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David Howard

David Wayne Howard

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 26, 1967 in Sarasota, FL
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 32nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed May 15, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1991
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cardinals 1991-1999

Final Game: October 1, 1999
Relatives: Son of Bruce Howard
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1991 24 KCR AL 94 264 236 20 51 7 0 1 17 3 2 16 45 .216 .267 .258 .525 47 61 1 1 9 2 0 64/5D9
1992 25 KCR AL 74 244 219 19 49 6 2 1 18 3 4 15 43 .224 .271 .283 .554 55 62 3 0 8 2 0 6/8
1993 26 KCR AL 15 29 24 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .333 .370 .417 .787 107 10 0 0 2 1 0 /4658
1994 27 KCR AL 46 100 83 9 19 4 0 1 13 3 2 11 23 .229 .309 .313 .623 60 26 1 0 3 3 0 56/4D71
1995 28 KCR AL 95 287 255 23 62 13 4 0 19 6 1 24 41 .243 .310 .325 .635 66 83 7 1 6 1 1 4687/93D
1996 29 KCR AL 143 485 420 51 92 14 5 4 48 5 6 40 74 .219 .291 .305 .595 52 128 6 4 17 4 0 *6/438D
1997 30 KCR AL 80 177 162 24 39 8 1 1 13 2 2 10 31 .241 .287 .321 .608 59 52 1 1 3 1 1 49/65D78
1998 31 STL NL 46 117 102 15 25 1 1 2 12 0 0 12 22 .245 .322 .333 .655 73 34 2 0 2 1 2 465/89
1999 32 STL NL 52 92 82 3 17 4 0 1 6 0 2 7 27 .207 .286 .293 .578 47 24 0 2 1 0 3 6/345789
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
9 Yrs 645 1795 1583 169 362 57 14 11 148 23 19 137 311 .229 .291 .303 .595 57 480 21 9 51 15 7
162 Game Avg. 162 451 398 42 91 14 4 3 37 6 5 34 78 .229 .291 .303 .595 57 121 5 2 13 4 2
KCR (7 yrs) 547 1586 1399 151 320 52 13 8 130 23 17 118 262 .229 .289 .302 .591 56 422 19 7 48 14 2
STL (2 yrs) 98 209 184 18 42 5 1 3 18 0 2 19 49 .228 .306 .315 .621 61 58 2 2 3 1 5
AL (7 yrs) 547 1586 1399 151 320 52 13 8 130 23 17 118 262 .229 .289 .302 .591 56 422 19 7 48 14 2
NL (2 yrs) 98 209 184 18 42 5 1 3 18 0 2 19 49 .228 .306 .315 .621 61 58 2 2 3 1 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1991 24 KCR AL 94 264 -17 1 1 2 4 -8 -0.8 9 0 0.0 .491 .495 -0.2 0.7 -2 $100,000 64/5D9
1992 25 KCR AL 74 244 -12 -2 1 3 4 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .491 .496 -0.1 0.8 -1 $152,500 6/8
1993 26 KCR AL 15 29 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .518 .502 0.2 0.2 2 $193,000 /4658
1994 27 KCR AL 46 100 -4 -1 0 8 1 5 0.5 3 8 0.8 .510 .503 0.0 0.9 -0 $220,000 56/4D71
1995 28 KCR AL 95 287 -13 1 0 10 2 0 0.1 9 9 0.9 .500 .500 0.0 1.2 -1 $385,000 4687/93D
1996 29 KCR AL 143 485 -34 -3 2 10 7 -18 -1.4 16 -2 0.1 .488 .490 -1.0 1.8 -13 $600,000 *6/438D
1997 30 KCR AL 80 177 -10 -1 0 5 -0 -6 -0.5 6 -0 0.0 .493 .496 -0.5 0.6 -5 $762,500 49/65D78
