Howell Franklin

is a player for the Houston Spies and has been with the team since Fall Ball. Franklin has previously played for the Charleston Shoe Thieves, Seattle Garages, and Hellmouth Sunbeams.
==Official League Records==
Franklin joined the ILB as a lineup player for the Houston Spies with .
On , Day 98, Franklin swallowed a stray peanut and had an allergic reaction, resulting in a combined stat decrease.
Franklin's batting was maximized, and they were traded to the Charleston Shoe Thieves in exchange for Joe Voorhees during the via the blessing. 
On Season 9, Day X, Franklin gained the modification after the Shoe Thieves lost to THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS. 
On , Day 66, Franklin's defense ability was siphoned by Hawai'i Fridays lineup player Spears Taylor in a game with Blooddrain weather, decreasing it . In the , Franklin received , becoming . (The Headphones would later be lost, along with all other Discipline Era items across the league, at the beginning of .)
On , Day 60, Franklin's pitching ability was siphoned by Kansas City Breath Mints pitcher Winnie Hess in a game with Blooddrain weather, decreasing it .
On , Day 96, Franklin’s allergy was cured by The Crabitat’s .
On , Day 32, Franklin was exchanged to the Seattle Garages due to Feedback. Franklin was replaced by Oliver Loofah.
Franklin was traded to the Hellmouth Sunbeams in exchange for Brisket Friendo during the via the Sunbeams' will.
During the , Franklin's moxie increased and thwackability increased as a result of the blessing.
During the , Franklin's Flinch modification was changed into the modification by the Sunbeams' will.
During the December 16, 2022 Fall Ball, Franklin fell to the Houston Spies.
==Blaseball Career==
===Career with the Spies===
For much of league history, Howell Franklin had distinguished themselves by being deeply mysterious, even by the standards of a shady and inscrutable organisation such as the Houston Spies. 
However, Franklin eventually drew the public eye when they blew their cover as a cook at the stadium of the Mexico City Wild Wings. While on a brief fact finding mission after hours in the players' locker room, Franklin encountered the Wild Wings' José Haley, ending in Franklin contracting Haley's lycanthropy. Franklin is the second known werewolf blaseball player in the history of the splort.
While both parties claim that the bite was the result of an accidental trip and fall, teeth first, many rumors have spread about the bite originating from illicit redacted activities, described in blaseball tabloids as "both literally and figuratively saucy". These rumors are fueled by the normally discreet Franklin being sighted many times in Mexico City in the vicinity the Wild Wings' stadium, despite the fact that their uncontrolled transformations often result in blown cover and their removal from undercover operation.
Both players disavow the rumors.
Despite their transformations being reported to cause significant chaos among the Spies, Franklin refused to ask Haley for assistance controlling them, citing a wish to discourage speculation. Players on rival teams at risk of getting seriously injured by Franklin's raging wolf form complained to league officials, who responded that there is no existing regulation addressing an existing condition which, up until recently, only one relatively manageable player was afflicted with. As a representative for the Commissioner stated: "Ain't no rule that says a werewolf can't play Blaseball." 
===Career with the Shoe Thieves===
While wandering the streets of Houston in wolf form following the Season 6 postseason, Franklin stumbled into NASA's Johnson Space Center. Now running past security and tearing through the secure facility at high speeds and entering the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility. Light bouncing off the samples of lunar rock stored in the LSLF had an effect on Franklin similar to the light of the full moon, but significantly amplified, causing Franklin to transform into a massive lupine form, whose strength proved too great for NASA's Lycanthropy and Occult Lunar Phenomena team to subdue. Franklin escaped from the facility and, afraid of the reaction of their teammates, hid in the wilderness outside of Houston for the remainder of the off-season.
The Spies marked Howell as MIA and subsequently traded them to the Charleston Shoe Thieves, leaving the problem of finding a replacement batter up to them. However, Cornelius Games was able to locate Franklin through unknown means, finding them in the desert and offering them a home in Charleston as well as a cross country trip in Stu Trololol's blimp. 
Franklin initially struggled to adapt to the decidedly not-clandestine culture of the Charleston Shoe Thieves, though with guidance from Esme Ramsey they quickly proved talented at the Charleston past time of footwear larceny, successfully lifting a pair of thigh high boots from Cornelius Games's notoriously well-secured locker in their first month on the team.
Charleston fans have enthusiastically embraced Franklin, who's newfound strength and stamina have placed them as one of the top batters in the league. When Franklin bats, Charleston fans are known to howl in celebration, chanting "shoot for the moon" and holding signs printed with the popular fan slogan "Awoo Allowed," the source of Franklin's nickname on the Thieves, "awoo."
