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X-Ray RePORT<br />
2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
<strong>40</strong>-MAN ROSTER › J.P. Howell<br />
LEFT-HANdEd PITCHER<br />
J.P.<br />
hOweLL 39<br />
James Phillip howell<br />
BATS<br />
left<br />
ÊÊJ.P.’s wife, Heather Hennessy-Howell, is an author,<br />
writer, blogger and broadcast journalist...<br />
Heather graduated from USC with a degree in<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications and in 2011, published a children’s<br />
book called Dangles, the first in a series<br />
of 11 books about the adventures of a cartoon<br />
monkey of the same name...the book<br />
was inspired by a stuffed monkey J.P. gave to<br />
Heather...told in rhyming verse form, Dangles<br />
is a fun and insightful read with messages of<br />
hope and friendship for children and families...<br />
Heather is currently at work on the third book<br />
in The Adventures of Dangles series.<br />
ÊÊJ.P. and Heather have a Portuguese water dog<br />
named Rose.<br />
2011 seasON<br />
ÊÊMissed the first 44 games recovering from left<br />
shoulder injury that forced him to miss all of<br />
2010…reinstated from the DL on May 20 and<br />
spent the rest of the season in the majors,<br />
making 46 apps out of the bullpen...was activated<br />
1 year and 1 day after undergoing surgery<br />
to repair a torn labrum on May 19, 2010…<br />
the day he joined the Rays, threw a scoreless<br />
inning in his first ML appearance since Sep 22,<br />
2009 vs. SEA, 605 days prior.<br />
ÊÊMade his first of 9 rehab appearances on<br />
April 21 in an extended spring training game<br />
against the Orioles.<br />
ÊÊWhen he worked 0.2 innings in the Rays 5-4<br />
win on Sep 7 vs. TEX, he became the franchise’s<br />
all-time leader in appearances by a<br />
lefty…passed Trever Miller at 189…now at 197,<br />
THROWS<br />
left<br />
HEIGHT<br />
6'0"<br />
MaJor lEaguE sErVICE 5 years, 7 days<br />
oPENINg Day agE 28<br />
borN 4/25/83 in Modesto, CA<br />
rEsIDEs St. Petersburg, FL<br />
CoNtraCt status Signed through 2012<br />
aCQuIrED From the Kansas City Royals<br />
in exchange for OF Joey Gathright and<br />
INF Fernando Cortez, 6/20/06<br />
sIgNINg sCout Chet Sergo (Royals)<br />
WEIGHT<br />
190<br />
needs 3 apps to be<strong>com</strong>e just the 6th Ray to<br />
pitch in 200 games.<br />
ÊÊHad held opponents to a .229 average before<br />
his last 7 apps (including an appearance vs.<br />
Texas in the ALDS) when opponents went 7-for-<br />
12 off him…in 4 of those last 5 apps he faced<br />
only one hitter and allowed a hit, and allowed 4<br />
of 4 inherited runners to score.<br />
ÊÊOverall held left-handed hitters to a .222 (14for-63)<br />
avg. with 1 HR...righthanders batted<br />
.302 (16-for-53) with 2 HR…opponents hit .394<br />
(13-for-33) with RISP...they hit .300 (18-for-60)<br />
with runners on base <strong>com</strong>pared to .214 (12-for-<br />
56) with no one on base.<br />
ÊÊHad a stretch of 24 apps, July 2–Sep 7, when<br />
he held opponents to a .148 (8-for-54) avg. ...allowed<br />
only 3 ER from July 29 through season’s<br />
end (2.08 ERA, 13-IP, 3-ER), all of which came<br />
via home run (Jose Bautista on Aug 29 at TOR<br />
and Matt Wieters, Sep 13 at BAL).<br />
ÊÊOn July 1 vs. STL got 2 outs in the 8th before<br />
yielding 2 walks and a home run to Colby<br />
Rasmus…following the homer was ejected for<br />
the first time of his career.<br />
ÊÊOn June 12 at BAL picked up his first save since<br />
Sep 20, 2009 vs. SEA.<br />
ÊÊPOSTSEASON: Faced one hitter, Josh Hamilton,<br />
with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the 7th inning<br />
of Game 3 of the ALDS and the Rays trailing<br />
Texas, 2-1…allowed a 2-run single and the<br />
Rays fell, 4-3.
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