Jack Howell got to play with future Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson, Rod Carew, and Don Sutton as well as Angel greats Brian Downing, Bobby Grich, Bob Boone, and Doug DeCinces. He was mentored by Carew and Downing, who he said both had a profound affect on Howell’s major league career. Howell played for the Angels for seven seasons Fromm 1985 to 1991, before playing four years in Japan.
Howell then came back to the United States and played for two more seasons with the Anaheim Angels in 1996 and 1997.