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Frank Howard
Frank Oliver Howard (Hondo,Capital Punisher)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 255 lb.
School Ohio State

MLB Debut September 10, 1958
Final Game September 30, 1973
Born August 8, 1936 in Columbus, OH
Died October 30, 2023 (age 87)

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 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 23 CHA AL  130  457   60  117  13   1  27   79   0   0   42  103  .256  .319  .466  .785   109   213   1   2   8   1  13  
 1961 24 LAN NL   87  255   36   76  10   0  19   53   0   0   25   44  .298  .359  .561  .920   126   143   0   1   6   0   4  
 1962 25 LAN NL  140  540   80  160  30   7  34  104   1   0   27  124  .296  .326  .567  .893   128   306   0   6   4   0  16  MVP-9
 1963 26 LAN NL  117  346   50   96  10   1  21   65   0   2   50   93  .277  .372  .494  .866   129   171   0   2  21   3   7  
 1964 27 LAN NL  129  480   65  109  12   3  33   77   6   2   43  115  .227  .288  .471  .759   109   226   0   4   4   0   9  
 1965 28 WAA AL  155  511   64  139  17   3  20   77   0   0   78  125  .272  .370  .434  .804   115   222   0   5  10   4  15  
 1966 29 WAA AL  154  536   78  166  20   5  26   93   0   0   64  121  .310  .378  .511  .889   130   274   0   9  11   0  17  MVP-15
 1967 30 WAA AL  152  561   77  135  21   2  43  118   0   0   73  185  .241  .327  .515  .842   123   289   0   4   7   1  16  MVP-3
 1968 31 WAA AL  162  638   68  149  23   2  37   85   0   0   56  185  .234  .299  .450  .748   116   287   0   2  16   4  19  MVP-5
 1969 32 WAA AL  162  628  102  188  17   1  52  123   1   0   88  105  .299  .388  .578  .966   131   363   0   3   5   5  20  MVP-4
 1970 33 WAA AL  162  623  102  149  24   2  42  104   0   0  113  140  .239  .358  .486  .844   114   303   0   3   7   4  13  MVP-8
 1971 34 WAA AL  161  578   69  147  30   0  21   74   1   2   63  131  .254  .328  .415  .743   106   240   0   3   3   2  12  
 1972 35 MON NL   85  193   28   48  10   1   8   19   4   0   27   33  .249  .341  .435  .776   110    84   0   0   1   0   5  
 1973 36 MON NL   91  217   25   46   9   1   8   28   0   0   25   43  .212  .291  .373  .664    93    81   0   2   0   0  10  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1887 6563  904 1725 246  29 391 1099  13   6  774 1547  .263  .341  .488  .829        3202   1  46 103  24 176
 Per 600 PA           532   73  140  20   2  32   89   1   0   63  125                                 259   0   4   8   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With WAA     1108 4075  560 1073 152  15 241  674   2   2  535  992  .263  .349  .485  .835        1978   0  29  59  20 112
   With LAN      473 1621  231  441  62  11 107  299   7   4  145  376  .272  .331  .522  .852         846   0  13  35   3  36
   With MON      176  410   53   94  19   2  16   47   4   0   52   76  .229  .315  .402  .717         165   0   2   1   0  15
   With CHA      130  457   60  117  13   1  27   79   0   0   42  103  .256  .319  .466  .785         213   1   2   8   1  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1895 6488  864 1774 245  35 382 1119   8   9  782 1460  .273  .352  .499  .851        3235   7  43 135  33 219
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1960 23 CHA AL  25   65   5.0  14   3   1  .214   5   34   10  .294    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e6     1   
 1961 24 LAN NL  42   51   7.5  25   8   2  .320   5   18    7  .389    0    0  .000  UT              56   
 1962 25 LAN NL  17   94   6.3   8   3   1  .375   7   34   11  .324    0    0  .000  OF   4(-3)e8   -13   
 1963 26 LAN NL  44   62   6.5  21   6   1  .286   6   34    9  .265    0    0  .000  OF   5(-1)e13   17   
 1964 27 LAN NL  39   64   4.5   4   2   1  .500   3   51   19  .373    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e6     24   
 1965 28 WAA AL  36   83   5.8  10   2   1  .200   6   38   17  .447    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5   -31   
 1966 29 WAA AL  32  102   7.0   3   0   0  .000   5   51   13  .255    0    0  .000  OF   5(+2)e5    99   
 1967 30 WAA AL  29   93   5.6   3   2   0  .667  14   44   20  .455    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e4    -7   
