David Howard
David Wayne Howard
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 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
Final Game: October 1, 1999
Relatives: Son of Bruce Howard
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Standard Batting

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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 59 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 *6/438
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
9 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 3.3 115 .290 .229 .277 .309 .350 .313 .442 .623 .792 59 .292 -4.8 -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 .352 .293 .446 .578 .798 47 .232 -6.9 -0.6 .463 .146 .085 .0
9 Seasons 1795 1327 146 3.0 108 .275 .229 .270 .291 .342 .303 .423 .595 .765 57 .269 -102.3 -9.6 .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 -102.3 -9.6 .500 .164 .075 4
KCR (7 yrs) 1586 1177 128 2.9 107 .273 .229 .270 .289 .341 .302 .422 .591 .763 56 .265 -91.3 -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 -91.3 -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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 6 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 Seasons 17 0 32% 643 23 19 55% 22 15 0 3 1 1 6 1 22 32 47% 91 58 32 22 5 13 46 16 30
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0 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% 15 9 60% 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% 18 8 44% 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% 3 1 33% 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% 8 1 13% 0
1995 28 KCR AL 287 100% 62 10 4 4 1 0 1 1.20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% 62 7 11% 28 12 43% 183 21 11% 15 6 40% 12 3 25% 0
1996 29 KCR AL 485 100% 92 11 6 4 1 0 0 3.08 4 0 12 1 3 3 1 0 20 17 85% 99 6 6% 57 22 39% 324 47 15% 34 20 59% 33 14 42% 0
1997 30 KCR AL 177 100% 39 3 2 6 0 0 0 1.13 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 60% 31 1 3% 20 7 35% 101 14 14% 6 4 67% 11 5 45% 0
1998 31 STL NL 117 100% 25 5 3 4 0 0 0 0.86 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 50% 17 2 12% 9 4 44% 59 10 17% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 0
1999 32 STL NL 92 100% 17 0 0 13 1 1 1 0.93 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 15 0 0% 7 2 29% 48 5 10% 6 3 50% 10 3 30% 0
9 Seasons 1795 100% 362 90 25 31 3 1 2 1.27 11 0 38 6 5 7 4 1 72 51 71% 337 21 6% 194 86 44% 1100 148 13% 101 55 54% 114 45 39% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 264 952 3.61 638 67% 20% 15% 33% 32% 80% 0% 53% 81% 50% 3% 8 0 8% 22 6 5% 14 7 36% 0 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 96 363 3.78 223 61% 25% 16% 30% 29% 75% 0% 46% 79% 35% 10% 10 0 18% 17 3 10% 10 6 45% 4 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 438 1546 3.53 959 62% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 0% 47% 83% 38% 5% 21 1 17% 73 25 9% 39 22 32% 47 1 0
1997 30 KCR AL 170 610 3.59 397 65% 17% 15% 35% 32% 83% 2% 54% 82% 41% 3% 5 0 10% 17 10 5% 9 8 20% 7 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 Seasons 1732 6107 3.53 3883 64% 22% 14% 30% 33% 78% 1% 49% 81% 40% 5% 85 2 14% 237 78 7% 125 67 33% 63 1 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1991 24 94 262 241 21 56 8 0 1 18 3 18 45 .232 .286 .278 .564 19 94
1992 25 74 239 221 20 51 6 2 1 19 3 16 43 .231 .280 .290 .570 18 74
1993 26 15 27 24 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 .333 .370 .417 .787 4 15
1994 27 65 136 117 11 26 5 0 1 16 4 15 33 .222 .301 .291 .592 11 46
1995 28 107 312 284 24 67 14 4 0 19 6 26 46 .236 .301 .313 .615 27 95
1996 29 143 464 417 46 89 14 5 4 43 5 39 74 .213 .284 .300 .584 35 143
1997 30 80 174 162 23 39 8 1 1 13 2 10 31 .241 .287 .321 .608 15 80
1998 31 46 115 102 14 25 1 1 2 12 0 12 22 .245 .322 .333 .655 11 46
1999 32 52 90 81 3 16 4 0 1 5 0 7 27 .198 .278 .284 .562 6 52
9 Seasons 676 1819 1649 167 377 60 14 11 147 24 145 326 .229 .292 .302 .594 146 645
162 Game Avg. 162 436 395 40 90 14 3 3 35 6 35 78 .229 .292 .302 .594 35 645

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