Dick Howser

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL us

Died: June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, FL

High School: Palm Beach HS (West Palm Beach, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: April 11, 1961 (Age 24-332d, 11,804th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 32-136d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Richard Dalton Howser

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

2483

617

.249

398

RBI

165

105

OBP

.346

SLG

.318

OPS

.664

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-31 / in Starts: 30-22
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 239 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	121 (58-49-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 239 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (73-44-23)

Most Driven In
W Held	2
W Tasby	1
M Grant	1
B Chance	1
Self	1
J Azcue	1
H Sullivan	1
J Kindall	1

Most Driven In By
A Luplow	4
V Davalillo	4
M Alvis	2
T Francona	2
F Whitfield	2
J Kindall	2
J Adcock	2
Self	1

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 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	242	1	Apr 9	KCA		NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	.65	-0.055	1.38	-0.07%	-0.44	SS
2	243	2	Apr 10	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	1	1.09	0.042	2.01	0.05%	0.31	SS
3	244	3	Apr 12	KCA		MIN	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	1	.52	-0.051	.86	-0.05%	-1.02	SS
4	245	4	Apr 13	KCA		MIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	.96	-0.080	1.75	-0.09%	-0.80	SS
5	246	5	Apr 14	KCA		MIN	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.286	.211	.496	1	1.04	0.095	2.11	0.12%	0.79	SS
6	247	6	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.208	.478	1	.86	-0.118	2.01	-0.17%	-1.47	SS
7	248	7	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	1	.90	-0.032	2.23	-0.05%	-0.19	SS
8	249	8	Apr 19 (1)	KCA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.219	.483	1	1.21	-0.033	2.71	-0.04%	-0.28	SS
9	250	9	Apr 19 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.256	.194	.451	1	2.18	-0.130	5.41	-0.19%	-0.64	SS
10	251	10	Apr 20	KCA		LAA	L,4-7	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.211	.529	1	1.50	-0.003	3.99	-0.01%	0.60	SS
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
11	252	25 (14)	May 6	KCA		CHW	L,1-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.311	.205	.516	9	.24	-0.006	.84	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
12	253	32 (6)	May 15	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-1	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.311	.205	.516	6						PR
13	254	34 (1)	May 19 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.200	.504	9	.55	-0.014	1.87	-0.03%	-0.15	PH
14	255	36 (1)	May 21	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-7	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.319	.200	.519	9	.23	0.007	.76	0.02%	0.12	PH
15	256	37	May 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.195	.313	.195	.508	9	1.75	0.049	5.41	0.09%	1.00	PH
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians
16	257	36	May 26 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.321	.200	.521	1	1.18	0.133	1.57	0.11%	0.68	SS
17	258	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-6	CG	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.196	.351	.196	.547	1	1.34	0.223	1.51	0.15%	1.33	SS
18	259	38	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.328	.180	.508	1	1.35	-0.147	1.13	-0.07%	-1.20	SS
19	260	39	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.204	.348	.222	.571	1	1.22	0.086	1.18	0.05%	0.95	SS
20	261	40	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.343	.211	.553	1	1.07	-0.084	.93	-0.04%	-0.61	SS
21	262	41	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.183	.338	.200	.538	1	1.06	-0.059	.83	-0.03%	-0.66	SS
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
22	263	42	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.346	.234	.581	1	1.01	0.060	.63	0.02%	0.43	SS
23	264	43	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.329	.221	.550	1	.74	-0.072	.36	-0.02%	-0.71	SS
24	265	44	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.333	.222	.556	1	.69	0.047	.41	0.02%	-0.38	SS
25	266	45	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.330	.213	.543	1	1.07	-0.069	.66	-0.03%	-0.81	SS
26	267	46	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.319	.205	.524	1	1.48	-0.072	1.17	-0.03%	-0.70	SS
27	268	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	.183	.316	.207	.524	1	1.34	0.307	.88	0.12%	0.97	SS
28	269	48	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.330	.230	.560	1	.73	0.075	.55	0.03%	0.80	SS
29	270	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.209	.333	.231	.564	1	1.04	-0.146	.94	-0.08%	-0.89	SS
30	271	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.339	.234	.573	1	.77	0.018	1.03	0.02%	0.24	SS
