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Howard
Lovecraft		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 26, 1986 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bick Horizon Award 2009   
Zachary Matthews Award 2014    2015    2016    2022   
All-Star Selections 2011   
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
2005 19 KEN FF   2 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2
2006 20 VIR FF   3 4 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3
2007 21 VIR FF   3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3
2008 22 UT GE $ 300,000 6 8 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 8 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 23 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
2010 24 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 9 10 10
2011 25 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
2012 26 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
2013 27 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 10 10 10
2014 28 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 6 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 10 10 10
2015 29 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 10 10 10
2016 30 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 6 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 10 10 10
2017 31 UT GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 10 10 10
2018 32 UT GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 10 10 10
2019 33 UT GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 9 10 10
2020 34 UT GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
2021 35 UT GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
2022 36 UT GE $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
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
2005 19 A   137 576 72 205 18 0 6 59 6 7 33 121 .356 .391 .418 .809 86.5  
2006 20 AA   128 509 40 153 22 0 2 41 2 7 27 90 .301 .336 .356 .691 56.3  
    A   10 40 5 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 10 .250 .268 .325 .593 3.1  
2007 21 AAA   117 456 54 122 23 0 2 41 6 10 31 94 .268 .314 .331 .645 44.3  
2008 22 UT GE 40 70 7 19 8 0 0 7 0 0 4 13 .271 .320 .386 .706 7.9 1.3
    AAA   71 285 32 85 14 0 3 23 7 2 23 60 .298 .351 .379 .730 37.6  
2009 23 UT GE 131 381 53 134 23 0 7 46 1 0 23 47 .352 .400 .467 .867 64.6 16.7
2010 24 UT GE 141 420 54 128 16 1 5 39 1 0 30 23 .305 .355 .383 .739 55.1 15.2
2011 25 UT GE 146 504 70 165 14 1 8 50 4 2 25 10 .327 .364 .407 .771 69.9 20.5
2012 26 UT GE 155 516 59 190 21 3 11 73 2 1 47 5 .368 .421 .484 .906 97.2 23.4
2013 27 UT GE 156 605 58 166 16 0 9 50 2 0 28 8 .274 .311 .345 .656 62.6 10.7
2014 28 UT GE 154 606 76 166 18 3 7 46 0 1 27 9 .274 .308 .348 .656 59.7 11.2
2015 29 UT GE 149 565 67 192 26 1 8 60 0 0 36 12 .340 .382 .432 .814 86.4 23.4
2016 30 UT GE 155 630 82 191 22 2 9 65 0 0 37 9 .303 .346 .387 .733 77.9 15.2
2017 31 UT GE 162 658 75 180 21 7 5 50 1 0 36 14 .274 .315 .350 .664 71.7 12.6
2018 32 UT GE 153 598 85 188 23 0 15 68 0 4 38 10 .314 .358 .428 .786 87.3 17.7
2019 33 UT GE 154 598 82 169 14 3 12 54 0 0 31 17 .283 .329 .376 .705 71.7 12.1
2020 34 UT GE 160 599 90 170 11 2 9 51 0 2 34 30 .284 .330 .354 .684 67.3 10.3
2021 35 UT GE 159 610 74 166 13 1 5 54 2 0 39 19 .272 .321 .321 .642 63.2 12.4
2022 36 UT GE 156 587 66 175 14 3 3 48 4 2 45 32 .298 .355 .348 .702 72.0 15.4
15 Years Sim 2171 7947 998 2399 260 27 113 761 17 12 480 258 .302 .347 .384 .731 1014.6 218.2
2 Years AAA 188 741 86 207 37 0 5 64 13 12 54 154 .279 .333 .350 .682 81.9  
1 Years AA 128 509 40 153 22 0 2 41 2 7 27 90 .301 .338 .356 .693 56.3  
2 Years A 147 616 77 215 21 0 6 65 6 7 34 131 .349 .387 .412 .799 89.7  
5 Years Minors 463 1866 203 575 80 0 13 170 21 26 115 375 .308 .352 .372 .724 227.9  
162 Game Average 593 74 179 19 2 8 56 1 0 35 19 .302 .347 .384 .731 75.7  
Career Highs 162 658 90 192 26 7 15 73 4 4 47 47 .368 .421 .484 .906 97.2  
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   5852 766 1877 201 19 91 570 10 10 366 184 .321 .366 .408 .774 820.0
vs LH   2095 232 522 59 8 22 191 7 2 114 74 .249 .294 .316 .610 187.4
Home 1076 3873 465 1180 137 16 58 361 8 4 237 141 .305 .351 .393 .744 505.5
Away 1095 4074 533 1219 123 11 55 400 9 8 243 117 .299 .343 .375 .718 501.8
RISP   1695 0 533 67 7 12 607 0 0 132 62 .314 .365 .383 .749 229.6
Pinch Hitting   233 31 63 12 0 3 29 1 0 22 17 .270 .338 .361 .699 28.3
Close/Late   1116 121 314 30 1 11 96 0 0 71 38 .281 .332 .340 .672 121.6
Mar/Apr 305 1132 150 351 35 5 20 124 1 0 70 29 .310 .356 .403 .759 153.7
May 353 1284 155 384 48 1 19 137 3 2 62 35 .299 .338 .382 .721 155.5
June 366 1383 173 426 34 5 22 128 3 2 58 40 .308 .339 .388 .727 171.6
July 347 1288 178 392 38 3 24 136 3 3 71 47 .304 .349 .394 .743 166.2
August 382 1374 153 393 54 7 9 115 4 3 88 53 .286 .333 .355 .688 156.1
Sep/Oct 418 1486 189 453 51 6 19 121 3 2 131 54 .305 .365 .386 .751 204.1
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
2008 22 UT GE 1B 21 12 120.0 106 4 0 9 1.000 8.25   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2009 23 UT GE 1B 106 78 756.3 798 53 13 66 .985 10.13   0.9
