Howie Goss
Howard Wayne Goss
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: November 1, 1934 in Wewoka, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1962
Final Game: September 28, 1963
Died: July 31, 1996 in Reno, NV
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1962 27 PIT NL 89 122 111 19 27 6 0 2 10 5 2 9 36 .243 .306 .351 .657 76 39 2 1 1 0 0 79/8
1963 28 HOU NL 133 448 411 37 86 18 2 9 44 4 6 31 128 .209 .264 .328 .592 74 135 3 0 4 2 2 *8
2 Seasons 222 570 522 56 113 24 2 11 54 9 8 40 164 .216 .273 .333 .606 75 174 5 1 5 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 416 381 41 82 18 1 8 39 7 6 29 120 .216 .273 .333 .606 75 127 4 1 4 1 1
PIT (1 yr) 89 122 111 19 27 6 0 2 10 5 2 9 36 .243 .306 .351 .657 76 39 2 1 1 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 133 448 411 37 86 18 2 9 44 4 6 31 128 .209 .264 .328 .592 74 135 3 0 4 2 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1962 27 PIT NL 122 89 12 3.6 104 .342 .243 .271 .306 .338 .351 .411 .657 .750 76 .395 -3.8 -0.4 .591 .216 .108 2.9
1963 28 HOU NL 448 340 36 2.8 84 .279 .209 .247 .264 .308 .328 .370 .592 .678 74 .359 -13.4 -1.4 .491 .190 .119 5.5
2 Seasons 570 429 48 3.0 89 .292 .216 .252 .273 .315 .333 .379 .606 .693 75 .368 -17.2 -1.8 .512 .195 .117 9.9
162 Game Avg. 416 313 35 3.0 89 .292 .216 .252 .273 .315 .333 .379 .606 .693 75 .368 -17.2 -1.8 .512 .195 .117 7
PIT (1 yr) 122 89 12 3.6 104 .342 .243 .271 .306 .338 .351 .411 .657 .750 76 .394 -3.8 -0.4 .591 .216 .108 2.9
HOU (1 yr) 448 340 36 2.8 84 .279 .209 .247 .264 .308 .328 .370 .592 .678 74 .359 -13.4 -1.4 .491 .190 .119 5.5

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1962 27 PIT NL 122 1.6% 29.5% 7.4% 6.6% 30% 4.00 3.1 55.5 11.1 0.81 60%
1963 28 HOU NL 448 2.0% 28.6% 6.9% 6.5% 34% 4.13 3.2 45.7 9.3 0.68 62%
2 Seasons 570 1.9% 28.8% 7.0% 6.5% 33% 4.10 3.2 47.5 9.7 0.70 61%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 27 PIT NL 2 0 49% 45 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 75% 8 3 5 2 0 2 2 0 2
1963 28 HOU NL 5 0 26% 129 4 6 40% 3 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 8 6 45% 15 10 5 5 3 2 11 4 7
2 Seasons 7 0 32% 174 9 8 53% 7 6 1 2 1 1 4 1 10 9 54% 23 13 10 7 3 4 13 4 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1962 27 PIT NL 117 38% 27 9 2 0 0 1.70 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 50% 26 2 8% 8 1 13% 66 9 14% 5 3 60% 3 0 0% 5
1963 28 HOU NL 448 35% 86 15 2 0 1 1.50 9 0 7 7 2 3 6 0 6 4 67% 94 3 3% 41 12 29% 291 38 13% 14 8 57% 22 7 32% 0
2 Seasons 565 36% 113 24 4 0 1 1.58 11 0 8 8 3 3 8 0 8 5 63% 120 5 4% 49 13 27% 357 47 13% 19 11 58% 25 7 28% 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 27 89 122 111 19 27 6 0 2 10 5 2 9 36 .243 .306 .351 .657 76 39 2 1 1 0 0
1963 28 222 570 522 56 113 24 2 11 54 9 8 40 164 .216 .273 .333 .606 75 174 5 1 5 2 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 27 89 121 111 19 27 6 0 2 10 5 9 36 .243 .306 .351 .657 12 89
1963 28 133 459 422 46 97 20 2 10 54 5 35 128 .230 .288 .358 .645 44 133
2 Seasons 222 580 533 65 124 26 2 12 64 10 44 164 .233 .291 .356 .648 56 222
162 Game Avg. 162 423 389 47 90 19 1 9 47 7 32 120 .233 .291 .356 .648 41 222

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL  128 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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