31	272	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.342	.283	.625	1	.60	-0.038	.94	-0.04%	0.63	SS
32	273	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.344	.282	.626	1	1.21	-0.011	1.86	-0.01%	0.69	SS
33	274	53	Jun 13	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.215	.339	.271	.610	1	.86	-0.088	1.53	-0.09%	-1.07	SS
34	275	54	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.218	.348	.273	.621	1	.76	0.075	1.45	0.08%	0.65	SS
35	276	55	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG(19)	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.212	.336	.263	.598	1	1.66	-0.304	2.85	-0.31%	-1.15	SS
36	277	56	Jun 15	CLE		WSA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.333	.262	.596	1	.88	-0.054	1.51	-0.06%	0.27	SS
37	278	57	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.342	.270	.612	1	1.32	0.132	2.67	0.16%	1.51	SS
38	279	58	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.237	.351	.282	.633	1	1.70	0.254	3.71	0.33%	1.03	SS
39	280	59	Jun 17	CLE		WSA	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.230	.342	.274	.616	1	1.69	0.182	3.90	0.25%	0.34	SS
40	281	60	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236	.344	.279	.622	1	.77	0.037	2.19	0.06%	0.63	SS
41	282	61	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.341	.285	.626	1	.60	0.074	1.80	0.13%	0.46	SS
42	283	62	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.335	.279	.614	1	.99	-0.071	3.22	-0.14%	-0.63	SS
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
43	284	78 (15)	Jul 3	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.335	.279	.614	9						PH
44	285	85 (6)	Jul 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.333	.277	.610	6	.22	-0.005	.30	0.00%	-0.15	PR SS
45	286	87 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.235	.335	.281	.616	2	1.08	-0.123	1.23	-0.08%	-1.31	SS
46	287	88	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.333	.280	.614	1	1.12	-0.106	1.75	-0.10%	-0.68	SS
47	288	89	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.341	.286	.626	1	.53	0.079	.70	0.06%	1.02	SS
48	289	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-13	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.344	.287	.631	1	.40	0.041	.39	0.02%	-0.07	SS
49	290	91	Jul 16	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.241	.339	.283	.622	2	1.31	-0.005	.95	0.00%	-0.09	SS
50	291	92	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-7	GS-5	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.344	.290	.634	2	.47	0.027	.28	0.01%	1.37	SS
51	292	104 (11)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,12-7	GS-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.347	.294	.641	2	.61	0.024	.04	0.00%	0.24	SS
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
52	293	117 (12)	Aug 10	CLE		KCA	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.345	.292	.638	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
53	294	132 (14)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	15-15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.348	.297	.645	9	3.18	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.50	PH
54	295	133	Aug 27	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.347	.295	.642	9	3.06	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH
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
55	296	141 (7)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,15-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.347	.295	.642	7						SS
56	297	142	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,7-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.345	.293	.638	8	.99	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
57	298	143	Sep 4	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.338	.287	.625	1	1.56	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.03	SS
58	299	144	Sep 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.337	.282	.618	1	.73	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.24	SS
59	300	145	Sep 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.333	.280	.613	1	.60	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.76	SS
60	301	146	Sep 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.243	.335	.280	.615	1	.48	0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.03	SS
61	302	147	Sep 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.338	.286	.624	1	.52	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.09	SS
62	303	148	Sep 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.338	.287	.625	1	.91	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.62	SS
63	304	161 (12)	Sep 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.335	.281	.616	1	.73	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.77	SS
64	305	162	Sep 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.329	.276	.605	1	1.17	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.46	SS
							33-31		239	203	29	48	5	0	1	11	29	1	21	0	5	2	6	5	9	3	.236	.329	.276	.605		1.04	-0.351	1.44	0.06%	-2.96

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