1998 31 STL NL 46 117 -5 0 -0 -1 1 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .490 .497 -0.1 0.0 -0 $850,000 465/89
1999 32 STL NL 52 92 -8 -1 0 2 0 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.3 .490 .497 -0.5 0.2 -5 $950,000 6/345789
9 Seasons 645 1795 -103 -5 4 42 20 -41 -3.5 58 17 1.9 .494 .497 -2.2 6.5 -26 $4,213,000
KCR (7 yrs) 547 1586 -90 -4 4 41 18 -31 -2.4 52 21 2.4 .494 .497 -1.6 6.2 -20 $2,413,000
STL (2 yrs) 98 209 -13 -0 0 2 2 -10 -1.0 6 -4 -0.5 .490 .497 -0.6 0.3 -6 $1,800,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1991 24 KCR AL 264 199 18 2.4 97 .260 .216 .260 .267 .329 .258 .395 .525 .724 47 .242 -17.4 -1.7 .420 .114 .042 1.5
1992 25 KCR AL 244 187 17 2.4 96 .271 .224 .262 .271 .331 .283 .388 .554 .719 55 .254 -14.0 -1.4 .429 .123 .059 1.5
1993 26 KCR AL 29 19 4 5.6 108 .400 .333 .274 .370 .345 .417 .418 .787 .763 107 .571 0.2 0.0 .813 .208 .083 .0
1994 27 KCR AL 100 73 9 3.3 114 .290 .229 .276 .309 .349 .313 .440 .623 .789 60 .292 -4.7 -0.4 .567 .229 .084 1.5
1995 28 KCR AL 287 208 26 3.3 110 .288 .243 .271 .310 .346 .325 .429 .635 .774 66 .306 -13.4 -1.2 .562 .196 .082 .0
1996 29 KCR AL 485 361 39 2.9 115 .254 .219 .276 .291 .349 .305 .443 .595 .792 52 .231 -31.6 -2.9 .503 .179 .086 4.4
1997 30 KCR AL 177 130 15 3.1 110 .290 .241 .272 .287 .342 .321 .431 .608 .773 59 .281 -10.2 -1.0 .500 .142 .080 1.3
1998 31 STL NL 117 82 11 3.6 107 .291 .245 .269 .322 .340 .333 .424 .655 .764 73 .366 -4.1 -0.4 .582 .206 .088 .0
1999 32 STL NL 92 68 7 2.8 117 .296 .207 .277 .286 .353 .293 .446 .578 .798 47 .232 -6.9 -0.6 .463 .146 .085 .0
9 Yrs 1795 1327 146 3.0 108 .275 .229 .270 .291 .342 .303 .423 .595 .765 57 .269 -102.1 -9.7 .500 .164 .075 14.9
162 Game Avg. 451 333 37 3.0 108 .275 .229 .270 .291 .342 .303 .423 .595 .765 57 .269 -102.1 -9.7 .500 .164 .075 4
KCR (7 yrs) 1586 1177 128 2.9 107 .273 .229 .270 .289 .341 .302 .422 .591 .763 56 .265 -91.1 -8.6 .496 .162 .073 11.9
STL (2 yrs) 209 150 18 3.2 112 .293 .228 .272 .306 .345 .315 .434 .621 .779 61 .304 -11.0 -1.0 .527 .179 .087 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1586 1177 128 2.9 107 .273 .229 .270 .289 .341 .302 .422 .591 .763 56 .265 -91.1 -8.6 .496 .162 .073 11.9
NL (2 yrs) 209 150 18 3.2 112 .293 .228 .272 .306 .345 .315 .434 .621 .779 61 .304 -11.0 -1.0 .527 .179 .087 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1991 24 KCR AL 264 0.4% 17.1% 6.1% 3.0% 16% 2.81 5.2 236.0 13.9 0.80 0.92 73% 18% 1.2% 19%
1992 25 KCR AL 244 0.4% 17.6% 6.2% 3.7% 18% 2.87 5.1 219.0 12.2 0.73 0.92 73% 19% 1.1% 11%
1993 26 KCR AL 29 0.0% 17.2% 6.9% 3.5% 13% 2.50 4.8 12.0 2.00 2.75 69% 14% 0.0% 0%
