Howard
Luther
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 13, 1975 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 24 NY FF   3 2 2 6 5 6 11 11 11 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4
2001 25 NY FF   4 4 4 6 5 5 11 11 11 6 5 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
2002 26 NY FF   5 4 4 6 5 5 12 12 12 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
2003 27 NY FF $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 12 12 12 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
2004 28 NY FF $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 5 5 12 12 12 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
2005 29 IL GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 5 5 12 12 12 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
2006 30 IL GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 5 6 14 14 14 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
2007 31 IL GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 6 5 6 12 12 12 7 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2008 32 IL GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 5 6 11 11 11 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 6 5 5 11 11 11 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 14 14 14 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 33 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
2010 34 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
2011 35 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 8
2012 36 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
2013 37 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
2014 38 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 24 AAA   12 43 7 8 1 0 3 4 2 0 5 9 .186 .271 .419 .689 5.7  
    AA   139 512 74 112 27 15 22 88 21 7 51 76 .219 .290 .459 .749 71.2  
    A   10 37 9 12 5 1 1 11 2 0 7 5 .324 .432 .595 1.026 8.9  
2001 25 AAA   162 667 91 162 41 7 25 106 26 14 60 124 .243 .305 .438 .743 89.4  
2002 26 AAA   138 544 113 181 44 7 33 109 20 6 58 115 .333 .397 .621 1.018 121.5  
2003 27 NY FF 130 437 45 105 29 6 8 61 34 6 18 100 .240 .266 .389 .655 48.8 9.0
2004 28 NY FF 124 345 63 95 23 1 13 38 31 9 30 82 .275 .334 .461 .795 54.1 10.3
2005 29 NY FF 12 34 5 9 2 0 1 5 2 1 4 5 .265 .342 .412 .754 5.0 0.9
  IL GE 120 420 56 110 30 4 14 77 23 14 33 111 .262 .316 .452 .768 58.7 12.3
  TOT   132 454 61 119 32 4 15 82 25 15 37 116 .262 .318 .449 .767 63.7 13.1
    AAA   12 13 3 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .308 .357 .538 .896 2.1  
2006 30 IL GE 157 556 69 129 24 10 19 76 29 8 35 117 .232 .277 .414 .691 65.5 10.0
2007 31 IL GE 155 542 71 132 36 6 17 74 33 9 35 146 .244 .286 .426 .712 68.5 11.0
2008 32 IL GE 155 563 79 161 21 8 23 92 45 21 36 70 .286 .325 .474 .799 88.3 16.1
2009 33 IL GE 157 562 63 152 31 4 22 90 32 21 29 35 .270 .305 .457 .763 73.1 13.3
2010 34 IL GE 152 529 60 131 35 2 12 75 28 10 36 29 .248 .298 .389 .687 57.5 9.6
2011 35 IL GE 126 231 32 56 11 1 11 34 14 10 19 15 .242 .306 .442 .748 31.1 5.5
2012 36 IL GE 119 210 29 49 13 3 5 25 13 9 12 7 .233 .279 .395 .674 21.7 2.9
2013 37 IL GE 109 266 35 71 11 1 12 43 20 5 17 24 .267 .309 .451 .760 37.5 7.9
2014 38 IL GE 119 233 28 55 14 1 7 28 12 2 12 16 .236 .271 .395 .666 24.6 3.1
12 Years Sim 1635 4928 635 1255 280 47 164 718 316 125 316 757 .255 .299 .430 .729 634.5 111.7
4 Years AAA 324 1267 214 355 89 14 61 222 48 20 124 251 .280 .345 .517 .862 218.8  
1 Years AA 139 512 74 112 27 15 22 88 21 7 51 76 .219 .289 .459 .748 71.2  
1 Years A 10 37 9 12 5 1 1 11 2 0 7 5 .324 .422 .595 1.017 8.9  
6 Years Minors 473 1816 297 479 121 30 84 321 71 27 182 332 .264 .331 .502 .833 298.9  
162 Game Average 488 62 124 27 4 16 71 31 12 31 75 .255 .299 .430 .729 62.9  
Career Highs 157 563 79 161 36 10 23 92 45 21 37 146 .286 .334 .474 .799 88.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3592 439 906 195 31 118 520 228 89 200 541 .252 .291 .422 .713 446.3
vs LH   1336 196 349 85 16 46 198 88 36 116 216 .261 .319 .452 .771 194.1
