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| Name | Team | Age |
| Merv Howell | Retired (1995, Age 35) | Died (2025, Age 65) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 3, Pick 38 (1982) |
RP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Kevin Brown League | 0 | 7 years (95 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 4/24/1960 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1982 | Minors | 36.00 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 15 | 2 / 20 | 5 / 36 |
| 1983 | Minors | 41.00 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 16 | 1 / 21 | 2 / 41 |
| 1984 | Minors | 3.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 |
| 1984 | Majors | 28.00 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 14 | 4 / 12 | 8 / 28 |
| 1985 | Majors | 22.00 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 10 | 3 / 12 | 7 / 22 |
| 1986 | Minors | 53.00 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 24 | 1 / 23 | 2 / 53 |
| 1987 | Majors | 36.26 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 17 | 2 / 14 | 6 / 36 |
| 1988 | Majors | 29.26 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 13 | 1 / 15 | 4 / 29 |
| 1989 | Majors | 43.38 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 17 | 2 / 22 | 4 / 43 |
| 1990 | Majors | 35.28 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 19 | 2 / 15 | 3 / 35 |
| 1991 | Majors | 42.09 | 2 / 10 | 1 / 19 | 0 / 13 | 3 / 42 |
| 1992 | Majors | 31.16 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 15 | 0 / 31 |
| 1993 | Majors | 33.20 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 15 | 0 / 14 | 2 / 33 |
| 1994 | Majors | 32.52 | -2 / 4 | -6 / 13 | -7 / 15 | -15 / 32 |
| 1995 | Majors | 30.00 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 13 | 1 / 16 | 5 / 30 |
| Total | 12 / 45 | 13 / 221 | 12 / 228 | 37 / 494 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1995-11-01 | Merv Howell has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1994-07-23 | Merv Howell of the Detroit Shock is injured and is expected to be out 12 days. |
| 1993-09-10 | The Detroit Shock have promoted Merv Howell to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have designated Billy Rose for assignment. |
| 1993-08-26 | The Detroit Shock have promoted Billy Rose to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have designated Merv Howell for assignment. |
| 1992-07-14 | Merv Howell of the Detroit Shock is injured and is expected to be out 39 days. |
| 1992-06-27 | Trade #1179032 has been completed between the Montreal Mohawks and the Detroit Shock. The Detroit Shock receive Merv Howell from the Montreal Mohawks in exchange for Jesse Fridley. |
| 1991-08-18 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 9 days. |
| 1990-08-14 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 20 days. |
| 1990-07-21 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 11 days. |
| 1990-04-23 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 7 days. |
| 1989-03-31 | The Montreal Mohawks have promoted Merv Howell to the major league team. The Montreal Mohawks have promoted Slicker Robertson to the major league team. |
| 1989-03-30 | Merv Howell has signed with the Montreal Mohawks for $1.0M per year for 6 years. |
| 1988-09-11 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 20 days. |
| 1988-05-29 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 30 days. |
| 1987-09-21 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 25 days. |
| 1987-06-13 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 29 days. |
| 1987-04-18 | Merv Howell of the Montreal Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 15 days. |
| 1987-04-01 | The Montreal Nationals have promoted Merv Howell to the major league team. |
| 1986-04-11 | The Montreal Nationals have acquired Merv Howell from the waiver wire. |
| 1984-04-26 | The San Francisco Rotties have acquired Bill Federoff from the waiver wire. The San Francisco Rotties have waived Merv Howell. |
| 1984-03-29 | The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Frank Wallace to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Dolby Chandler to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Joe Valdez to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Glenn Lilly to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Bill Alexander to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Maury Flores to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have sent Merv Howell to the minors. The San Francisco Rotties have sent Matt Kiefer to the minors. The San Francisco Rotties have sent Andres Sebra to the minors. The San Francisco Rotties have sent Lance Werden to the minors. The San Francisco Rotties have sent Wayne Slaughter to the minors. The San Francisco Rotties have sent Reggie Clark to the minors. |
| 1984-03-28 | The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Bill Federoff to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Andres Sebra to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Lance Werden to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Wayne Slaughter to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Matt Kiefer to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Reggie Clark to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Merv Howell to the major league team. |