Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Vashon (St. Louis, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: December 14, 1980 in New York, NY
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1955 NYY AL 26 OF 75 65 521.1 137 124 10 3 3 .978 3.5 8.1 2.5 2.0 0.5 1 2.31 1.79 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 NYY AL 26 LF 61 51 418.1 95 88 5 2 1 .979 -0.9 -2.6 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 0 2.00 1.52 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 NYY AL 26 RF 16 14 103.0 37 32 5 0 2 1.000 4.4 51.3 3.4 2.1 1.3 1 3.23 2.31 .981 2.05 1.73
1955 NYY AL 26 C 9 4 48.0 26 23 3 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.88 2.89 .988 5.59 4.73 0 3 0 2 100%
1956 NYY AL 27 OF 65 51 483.2 100 97 2 1 0 .990 -2.0 -5.0 -1.0 0.4 -1.5 -1 1.84 1.52 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 NYY AL 27 LF 62 50 464.0 93 89 3 1 0 .989 -3.1 -8.0 -2.1 -0.5 -1.7 -1 1.78 1.48 .976 2.10 1.69
1956 NYY AL 27 C 26 19 184.0 122 108 14 0 5 1.000 2.0 13.0 2 5.97 4.69 .988 5.91 5.02 2 5 7 9 56%
1956 NYY AL 27 RF 5 1 19.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 67.1 1.1 0.9 0.2 0 3.20 1.40 .971 2.11 1.80
1957 NYY AL 28 OF 71 66 575.1 76 68 5 3 0 .961 -0.9 -1.9 -0.9 -1.7 0.7 0 1.14 1.03 .980 2.24 1.97 AS
1957 NYY AL 28 LF 69 64 558.0 125 117 5 3 0 .976 -0.4 -0.9 -0.4 -1.2 0.7 0 1.97 1.77 .980 2.10 1.70 AS
1957 NYY AL 28 C 32 26 238.1 192 178 11 3 4 .984 0.0 0.0 0 7.14 5.91 .991 5.92 5.11 3 6 6 9 60% AS
1957 NYY AL 28 1B 2 1 16.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 12.94 11.50 .991 9.67 8.35 AS
1957 NYY AL 28 RF 2 2 17.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -34.6 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.04 1.00 1.000 1.92 1.70 AS
1958 NYY AL 29 C 67 64 591.0 382 355 26 1 8 .997 2.0 4.1 2 5.80 5.69 .990 6.01 5.34 3 12 18 17 49% AS,MVP-17
1958 NYY AL 29 OF 24 23 197.0 56 54 1 1 0 .982 2.5 15.2 2.5 2.2 0.3 0 2.51 2.29 .982 2.27 1.94 AS,MVP-17
1958 NYY AL 29 LF 16 15 127.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.1 19.8 2.1 2.3 -0.2 0 2.34 2.06 .979 2.09 1.62 AS,MVP-17
1958 NYY AL 29 RF 9 8 70.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 0.4 6.9 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 2.31 2.00 .979 1.99 1.69 AS,MVP-17
1958 NYY AL 29 1B 5 5 43.0 40 38 2 0 5 1.000 -0.4 -11.2 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 8.37 8.00 .990 9.61 8.48 AS,MVP-17
1959 NYY AL 30 1B 50 48 416.0 477 444 26 7 39 .985 -0.4 -1.2 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 0 10.17 9.40 .990 9.84 8.27 AS
1959 NYY AL 30 C 43 41 358.1 246 221 23 2 2 .992 4.0 13.4 4 6.13 5.67 .989 6.08 5.31 4 9 5 9 64% AS
1959 NYY AL 30 OF 28 23 213.1 48 47 0 1 0 .979 -0.4 -2.3 1.6 1.2 0.4 -2 1.98 1.68 .979 2.22 1.96 AS
1959 NYY AL 30 LF 18 14 133.1 36 35 0 1 0 .972 0.8 7.2 1.8 1.0 0.8 -1 2.36 1.94 .981 2.06 1.68 AS
1959 NYY AL 30 RF 10 9 80.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -18.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -1 1.24 1.10 .973 1.89 1.64 AS
1960 NYY AL 31 C 91 80 731.2 456 410 40 6 9 .987 3.0 4.9 3 5.54 4.95 .987 5.93 5.12 8 21 19 20 51% AS
