[this is the sixtyeighth installment in the double dippers posts. here are the previous posts - brett butler, omar daal, eric young, nick willhite, chris gwynn, mickey hatcher, dave anderson, don zimmer, rafael landestoy, dave hansen, jose vizcaino, hideo nomo, greg maddux, mike maddux, jon garland, chan ho park, vicente romo, gene mauch, denny lewallyn, von joshua, joe moeller, dioner navarro, rudy seanez, bart shirley, randy wolf, ismael valdes, bobby castillo, mike devereaux, pete richert, jay johnstone, jesse orosco, lee lacy, giovanni carrara, jeff weaver, ted sizemore, orel hershiser, tom goodwin, joe ferguson, eddie murray, matt luke, ken mcmullen, tim wallach, jerry grote, don sutton, ralph branca, todd hundley, elmer dessens, guillermo mota, joe beckwith, jamie hoffmann, babe herman, joe medwick, juan castro, ron perranoski, clyde king, paul waner, hughie jennings, ron negray, broadway aleck smith, george smith, johnny cooney, jim fairey, frenchy bordagaray, doc casey, waite hoyt, luis olmo, clyde sukeforth, and willie keeler.]
harry howell, seen below on his 1990 target card, began his big league career with his hometown brooklyn bridegrooms in 1898.
he pitched in two games, beating the phillies twice, yet found himself pitching for the baltimore orioles in 1899. after that team folded, he returned to brooklyn where he pitched for the superbas in 1900. he was 6-5 in his return to the franchise, but was once again sent to baltimore who had been awarded a new franchise in the american league. he stayed with them even as they moved to new york where they would eventually become known as the yankees, however howell achieved his greatest success with the saint louis browns, who ironically enough would later become the baltimore orioles.
known for throwing a wet spitball, howell posted an era of 2.06 with the browns, good even for the deadball era. his career era is 2.74, which currently stands as the 87th best of all-time.
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