    RF 19 0 46.7 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.66   0.2
    3B 3 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
2010 24 UT GE 1B 109 87 831.0 861 75 4 69 .996 10.14   1.4
    RF 12 0 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.1
    3B 3 0 10.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.80   0.0
    2B 1 1 8.0 4 2 1 2 .857 6.75   0.0
2011 25 UT GE 1B 113 104 957.0 1071 77 10 78 .991 10.80   1.6
    3B 7 7 65.0 7 13 2 1 .909 2.77   0.2
    RF 16 0 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.1
2012 26 UT GE 1B 107 94 859.0 956 62 6 79 .994 10.67   0.9
    3B 36 34 302.0 18 89 0 2 1.000 3.19   1.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2013 27 UT GE 1B 147 140 1295.0 1465 112 10 137 .994 10.96   1.8
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2014 28 UT GE 1B 148 146 1318.0 1577 113 12 134 .993 11.54   1.8
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2015 29 UT GE 1B 137 132 1202.0 1512 96 12 130 .993 12.04   2.0
    3B 7 0 12.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2016 30 UT GE 1B 151 147 1346.3 1672 105 12 138 .993 11.88   2.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2017 31 UT GE 1B 162 162 1476.3 1763 96 14 160 .993 11.33   1.8
2018 32 UT GE 1B 148 142 1291.3 1478 111 12 131 .993 11.07   2.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2019 33 UT GE 1B 148 140 1277.3 1450 102 4 144 .997 10.94   3.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2020 34 UT GE 1B 154 145 1280.7 1504 123 17 140 .990 11.43   2.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2021 35 UT GE 1B 146 141 1275.7 1440 99 6 121 .996 10.86   1.4
    RF 3 1 16.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    3B 2 1 13.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 4.15   0.1
2022 36 UT GE 1B 150 145 1277.3 1530 111 10 162 .994 11.56   2.2
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  1B 1947 1815 16563.3 19183 1339 142 1698 .993 11.15   25.6
  3B 65 43 425.0 33 115 2 4 .987 3.13   1.6
  RF 62 1 150.7 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.5
  2B 1 1 8.0 4 2 1 2 .857 6.75   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2076 1860 17149.0 19268 1457 146 1704 .993 10.88   27.8
Career Highs   162 162 1476.3 1763 151 17 162 .997 11.93    
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
2008 22 UT GE 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
2009 23 UT GE 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 25 UT GE 6 16 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .188 .235 .375 .610
2019 33 UT GE 12 50 4 18 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .360 .385 .400 .785
Career Post-Season Batting 21 75 6 22 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .293 .321 .360 .681
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.
Batting Average
2011-3-.327
2012-2-.368
2015-2-.340
2016-5-.303
CAR-48-.302
 On-Base Pct
2011-9-.364
2012-3-.421
2015-8-.382
 OPS
2012-5-.906
 XR
2012-10-97.2
 Games
2017-1-162
2020-1-160
2021-3-159
 At-Bats
2013-7-605
2014-5-606
2016-1-630
2017-1-658
2018-7-598
2020-7-599
2021-4-610
CAR-41-7947
Runs
2020-10-90
 Hits
2011-8-165
2012-3-190
2014-9-166
2015-3-192
2016-2-191
2017-3-180
2018-9-188
CAR-29-2399
 Singles
2011-2-142
2012-2-155
2013-5-141
2014-3-138
2015-1-157
2016-1-158
2017-2-147
2018-7-150
2020-6-148
2021-4-147
2022-5-155
CAR-16-1999
 Triples
2017-6-7
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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  1. Ed Abrams (873)
  2. Jose Rojas (867)
  3. Jay Trotter (861)
  4. Donald Birnbaum (834)
  5. Steve McLaughlin (831)
  6. Grady Client (830)
  7. Brandon Ivy (826)
  8. Noe Brixner (818)
  9. Roberto Echegaray (817)
  10. Richard Willie (809)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Kentucky in 2005
Injured on 7/3/2007 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Virginia to Utah on 3/3/2008 (Going to Uta: 1B H. Lovecraft. Going to Vir: SS C. Marano)
Had first career hit on 6/26/2008, off Ringo Russmyer (NM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/2009, off Rickey Espinoza (Tex)
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Named Utah Scorpions team MVP for the 2012 season
Won Mays Award at First Base in 2014
Injured on 6/11/2015 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Mays Award at First Base in 2015
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2016, hitting .615 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/2016, hitting .588 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Won Mays Award at First Base in 2016
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas on 8/11/2017
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2017, hitting .577 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Illinois on 5/29/2018
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas on 9/6/2019
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2020, hitting .404 with 4 HR, 17 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 7/25/2020, off Danny Day (WA)
Won Mays Award at First Base in 2022
 
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