve Howe Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1980	22	Dodgers	59	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091
1981	23	Dodgers	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
1982	24	Dodgers	66	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1983	25	Dodgers	46	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125
1985	27	Dodgers	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	27	Twins	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	29	Rangers	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1991	33	Yankees	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1992	34	Yankees	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1993	35	Yankees	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1994	36	Yankees	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1995	37	Yankees	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1996	38	Yankees	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
12 Years			497	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	0	.074	.138	.074

Steve Howe Steve Howe Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1980 Dodgers	P	59	0	254	24	0.4	23	3	20	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	2.44
1981 Dodgers	P	41	0	162	6	0.1	6	1	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.00
1982 Dodgers	P	66	0	298	20	0.3	19	2	17	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.72
1983 Dodgers	P	46	0	206	19	0.4	19	4	15	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.49
1985 Dodgers	P	19	0	66	7	0.4	6	0	6	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	2.45
1985 Twins	P	13	0	57	4	0.3	4	3	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.89
1987 Rangers	P	24	0	94	8	0.3	8	4	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.30
1991 Yankees	P	37	0	145	14	0.4	11	5	6	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.786	2.05
1992 Yankees	P	20	0	66	10	0.5	9	2	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	3.68
1993 Yankees	P	51	0	152	16	0.3	15	2	13	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	2.66
1994 Yankees	P	40	0	120	6	0.2	6	2	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.35
1995 Yankees	P	56	0	147	14	0.3	14	3	11	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.57
1996 Yankees	P	25	0	51	6	0.2	5	0	5	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	2.65
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		497	0	1,818	154	0.3	145	31	114	9	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.15
12 Years		497	0	1,818	154	0.3	145	31	114	9	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.15

Steve Howe Steve Howe Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1980 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.7	0.0	1.77	4.15	2.34
1981 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.78	5.33	3.00
1982 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	0.0	2.88	4.44	1.54
1983 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.7	0.0	4.33	6.82	1.57
1985 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.20	4.50	2.05
1985 Twins	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.43	4.74	3.32
1987 Rangers	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.38	5.46	2.30
1991 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.86	6.33	1.30
1992 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.00	4.91	1.23
1993 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.90	3.37	1.78
1994 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.57	4.05	1.58
1995 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.65	5.14	3.12
1996 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.83	2.65	3.18
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
12 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	0.0	2.36	4.87	2.06

Steve Howe Steve Howe Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1980 Los Angeles Dodgers	57	$30,000.00	-	-
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers	57	$55,000.00	-	Stats
1982 Los Angeles Dodgers	57	$100,000.00	Stats	-
1983 Los Angeles Dodgers	57	$325,000.00	-	-
1985 Los Angeles Dodgers	57	$300,000.00	-	-
1985 Minnesota Twins	30	" "	-	-
1987 Texas Rangers	57	$450,000.00	-	-
1991 New York Yankees	57	$615,000.00	-	-
1992 New York Yankees	57	$700,000.00	-	-
1993 New York Yankees	57	$2,500,000.00	-	-
1994 New York Yankees	57	$2,100,000.00	-	n/a
1995 New York Yankees	57	$2,300,000.00	-	-
1996 New York Yankees	57	$500,000.00	-	-
Steve Howe Stats by Baseball Almanac

Steve Howe was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at the University of Michigan (1978-1979), who was selected in the first round of the 1979 Draft (16th Overall), spent one year in the minors (6-2, 3.13 ERA), before bursting in the major leagues, saving a rookie record seventeen games his first season and ultimately winning the Reliever of the Year Award!

STEVE HOWE ROOKIE CARD

Steve Howe Rookie Card | 1981 Topps Baseball Card (#693)
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In 1981, Steve Howe helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series. In 1982, Steve Howe was selected to attend the All-Star Game — he had not given up an earned run the entire first half of the season! Two days before the All-Star break, Howe entered a rehab program for cocaine addiction.

Steve Howe, Drug Related Suspension from Major League Baseball

Steve Howe Suspension | The Indianapolis News | December 16, 1983 | Page 25
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Did you know Steve Howe published an autobiography in 1989? Between the Lines: One Athlete's Struggle to Escape the Nightmare of Addiction tells his story, up to that point. The suspensions, the fines, becoming the first player banned from Major League Baseball for drug abuse; it never stopped, and on April 28, 2006, Howe died in tragic car crash. Toxicology reports indicated Steve had methamphetamine in his system.

Steve Howe Chronology

Steve Howe Suspensions | The Tallahassee Democrat | June 9, 1992 | Page 2C
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