Elston Howard

Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 196lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: December 14, 1980 in New York, NY

Buried: George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ

High School: Vashon HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: 1948 (10,376th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 14, 1955 (Age 26-050d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1968 (Age 39-219d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Elston Gene Howard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.0

5443

1491

168

.274

635

RBI

775

OBP

.321

SLG

.427

OPS

.748

OPS+

107

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-37 / in Starts: 32-30
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 229 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	124 (60-40-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 229 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	131 (67-42-21)

Most Driven In
Self	5
R Petrocelli	4
J Foy	3
G Scott	3
R Smith	1
K Harrelson	1
J Lahoud	1

Most Driven In By
M Andrews	6
Self	5
C Yastrzemski	3
J Foy	2
L Stange	1
K Harrelson	1
G Bell	1
J Tartabull	1

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1555	1	Apr 10	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.60	-0.064	1.25	-0.08%	-1.42	C
2	1556	2	Apr 11	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	1.70	0.015	4.08	0.02%	0.02	C
3	1557	3	Apr 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	8	.47	-0.020	1.03	-0.03%	0.20	C
4	1558	4	Apr 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.375	.462	.837	8	1.30	0.279	3.10	0.40%	2.59	C
5	1559	5	Apr 16	BOS		DET	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.412	.762	8	.65	0.078	1.40	0.10%	0.33	C
6	1560	6	Apr 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.304	.350	.654	8	.72	-0.005	1.32	-0.01%	-0.02	C
7	1561	11 (4)	Apr 26	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.333	.318	.652	8	.73	-0.002	1.77	0.00%	0.01	C
8	1562	12	Apr 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.321	.304	.626	8	.99	-0.023	2.78	-0.04%	-0.19	C
9	1563	13	Apr 28 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.290	.269	.560	8	.75	-0.056	1.85	-0.08%	-0.49	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1564	17 (3)	May 1	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.313	.296	.609	8	.95	0.053	1.88	0.06%	0.23	C
11	1565	20 (2)	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.313	.296	.609	8						C
12	1566	21	May 5	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.303	.286	.589	9	1.52	-0.036	2.48	-0.04%	-0.20	C
13	1567	22	May 7	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.270	.250	.520	8	.48	-0.063	.69	-0.05%	-0.83	C
14	1568	23	May 8	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.300	.265	.565	8	1.60	0.000	2.55	0.00%	-0.12	C
15	1569	24	May 9	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-3	GS-9	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.364	.324	.688	8	1.17	0.156	2.16	0.17%	0.92	C
16	1570	25	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.340	.300	.640	8	.75	-0.052	1.27	-0.05%	-0.32	C
17	1571	27 (1)	May 12 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.373	.341	.713	8	.21	0.055	.28	0.04%	1.66	C
18	1572	29 (1)	May 14	BOS		WSA	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.364	.319	.683	8	1.26	-0.055	2.04	-0.05%	-0.11	C
19	1573	31 (1)	May 16	BOS		NYY	W,11-10	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.386	.347	.733	8	.59	0.000	1.14	0.00%	0.07	C
20	1574	32	May 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.377	.327	.704	8	1.87	-0.135	4.11	-0.18%	-1.07	C
21	1575	33	May 18	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.375	.327	.702	8	.34	-0.023	.81	-0.03%	-0.30	C
22	1576	35 (1)	May 20	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.368	.373	.741	8	.97	-0.017	2.29	-0.02%	0.58	C
23	1577	36	May 21	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.366	.371	.737	8	1.01	-0.020	2.28	-0.03%	-0.03	C
24	1578	37	May 22	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.277	.373	.369	.743	8	.37	0.049	.74	0.06%	0.82	C
25	1579	38	May 24	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.388	.391	.779	8	.55	0.017	1.31	0.02%	0.17	C
26	1580	40 (1)	May 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.369	.370	.739	8	.52	-0.046	1.25	-0.07%	-0.63	C
27	1581	41	May 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.364	.360	.724	8	1.52	0.074	3.01	0.09%	-0.01	C
28	1582	42	May 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.359	.354	.713	8	.65	-0.033	1.39	-0.04%	-0.16	C
29	1583	43	May 29	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.344	.337	.681	8	.92	-0.089	1.76	-0.10%	-0.78	C
30	1584	45 (1)	May 31	BOS		BAL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.354	.349	.702	8	.42	0.013	.65	0.01%	0.28	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	1585	47 (1)	Jun 2	BOS		BAL	L,3-4	CG(6)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.347	.341	.687	8	2.36	-0.048	4.70	-0.06%	-0.38	C
32	1586	48	Jun 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.352	.348	.700	8	1.23	-0.015	2.43	-0.02%	0.25	C
