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Bruce Howard
Bruce Ernest Howard

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
School Villanova University

Debut September 4, 1963
vs. KCA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 7, 1968
Born March 23, 1943 in Salisbury, MD
Father of David Howard

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1963 20 CHW AL   2   1   7   0   0   0   5  1   17.0   12    7    5   0   14    9   0   0    74   0   0  2.65  3.48  132 1.529
 1964 21 CHW AL   2   1   3   3   1   1   0  0   22.3   10    2    2   0    8   17   1   0    82   1   0  0.81  3.44  427 0.806
 1965 22 CHW AL   9   8  30  22   1   1   2  0  148.0  123   61   57  13   72  120   1   9   627   5   0  3.47  3.18   92 1.318
 1966 23 CHW AL   9   5  27  21   4   2   3  0  149.0  110   48   38  14   44   85   1   8   593   2   0  2.30  3.16  138 1.034
 1967 24 CHW AL   3  10  30  17   1   0   4  0  112.7  102   55   43   9   52   76   3   5   488   1   0  3.43  3.00   87 1.367
 1968 25 TOT AL   1   6  23  12   0   0   3  0   79.7   92   46   42   9   49   42   2   2   365   4   0  4.74  2.93   62 1.770
         BAL AL   0   2  10   5   0   0   1  0   31.0   30   16   13   2   26   19   2   1   145   2   0  3.77  2.95   78 1.806
         WSA AL   1   4  13   7   0   0   2  0   48.7   62   30   29   7   23   23   0   1   220   2   0  5.36  2.92   54 1.747
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .456  26  31 120  75   7   4  17  1  528.7  449  219  187  45  239  349   8  24  2229  13   0  3.18  3.12   98 1.301
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  41  26   2   1   5  0  184.3  156   76   65  15   83  121   2   8   777   4   0  3.18  3.12   98 1.301
 Career High      9  10  30  22   4   2   5  1  149.0  123   61   57  14   72  120   3   9   627   5   0  2.30  3.18  138 1.034

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 20 CHW AL   7    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   42    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 21 CHW AL   3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 22 CHW AL  30   41    1    6   2  1   0    3   0  0   4  18  .146  .222  .244   37   10   6   0   0   0   1
 1966 23 CHW AL  27   43    2    3   1  0   0    2   0  1   5  13  .070  .180  .093  -16    4   2   1   0   1   0
 1967 24 CHW AL  30   28    1    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .179  .207  .214   29    6   3   0   0   0   0
 1968 25 TOT AL  23   23    1    2   1  0   1    2   0  0   1   4  .087  .125  .261   16    6   2   0   0   0   1
         BAL AL  10    7    1    2   1  0   1    2   0  0   1   1  .286  .375  .857  264    6   2   0   0   0   0
         WSA AL  13   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      120  147    5   17   5  1   1    7   0  1  11  49  .116  .181  .184    9   27  13   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        198    7   23   7  1   1    9   0  1  15  66  .116  .181  .184    9   36  18   1   0   1   3
 Career High     30   43    2    6   2  1   1    3   0  1   5  18                          10   6   1   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 20 CHW AL    4    3    0   0.0    93| .250  .253| .250  .319| .250  .391| .500  .710|  42  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1964 21 CHW AL    8    8    0   0.0    93| .000  .252| .000  .320| .000  .392| .000  .712|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1965 22 CHW AL   51   42    2   1.3    86| .146  .243| .222  .311| .244  .372| .466  .683|  37  .109  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1966 23 CHW AL   52   44    1   0.6    84| .070  .240| .180  .306| .093  .371| .273  .676| -16  .032  -6.1  -0.7   0%
 1967 24 CHW AL   32   26    1   1.0    79| .179  .235| .207  .303| .214  .353| .421  .656|  29  .088  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1968 25 TOT AL   26   24    2   2.2    78| .087  .236| .125  .305| .261  .349| .386  .654|  16  .305  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         BAL AL   10    7    2   7.7    81| .286  .239| .375  .308| .857  .354|1.232  .662| 264  .807   1.4   0.2   0%
         WSA AL   16   17    0   0.0    77| .000  .235| .000  .303| .000  .347| .000  .651|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       173  147    6   1.1    83| .116  .240| .181  .308| .184  .366| .365  .674|   9  .091 -16.7  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1963 20 CHW AL   P    7      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.29  0.79  1.06  2.01    0   17.0
 1964 21 CHW AL   P    3      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.73  1.61  1.90    3   22.3
 1965 22 CHW AL   P   30      5   22    1    0  .964  .951  0.90  0.75  1.64  2.04   22  148.0
 1966 23 CHW AL   P   27     10   27    3    1  .925  .951  1.37  0.75  2.23  1.99   21  149.0
 1967 24 CHW AL   P   30      7   23    0    3 1.000  .958  1.00  0.74  2.40  1.96   17  112.7
 1968 25 TOT AL   P   23      2   18    0    2 1.000  .957  0.87  0.73  2.26  1.89   12   79.7
         BAL AL   P   10      2    5    0    1 1.000  .959  0.70  0.73  2.03  1.89    5   31.0
         WSA AL   P   13      0   13    0    1 1.000  .956  1.00  0.73  2.40  1.89    7   48.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1963 20 CHW AL   P    7      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.29  0.79  1.06  2.01    0   17.0
 1964 21 CHW AL   P    3      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.73  1.61  1.90    3   22.3
 1965 22 CHW AL   P   30      5   22    1    0  .964  .951  0.90  0.75  1.64  2.04   22  148.0
 1966 23 CHW AL   P   27     10   27    3    1  .925  .951  1.37  0.75  2.23  1.99   21  149.0
 1967 24 CHW AL   P   30      7   23    0    3 1.000  .958  1.00  0.74  2.40  1.96   17  112.7
 1968 25 TOT AL   P   23      2   18    0    2 1.000  .957  0.87  0.73  2.26  1.89   12   79.7
         BAL AL   P   10      2    5    0    1 1.000  .959  0.70  0.73  2.03  1.89    5   31.0
         WSA AL   P   13      0   13    0    1 1.000  .956  1.00  0.73  2.40  1.89    7   48.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 120     26   94    4    6  .968  .954  1.00  0.74  2.04  1.98   75  528.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       120     26   94    4    6  .968  .954  1.00  0.74  2.04  1.98   75    529

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1966 AL-.643-7

Wild Pitches
1965 AL-9-7

Youngest Player
1963 AL-20-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (705) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.
November 29, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Buford and Roger Nelson to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder, and John Matias.
June 15, 1968: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Washington Senators for Fred Valentine.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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