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Patrick O'Neal Howell (born August 31, 1968) is a former professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in 1992, primarily as a center fielder.[1] He also played one season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1998.Howell was born in Mobile, Alabama and attended Vigor High School in Prichard, Alabama.[2]Howell was originally drafted by the Mets in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft.[3] After playing with their minor league baseball system for five seasons,[4] he made his major league debut in 1992. That season, he batted .187 with no home runs and 1 run batted in in 79 at bats over 31 games.[1]After the 1992 season, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Darren Reed. After playing one season in their farm system without returning to the majors,[1] he became a free agent and re-signed with the Mets. After one season with the Mets, he left the affiliated minors, playing in the Mexican League from 1995 to 1997.[4]In 1998, Howell crossed the Pacific to play for the Brother Elephants in Taiwan, batting .264 in 24 games.[5] He returned to the United States in 1999 with the Duluth-Superior Dukes in the Northern League.[4] He played the next four seasons with the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League[4] before suffering a knee injury in July 2004.[5] He tried to come back the following year,[5] but did not play professionally again.[4]Overall, as a minor leaguer Howell batted .249 with 20 home runs and 290 runs batted in in 1133 games.[4]