33	1587	49	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.352	.340	.692	8	.59	-0.013	1.26	-0.02%	-0.22	C
34	1588	52 (2)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.349	.337	.685	9	6.69	-0.159	10.60	-0.15%	-0.71	PH
35	1589	53	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.349	.337	.685	8						C
36	1590	54	Jun 8	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.265	.348	.337	.685	8	1.12	-0.049	1.42	-0.04%	-0.54	C
37	1591	55	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.339	.327	.666	8	.91	-0.072	.95	-0.05%	-0.65	C
38	1592	57 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.328	.314	.642	7	1.16	-0.142	1.18	-0.09%	-1.45	C
39	1593	59 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.325	.306	.631	8	.60	-0.051	.86	-0.04%	-0.27	C
40	1594	60	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.317	.297	.615	8	1.23	-0.127	2.60	-0.16%	-1.00	C
41	1595	61	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.305	.284	.590	8	.83	0.042	1.39	0.04%	0.80	C
42	1596	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.306	.286	.592	8	.79	0.002	1.69	0.00%	0.68	C
43	1597	63	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.312	.287	.598	8	.46	0.061	.58	0.05%	0.38	C
44	1598	65 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.230	.310	.286	.596	8	1.49	0.230	1.92	0.18%	1.69	C
45	1599	66	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.315	.292	.607	8	.42	0.089	.70	0.09%	0.70	C
46	1600	68 (1)	Jun 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.315	.301	.616	8	.76	-0.045	1.18	-0.04%	0.00	C
47	1601	69	Jun 26	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.314	.321	.635	8	.55	0.026	.70	0.02%	1.32	C
48	1602	71 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.314	.321	.636	8	1.07	0.003	1.31	0.00%	-0.16	C
49	1603	73 (1)	Jun 30	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.319	.636	8	1.50	-0.099	.98	-0.04%	-0.30	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	1604	74	Jul 1	BOS		OAK	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.323	.327	.650	8	.64	0.069	.39	0.03%	0.53	C
51	1605	75	Jul 2	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.323	.333	.657	8	1.08	-0.001	.66	0.00%	0.07	C
52	1606	76	Jul 3	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.322	.331	.653	8	1.78	-0.074	1.21	-0.03%	-0.32	C
53	1607	91 (14)	Jul 20	BOS		WSA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.326	.331	.657	8	.64	-0.035	.50	-0.02%	-0.04	C
54	1608	93 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		WSA	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.324	.325	.649	8	1.88	0.158	2.13	0.11%	0.41	C
55	1609	96 (2)	Jul 26	BOS	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.328	.348	.675	8	.88	0.065	.96	0.04%	0.77	C
56	1610	97	Jul 27	BOS	@	WSA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.326	.345	.672	4	1.18	-0.028	1.29	-0.02%	-0.07	PH
57	1611	98	Jul 28	BOS	@	WSA	W,10-8	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.328	.347	.675	8	1.64	-0.106	1.50	-0.06%	-0.41	C
58	1612	99	Jul 29 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.330	.355	.684	8	1.34	0.063	1.84	0.05%	0.43	C
59	1613	101 (1)	Jul 30	BOS		BAL	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.328	.349	.677	8	.64	-0.053	1.28	-0.06%	-0.34	C
60	1614	102	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.327	.343	.669	8	.75	-0.030	1.02	-0.03%	-0.30	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	1615	104 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	GS-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.330	.343	.673	8	.86	0.039	.78	0.02%	0.36	C
62	1616	125 (20)	Aug 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.328	.341	.669	8	.72	0.137	.09	0.01%	0.88	C
63	1617	126	Aug 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.329	.341	.669	8	1.24	-0.008	.20	0.00%	-0.11	C
64	1618	127	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.325	.337	.662	8	1.25	-0.055	.13	0.00%	-0.50	C
65	1619	128	Aug 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.321	.332	.652	8	.60	-0.042	.03	0.00%	-0.38	C
66	1620	130 (1)	Aug 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.319	.345	.665	8	.63	-0.045	.02	0.00%	0.42	C
67	1621	131	Aug 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.312	.337	.649	8	.96	-0.055	.03	0.00%	-0.06	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
68	1622	144 (12)	Sep 8	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.316	.337	.652	8	1.25	0.179	.00	0.00%	0.85	C
69	1623	147 (2)	Sep 11	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	9-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.243	.319	.337	.655	7	2.16	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.05	C
70	1624	160 (12)	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.317	.335	.652	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
71	1625	162 (1)	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.317	.335	.652	8						C
							34-37		229	203	22	49	4	0	5	18	22	7	45	1	2	1	7	5	1	1	.241	.317	.335	.652		.98	-0.136	1.40	-0.20%	3.42

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