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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	5 (2)	Apr 20 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
3	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	8 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	T,5-5	CG	30	6.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	11 (2)	Apr 26	NYY	@	DET	W,13-11	CG	48	10.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
6	12	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
7	15 (2)	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	18 (2)	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
9	19	May 5	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	23 (3)	May 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	26 (2)	May 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	28 (1)	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	29	May 17	NYY		WSA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	33 (3)	May 21 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
15	34	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,8-2	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
16	35	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
17	37 (1)	May 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,9-14	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
18	39 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	41 (1)	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	43 (1)	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
22	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	46	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	47	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	48	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
26	49	Jun 7	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	51 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	52	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	53	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	55 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	56	Jun 12	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	57	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	58	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
34	59	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	18	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
37	63 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	64	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	65	Jun 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	67 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
42	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
43	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	74 (2)	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	75	Jul 2	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
48	79 (2)	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	80	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	82 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	84 (1)	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	85	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	86	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	87	Jul 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
56	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	91 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
58	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-9	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
61	95	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	96	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	98 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS	10	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	100 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	101	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
66	102	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	103	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
68	105 (1)	Aug 3	NYY		KCA	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	106	Aug 4	NYY		MIN	W,8-5	CG	40	10.0	14	0	1	15	3	1B
70	107	Aug 5	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	108	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	CG	55	15.0	20	1	0	21	4	1B
72	109	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	111 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		LAA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
74	112	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	114 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	116	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	117	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
79	118	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
80	119	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
81	120	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	121	Aug 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
83	122	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
84	123	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	125 (1)	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	48	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
87	127	Aug 24	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
88	128	Aug 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
89	130 (1)	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	131	Aug 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
91	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	134	Sep 1	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	135	Sep 2	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
95	136	Sep 3	NYY		DET	W,8-5	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
96	137	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	138	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
98	139	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	140	Sep 6	NYY		WSA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	141	Sep 7	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	142	Sep 8	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	143	Sep 9	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
103	144	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	145	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	146	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	25	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
106	148 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
107	149	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	150	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	151	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	47	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
110	152	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
111	153	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
112	154	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
113	155	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	157 (1)	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	158	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
116	159	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
117	160	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
119	162	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
120	163	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	GS	22	6.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
							120gm		1009.1	725	47	6	778	16