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Ivan Howard

Ivan Chester Howard

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 12, 1882 in Kenney, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1914
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians 1914-1917

Final Game: September 29, 1917
Died: March 30, 1967 in Medford, OR
Buried: Henly-Hornbrook Cemetery, Hornbrook, CA
Relatives: Brother of Del Howard
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1914 SLB AL 31 3B 34 94 37 51 6 3 .936 2.59 .936 3.26
1914 SLB AL 31 1B 28 230 215 12 3 2 .987 8.11 .985 10.57
1914 SLB AL 31 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .955 2.00 1-1-1
1914 SLB AL 31 SS 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .938 5.40
1915 SLB AL 32 1B 48 481 440 37 4 24 .992 9.94 .987 10.78
1915 SLB AL 32 3B 23 78 26 46 6 6 .923 3.13 .925 3.16
1915 SLB AL 32 OF 17 23 19 3 1 2 .957 1.29 .958 2.05 5-1-11
1915 SLB AL 32 2B 2 5 2 2 1 0 .800 2.00 .956 5.15
1915 SLB AL 32 SS 2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 .937 5.15
1916 CLE AL 33 2B 65 337 108 219 10 17 .970 5.03 .964 5.06
1916 CLE AL 33 1B 7 69 59 9 1 3 .986 9.71 .988 10.99
1917 CLE AL 34 3B 6 6 2 3 1 1 .833 0.83 .942 3.37
1917 CLE AL 34 2B 4 19 4 14 1 0 .947 4.50 .959 5.15
1917 CLE AL 34 OF 4 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.22 0-4-0
3 Seasons 1B 83 780 714 58 8 29 .990 9.30 .986 10.73
3 Seasons 2B 71 361 114 235 12 17 .967 4.92 .964 5.07
3 Seasons 3B 63 178 65 100 13 10 .927 2.62 .931 3.23
3 Seasons OF 24 37 33 3 1 2 .973 1.50 .961 2.07 6-6-12
2 Seasons SS 3 7 3 3 1 1 .857 2.00 .937 5.23
4 Seasons TOT 244 1363 929 399 35 59 .974 5.44 .972 6.23 6-6-12
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1914 SLB AL 31 81 81 0 0 28 0 34 1 1 1 1 3 0
1915 SLB AL 32 113 113 0 0 48 2 23 2 5 1 11 17 0
1916 CLE AL 33 81 81 0 0 7 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 CLE AL 34 27 27 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 4 0 4 0
4 Seasons 302 302 0 0 83 71 63 3 6 6 12 24 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1917 AL  born 1882-10-12 (8th)

                                         

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