 1968 31 WAA AL  24   81   4.3   0   0   0  .000  18   52   23  .442    0    0  .000  1B   4e25     -141   
 1969 32 WAA AL  30  139   8.2   0   0   0  .000  19   66   22  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e7   -10   
 1970 33 WAA AL  33  113   6.3   0   0   0  .000  18   61   26  .426    0    0  .000  1B   3e22     -118   
 1971 34 WAA AL  28   79   4.8   0   0   0  .000   8   59   35  .593    0    0  .000  1B   4e12      -97   
 1972 35 MON NL  83   29   5.3  27   8   0  .296   7   15    4  .267    0    0  .000  1B   4e30       68   
 1973 36 MON NL  88   22   3.3  28   9   2  .321  13   18    3  .167    0    0  .000  1B   4e30     -125   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons         1083   5.8 143  43   9  .301 134  575  219  .381    0    0  .000                 -27   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 30.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 66.5 (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  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1960 23 CHA AL  RF    90   134    10    1    2   .993    90   792.1   1.64
                 1B    24   204     6    4   16   .981    20   181.2  10.40
                 LF     6     5     1    0    0  1.000     5    42.0   1.29
 1961 24 LAN NL  1B    34   249    21    3   18   .989    31   278.0   8.74
                 RF    29    41     3    2    1   .957    28   237.0   1.67
 1962 25 LAN NL  LF   105   149     7    4    1   .975   104   904.1   1.55
                 RF    26    51     0    3    0   .944    26   227.0   2.02
 1963 26 LAN NL  RF    89   124     2    6    0   .955    87   721.1   1.57
                 LF    10    18     0    0    0  1.000     6    58.0   2.79
 1964 27 LAN NL  RF   127   178     8    3    2   .984   123  1099.1   1.52
 1965 28 WAA AL  LF   144   237    12    6    1   .976   143  1172.0   1.91
 1966 29 WAA AL  LF   150   229     5    5    0   .979   149  1231.1   1.71
 1967 30 WAA AL  LF    94   161     7    3    0   .982    93   812.1   1.86
                 1B    60   498    61   11   41   .981    56   476.2  10.55
 1968 31 WAA AL  1B   111   968    66   14   87   .987   109   961.2   9.68
                 LF    41    63     1    2    0   .970    35   317.1   1.82
                 RF    23    39     0    2    0   .951    18   157.1   2.23
 1969 32 WAA AL  LF   148   253     5   12    0   .956   146  1248.0   1.86
                 1B    29   162    14    7   14   .962    16   154.2  10.24
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1970 33 WAA AL  1B   116   907    68   16   88   .984    91   899.1   9.76
                 LF    42    79     4    1    2   .988    42   334.0   2.24
                 RF    29    54     2    1    0   .982    29   233.2   2.16
 1971 34 WAA AL  1B   161  1404    90    8  148   .995   161  1430.0   9.40
 1972 35 MON NL  1B    49   349    26    7   36   .982    46   359.0   9.40
                 LF     4     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    24.0   1.50
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1973 36 MON NL  1B    60   443    34   13   41   .973    58   440.2   9.74
                 C      2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   744  1198    42   33    4   .974   726  6143.1   1.82
                 1B   644  5184   386   83  489   .985   588  5181.2   9.67
                 RF   416   622    25   18    5   .973   401  3473.0   1.68
                 C      2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1973 NLCS  MON LAN   L    3   7  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  1  .286  .286  .714  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1960  CHA   70-84   Ron Tidrow
 1961  LAN   73-81   Robert Rescigno
 1962  LAN   91-71   Robert Rescigno
 1963  LAN  100-62   Robert Rescigno
 1964  LAN   76-86   Robert Rescigno
 1965  WAA   81-81   Steve Bivens
 1966  WAA   59-103  Steve Bivens
 1967  WAA   70-92   Steve Bivens
 1968  WAA   59-103  Larry Cupp
 1969  WAA   75-87   Larry Cupp
 1970  WAA   72-90   Larry Cupp
 1971  WAA   74-88   Larry Cupp
 1972  MON   58-104  Steve Bivens
 1973  MON   85-77   Steve Bivens

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