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Bruce Howard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: March 23, 1943 in Salisbury, MD us

High School: Norfolk Catholic HS (Norfolk, VA)

School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

Debut: September 4, 1963 (Age 20-165d, 12,147th in major league history)
vs. KCA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 7, 1968 (Age 25-168d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Bruce Ernest Howard

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Relatives: Father of David Howard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

3.18

120

528.2

349

WHIP

1.301

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-13 / in Starts: 13-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	11	4	Apr 17	CHW		WSA	W,2-1	GS-9		99	9.0	7	1	1	0	10	0	0	1.00	0.29	32	10	5	0	0	7	79			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.466	2.27	0.52%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	12	10	Apr 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	2	2	0	1	6	0	1	0.60	0.78	22	8	4	0	0	2	69			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.04	-0.025	2.76	-0.04%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	13	15	May 2(2)	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	7	6.0	4	3	3	4	4	0	0	1.71	1.47	25	8	5	0	0	4	52			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.049	3.61	0.09%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
4	14	21	May 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-6	GS-4	L(2-1)	6	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	2	0	2.88	2.60	20	5	3	0	0	6	36			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.223	2.96	-0.58%	-2.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
5	15	27	May 15	CHW		CAL	W,8-3	GS-5	W(3-1)	5	5.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.30	2.78	25	6	5	0	0	7	40			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.067	4.82	-0.17%	-0.96	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
6	16	32	May 19	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS-3	L(3-2)	3	2.0	4	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.50	3.49	11	1	2	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.388	3.63	-1.08%	-3.50	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d2
7	17	37	May 25	CHW		DET	L,5-7	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.43	8	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.032	2.22	0.10%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
8	18	42	May 31(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	4-8		5	5.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.69	3.31	19	6	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.291	5.05	0.73%	2.22	4b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out tie
9	19	43	May 31(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	L(3-3)	-1	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.31	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.44	-0.374	10.92	-1.01%	-1.37	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	20	47	Jun 6(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	1-5		5	4.1	6	6	6	4	4	2	0	4.57	3.92	23	5	5	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.085	.72	-0.19%	-4.18	1b --- 2 out d3	5b 3 out d9
11	21	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-3	L(3-4)	2	2.2	3	3	2	4	3	0	0	4.70	3.97	15	1	4	0	0	3	41			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.197	5.60	-0.47%	-1.95	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d3
12	22	55	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	1	4	5	1	0	4.25	4.06	30	10	6	1	0	5	64			1	0	0	26	2	0	2	0	0	0	.97	0.214	4.04	0.54%	2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
13	23	60	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.90	4.12	26	11	5	0	0	3	68			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.181	3.44	0.45%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	24	67	Jun 27(2)	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	GS-7	W(4-4)	7	6.0	5	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.55	4.11	28	5	10	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.128	3.39	0.38%	1.49	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
15	25	71	Jun 30(2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-7		2	6.2	8	3	3	0	6	1	0	3.59	3.98	27	9	4	1	0	8	52			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.144	3.96	-0.34%	-0.16	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	26	75	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GS-7		4	6.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.43	3.94	24	6	7	2	0	4	59			3	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.031	5.43	0.08%	0.49	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
17	27	79	Jul 9	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-5)	3	7.0	3	1	1	6	6	0	0	3.26	3.89	29	13	2	1	0	2	67			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.96	0.182	2.72	0.31%	2.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	28	84	Jul 16	CHW		CAL	W,4-3	GS-8		6	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.30	3.92	29	11	5	0	0	5	57			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.104	2.03	-0.17%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d3
19	29	94	Jul 25(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-13	GS-2	L(4-6)	8	2.0	8	8	8	2	0	2	0	3.99	4.23	16	1	5	0	0	8	6			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.491	2.37	-0.67%	-7.11	1b start tie	2b 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	30	105	Aug 5	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	7-8		10	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.91	4.13	7	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.024	.13	0.01%	0.82	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
21	31	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-1		8	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.99	4.16	4	0	1	0	0	2	42			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.134	.46	-0.03%	-1.69	1b start a 4	1b 1-3 1 out a3
22	32	118	Aug 18	CHW	@	WSA	W,8-2	GS-9	W(5-6)	3	8.1	9	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.84	4.05	35	12	5	0	0	9	58			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.46	0.188	.67	0.17%	0.38	1b start a 2	9b 123 1 out a6
23	33	120	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	9-11	BW(6-6)	2	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.79	3.99	6	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	-0.203	4.48	-0.18%	-0.14	9b 1-3 2 out a1	11b 1-- 1 out a1
24	34	124	Aug 24	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	GS-9	W(7-6)	2	8.0	6	3	3	4	8	0	0	3.76	3.86	33	11	4	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.232	1.18	0.25%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
25	35	130	Aug 29(1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.69	3.81	30	11	6	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.104	1.46	0.07%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	36	136	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-3	L(7-7)	4	3.0	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.89	3.92	14	7	1	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.277	3.10	-0.70%	-2.62	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
27	37	139	Sep 6(1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	3-9		2	7.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.68	3.73	25	8	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	0.288	2.02	0.51%	2.85	3t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
28	38	145	Sep 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	GS-5	L(7-8)	4	5.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.74	3.69	24	8	2	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.165	.18	-0.02%	-0.96	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
29	39	157	Sep 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	6-7	W(8-8)	14	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.69	3.62	7	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.87	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out tie
30	40	161	Oct 2	CHW		KCA	W,12-0	SHO	W(9-8)	5	9.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.47	3.52	31	11	8	1	0	2	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.155	.00	0.00%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
							17-13		W-L:9-8,BSv:1	4.3	148.0	123	61	57	72	120	13	1	3.47	3.52	627	1.59		3%	0%	121	53	2	50%	10	3	0	548	18	3	5	11	2	7	.89	-0.217	2.64	-1.46%	-2.81

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