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+

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

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
4	4	Apr 23	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	58	16.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
8	8	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	49	9.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	53	13.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
11	11	May 3 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
12	12	May 3 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
13	13	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
14	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
15	15	May 6	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	16	May 7	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
17	17	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	18	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	3	SS
19	19	May 10 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	1	0	1	2	1	SS
20	20	May 10 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
21	21	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
22	22	May 12	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
23	23	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	19	6.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
24	24	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
25	25	May 16	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
27	27	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
28	28	May 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
29	29	May 22	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 23	CLE		DET	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
31	31	May 24	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
32	32	May 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
34	34	May 29	CLE	@	WSA	L,4-8	CG	46	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
35	35	May 30	CLE	@	WSA	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
36	36	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 31 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	39	Jun 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
40	40	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	41	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
42	42	Jun 5	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
43	43	Jun 6	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
44	44	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG	57	15.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
45	45	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
46	46	Jun 8	CLE		LAA	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
47	47	Jun 9	CLE		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	48	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		LAA	L,4-7	CG	52	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	49	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		LAA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
50	50	Jun 11	CLE		LAA	L,4-5	CG	50	12.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
51	51	Jun 12	CLE		KCA	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
52	52	Jun 13	CLE		KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	53	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
54	54	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
55	55	Jun 16	CLE		MIN	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
57	57	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
60	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIN	T,8-8	CG	45	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
62	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
63	63	Jun 24 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
64	64	Jun 24 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
65	65	Jun 25	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	66	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
67	67	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
68	68	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
69	69	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
70	70	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	48	10.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
71	71	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
73	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
74	74	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
75	75	Jul 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
76	76	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
77	77	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	78	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
79	79	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
80	80	Jul 10	CLE		BAL	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
81	81	Jul 11	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
82	82	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
83	83	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
84	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
85	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
86	86	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
87	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCA	W,12-9	CG	48	10.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
88	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
89	89	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	56	15.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
90	90	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
91	91	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	15	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
92	93 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	2	9	1	SS
93	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
94	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
95	96	Jul 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
96	97	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	98	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
98	99	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
99	100	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
100	101	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	CG	49	11.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
101	102	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
102	103	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
103	104	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	105	Aug 1	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	106	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
106	107	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
107	108	Aug 3	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
108	109	Aug 4	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
109	110	Aug 5	CLE		WSA	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
110	111	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
111	112	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
112	113	Aug 8	CLE		MIN	W,16-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
113	114	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
114	115	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
115	116	Aug 11	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
116	117	Aug 12	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
117	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	119	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
119	120	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
120	121	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	5	3	1	9	3	SS
121	122	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
122	123	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
123	124	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
124	125	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
125	126	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	6	3	14	0	SS
126	127	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
127	128	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
128	129	Aug 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
129	130	Aug 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
130	131	Aug 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
131	132	Aug 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
132	133	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
133	134	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	135	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
135	136	Sep 2	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
136	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
137	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
138	139	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
139	140	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	49	12.1	7	5	0	12	5	SS
140	141	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
141	142	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
142	143	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
143	144	Sep 11	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
144	145	Sep 12	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
145	146	Sep 13	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
146	147	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
147	148	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
148	149	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
149	150	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
150	151	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
151	152	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
152	153	Sep 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
153	154	Sep 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
154	155	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
155	156	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	L,6-10	CG	50	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	SS
156	157	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
157	158	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
158	159	Sep 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
159	161 (1)	Oct 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
160	162	Oct 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
161	163	Oct 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
162	164	Oct 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
							162gm		1459.2	291	463	20	774	100