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Del Howard

George Elmer Howard

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 24, 1877 in Kenney, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1905
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Beaneaters/Pirates/Doves 1905-1909

Final Game: October 6, 1909
Died: December 24, 1956 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, WA
Relatives: Brother of Ivan Howard
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1905 27 PIT NL 123 484 435 56 127 18 5 2 63 19 27 45 .292 .345 .370 .715 110 161 8 14 3O/1
1906 28 BSN NL 147 591 545 46 142 19 8 1 54 17 26 47 .261 .306 .330 .637 101 180 10 10 O46/3
1907 29 TOT NL 101 365 335 30 85 6 4 1 26 14 17 30 .254 .304 .304 .608 88 102 7 6 O3/4
1907 29 BSN NL 50 208 187 20 51 4 2 1 13 11 11 18 .273 .330 .332 .662 107 62 5 5 O/4
1907 29 CHC NL 51 157 148 10 34 2 2 0 13 3 6 12 .230 .269 .270 .540 65 40 2 1 3/O
1908 30 CHC NL 96 354 315 42 88 7 3 1 26 11 23 21 .279 .338 .330 .668 110 104 5 11 O/3
1909 31 CHC NL 69 241 203 25 40 4 2 1 24 6 18 17 .197 .282 .251 .533 63 51 6 14 3
5 Seasons 536 2035 1833 199 482 54 22 6 193 67 111 160 .263 .318 .326 .644 98 598 36 55
162 Game Avg. 162 615 554 60 146 16 7 2 58 20 34 48 .263 .318 .326 .644 98 181 11 17
CHC (3 yrs) 216 752 666 77 162 13 7 2 63 20 47 50 .243 .306 .293 .599 85 195 13 26
BSN (2 yrs) 197 799 732 66 193 23 10 2 67 28 37 65 .264 .313 .331 .643 103 242 15 15
PIT (1 yr) 123 484 435 56 127 18 5 2 63 19 27 45 .292 .345 .370 .715 110 161 8 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1905 27 PIT NL 484 7 0 0 0 -4 -4 14 13 1.4 17 1.8 -0.4 $ 3O/1
1906 28 BSN NL 591 -7 -2 0 0 -14 -4 18 -9 -1.1 5 0.6 -1.7 $ O46/3
1907 29 BSN NL 208 1 0 0 0 -4 -2 6 1 0.1 5 0.6 -0.5 $ O/4
1907 29 CHC NL 157 -6 0 0 0 0 -1 5 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 3/O
1908 30 CHC NL 354 8 0 0 0 0 -4 10 14 1.7 14 1.6 0.1 $ O/3
1909 31 CHC NL 241 -6 0 0 0 0 -2 7 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 3
5 Seasons 2035 -3 -2 0 0 -22 -17 60 16 1.5 38 4.3 -2.8 $
CHC (3 yrs) 752 -4 0 0 0 0 -7 22 11 1.1 11 1.3 -0.2 $
BSN (2 yrs) 799 -6 -2 0 0 -18 -6 24 -8 -1.0 10 1.2 -2.2 $
PIT (1 yr) 484 7 0 0 0 -4 -4 14 13 1.4 17 1.8 -0.4 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1907 29 CHC NL WS DET W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1908 30 CHC NL WS DET W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1905 27 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 408 272 476 0 68 68 0 68 0 0 1496 0.833 6.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1905 27 PIT NL 6.0 0 7 3 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1 Season 6.0 0 7 3 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1905 PIT NL 27 1B 90 982 912 48 22 57 .978 10.67 .981 10.76
1905 PIT NL 27 OF 28 39 35 3 1 0 .974 1.36 .955 1.97 1-0-27
1905 PIT NL 27 P 1 6.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 2.00 .945 3.00 2.90
1906 BSN NL 28 OF 87 146 119 14 13 3 .911 1.53 .959 1.89 87-0-0
1906 BSN NL 28 2B 45 224 88 121 15 10 .933 4.64 .947 5.02
1906 BSN NL 28 SS 14 93 46 36 11 3 .882 5.86 .933 5.39
1906 BSN NL 28 1B 2 32 28 2 2 0 .938 15.00 .984 10.80
1907 TOT NL 29 OF 53 76 65 8 3 2 .961 1.38 .960 1.98 45-3-6
1907 BSN NL 29 OF 45 64 54 8 2 2 .969 1.38 .960 1.98 45-0-0
1907 BSN NL 29 2B 3 19 7 11 1 3 .947 6.00 .952 5.23
1907 CHC NL 29 1B 33 326 301 16 9 17 .972 9.61 .984 10.58
1907 CHC NL 29 OF 8 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.38 .960 1.98 0-3-6
1908 CHC NL 30 OF 81 144 129 10 5 1 .965 1.72 .960 2.04 4-31-52
1908 CHC NL 30 1B 5 29 26 2 1 0 .966 5.60 .986 11.08
1909 CHC NL 31 1B 57 638 593 32 13 29 .980 10.96 .985 10.83
4 Seasons OF 249 405 348 35 22 6 .946 1.54 .959 1.97 137-34-85
5 Seasons 1B 187 2007 1860 100 47 103 .977 10.48 .983 10.76
2 Seasons 2B 48 243 95 132 16 13 .934 4.73 .947 5.03
1 Season SS 14 93 46 36 11 3 .882 5.86 .933 5.39
1 Season P 1 6.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 2.00 .945 3.00 2.90
5 Seasons TOT 499 6.0 2750 2349 305 96 126 .965 3.00 5.32 .975 3.00 5.65 137-34-85
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1906 NL  10 (7th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1906 NL  13 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1905 NL  10.67 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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