Given the question: Facts: - statyear: august 6 , 2015 - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - number: 56 - position: relief pitcher - statvalue: 32 -- 28 3.77 506 - caption: howell with the los angeles dodgers - throws: left - bats: left - debutdate: june 11 - debutteam: kansas city royals - team: los angeles dodgers - birth date: 25 april 1983 - name: j. p. howell - image size: 240px - image: j. p. howell on april 19 , 2013.jpg - birth place: modesto , california - debutyear: 2005 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of j. p. howell .
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james phillip howell -lrb- born april 25 , 1983 -rrb- is an american professional baseball pitcher for the los angeles dodgers of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .jp was born to jim and michelle howell in modesto , ca .jp has one sister , lisa howell , and a nephew who all reside in sacramento , ca .he has also played in mlb for the kansas city royals and tampa bay devil rays/rays .