Jay Howell Home Address

Jay Howell 4560 Colony Point Suwanee, GA 30024 Request Date: 02/03/2009 Date Received: 05/13/2009 [99 Days] Items Sent: 1 x Custom Index Card Items Received: 1 x Custom Index Card

Inscription: Alex, my major league debut with the Big Red Machine - Against the Los Angeles Dodgers we were in a blowout game and I was to finish up the ninth inning down 9 to 1. First Pitch in the Big Leagues I drilled Steve Garvey in the head. True Story, after the inning all the players one by one came to me on the bench and gave a high five for knocking him down.

Of course I hit him by accident but the other guys thought I was sending the Dodgers a message. "Don't dig in against the Reds and don't throw tight to our guys. The truth is - I was scared to death and clueless where the ball was going after it left my hand...

Alex, good luck to you - Baseball will teach you that like life - it's a game of mini failures, and it's how we deal with them that makes ourcharacter. Best Always Jay

We sent this request to Jay Howell to see if he would share his memories of his major league debut on Sunday August 10, 1980 at 25 years of age.

Born: 11/26/1955 Miami, FL USA Debut: 08/10/1980 (24) Final Game: 08/08/1994 (38) Current Age: 55 Teams: Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Los Angeles Dodgers New York Yankees Oakland Athletics Texas Rangers All Star : 1985, 1987, 1989

Career Pitching Stats Year Team G GS IP W L SV SO ERA 1980 Cincinnati Reds 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 13.50 1981 Chicago Cubs 10 2 22 2 0 0 10 4.84 1982 New York Yankees 6 6 28 2 3 0 21 7.71 1983 New York Yankees 19 12 82 1 5 0 61 5.38 1984 New York Yankees 61 1 103 9 4 7 109 2.69 1985 Oakland Athletics 63 0 98 9 8 29 68 2.85 1986 Oakland Athletics 38 0 53 3 6 16 42 3.38 1987 Oakland Athletics 36 0 44 3 4 16 35 5.89 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers 50 0 65 5 3 21 70 2.08 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers 56 0 79 5 3 28 55 1.58 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 45 0 66 5 5 16 59 2.18 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers 44 0 51 6 5 16 40 3.18 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers 41 0 46 1 3 4 36 1.54 1993 Atlanta Braves 54 0 58 3 3 0 37 2.31 1994 Texas Rangers 40 0 43 4 1 2 22 5.44   568 21 841 58 53 155 666 3.35