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Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

MLB Debut April 14, 1955
Final Game September 29, 1968
Born February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
Died December 14, 1980 (age 51)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 26 NYA AL   90  298   36   83  16   7   4   31   0   0   25   42  .279  .332  .419  .752   103   125   3   4   5   1   7  
 1956 27 NYA AL   86  250   15   59   7   3   5   29   0   0   10   26  .236  .265  .348  .613    78    87   0   3   3   1  12  
 1957 28 NYA AL  126  409   34   97  16   7   8   67   3   3   18   57  .237  .270  .369  .639    93   151   5   2   5   1  14  
 1958 29 NYA AL  119  386   47  129  16   8  10   62   0   1   22   76  .334  .373  .495  .868   120   191   1   0   7   2   7  
 1959 30 NYA AL  144  482   57  140  31   8  18   63   0   0   27   52  .290  .335  .500  .835   120   241   1   2   8   6  14  
 1960 31 NYA AL  112  285   29   70  13   1   6   31   0   0   23   35  .246  .299  .361  .660    95   103   2   3   0   0   4  
 1961 32 NYA AL  141  457   66  162  24   4  21   73   0   0   35   68  .354  .400  .562  .962   124   257   0   2  10   1  15  
 1962 33 NYA AL  146  526   63  155  23   6  26   83   0   1   32   87  .295  .332  .510  .842   114   268   0   5   4   0  14  
 1963 34 NYA AL  148  516   75  148  19   3  28   75   0   0   39   63  .287  .348  .498  .846   121   257   1   5   4  12  17  MVP-15
 1964 35 NYA AL  159  583   66  176  21   4  13   76   1   2   42   92  .302  .353  .419  .771   111   244   0   6  12   7   8  
 1965 36 NYA AL  123  390   30   87  10   0   8   39   0   0   13   64  .223  .245  .310  .555    79   121   0   5   0   0  15  
 1966 37 NYA AL  117  378   37   89  18   2   4   26   0   0   23   63  .235  .279  .325  .604    91   123   1   1   0   0   4  
 1967 38 NYA AL   60  180   17   36   8   0   1   14   0   0    9   34  .200  .241  .261  .502    76    47   2   1   0   1   4  
         BOA AL   21   49    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    9  .122  .157  .143  .300    40     7   1   0   0   1   3  
         TOT      81  229   19   42   9   0   1   16   0   0   10   43  .183  .223  .236  .459          54   3   1   0   2   7 
 1968 39 BOA AL   78  235   22   53  10   0   8   26   0   0   17   56  .226  .283  .370  .653   101    87   0   3   1   3   8  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1670 5424  596 1490 233  53 160  697   4   7  336  824  .275  .319  .426  .745        2309  17  42  59  36 146
 Per 600 PA           556   61  153  24   5  16   71   0   1   34   84                                 237   2   4   6   4  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA     1571 5140  572 1431 222  53 152  669   4   7  318  759  .278  .322  .431  .753        2215  16  39  58  32 135
   With BOA       99  284   24   59  11   0   8   28   0   0   18   65  .208  .262  .331  .593          94   1   3   1   4  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1605 5363  619 1471 218  50 167  762   9  14  373  786  .274  .322  .427  .749        2290  29  52  82  26 157
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1955 26 NYA AL  22   41   4.9   6   0   0  .000   6   29   15  .517    3    1  .750  OF   4(-1)e8   -60   
 1956 27 NYA AL  29   19   2.6  25   5   0  .200   1   32   27  .844    4    1  .800  UT             -61   
 1957 28 NYA AL  23   36   2.9   7   2   1  .286   7   38   26  .684    4    8  .333  UT             -24   
 1958 29 NYA AL  36   69   7.0  11   3   1  .273   9   50   39  .780   22   16  .579  C    2(-1)e4    41   
 1959 30 NYA AL  16   76   5.7  10   5   1  .500  11   57   38  .667    1    4  .200  1B   4e23       52   
 1960 31 NYA AL  56   31   3.8   2   0   0  .000   3   32   25  .781   21   12  .636  C    2(-3)e5     9   
 1961 32 NYA AL  39   97   8.5  12   3   0  .250   4   51   41  .804    4    2  .667  C    1(-4)e3    26   
 1962 33 NYA AL  28   84   5.9   4   0   0  .000   4   49   39  .796    3    5  .375  C    2(-4)e3    50   
 1963 34 NYA AL  35   86   6.0   2   1   0  .500   3   73   61  .836   10   10  .500  C    1(-4)e2   -23   
 1964 35 NYA AL  25   86   5.5   6   3   1  .500   1   74   63  .851   39   12  .765  C    1(-3)e1   -54   
 1965 36 NYA AL  29   26   2.2   5   1   0  .200   6   59   45  .763   29   11  .725  C    2(0)e4    -68   