1994 27 KCR AL 100 1.0% 23.0% 11.0% 5.0% 26% 2.09 3.6 83.0 6.4 0.44 0.47 62% 21% 3.2% 24%
1995 28 KCR AL 287 0.0% 14.3% 8.4% 5.9% 27% 1.71 6.2 13.4 0.67 0.92 75% 24% 0.0% 19%
1996 29 KCR AL 485 0.8% 15.3% 8.3% 4.7% 25% 1.85 5.7 105.0 8.8 0.63 0.90 71% 19% 2.5% 22%
1997 30 KCR AL 177 0.6% 17.5% 5.7% 5.7% 26% 3.10 5.2 162.0 12.5 0.51 0.79 74% 25% 1.4% 15%
1998 31 STL NL 117 1.7% 18.8% 10.3% 3.4% 16% 1.83 4.6 51.0 8.5 0.63 0.76 68% 19% 4.9% 15%
1999 32 STL NL 92 1.1% 29.4% 7.6% 5.4% 29% 3.86 3.0 82.0 13.7 0.35 0.56 59% 27% 3.2% 23%
9 Yrs 1795 0.6% 17.3% 7.6% 4.6% 23% 2.27 5.1 143.9 10.7 0.65 0.86 71% 21% 1.8% 18%
MLB Averages 2.5% 16.0% 8.9% 7.5% 32% 1.80 5.5 35.1 7.7 0.81 1.09 71% 21% 7.5% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1991 24 KCR AL -17.4 -1.7 271 -1.9 2.6 -4.5 .89 -1.8 -0.3 -18.3 -1.8 0.96 -19.5 1
1992 25 KCR AL -14.0 -1.4 250 -1.1 3.5 -4.6 1.07 -1.5 0.5 -12.8 -1.3 0.94 -14.8 0
1993 26 KCR AL 0.2 0.0 32 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1.07 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.94 -0.1 0.00 0
1994 27 KCR AL -4.8 -0.4 105 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 1.07 -0.5 0.2 -4.2 -0.4 0.91 -4.8 0.00 0
1995 28 KCR AL -13.4 -1.2 294 -2.2 3.7 -5.9 1.05 -1.3 -0.7 -18.8 -1.7 0.96 -17.4 1.22 4
1996 29 KCR AL -31.6 -2.9 503 -2.8 7.1 -9.9 1.04 -3.4 0.8 -36.4 -3.3 0.95 -40.2 3.12 4
1997 30 KCR AL -10.2 -1.0 181 -1.2 2.2 -3.5 1.04 -0.7 -0.4 -7.8 -0.7 0.93 -9.7 1.12 6
1998 31 STL NL -4.1 -0.4 118 0.2 1.8 -1.6 .94 -0.3 0.6 -1.1 -0.1 0.93 -4.2 0.82 4
1999 32 STL NL -6.9 -0.6 94 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 1.08 -0.7 -0.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.87 -7.7 0.94 13
9 Yrs -102.2 -9.7 1848 -10.0 24.6 -34.6 1.02 -10.4 0.7 -105.9 -10.0 0.94 -118.2 1.24 32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1991 24 KCR AL 3 0 28% 91 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 10 5 5 2 0 2 9 4 5
1992 25 KCR AL 4 0 29% 77 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 63% 9 4 5 4 0 2 3 0 3
1993 26 KCR AL 0 0 50% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1994 27 KCR AL 2 0 28% 39 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1995 28 KCR AL 3 0 26% 114 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 56% 10 5 5 2 1 1 6 2 4
1996 29 KCR AL 2 0 36% 153 5 6 45% 4 5 0 1 1 0 5 1 4 10 42% 33 22 10 8 2 5 11 4 7
1997 30 KCR AL 2 0 47% 79 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 40% 11 10 1 4 0 3 10 4 6
1998 31 STL NL 0 0 37% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 9 6 3 1 1 0 3 1 2
1999 32 STL NL 1 0 8% 37 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 17 0 32% 643 23 19 55% 22 15 0 3 1 1 6 1 19 32 47% 91 58 32 22 5 13 46 16 30

