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Name	Team	Age
Ken Howell	Retired (1985, Age 34)	Died (2023, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25 (1974)	1B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League	0	4 years (150 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C+	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C+	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	1/29/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A- (83.7 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1974

Minors

29.00

1 / 6

2 / 3

2 / 6

1 / 4

2 / 6

1 / 1

3 / 3

12 / 29

1975

Majors

20.86

1 / 3

1 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 4

3 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 1

10 / 20

1976

Minors

23.00

3 / 5

1 / 1

2 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 5

8 / 23

1976

Majors

2.10

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

1976

Pos (1B)

59.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

6 / 59

1977

Minors

26.00

0 / 3

1 / 4

1 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 2

3 / 6

2 / 4

10 / 26

1977

Majors

4.34

21

4

0

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 4

1977

Pos (1B)

81.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

12 / 81

1978

Majors

24.21

162

17

0

0 / 4

4 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 2

6 / 24

1979

Minors

14.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 1

5 / 14

1979

Majors

12.37

72

11

0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 12

1980

Majors

27.19

162

24

0

2 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 1

2 / 27

1981

Majors

24.93

162

20

0

2 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 4

2 / 24

1982

Majors

17.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 17

1983

Majors

18.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 5

2 / 18

1984

Majors

20.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 20

1985

Majors

12.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 12

Total

579

76

0

12 / 43

10 / 31

7 / 44

8 / 39

8 / 47

6 / 32

9 / 36

78 / 412

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1985-11-01	Ken Howell has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-04-11	The Washington Kangaroos have waived Ken Howell.
1982-04-01	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Walter Morgan to the major league team. The Washington Kangaroos have designated Ken Howell for assignment.
1979-08-06	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Ken Howell to the major league team. The Washington Kangaroos have sent Walter Morgan to the minors.
1979-08-06	The Washington Kangaroos have sent Ken Howell to the minors.
1979-07-13	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Ken Howell to the major league team.
1979-03-25	The Washington Kangaroos have sent Graeme McLaughlin to the minors. The Washington Kangaroos have sent Ken Howell to the minors. The Washington Kangaroos have sent Jim Gillis to the minors. The Washington Kangaroos have sent John Cregan to the minors. The Washington Kangaroos have sent Hal Robitaille to the minors.
1977-09-09	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Ken Howell to the major league team.
1976-06-04	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Charlie Mitchell to the major league team. The Washington Kangaroos have sent Ken Howell to the minors.
1974-10-22	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Ken Howell to the major league team. The Washington Kangaroos have designated Dan Freitas for assignment.
1974-10-20	The Washington Kangaroos have sent Ken Howell to the minors.
1974-10-20	The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Ken Howell to the major league team.