 1966 37 NYA AL  51   34   3.2   8   1   0  .125   9   56   42  .750   32   25  .561  C    2(0)e6    -69   
 1967 38 NYA AL  86   11   2.0   6   1   0  .167   2   26   17  .654   12    5  .706  C    2(0)e5     22   
         BOA AL  52    0    .4   0   0   0  .000   1    8    8 1.000    5    4  .556  C    2(0)e5   -180   
         TOT                     6   1   0  .167   3   34   25  .735   17    9  .654
 1968 39 BOA AL  11   23   3.3   8   2   0  .250   6   33   27  .818   62   14  .816  C    3(+2)e3     1   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          727   4.7 112  27   4  .241  73  667  513  .769  251  130  .659                 -11   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 24.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 51.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1955 26 NYA AL  LF    67   128     9    5    1   .965    66   585.2   2.11
                 C     14    64     3    1    0   .985    12   106.0   5.69
                 RF     4     3     0    0    0  1.000     3    22.0   1.23
 1956 27 NYA AL  C     37   192    15    0    3  1.000    29   269.2   6.91
                 LF    20    34     1    1    0   .972    17   144.0   2.19
                 RF    10    18     0    0    0  1.000    10    91.0   1.78
 1957 28 NYA AL  1B    43   341    27    2   42   .995    42   352.1   9.40
                 C     46   225    16    3    1   .988    28   300.1   7.22
                 LF    41    58     1    2    0   .967    28   260.1   2.04
                 RF     2     6     0    0    0  1.000     2    18.0   3.00
 1958 29 NYA AL  C    108   605    30    8    2   .988    83   799.2   7.15
                 1B     6    28     0    1    1   .966     2    26.0   9.69
 1959 30 NYA AL  1B    83   685    46    8   67   .989    83   709.2   9.27
                 C     62   261    21    2    8   .993    37   375.1   6.76
                 LF     9    14     0    1    0   .933     2    32.0   3.94
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1960 31 NYA AL  C    112   460    28    3    2   .994    67   693.0   6.34
 1961 32 NYA AL  C    133   654    29    4    8   .994   109  1019.1   6.03
                 1B     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   5.79
 1962 33 NYA AL  C    143   742    28    4    7   .995   129  1195.0   5.80
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0      .2  13.50
 1963 34 NYA AL  C    147   902    39    3    7   .997   132  1219.2   6.94  GG
 1964 35 NYA AL  C    156  1107    41    1    7   .999   148  1364.0   7.57  GG
 1965 36 NYA AL  C    115   766    31    6    3   .993   104   921.1   7.79
                 LF     3     9     0    0    0  1.000     3    27.0   3.00
                 1B     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.1   6.75
 1966 37 NYA AL  C    111   627    42    9    3   .987    92   850.0   7.08
 1967 38 NYA AL  C     59   292    13    2    3   .993    44   402.0   6.83
         BOA AL  C     21   113     7    1    0   .992    16   138.2   7.79
 1968 39 BOA AL  C     71   450    25    6    3   .988    65   588.2   7.26
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1335  7460   368   53   57   .993  1095 10242.2   6.88
                 1B   136  1061    73   11  110   .990   127  1098.0   9.30
                 LF   140   243    11    9    1   .966   116  1049.0   2.18
                 RF    18    28     0    0    0  1.000    15   132.2   1.90
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .143  .250  .143  0
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    7  31  4  4  2  0  0   2  1  6  .129  .156  .194  0
 1958 WS    NYA CHN   W    6  25  1  8  1  0  1   1  0  8  .320  .320  .480  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1956  NYA  101-53   Billy Vanson
 1957  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1958  NYA  100-54   Billy Vanson
 1959  NYA   90-64   Billy Vanson
 1960  NYA   81-73   Billy Vanson
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  NYA   79-83   Billy Vanson
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson
 1965  NYA   75-87   Billy Vanson
 1966  NYA   63-99   Billy Vanson
 1967  NYA   57-105  Billy Vanson
 1967  BOA  104-58   Tom Austad
 1968  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo

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