Pat Howell | |
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Center fielder | |
Born: Mobile, Alabama | August 31, 1968|
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 10, 1992, for the New York Mets | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 1992, for the New York Mets | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .187 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 1 |
CPBL statistics | |
Batting average | .264 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 5 |
Teams | |
Patrick O'Neal Howell (born August 31,1968) is a former professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in 1992,primarily as a center fielder. [1] He also played one season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1998. Howell's strength as an athlete was blazing speed. He stole a lot of bases in the minor leagues and exhibited brilliant defense as a centerfielder wherever he played,including in the major leagues as a member of the New York Mets. However,he was not a strong hitter. [2]
Howell was born in Mobile,Alabama and attended Vigor High School in Prichard,Alabama. [3]
The Mets initially drafted Howell in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft. [4] After playing with their minor league baseball system for five seasons,he made his major league debut in 1992. [5] He got a hit in his first big league at bat against the Astros' Pete Harnisch. That season,he batted a .187 with no home runs and 1 run batted in in 79 at bats over 31 games. [1]
After the 1992 season,he was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Darren Reed. After playing one season in their farm system without returning to the majors,he became a free agent and re-signed with the Mets. [1] After one season with the Mets,he left the affiliated minors,playing in the Mexican League from 1995 to 1997. [5]
In 1998,Howell crossed the Pacific to play for the Brother Elephants in Taiwan,batting .264 in 24 games. [2] He returned to the United States in 1999 with the Duluth–Superior Dukes in the Northern League. [5] He played the next four seasons with the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League before suffering a knee injury in July 2004. [2] [5] He tried to come back the following year but did not play professionally again. [2] [5]
As a minor leaguer,Howell batted .249 with 20 home runs and 290 runs batted in 1133 games. [5]
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