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2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE
40-MAN ROSTER › J.P. Howell
ÊÊOpened the year with Triple-A Omaha of the
Pacific Coast League...missed the month of
May with a left shoulder strain.
ÊÊSaw his first action at the major league level in
2005, making 15 starts for Kansas City.
ÊÊMade four stops in the Royals organization, rising
from Class-A High Desert to the majors…
enjoyed the second-quickest rise through the
system in franchise history after Bo Jackson
(signed June 1986, debuted September 1986)…
was the 4th player from the 2004 June Draft to
make his major league debut after OAK Huston
Street, BOS Cla Meredith and BAL Jeffrey
Fiorentino.
ÊÊWon his big league debut on June 11 at ARI,
8-5…totaled 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 8 SO…the
8 SO tied a Royals club record for a pitcher in
his debut.
ÊÊEarned a 5-0 win Sep 26 at MIN after tossing
5 no-hit innings…left the game with the nohitter
intact, after tossing 97 pitches…joined
Kevin Appier (6.2-IP, April 26, 1995) as the only
Royals starters to be pulled after tossing at
least 5 innings of no-hit baseball.
aMaTeUR CaReeR
ÊÊAttended the University of Southern California
before transferring to the University of Texas…
was 25-4 with a 2.31 ERA and 271 SO in 249.2
IP in his two years at Texas…broke Roger
Clemens’ two-season record for strikeouts
(241).
ÊÊWas a finalist for the 2004 Roger Clemens
Award, given to the top college pitcher, along
with Wade Townsend and Jered Weaver…was
also a finalist for the 2004 Dick Howser Award
as the nation’s top college player…named the
Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in 2004.
ÊÊNamed a 2004 First Team All-American by USA
Today and Collegiate Baseball.
ÊÊPosted a 15-2 record and a 2.13 ERA (135.1-IP,
90-H, 32-ER) with 166 SO as a senior leading
the Longhorns to a second-place finish at the
College World Series…tied for most wins in the
nation and was 13 SO shy of the Big 12 record.
ÊÊGraduated from Jesuit High (Carmichael, Calif.)
in 2001…was 10-0 with a 0.09 ERA as a senior,
earning the CalHiSports.com Player of the Year
Award.
ÊÊWas named to the All-State All-Decade High
School Baseball Team by CalHiSports.com in
November 2009 along with Cole Hamels, Ryan
Braun, Aaron Hill and Player of the Decade
Delmon Young.
career HiGHs
longesT ouTing
8.0, 6/3/07 vs. KC
longesT RelieF ouTing
3.0, 6x-last 5/11/08 vs. LAA
sTRikeouTs
9, 6/8/07 at FLA
wAlks
5, 9/8/05 at CWS
HR Allowed
2, 3x-last 9/26/07 vs. NYY
Runs Allowed
9, 9/26/07 vs. NYY
win sTReAk
6G, 2x-last 6/6/09 –
7/25/09
loss sTReAk
6G, 6/14/07 – 9/26/07
Rays reliever
J.P. Howell
and his wife,
Heather,
participate in
the Reading
with the Rays
program.
PHOTO BY
steven kovicH