Dann Howitt

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dann Howitt

|image=File:DH Mariners.jpg

|image_size=

|caption=Howitt in 1993

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|2|13}}

|birth_place=Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 15

|debutyear=1989

|debutteam=Oakland Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 7

|finalyear=1994

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.194

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=5

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=22

|teams=

Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1992}})
Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1993}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1994}})

|highlights=

}}

Image:Seattle Mariners uniform 44.jpg

Dann Paul John Howitt (born February 13, 1964) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played high school baseball at Hastings High School in Hastings, Michigan.{{cite web |title=Dann Howitt Stats |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=howitda01 |website=Baseball Almanac |access-date=19 February 2024}} He played college baseball at Cal State Fullerton, graduating in 1986{{cite web|url=http://www.titansports.org/baseball/2003/mediaguide/index.html |title=2003 Cal State Fullerton Baseball Media Guide |publisher=Cal State Fullerton Athletic Media Relations (2003) |accessdate=2008-09-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907023849/http://www.titansports.org/baseball/2003/mediaguide/index.html |archivedate=2008-09-07 }} and was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft. He played during six seasons at the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox. Howitt played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Medford A's in 1986, and his last with the Colorado Rockies' Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 1997.

It was Howitt that got the final hit off Nolan Ryan when he hit a grand slam home run on September 22, 1993, in Ryan's final appearance at the Seattle Kingdome. It was the last game of Ryan's career and Howitt was the second to last batter he ever faced (Ryan injured his arm facing the next batter and left the game before completing the at-bat).{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/baseball/140992_where24.html|title=Where Are They Now: Dann Howitt|publisher=Seattle Post Intelligencer (September 24, 2003)|last=Raley|first=Dan|accessdate=2008-09-06|date=September 23, 2003}}

Howitt became a contributing baseball writer for the sports section of The Grand Rapids Press.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/grpress/index.ssf?/base/sports-6/121955190676220.xml&coll=6|title=Replay has its good, bad points|publisher=Grand Rapids Press (August 24, 2008)|last=Howitt|first=Dann|accessdate=2008-09-06}}