1960 NYY AL 31 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70 AS
1960 NYY AL 31 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00 AS
1961 NYY AL 32 C 111 106 923.1 683 635 43 5 4 .993 4.0 5.2 4 6.61 6.11 .989 6.21 5.44 8 22 20 20 50% AS,MVP-10
1961 NYY AL 32 1B 9 9 86.0 95 90 4 1 12 .989 -0.6 -8.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 9.84 10.44 .991 9.45 8.29 AS,MVP-10
1962 NYY AL 33 C 129 124 1090.1 761 713 44 4 12 .995 9.0 9.9 9 6.25 5.87 .989 6.30 5.57 6 17 19 23 55% AS
1963 NYY AL 34 C 132 128 1144.1 842 786 51 5 8 .994 5.0 5.2 5 6.58 6.34 .989 6.64 5.78 8 25 22 15 41% AS,MVP-1,GG
1964 NYY AL 35 C 146 141 1299.0 1008 939 67 2 9 .998 10.0 9.2 10 6.97 6.89 .990 6.93 6.07 8 33 27 26 49% AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 NYY AL 36 C 95 93 814.0 663 614 43 6 6 .991 3.0 4.4 3 7.26 6.92 .988 6.96 5.67 10 25 39 22 36% AS
1965 NYY AL 36 1B 5 3 27.0 30 29 1 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 10.00 6.00 .990 9.57 7.88 AS
1965 NYY AL 36 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.50 AS
1965 NYY AL 36 OF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.80 AS
1966 NYY AL 37 C 100 98 851.2 606 553 44 9 6 .985 2.0 2.8 2 6.31 5.97 .988 6.86 5.86 6 23 30 19 39%
1966 NYY AL 37 1B 13 13 105.0 120 112 8 0 11 1.000 -0.3 -3.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 10.29 9.23 .991 9.59 8.18
1967 TOT AL 38 C 89 80 725.2 581 535 40 6 9 .990 1.0 1.7 1 7.13 6.46 .989 7.22 6.15 6 17 32 18 36% MVP-17
1967 NYY AL 38 C 48 47 419.2 320 289 26 5 4 .984 0.0 0.0 0 6.76 6.56 .989 7.22 6.15 3 10 19 11 37%
1967 NYY AL 38 1B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 3.00 1.00 1.000 9.60 8.30 MVP-17
1967 BOS AL 38 C 41 33 306.0 261 246 14 1 5 .996 1.0 3.9 1 7.65 6.34 .989 7.22 6.15 3 7 13 7 35%
1968 BOS AL 39 C 68 62 536.0 409 377 30 2 3 .995 -6.0 -13.4 -6 6.83 5.99 .990 6.97 6.01 3 30 41 14 25%
14 Seasons C 1138 1066 9535.2 6977 6447 479 51 87 .993 39.0 4.9 39 6.54 6.09 .989 6.56 5.66 75 248 285 223 44%
7 Seasons OF 265 229 1999.2 418 391 18 9 3 .978 2.7 1.6 4.7 4.1 0.4 -2 1.84 1.54 .981 2.31 2.01
7 Seasons LF 228 195 1709.2 383 362 14 7 1 .982 -1.5 -1.1 0.5 1.5 -1.2 -2 1.98 1.65 .979 2.13 1.71
7 Seasons 1B 85 79 696.0 786 734 44 8 70 .990 -1.7 -2.9 -1.7 1.6 -3.3 0 10.06 9.15 .990 9.72 8.25
5 Seasons RF 42 34 290.0 76 70 5 1 2 .987 4.2 17.4 4.2 2.6 1.6 0 2.33 1.79 .979 1.99 1.71
14 Seasons TOT 1488 1374 12231.1 8181 7572 541 68 160 .992 40.0 3.9 3.0 5.7 -2.9 -2 0 39 5.97 5.45 .980 6.04 5.16 75 248 285 223 44%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 NYY AL 26 97 69 97 97 0 9 0 0 0 0 62 0 15 75 22 1
1956 NYY AL 27 98 70 98 98 0 26 0 0 0 0 62 0 5 65 13 0
1957 NYY AL 28 110 93 110 110 0 32 2 0 0 0 69 0 2 71 10 1
1958 NYY AL 29 103 92 103 103 0 67 5 0 0 0 16 0 9 24 10 0
1959 NYY AL 30 125 112 125 125 0 43 50 0 0 0 18 0 10 28 13 0
1960 NYY AL 31 107 80 107 107 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 0
1961 NYY AL 32 129 115 129 129 0 111 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1962 NYY AL 33 136 124 136 136 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1963 NYY AL 34 135 128 135 135 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1964 NYY AL 35 150 141 150 150 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 NYY AL 36 110 97 110 110 0 95 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 0
