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Doug Howard

Douglas Lynn Howard

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 6, 1948 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Highland HS (Salt Lake City, UT)
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 8th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1972
Teams (by GP): Angels/Indians/Cardinals 1972-1976

Final Game: June 19, 1976
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 CAL AL 24 LF 8 8 4 64.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 15 1.27 1.13 .980 1.88 1.89
1972 CAL AL 24 OF 8 8 4 64.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 1 15 1.41 1.25 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 CAL AL 24 1B 1 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 3 1.000 0 0 10.00 10.00 .991 9.80 9.70
1972 CAL AL 24 3B 1 1 0 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 -90 1.12 1.00 .955 2.92 3.00
1973 CAL AL 25 LF 6 5 4 41.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -32 1.52 1.17 .977 2.00 1.98
1973 CAL AL 25 OF 6 5 4 41.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -32 1.52 1.17 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 CAL AL 25 1B 1 0 0 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 10.80 2.00 .990 10.26 9.80
1973 CAL AL 25 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .950 2.70 3.00
1974 CAL AL 26 OF 8 5 3 43.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -19 1.45 0.88 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CAL AL 26 CF 6 5 3 35.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 1.53 1.00 .987 2.93 2.92
1974 CAL AL 26 1B 5 3 2 32.0 25 22 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -26 7.03 5.00 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 CAL AL 26 DH 4 1
1974 CAL AL 26 LF 2 0 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .975 2.14 2.10
1975 STL NL 27 1B 7 5 4 45.0 66 60 6 0 5 1.000 3 88 13.20 9.43 .990 9.96 9.96
1976 CLE AL 28 1B 32 21 20 222.2 233 211 20 2 20 .991 -2 -9 9.34 7.22 .992 9.85 9.89
1976 CLE AL 28 DH 4 0
1976 CLE AL 28 OF 2 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.50
1976 CLE AL 28 RF 2 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 0.50 .980 2.25 2.20
5 Seasons 1B 46 30 27 310.1 336 305 29 2 29 .994 1 4 9.69 7.26 .992 9.85 9.87
4 Seasons OF 24 18 11 156.2 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 1.38 1.00 .981 2.30 2.31
3 Seasons LF 16 13 8 113.1 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.43 1.13 .978 1.95 1.95
1 Season CF 6 5 3 35.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 1.53 1.00 .987 2.93 2.92
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 0 9.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0 -40 2.00 1.00 .953 2.90 3.00
1 Season RF 2 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 0.50 .980 2.25 2.20
5 Seasons TOT 72 49 38 476.0 363 327 33 3 29 .992 -1 -1 6.81 5.00 .991 7.24 7.16
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1972 CAL AL 24 LF 1 15 -0 -0 0 1
1972 CAL AL 24 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 24 3B -1 -90 -1 0 -1 0
1973 CAL AL 25 LF -1 -32 -1 -0 -1 0
1973 CAL AL 25 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 25 3B 0 360 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 26 CF -1 -24 -1 0 -1 0
1974 CAL AL 26 1B -1 -26 -1 0 -1 0
1974 CAL AL 26 LF 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1975 STL NL 27 1B 3 88 3 1 3 0
1976 CLE AL 28 1B -2 -9 -2 -1 -0 0
1976 CLE AL 28 RF -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
5 Seasons 1B 1 4 1 -0 2 0
3 Seasons LF -0 -3 -1 -1 -1 1
1 Season CF -1 -24 -1 0 -1 0
2 Seasons 3B -0 -40 -0 0 -1 0
1 Season RF -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
5 Seasons TOT -1 -1 -2 -0 -1 0 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 CAL AL 24 11 10 11 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 8 0 1 0
1973 CAL AL 25 8 5 8 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 6 0 2 0
1974 CAL AL 26 22 9 22 13 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 6 0 8 4 11 1
1975 STL NL 27 17 5 17 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1976 CLE AL 28 39 21 39 34 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 5
5 Seasons 97 50 97 72 0 0 46 0 2 0 16 6 2 24 8 30 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 CAL AL 24 33 88% 79% 36% 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 25 11 82% 55% 18% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 26 149 62% 83% 22% 6 83% 0 22 2 20 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 27 187 60% 82% 34% 20 100% 0 59 2 56 1 12 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 CLE AL 28 933 62% 80% 25% 46 91% 0 210 15 189 5 9 20 10 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 22 2 1 0 21 3 1 0 1 7 100%
5 Seasons 1313 62% 80% 26% 72 93% 0 304 19 278 6 21 29 17 10 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 31 4 1 0 30 5 1 0 1 9 100%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 94% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 CAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 256 71% 77% 27% 17 53%
1973 CAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 191 81% 89% 25% 20 35%
1974 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 59% 76% 18% 3 67%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 481 74% 82% 25% 40 45%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.9% 63% 81% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 142 57% 66% 21% 15 40%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 142 57% 66% 21% 15 40%
MLB Averages 45.6% 2.5% 63% 81% 27% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 CAL AL 24 32 88% 91% 28% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 25 3 67% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 35 86% 91% 29% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 89% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 62% 85% 35% 4 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 62% 85% 35% 4 25%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 63% 81% 27% 53%

* 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

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1975 NL  3 (5th)

                                         

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