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Bill Howerton
William Ray Howerton (Hopalong)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut September 11, 1949
Final Game June 29, 1952
Born December 12, 1921 in Lompoc, CA
Died December 18, 2001 in Blakely, PA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 27 STL NL   9   13    1    4   1  0   0    1   0      0   2  .308  .308  .385   81    5   0           0   0
 1950 28 STL NL 110  313   50   88  20  8  10   59   0     47  60  .281  .375  .492  121  154   4           0   3
 1951 29 TOT NL 104  284   39   77  16  3  12   41   1  1  36  56  .271  .353  .475  118  135   1           0  11
         STL NL  24   65   10   17   4  1   1    4   0  1  10  12  .262  .360  .400  103   26   0           0   2
         PIT NL  80  219   29   60  12  2  11   37   1  0  26  44  .274  .351  .498  123  109   1           0   9
 1952 30 TOT NL  24   40    5    9   2  1   0    5   0  0   9   7  .225  .367  .325   92   13   0           0   1
         PIT NL  13   25    3    8   1  1   0    4   0  0   6   5  .320  .452  .440  146   11   0           0   1
         NYG NL  11   15    2    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   2  .067  .222  .133    0    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      247  650   95  178  39 12  22  106   1  1  92 125  .274  .364  .472  118  307   5   0   0   0  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        426   62  117  26  8  14   70   1  1  60  82  .274  .364  .472  118  201   3   0   0   0  10
 Career High    110  313   50   88  20  8  12   59   1  1  47  60  .281  .375  .492  121  154   4   0   0   0  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 27 STL NL   13    9    2   5.9   108| .308  .276| .308  .351| .385  .413| .693  .764|  81  .617  -0.4   0.0     
 1950 28 STL NL  364  232   58   6.7   112| .281  .275| .375  .353| .492  .427| .867  .780| 121  .653  10.0   1.0     
 1951 29 TOT NL  321  220   47   5.7   105| .271  .270| .353  .345| .475  .410| .828  .754| 118  .608   7.3   0.8  50%
         STL NL   75   51    9   4.8   104| .262  .269| .360  .343| .400  .407| .760  .750| 103  .523   0.6   0.1   0%
         PIT NL  246  169   38   6.0   106| .274  .271| .351  .345| .498  .410| .849  .756| 123  .630   6.7   0.7 100%
 1952 30 TOT NL   49   32    5   4.2    98| .225  .263| .367  .337| .325  .392| .692  .729|  92  .503  -0.0   0.0   0%
         PIT NL   31   18    5   7.4    99| .320  .264| .452  .337| .440  .393| .892  .730| 146  .744   2.0   0.2   0%
         NYG NL   18   14    0   0.0    98| .067  .263| .222  .336| .133  .391| .355  .727|   0  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       747  493  112   6.1   108| .274  .272| .364  .348| .472  .417| .836  .765| 118  .626  16.9   1.8     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 27 STL NL OF 6 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 1.50 2.25 2 3 1 1950 28 STL NL OF 94 183 2 6 0 .969 .978 1.97 2.14 32 54 11 1951 29 TOT NL OF 70 128 5 7 1 .950 .981 1.90 2.23 7 38 25 STL NL OF 17 35 2 2 1 .949 .981 2.18 2.23 3 0 14 PIT NL OF 53 93 3 5 0 .950 .981 1.81 2.23 4 38 11 3B 4 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 1.75 3.10 1952 30 TOT NL OF 8 15 0 1 0 .938 .980 1.88 2.10 0 3 5 PIT NL OF 5 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 1.80 2.10 0 2 3 3B 1 0 1 2 0 .333 1.000 1.00 2.90 NYG NL OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.10 0 1 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 29 PIT NL 3B 4 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 1.75 3.10 1952 30 PIT NL 3B 1 0 1 2 0 .333 1.000 1.00 2.90 1949 27 STL NL OF 6 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 1.50 2.25 2 3 1 1950 28 STL NL OF 94 183 2 6 0 .969 .978 1.97 2.14 32 54 11 1951 29 TOT NL OF 70 128 5 7 1 .950 .981 1.90 2.23 7 38 25 STL NL OF 17 35 2 2 1 .949 .981 2.18 2.23 3 0 14 PIT NL OF 53 93 3 5 0 .950 .981 1.81 2.23 4 38 11 1952 30 TOT NL OF 8 15 0 1 0 .938 .980 1.88 2.10 0 3 5 PIT NL OF 5 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 1.80 2.10 0 2 3 NYG NL OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.10 0 1 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 178 335 7 15 1 .958 .979 1.92 2.18 41 98 42 3B 5 2 6 3 0 .727 .964 1.60 3.06 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 183 337 13 18 1 .951 .979 1.91 2.20
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.

Triples
1950 NL-8-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1179) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

July, 1946: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Don Lang to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Gleeson.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Cole, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet, and Ted Wilks to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake.

May 7, 1952: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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