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Dixie Howell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 24, 1920 in Louisville, KY us

Died: October 5, 1990 in Binghamton, NY

Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY

High School: Louisville Male Traditional HS (Louisville, KY)

Debut: May 6, 1947 (Age 27-012d, 10,328th in major league history)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 8, 1956 (Age 36-137d)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Homer Elliott Howell

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

910

224

.246

RBI

OBP

.314

SLG

.337

OPS

.652

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-39 / in Starts: 20-26
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 183 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	119 (63-44-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 183 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	123 (64-39-19)

Most Driven In
J Bloodworth	4
T Kluszewski	3
B Adams	2
Self	2
C Kress	2
V Stallcup	2
L Merriman	1
H Fox	1

Most Driven In By
G Hatton	3
J Wyrostek	2
V Stallcup	2
J Bloodworth	2
Self	2
T Kluszewski	1
K Peterson	1
J Vander Meer	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	77	3 (2)	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.85	-0.091	2.39	-0.15%	-1.07	C
2	78	4	Apr 24 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.30	-0.183	3.53	-0.30%	-1.73	C
3	79	5	Apr 24 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
4	80	9 (3)	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.03	0.148	2.71	0.23%	0.74	C
5	81	10	Apr 30	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	8	.96	0.139	2.70	0.24%	2.59	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	82	11	May 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	8	.84	-0.061	2.65	-0.11%	-0.58	C
7	83	14 (2)	May 4	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	8	.71	-0.073	2.01	-0.13%	-1.00	C
8	84	15	May 5	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	8	.90	-0.099	2.37	-0.16%	-1.38	C
9	85	18 (2)	May 8 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,14-7	9-GF(12)	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.250	.464	8	1.48	0.018	3.40	0.02%	1.32	C
10	86	19	May 8 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG(6)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.233	.300	.533	8	.45	0.001	1.13	0.00%	0.65	C
11	87	20	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.294	.333	.627	8	.74	0.066	2.00	0.11%	0.81	C
12	88	24 (3)	May 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.289	.324	.614	8	1.21	0.049	3.53	0.09%	0.58	C
13	89	29 (4)	May 20	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.268	.300	.568	8	1.01	-0.074	3.28	-0.14%	-0.92	C
14	90	30	May 22 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.250	.279	.529	8	.94	-0.070	2.63	-0.12%	-0.65	C
15	91	34 (3)	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.255	.304	.560	8	.72	-0.015	2.32	-0.03%	-0.17	C
16	92	36 (1)	May 29 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.224	.255	.286	.541	8	.59	-0.017	1.88	-0.03%	-0.17	C
17	93	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.236	.264	.501	8	.50	-0.051	1.54	-0.10%	-1.37	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	94	40	Jun 1	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.237	.263	.500	8	1.37	-0.002	3.65	0.00%	-0.24	C
19	95	42 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.242	.267	.509	7	1.23	0.047	2.92	0.07%	0.00	C
20	96	46 (3)	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.242	.266	.508	7	.92	-0.121	1.86	-0.15%	-1.57	C
21	97	47	Jun 7	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.243	.265	.508	7	1.20	-0.050	2.67	-0.07%	-0.30	C
22	98	50 (2)	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.243	.278	.521	8	1.05	-0.097	1.44	-0.08%	0.29	C
23	99	52 (1)	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-20	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.269	.316	.585	8	.43	0.096	.44	0.06%	1.72	C
24	100	57 (4)	Jun 19 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.269	.316	.585	4						C
25	101	60 (2)	Jun 23	CIN		BRO	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.278	.325	.603	8	.22	0.012	.10	0.00%	0.51	PH
26	102	62 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.288	.346	.634	6	4.29	0.290	1.07	0.04%	1.49	PH
27	103	63	Jun 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.310	.366	.675	4	.61	0.070	.20	0.01%	1.26	C
28	104	64	Jun 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.306	.361	.667	9	.42	-0.011	.12	0.00%	-0.30	PH
29	105	65	Jun 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.302	.357	.659	9	3.79	-0.135	.78	-0.02%	-0.45	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	106	69 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.299	.353	.652	9	3.50	-0.090	.89	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
31	107	70	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.289	.341	.630	6	1.47	-0.109	.26	-0.01%	-0.71	C
32	108	75 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.297	.348	.645	9	1.59	0.101	.18	0.01%	0.38	PH
33	109	76	Jul 10 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.304	.389	.693	9	.46	0.024	.04	0.00%	1.00	PH
34	110	82 (5)	Jul 18	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.277	.292	.372	.664	8	.46	-0.069	.01	0.00%	-1.15	C
35	111	83	Jul 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-13	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.300	.408	.708	8	.27	-0.021	.01	0.00%	1.60	C
36	112	84	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.297	.311	.416	.727	8	.33	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.55	C
37	113	89 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.308	.410	.718	7	1.46	0.073	.01	0.00%	-0.48	C
38	114	94 (4)	Jul 30	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.313	.404	.716	4	1.87	-0.021	.00	0.00%	0.37	C
39	115	96 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.283	.302	.389	.691	4	.27	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.44	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	116	100 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.379	.679	7	.43	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
41	117	102 (1)	Aug 6	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.298	.376	.674	4	.79	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
42	118	103	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.281	.304	.380	.684	4	.72	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.86	C
43	119	104	Aug 7 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.302	.377	.679	8	1.85	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
44	120	109 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.302	.377	.679	8						C
45	121	110	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.300	.368	.668	6	.32	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
46	122	115 (4)	Aug 20	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.281	.308	.375	.683	6	1.18	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
47	123	118 (2)	Aug 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.306	.372	.678	4	4.39	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
48	124	121 (2)	Aug 27	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.309	.368	.678	7	1.00	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
49	125	123 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.310	.363	.673	6	1.20	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	126	126 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.306	.371	.678	6	1.21	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
51	127	128 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.300	.364	.664	5	1.57	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
52	128	129	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.259	.292	.354	.646	8	.65	0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
53	129	130	Sep 5 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.296	.355	.651	8	1.04	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
54	130	131	Sep 5 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.290	.348	.639	8	.89	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.16	C
55	131	132	Sep 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.287	.344	.631	8	1.09	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
56	132	134 (1)	Sep 8	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.289	.342	.631	8	.87	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.07	C
57	133	136 (1)	Sep 10	CIN		STL	L,5-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.289	.342	.631	5						C
58	134	138 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG(8)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.288	.335	.624	7	.62	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
59	135	140 (1)	Sep 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.287	.333	.620	8	2.63	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
60	136	143 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.287	.329	.617	8	.54	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
61	137	150 (6)	Sep 24	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.291	.333	.625	9	3.25	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH C
62	138	151	Sep 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,3-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.288	.329	.617	8	1.15	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
63	139	153 (1)	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.287	.327	.614	7	3.17	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
64	140	156 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.244	.286	.326	.611	8	.71	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
							25-39		183	172	17	42	6	1	2	18	8	0	19	2	1		3	5	0	1	.244	.286	.326	.611		1.00	-1.148	1.06	-0.72%	-8.63

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