Larry Howard
Lawrence Rayford Howard
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 6, 1945 in Columbus, OH
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1970
Final Game: July 2, 1973
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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
1970 HOU NL 25 C 26 22 196.2 137 125 11 1 0 .993 1.0 6.1 1 6.22 5.23 .987 6.85 5.94 1 11 6 7 54%
1970 HOU NL 25 1B 2 0 5.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 21.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.53 3.00 1.000 9.69 8.35
1970 HOU NL 25 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1970 HOU NL 25 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1971 HOU NL 26 C 22 14 153.1 119 106 12 1 2 .992 0.0 0.0 0 6.93 5.36 .988 6.34 5.63 5 5 5 5 50%
1972 HOU NL 27 C 53 47 419.0 345 323 15 7 2 .980 -6.0 -17.2 -6 7.26 6.38 .987 6.61 5.87 7 21 29 11 28%
1972 HOU NL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1972 HOU NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1973 TOT NL 28 C 22 15 143.0 96 87 8 1 0 .990 0.0 0.0 0 5.98 4.32 .987 6.34 5.58 0 7 8 6 43%
1973 HOU NL 28 C 20 13 127.0 87 79 7 1 0 .989 1.0 9.4 1 6.09 4.30 .987 6.34 5.58 0 5 7 6 46%
1973 ATL NL 28 C 2 2 16.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -75.0 -1 5.06 4.50 .989 6.36 5.60 0 2 1 0 0%
4 Seasons C 123 98 912.0 697 641 46 10 4 .986 -5.0 -6.6 -5 6.78 5.59 .987 6.57 5.79 13 44 48 29 38%
1 Season 1B 2 0 5.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 21.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.53 3.00 1.000 9.69 8.35
2 Seasons LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.55
2 Seasons OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
4 Seasons TOT 127 98 920.2 703 646 47 10 4 .986 -5.0 -6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 -5 6.77 5.46 .973 6.58 5.77 13 44 48 29 38%

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
1970 HOU NL 25 31 22 31 31 0 26 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
1971 HOU NL 26 24 14 24 24 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 HOU NL 27 54 47 54 54 0 53 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
1973 HOU NL 28 20 13 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 ATL NL 28 4 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 133 98 133 133 0 123 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 0
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%
1970 HOU NL 25 785 4.81 5.08 3 100% 0 0 121 1 1 8 111 9 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 HOU NL 26 502 2.13 2.76 4 75% 0 0 81 1 2 1 77 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 HOU NL 27 1829 3.95 4.53 15 87% 0 0 323 7 0 8 308 13 2 1 0 0 7 1 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 100%
1973 HOU NL 28 546 2.91 3.12 5 100% 0 0 82 3 0 6 73 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 28 78 7.88 8.44 2 100% 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3740 3.79 4.26 29 90% 0 0 615 13 3 23 576 35 6 2 0 1 10 2 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 100%
MLB Averages 3.60 4.06 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
1970 HOU NL 25 1 11 274 6 7 5 54% 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 23 11 1.12 1.35
1971 HOU NL 26 5 5 186 5 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 5 0.99 1.10
1972 HOU NL 27 7 21 645 29 11 8 28% 24 10 4 0 1 1 1 0 70 15 1.00 1.24
1973 HOU NL 28 0 5 198 7 6 5 46% 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 1.53 0.97
1973 ATL NL 28 0 2 27 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.16
4 Seasons 13 44 1330 48 29 23 38% 42 24 5 2 1 3 1 0 130 38 1.08 1.19
MLB Averages 37% 1.26 1.22

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%
1970 HOU NL 25 26 65% 81% 35% 2 50% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 26 65% 81% 35% 2 50% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 89%

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%
1970 HOU NL 25 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 7 71% 57% 29% 0
1972 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 50% 67% 0% 1 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 13 62% 62% 15% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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