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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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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
1955 26 NYY AL 97 305 279 33 81 8 7 10 43 0 0 20 36 .290 .336 .477 .812 118 133 4 1 1 4 5 79/2
1956 27 NYY AL 98 316 290 35 76 8 3 5 34 0 1 21 30 .262 .312 .362 .674 80 105 11 1 2 2 6 72/9
1957 28 NYY AL 110 380 356 33 90 13 4 8 44 2 5 16 43 .253 .283 .379 .663 81 135 18 0 6 2 6 72/39 AS
1958 29 NYY AL 103 406 376 45 118 19 5 11 66 1 1 22 60 .314 .348 .479 .827 130 180 9 0 4 4 6 27/93 AS,MVP-17
1959 30 NYY AL 125 474 443 59 121 24 6 18 73 0 1 20 57 .273 .306 .476 .783 116 211 12 3 4 4 4 3279 AS
1960 31 NYY AL 107 361 323 29 79 11 3 6 39 3 0 28 43 .245 .298 .353 .651 81 114 8 0 2 8 7 2/7 AS
1961 32 NYY AL 129 482 446 64 155 17 5 21 77 0 3 28 65 .348 .387 .549 .936 153 245 5 3 1 4 6 *2/3 AS,MVP-10
1962 33 NYY AL 136 538 494 63 138 23 5 21 91 1 1 31 76 .279 .318 .474 .791 113 234 20 1 3 9 1 *2 AS
1963 34 NYY AL 135 531 487 75 140 21 6 28 85 0 0 35 68 .287 .342 .528 .869 140 257 17 6 1 2 4 *2 AS,MVP-1,GG
1964 35 NYY AL 150 607 550 63 172 27 3 15 84 1 1 48 73 .313 .371 .455 .825 128 250 10 5 0 4 12 *2 AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 36 NYY AL 110 418 391 38 91 15 1 9 45 0 0 24 65 .233 .278 .345 .623 77 135 16 1 1 1 3 2/37 AS
1966 37 NYY AL 126 451 410 38 105 19 2 6 35 0 0 37 65 .256 .317 .356 .673 98 146 12 1 0 3 9 23
1967 38 TOT AL 108 345 315 22 56 9 0 4 28 0 0 21 60 .178 .233 .244 .478 42 77 10 3 2 4 6 2/3 MVP-17
1967 38 NYY AL 66 216 199 13 39 6 0 3 17 0 0 12 36 .196 .247 .271 .518 57 54 6 2 1 2 3 2/3
1967 38 BOS AL 42 129 116 9 17 3 0 1 11 0 0 9 24 .147 .211 .198 .409 18 23 4 1 1 2 3 2
1968 39 BOS AL 71 229 203 22 49 4 0 5 18 1 1 22 45 .241 .317 .335 .652 92 68 5 1 2 1 7 2
14 Seasons 1605 5843 5363 619 1471 218 50 167 762 9 14 373 786 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 2290 157 26 29 52 82
162 Game Avg. 162 590 541 62 148 22 5 17 77 1 1 38 79 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 231 16 3 3 5 8
NYY (13 yrs) 1492 5485 5044 588 1405 211 50 161 733 8 13 342 717 .279 .324 .436 .760 111 2199 148 24 26 49 72
BOS (2 yrs) 113 358 319 31 66 7 0 6 29 1 1 31 69 .207 .279 .285 .564 65 91 9 2 3 3 10

Postseason Batting

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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
1955 26 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 28 26 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .308 .530 8 0 0 1 0 0
1956 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 5 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.200 1.600 6 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 NYY AL WS MLN L 6 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 6 1 0 0 0 0
1958 29 NYY AL WS MLN W 6 20 18 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 4 0 0 1 0 1
1960 31 NYY AL WS PIT L 5 15 13 4 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 4 .462 .533 .923 1.456 12 0 1 0 0 0
1961 32 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 22 20 5 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .318 .550 .868 11 2 0 0 0 1
1962 33 NYY AL WS SFG W 6 23 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .217 .190 .408 4 2 1 0 0 0
1963 34 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 15 15 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 5 0 0 0 0 0
1964 35 NYY AL WS STL L 7 29 24 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .292 .414 .333 .747 8 1 1 0 0 2
1967 38 BOS AL WS STL L 7 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 2 0 0 1 0 1
10 Seasons (10 Series) 54 189 171 25 42 7 1 5 19 1 0 12 37 .246 .306 .386 .692 66 6 3 3 0 5
10 WS 54 189 171 25 42 7 1 5 19 1 0 12 37 .246 .306 .386 .692 66 6 3 3 0 5

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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 7.07 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 6.06 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957
1958
1959-2
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-1
1962-2 *
1963 *
1964 (C)
1965

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1958-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1963-AL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1963-AL-C
1964-AL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-AL-17-3%
1961-AL-10-11%
1963-AL-1-89%
1964-AL-3-44%
1967-AL-17-2%
1 MVP
1.49 Career Shares (143rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1963 AL--.287--8th
1964 AL--.313--3rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 AL--.528--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 AL--.869--5th

Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--172--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1964 AL--27--10th

Triples s c a p y
1955 AL--7--8th
1959 AL--6--7th
1963 AL--6--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 AL--28--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 AL--85--8th

Singles s c a p y
1964 AL--127--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 AL--140--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1964 AL--93--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--32--8th
1963 AL--24--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1961 AL--3.1--8th
1963 AL--2.5--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--55--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 AL--8--3rd
1962 AL--9--3rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--6--10th
1958 AL--6--6th
1960 AL--7--3rd
1961 AL--6--9th
1964 AL--12--2nd
1966 AL--9--8th
Career--82--168th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 AL--18--3rd
1962 AL--20--2nd
1963 AL--17--7th
1965 AL--16--9th
Career--157--225th

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 AL--17.4--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1966 AL--born 1929-02-23--9th
1967 AL--born 1929-02-23--8th
1968 AL--born 1929-02-23--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 27 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (212), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (768), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 19, 1950: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Kansas City (Negro American).

August 3, 1967: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Pete Magrini. The Boston Red Sox sent Ron Klimkowski (August 8, 1967) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

October 29, 1968: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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