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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	48	10.2	7	1	0	8	1	C
2	10 (8)	Apr 25 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
3	11	Apr 25 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	12	Apr 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	55 (42)	Jun 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
6	56	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
7	57	Jun 15	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
8	58	Jun 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
9	60 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		MIN	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	61	Jun 19	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	62	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		MIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
12	63	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
13	64	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	65	Jun 22 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
15	66	Jun 23	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	67	Jun 24	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
17	68	Jun 25	NYY		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
18	69	Jun 26	NYY		CAL	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
19	70	Jun 27	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	71	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
21	73 (1)	Jun 29	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	75	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
24	76	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-2	GS	20	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	78	Jul 4	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	79	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	81 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	82	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	85	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	86	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
34	87	Jul 11	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
35	88	Jul 15	NYY		WSA	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
36	89	Jul 16	NYY		WSA	W,9-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	90	Jul 17	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	91	Jul 18	NYY		WSA	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	92	Jul 19	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
40	93	Jul 20	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	94	Jul 21	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	GS	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	95	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
43	96	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	97	Jul 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	98	Jul 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
46	100 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	102 (1)	Jul 28	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	103	Jul 29	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	104	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	105	Jul 31	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	106	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	107	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
53	108	Aug 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	109	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
55	110	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	111	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
57	112	Aug 7	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	113	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
59	114	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	115	Aug 11	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	116	Aug 12	NYY		MIN	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
62	117	Aug 13	NYY		KCA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	118	Aug 14	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	C
64	119	Aug 15 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	121 (1)	Aug 17	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
66	122	Aug 18	NYY		CAL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
67	123	Aug 19	NYY		CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	125	Aug 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
71	127	Aug 25	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
72	128	Aug 26	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	129	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	130	Aug 28	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
75	131	Aug 29	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
76	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	134	Sep 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS	25	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	135	Sep 2	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
80	138 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
81	139	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	141 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	142	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	144 (1)	Sep 8	NYY		WSA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	145	Sep 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	146	Sep 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	147	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	149 (1)	Sep 15	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	150	Sep 17	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	151	Sep 18	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
91	152	Sep 19	NYY		DET	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
92	154 (1)	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	156 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
94	157	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	158	Sep 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
96	159	Sep 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
97	160	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
98	161	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	162	Oct 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							101gm		849.0	644	44	6	694	8