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Steve Howe played 12 major-league seasons (1980-1996) as a P (497). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 4 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 22 | LAN | 59 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .182 | -47 |
| 1981 | 23 | LAN | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | 57 |
| 1982 | 24 | LAN | 66 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1983 | 25 | LAN | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .347 | 2 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 22 | LAN | 59 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 84.2 | 39 | 22 | 2.66 | 136 |
| 1981 | 23 | LAN | 41 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 32 | 18 | 2.50 | 140 |
| 1982 | 24 | LAN | 66 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 99.1 | 49 | 17 | 2.08 | 173 |
| 1983 | 25 | LAN | 46 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 68.2 | 52 | 12 | 1.44 | 252 |
| 1985 | 27 | MIN | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6.16 | 67 |
| 1985 | 27 | LAN | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4.91 | 73 |
| 1987 | 29 | TEX | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31.1 | 19 | 8 | 4.31 | 103 |
| 1991 | 33 | NYA | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 48.1 | 34 | 7 | 1.68 | 244 |
| 1992 | 34 | NYA | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2.45 | 161 |
| 1993 | 35 | NYA | 51 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 50.2 | 19 | 10 | 4.97 | 87 |
| 1994 | 36 | NYA | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 1.80 | 267 |
| 1995 | 37 | NYA | 56 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 28 | 17 | 4.96 | 95 |
| 1996 | 38 | NYA | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6.35 | 79 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | P | 59 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 41 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 66 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 46 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 32 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 37 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 1992 | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | P | 51 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 40 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | P | 56 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Steve Howe won: Rookie of the Year 1980 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 80 / 120 | 12 |
Steve Howe ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #67 | closers | 1994 | 267 ERA+ |
| #74 | closers | 1983 | 252 ERA+ |
| #89 | relief pitchers | 1983 | 252 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.