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Del Howard
George Elmer Howard

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 15, 1905
Final Game October 6, 1909
Born December 24, 1877 in Kenney, IL
Died December 24, 1956 in Seattle, WA

Brother of Ivan Howard

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 27 PIT NL 123  435   56  127  18  5   2   63  19     27      .292  .345  .370  110  161  14           8    
 1906 28 BSN NL 147  545   46  142  19  8   1   54  17     26      .261  .306  .330  101  180  10          10    
 1907 29 TOT NL 101  335   30   85   6  4   1   26  14     17      .254  .304  .304   88  102   7           7    
         BSN NL  50  187   20   51   4  2   1   13  11     11      .273  .330  .332  107   62   6           5    
         CHC NL  51  148   10   34   2  2   0   13   3      6      .230  .269  .270   65   40   1           2    
 1908 30 CHC NL  96  315   42   88   7  3   1   26  11     23      .279  .338  .330  110  104  11           5    
 1909 31 CHC NL  69  203   25   40   4  2   1   24   6     18      .197  .282  .251   63   51  14           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      536 1833  199  482  54 22   6  193  67  0 111   0  .263  .318  .326   98  598  56   0   0  36   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        554   60  146  16  7   2   58  20  0  34   0  .263  .318  .326   98  181  17   0   0  11   0
 Career High    147  545   56  142  19  8   2   63  19  0  27   0  .292  .345  .370  110  180  14   0   0  10   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 27 PIT NL  484  322   54   4.5    86| .292  .268| .345  .330| .370  .350| .715  .680| 110  .605   5.5   0.6     
 1906 28 BSN NL  591  413   53   3.4    74| .261  .249| .306  .316| .330  .318| .636  .633| 101  .534  -1.0  -0.1     
 1907 29 TOT NL  366  257   29   3.0    77| .254  .255| .304  .321| .304  .324| .608  .646|  88  .486  -5.2  -0.6     
         BSN NL  209  142   19   3.5    75| .273  .252| .330  .318| .332  .321| .662  .639| 107  .564   1.4   0.2     
         CHC NL  157  115   10   2.3    79| .230  .259| .269  .326| .270  .329| .539  .654|  65  .370  -6.6  -0.8     
 1908 30 CHC NL  354  238   34   3.8    74| .279  .251| .338  .313| .330  .323| .668  .637| 110  .614   3.8   0.5     
 1909 31 CHC NL  241  177   13   2.0    79| .197  .255| .282  .324| .251  .329| .533  .653|  63  .289  -8.6  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2036 1407  183   3.5    78| .263  .256| .318  .321| .326  .329| .644  .649|  98  .534  -5.6  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1905 27 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    4    7    0   1    1    0   1   0    22       0  0.00  2.99  inf 0.833
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    4    7    0   1    1    0   1   0    22       0  0.00  2.99  inf 0.833
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  408.0  272  476    0  68   68    0  68   0  1496   0   0  0.00  2.99  inf 0.833

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 27 PIT NL 1B 90 912 48 22 57 .978 .981 10.67 10.48 OF 28 35 3 1 0 .974 .955 1.36 1.93 1 0 27 P 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.40 3.00 3.00 0 6.0 1906 28 BSN NL OF 87 119 14 13 3 .911 .959 1.53 1.86 87 0 0 2B 45 88 121 15 10 .933 .947 4.64 4.97 SS 14 46 36 11 3 .882 .933 5.86 5.32 1B 2 28 2 2 0 .938 .984 15.00 10.55 1907 29 TOT NL OF 53 65 8 3 2 .961 .959 1.38 1.94 45 3 6 BSN NL OF 45 54 8 2 2 .969 .960 1.38 1.94 45 0 0 2B 3 7 11 1 3 .947 .952 6.00 5.13 CHC NL 1B 33 301 16 9 17 .972 .984 9.61 10.25 OF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .957 1.38 1.94 0 3 6 1908 30 CHC NL OF 81 129 10 5 1 .965 .960 1.72 1.99 4 31 52 1B 5 26 2 1 0 .966 .986 5.60 10.68 1909 31 CHC NL 1B 57 593 32 13 29 .980 .985 10.96 10.58
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1905 27 PIT NL 1B 90 912 48 22 57 .978 .981 10.67 10.48 1906 28 BSN NL 1B 2 28 2 2 0 .938 .984 15.00 10.55 1907 29 CHC NL 1B 33 301 16 9 17 .972 .984 9.61 10.25 1908 30 CHC NL 1B 5 26 2 1 0 .966 .986 5.60 10.68 1909 31 CHC NL 1B 57 593 32 13 29 .980 .985 10.96 10.58 1906 28 BSN NL 2B 45 88 121 15 10 .933 .947 4.64 4.97 1907 29 BSN NL 2B 3 7 11 1 3 .947 .952 6.00 5.13 1905 27 PIT NL OF 28 35 3 1 0 .974 .955 1.36 1.93 1 0 27 1906 28 BSN NL OF 87 119 14 13 3 .911 .959 1.53 1.86 87 0 0 1907 29 TOT NL OF 53 65 8 3 2 .961 .959 1.38 1.94 45 3 6 BSN NL OF 45 54 8 2 2 .969 .960 1.38 1.94 45 0 0 CHC NL OF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .957 1.38 1.94 0 3 6 1908 30 CHC NL OF 81 129 10 5 1 .965 .960 1.72 1.99 4 31 52 1905 27 PIT NL P 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.40 3.00 3.00 0 6.0 1906 28 BSN NL SS 14 46 36 11 3 .882 .933 5.86 5.32
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 249 348 35 22 6 .946 .959 1.54 1.93 137 34 85 1B 187 1860 100 47 103 .977 .983 10.48 10.48 2B 48 95 132 16 13 .934 .947 4.73 4.98 SS 14 46 36 11 3 .882 .933 5.86 5.32 P* 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.40 0 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 499 2349 305 96 126 .965 .975 5.32 5.52
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   1  0   0   0   0 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   3   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Hit By Pitch
1906 NL-10-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August, 1904: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Omaha (Western).

December 20, 1904: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kitty Bransfield, Otto Krueger, and Moose McCormick.

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Dave Brain and Vive Lindaman to the Boston Beaneaters for Vic Willis.

June 24, 1907: Traded by the Boston Doves to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Sweeney and Newt Randall.


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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