1966 NYY AL 37 126 111 126 126 0 100 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1967 NYY AL 38 66 47 66 66 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1967 BOS AL 38 42 33 42 42 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 BOS AL 39 71 62 71 71 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 Seasons 1605 1374 1605 1605 0 1138 85 0 0 0 229 0 41 265 175 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 NYY AL 26 225 5.06 6.38 5 100% 0 0 23 3 0 2 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 27 822 4.40 4.94 16 100% 0 0 111 12 1 7 90 14 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 3 100%
1957 NYY AL 28 1016 3.13 3.70 14 86% 1 0 124 11 0 3 110 11 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1958 NYY AL 29 2485 2.85 3.47 42 100% 0 0 356 37 2 6 311 26 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 1 3 100%
1959 NYY AL 30 1572 4.02 4.67 34 91% 0 0 220 20 0 10 190 23 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 60%
1960 NYY AL 31 3156 3.55 4.19 72 97% 1 0 407 52 3 14 338 44 15 1 0 1 6 0 3 3 0 8 1 2 3 7 86%
1961 NYY AL 32 3917 3.41 3.76 77 99% 0 0 618 57 2 13 545 43 15 3 0 2 5 1 0 4 1 4 1 0 1 13 92%
1962 NYY AL 33 4646 3.63 4.07 85 99% 0 0 710 67 8 15 620 45 13 1 0 2 4 1 0 3 0 12 1 3 4 10 100%
1963 NYY AL 34 4767 3.05 3.38 63 95% 1 0 789 41 5 22 721 52 12 1 1 10 5 0 2 3 0 8 1 3 4 9 89%
1964 NYY AL 35 5447 3.12 3.44 107 97% 0 2 945 73 7 6 859 69 26 3 1 10 2 0 1 1 0 10 1 2 3 20 95%
1965 NYY AL 36 3516 3.24 3.76 48 98% 1 0 610 34 0 13 562 45 8 0 0 5 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 8 100%
1966 NYY AL 37 3626 3.42 3.96 57 93% 0 0 550 37 2 11 499 44 14 2 0 1 9 0 2 7 1 6 0 1 1 10 100%
1967 NYY AL 38 1760 2.85 3.26 34 100% 1 0 289 25 1 11 252 29 6 2 0 3 5 0 1 4 0 7 1 1 3 2 100%
1967 BOS AL 38 1296 3.06 3.44 11 100% 0 0 246 8 1 8 229 14 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 100%
1968 BOS AL 39 2353 3.21 3.79 28 93% 0 1 373 20 2 8 343 30 6 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 5 80%
14 Seasons 40604 3.31 3.78 693 97% 5 3 6371 497 34 149 5686 492 135 14 2 42 51 3 15 33 3 89 7 16 24 99 93%
MLB Averages 3.67 4.16 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 NYY AL 26 0 3 88 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.89
1956 NYY AL 27 2 5 300 7 9 9 56% 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 11 1.20 0.70
1957 NYY AL 28 3 6 367 6 9 9 60% 5 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 10 1.43 0.90
1958 NYY AL 29 3 12 871 18 17 16 49% 18 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 42 22 1.19 1.46
1959 NYY AL 30 4 9 568 5 9 9 64% 5 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 25 19 1.42 1.21
1960 NYY AL 31 8 21 1118 19 20 20 51% 17 19 1 0 1 1 3 1 69 24 1.73 0.91
1961 NYY AL 32 8 22 1421 20 20 19 50% 18 19 2 0 0 1 0 0 75 27 0.70 1.10
1962 NYY AL 33 6 17 1652 19 23 22 55% 19 20 0 2 0 1 1 0 58 30 1.29 1.28
1963 NYY AL 34 9 25 1609 22 15 15 41% 19 12 2 3 1 0 2 0 75 29 1.37 1.29
1964 NYY AL 35 8 33 1879 27 26 26 49% 25 23 2 3 0 0 2 0 91 33 1.45 1.47