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1991 24 KCR AL 264 100% 51 25 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 50 1 2% 26 15 58% 164 17 10% 10 6 60% 8 6 75% 0
1992 25 KCR AL 244 100% 49 27 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 1 13 8 62% 44 3 7% 29 15 52% 140 19 14% 16 8 50% 7 4 57% 0
1993 26 KCR AL 29 100% 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 5 3 60% 16 2 13% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1994 27 KCR AL 100 100% 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 15 1 7% 13 6 46% 65 13 20% 9 5 56% 4 2 50% 0
1995 28 KCR AL 287 100% 62 10 4 4 1 0 1 1.22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% 62 7 11% 30 14 47% 183 21 11% 15 6 40% 10 5 50% 0
1996 29 KCR AL 485 100% 92 11 6 4 1 0 0 3.12 4 0 12 1 3 3 1 0 20 17 85% 99 6 6% 57 22 39% 324 47 15% 34 20 59% 27 15 56% 0
1997 30 KCR AL 177 100% 39 3 2 6 0 0 0 1.12 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 60% 31 1 3% 20 7 35% 101 14 14% 6 4 67% 3 1 33% 0
1998 31 STL NL 117 100% 25 5 3 4 0 0 0 0.82 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 50% 17 2 12% 9 4 44% 59 10 17% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1999 32 STL NL 92 100% 17 0 0 13 1 1 1 0.94 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 15 0 0% 7 2 29% 48 5 10% 6 3 50% 2 1 50% 0
9 Yrs 1795 100% 362 90 25 32 3 1 2 1.24 11 0 38 6 5 7 4 1 72 51 71% 337 21 6% 196 88 45% 1100 148 13% 101 55 54% 64 35 55% 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1991 24 KCR AL 266 960 3.61 641 67% 20% 15% 33% 32% 80% 0% 53% 81% 50% 3% 8 0 8% 22 6 5% 14 7 36% -2 0 0
1992 25 KCR AL 244 859 3.52 559 65% 21% 14% 32% 33% 79% 0% 52% 82% 41% 4% 9 0 13% 31 9 6% 14 7 21% 0 0 0
1993 26 KCR AL 29 101 3.48 71 70% 18% 15% 35% 31% 82% 0% 57% 81% 52% 3% 1 1 3% 1 0 7% 2 1 20% 0 0 0
1994 27 KCR AL 98 366 3.73 224 61% 25% 16% 31% 29% 75% 0% 46% 79% 36% 10% 10 0 17% 17 3 10% 10 6 45% 2 0 0
1995 28 KCR AL 282 957 3.39 597 62% 23% 12% 28% 37% 77% 1% 48% 84% 37% 6% 17 0 12% 35 10 6% 18 8 40% 5 0 0
1996 29 KCR AL 442 1554 3.52 961 62% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 0% 47% 83% 38% 5% 21 1 17% 73 25 9% 39 22 32% 43 1 0
1997 30 KCR AL 171 611 3.57 397 65% 17% 15% 35% 32% 83% 2% 54% 82% 40% 3% 5 0 10% 17 10 5% 9 8 20% 6 0 0
1998 31 STL NL 117 413 3.53 249 60% 31% 12% 24% 33% 69% 3% 42% 82% 27% 9% 10 0 22% 26 10 11% 13 4 50% 0 0 0
1999 32 STL NL 92 306 3.33 190 62% 21% 27% 23% 29% 79% 6% 49% 66% 38% 4% 4 0 16% 15 5 7% 6 4 33% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1741 6127 3.52 3889 63% 22% 14% 30% 33% 78% 1% 49% 81% 40% 5% 85 2 14% 237 78 7% 125 67 33% 54 1 0
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 24 94 264 236 20 51 7 0 1 17 3 2 16 45 .216 .267 .258 .525 47 61 1 1 9 2 0
1992 25 168 508 455 39 100 13 2 2 35 6 6 31 88 .220 .269 .270 .539 51 123 4 1 17 4 0
1993 26 183 537 479 44 108 13 3 2 37 7 6 33 93 .225 .274 .278 .552 54 133 4 1 19 5 0
1994 27 229 637 562 53 127 17 3 3 50 10 8 44 116 .226 .280 .283 .563 55 159 5 1 22 8 0
1995 28 324 924 817 76 189 30 7 3 69 16 9 68 157 .231 .289 .296 .585 58 242 12 2 28 9 1
1996 29 467 1409 1237 127 281 44 12 7 117 21 15 108 231 .227 .290 .299 .589 56 370 18 6 45 13 1
1997 30 547 1586 1399 151 320 52 13 8 130 23 17 118 262 .229 .289 .302 .591 56 422 19 7 48 14 2
1998 31 593 1703 1501 166 345 53 14 10 142 23 17 130 284 .230 .292 .304 .595 57 456 21 7 50 15 4
1999 32 645 1795 1583 169 362 57 14 11 148 23 19 137 311 .229 .291 .303 .595 57 480 21 9 51 15 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1991 24 94 265 237 21 52 7 0 1 18 3 16 45 .219 .270 .262 .531 17 94
1992 25 74 247 221 20 51 6 2 1 19 3 16 43 .231 .280 .290 .570 18 74
1993 26 15 29 24 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 .333 .370 .417 .787 4 15
1994 27 65 137 115 11 24 5 0 1 16 4 14 33 .209 .286 .278 .564 10 46
1995 28 107 319 284 24 67 14 4 0 20 6 26 46 .236 .301 .313 .615 27 95
1996 29 143 475 413 44 85 13 5 4 42 5 37 74 .206 .275 .291 .566 32 143
1997 30 80 176 161 23 38 8 1 1 12 2 10 31 .236 .283 .317 .600 14 80
1998 31 46 117 102 15 25 1 1 2 12 0 12 22 .245 .322 .333 .655 11 46
1999 32 52 91 81 3 16 4 0 1 6 0 7 27 .198 .278 .284 .562 6 52
9 Yrs 676 1856 1638 166 366 58 14 11 147 24 140 326 .223 .286 .296 .582 139 645
162 Game Avg. 162 445 393 40 88 14 3 3 35 6 34 78 .223 .286 .296 .582 33 645

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1996 AL  1.8 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1996 AL  17 (2nd)

                           

Similarity Scores

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