Ben Howard (baseball)

**Ben Howard**

Milwaukee Brewers — No. 25
Relief pitcher
Born: January 15, 1979 (1979-01-15) (age 29)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
April 28, 2002 for the San Diego Padres
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Win-Loss	2-5
Earned run average	5.20
Strikeouts	67
Teams
San Diego Padres (2002-2003) Florida Marlins (2004)

Benjamin Richard Howard (born January 15, 1979 in Danville, Illinois) is a professional baseball player who plays in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Howard split the 2006 season between the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Buffalo Bisons, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. He was granted free agency by the Indians' on July 16, 2006. ^[1] Howard played all the 2007 season playing for the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Howard signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox in January 2008. After being released in late March, he was signed to a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and was assigned to their Triple-A Nashville Sounds.^[2]

[edit] Major league career

Howard spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons with the San Diego Padres and the 2004 season with the Florida Marlins. In 2002, while at spring training with the Padres, Howard was involved in a single-car crash that killed teammate Mike Darr.