1965 NYY AL 36 10 25 1288 39 22 22 36% 37 20 1 2 1 0 3 1 86 34 1.08 1.16
1966 NYY AL 37 6 23 1267 30 19 16 39% 28 17 2 1 0 1 1 0 84 29 1.17 1.07
1967 NYY AL 38 3 10 601 19 11 10 37% 19 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 39 18 1.03 1.85
1967 BOS AL 38 3 7 439 13 7 6 35% 12 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 29 13 1.08 1.13
1968 BOS AL 39 3 30 859 41 14 12 25% 37 14 4 0 0 0 1 0 90 19 1.53 0.99
14 Seasons 76 248 14327 285 223 213 44% 265 202 16 14 4 7 21 2 806 320 1.26 1.20
MLB Averages 39% 1.23 1.20

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1955 NYY AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 18 15 0 17 3 0 7 5 1 2 2 0 5 5 0 49 30 61.2% 18 1 2.0% 4 1802 63% 76% 27% 193 47%
1956 NYY AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 18 14 0 24 5 2 7 5 0 4 0 0 6 5 0 59 29 49.2% 28 2 3.4% 1 2002 61% 77% 27% 212 43%
1957 NYY AL 28 3 0 3 0 2 5 0 1 1 2 26 18 1 11 0 1 6 4 0 9 2 0 10 10 0 62 34 54.8% 26 2 3.2% 3 2398 62% 74% 25% 244 50%
1958 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 18 13 72.2% 5 0 0.0% 1 520 69% 79% 29% 67 51%
1959 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 575 62% 73% 28% 60 58%
1960 NYY AL 31 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 6 67% 50% 33% 0
1965 NYY AL 36 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 32 81% 63% 19% 5 20%
7 Seasons 7 0 7 0 2 14 0 5 2 5 73 56 1 56 9 3 23 15 1 19 5 0 26 25 0 197 110 55.8% 82 5 2.5% 9 7335 63% 76% 27% 781 48%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.4% 62% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1957 NYY AL 28 66 77% 77% 36% 4 100% 0 20 1 19 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1958 NYY AL 29 203 74% 81% 30% 6 100% 0 38 2 36 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 30 1841 64% 76% 30% 90 93% 3 445 20 421 5 39 26 20 3 1 2 7 3 3 1 3 39 0 1 0 33 1 6 2 3 7 71%
1961 NYY AL 32 370 77% 77% 26% 14 93% 0 90 9 78 3 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0
1965 NYY AL 36 106 69% 74% 26% 5 80% 0 29 0 28 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1966 NYY AL 37 452 65% 78% 29% 25 92% 0 112 5 106 1 12 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1967 NYY AL 38 15 67% 80% 20% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3053 67% 77% 29% 144 93% 3 737 37 691 10 57 44 34 5 1 3 8 3 4 1 3 70 0 1 0 61 1 9 2 6 12 75%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1955 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 3 2 25.0% 3 472 71% 79% 28% 55 64%
1956 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 86 48% 78% 40% 7 100%
1957 NYY AL 28 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 75 56% 84% 23% 3 67%
1958 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 321 71% 72% 26% 30 60%
1959 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 340 60% 78% 25% 23 48%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 12 6 1 6 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 4 3 0 28 12 42.9% 14 2 7.1% 3 1294 66% 77% 27% 118 62%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 62% 77% 27% 54%

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