Home 817 2424 305 608 127 25 81 337 161 73 154 369 .251 .295 .424 .719 305.2
Away 818 2504 330 647 153 22 83 381 155 52 162 388 .258 .302 .437 .739 335.1
RISP   1280 0 357 85 14 39 526 0 0 102 213 .279 .324 .459 .782 187.5
Pinch Hitting   317 43 91 15 4 13 59 19 5 13 30 .287 .318 .483 .800 47.7
Close/Late   737 99 200 37 3 29 104 0 1 60 118 .271 .327 .448 .774 105.5
Mar/Apr 219 660 70 152 29 3 18 91 33 18 43 119 .230 .277 .365 .642 67.0
May 273 804 100 208 34 8 33 125 49 19 43 117 .259 .295 .444 .739 107.0
June 298 928 131 252 64 8 33 141 64 19 51 142 .272 .309 .464 .774 133.3
July 256 795 98 183 35 7 29 108 44 22 60 117 .230 .283 .401 .685 92.8
August 281 819 101 214 54 10 24 115 54 25 48 127 .261 .301 .440 .741 106.8
Sep/Oct 308 922 135 246 64 11 27 138 72 22 71 135 .267 .319 .448 .767 133.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2003 27 NY FF 2B 126 123 1044.0 184 378 20 82 .966 4.84   6.5
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2004 28 NY FF 2B 96 83 771.3 156 248 14 50 .967 4.71   4.2
    SS 16 13 121.0 12 44 2 6 .966 4.17   0.8
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2005 29 NY FF 2B 11 11 82.6 16 27 2 6 .956 4.69   0.5
    SS 0 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  IL GE 2B 115 108 991.1 194 318 18 78 .966 4.65   5.4
    SS 2 2 15.7 4 8 0 4 1.000 6.88   0.4
  TOT   2B 126 119 1073.7 210 345 20 84 .965 4.65   5.8
      SS 2 2 17.0 4 9 0 4 1.000 6.88   0.4
2006 30 IL GE 2B 157 146 1272.7 234 386 17 75 .973 4.38   6.8
2007 31 IL GE 2B 153 144 1291.0 259 401 13 90 .981 4.60   6.9
2008 32 IL GE 2B 153 145 1313.7 266 473 22 99 .971 5.06   5.8
2009 33 IL GE 2B 137 127 1162.3 237 412 24 89 .964 5.03   5.1
    SS 17 17 149.0 14 45 5 10 .922 3.56   0.7
2010 34 IL GE 2B 150 139 1260.7 263 467 23 93 .969 5.21   4.9
2011 35 IL GE 2B 61 42 428.0 77 147 7 29 .970 4.71   1.6
    SS 2 0 13.7 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.61   0.1
2012 36 IL GE 2B 27 18 181.3 41 64 1 10 .991 5.21   1.0
    SS 16 16 133.0 19 52 4 11 .947 4.80   1.0
    RF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2013 37 IL GE 2B 56 18 261.7 65 87 2 22 .987 5.23   1.2
    3B 28 28 253.3 15 66 7 5 .920 2.88   0.9
    SS 3 0 5.7 2 3 1 2 .833 7.95   0.0
2014 38 IL GE 2B 31 17 185.7 34 55 2 11 .978 4.31   0.9
    SS 20 20 163.0 21 79 4 14 .962 5.52   1.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1273 1121 10246.0 2026 3463 165 734 .971 4.82   50.8
  SS 77 68 603.3 75 236 16 47 .951 4.64   4.3
  3B 29 28 259.3 15 66 7 5 .920 2.81   0.9
  CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1385 1217 11120.3 2119 3765 188 786 .969 4.76   56.0
Career Highs   157 146 1313.7 266 473 29 99 .981 5.21    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 27 NY FF 3 11 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 .273 .273 .545 .818
2004 28 NY FF 5 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 .118 .286 .118 .403
2006 30 IL GE 16 60 8 10 1 1 2 7 6 1 5 17 .167 .231 .317 .547
2007 31 IL GE 9 35 2 9 1 1 0 2 5 2 2 4 .257 .316 .343 .659
2008 32 IL GE 13 55 5 18 1 1 2 10 4 2 1 5 .327 .333 .491 .824
2009 33 IL GE 14 49 12 16 3 0 5 12 3 2 5 2 .327 .389 .694 1.083
2010 34 IL GE 8 25 2 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 .160 .160 .440 .600
2011 35 IL GE 13 29 5 7 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 4 .241 .241 .414 .655
2012 36 IL GE 8 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 .333 .400 .444 .844
2014 38 IL GE 13 21 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 .238 .238 .381 .619
Career Post-Season Batting 102 311 42 77 10 3 14 43 23 14 18 42 .248 .290 .434 .724
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2006-9-157
2009-3-157
Doubles
2007-9-36
2010-7-35
Triples
2006-3-10
RBIs
2008-9-92
2009-8-90
Stolen Bases
2008-6-45
Caught Stealing
2005-9-14
2008-2-21
2009-1-21
CAR-50-125
Strikeouts
2007-9-146
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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