==Personal Life==
Franklin formed a close bond with Shoe Thieves pitcher Beasley Gloom, whose lifelong experience with canine forms proved invaluable in helping Franklin learn to manage their new hyperlycanthropy. Gloom encouraged Franklin to embrace their canine instincts, teaching them to fetch, roll over, and instructing them in a secret baserunning technique he had developed known as "zoomies." This tutelage, combined with Franklin's growing bond with their new teammates, proved remarkably effective in calming their episodes of uncontrollable aggression, and in an interview recorded during the Season 7 playoffs, Franklin told reporters, "For the first time in my career, I think I'm genuinely happy to wake up and play ball," before being distracted by a passing squirrel and darting away into the nearby underbrush.
==Fan Works==
File:HowellFranklinKylArmstrong.jpg|Howell Franklin by 
File:117HowellFranklin.png|Mini-Blaseballerby @HetreaSky
File:Howell jo.jpg|Howell by discogoth on Discord
File:Whos on what team now.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Howell Franklin in a Sunbeams crop-top jersey and cargo booty shorts, holding a blaseball bat over his right shoulder. A blaseball cap is hanging off the end of the bat.|Franklin by Ash
File:Himbo.jpg|by Ash
File:"im not usually a ship artist i swear".jpg|Franklin & Iggy Delacruz relaxing with each otherby Ash
File:Hrrrrng. werewolmf.jpg|Franklin & Delacruz napping togetherby Ash
File:When ur crush wears cargo shorts and u realize you're in deep.jpg|“When ur crush wears cargo shorts and u realize ur in deep.”by Ash
File:Yeah he's got no idea what he's doing.jpg|“Yeah he's got no idea what he's doing.”by Ash
File:Snacktime.png|alt=Howell Franklin holding Iggy Delacruz.|by 
File:Fambily.png|alt=Howell Franklin hugging Iggy Delacruz & Wyatt Mason VII|Familyby 
File:Bake sale.jpg|Bake Saleby Ash
File:Nerves.jpg|Nervesby Ash
File:BOYFRIEND PUBBY BEANS!!!.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Hellmouth Sunbeams player Howell Franklin. He's a werewolf with dark fur and big paws. He's wearing a pale blue button down with a light blue flower print and khaki cargo shorts. The pads of his paws are a light yellowy-orange color.|by Chamomile
File:Newest member of the sad dad club ahaha.jpg|alt=A headshot of Hellmouth Sunbeams player Howell Franklin. He's a dog-like werewolf with bright yellow-fur and his mouth open exposing sharp teeth. There's a glint in his left eye.|by @pitayapandi
File:Howell "yeah im gonna draw u w a lil werewolf mullet precisely to give iggy more of a crisis" Franklin.jpg|by Ash
File:WE GET IT, YOU'RE JOCKS.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Howell Franklin and Nagomi Nava. Franklin is in the George Costanza baseball meme pose, and Nava is over his shoulder, basketball in hand, lining up a shot. Underneath the two of them it reads \"Heh...nothing personal, Kid\."|WE GET IT, YOU'RE JOCKSby Ash
File:Awooo!.png|alt=A digital drawing of Howell Franklin, a werewolf with brown fur and golden eyes. He is holding one paw up in a peace sign and is sticking his tongue out ever so slightly.|by @toxiclockwork
File:We keep ending up with these dads (gender neutral) somehow.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Howell Franklin, Elvis Figueroa, and Paula Reddick. Howell is a werewolf with brown fur, wearing an orange hoodie and sitting with their arms crossed at a table. Standing on the table is a single gnome with a white beard and red conical hat wearing a teal sweater and black pants, one of the many that make up Elvis. They are leaning against Howell's shoulder and appear to be mid-conversation with Paula, a ghost wearing a pale bluish-green burial shroud that partially obscures hir face. Shi has wavy white hair and is floating next to the table.|Franklin with Elvis Figueroa and Paula Reddickby Olive
File:Relaxin'.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Howell Franklin. He's a werewolf wearing a tank top, cargo shorts, and sunglasses, sitting in a lawn chair with his feet in a kiddie pool. Next to the pool is a cooler, and in one paw he's holding a beer.|“sometimes life ain't so bad”by Ash
File:No Worries 🌈.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Howell Franklin, Wyatt Mason VII, and Iggy Delacruz rollerblading together after getting ice cream. There is nothing to worry about.|No Worriesby Ash
File:Dog‌.jpg|alt=A headshot of Howell Franklin, a werewolf with faint constellations in his fur.|by Ash
File:THE TERRIBLE MURDER OF THE SOLARIUM BUSINESS CENTER FACILITIES, SEASON 24, COLORIZED.jpg|alt=Digital drawing of Sunbeams player Howell Franklin destroying the Solarium's Fax Machine. He's a werewolf with large paws and stars in his fur, carrying an ink-stained bat, and running away from a fax machine, sitting on a table, completely engulfed in flames.|THE TERRIBLE MURDER OF THE SOLARIUM BUSINESS CENTER FACILITIES, SEASON 24by Ash
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