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Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howard
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 19, 1979 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Lafayette (Wildwood, MO)
School: Missouri State University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
2004 24 PHI NL 19 42 39 5 11 5 0 2 5 0 0 2 13 .282 .333 .564 .897 122 22 2 1 0 0 0 /3
2005 25 PHI NL 88 348 312 52 90 17 2 22 63 0 1 33 100 .288 .356 .567 .924 133 177 6 1 0 2 8 3 RoY-1
2006 26 PHI NL 159 704 581 104 182 25 1 58 149 0 0 108 181 .313 .425 .659 1.084 167 383 7 9 0 6 37 *3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 27 PHI NL 144 648 529 94 142 26 0 47 136 1 0 107 199 .268 .392 .584 .976 145 309 13 5 0 7 35 *3/D MVP-5
2008 28 PHI NL 162 700 610 105 153 26 4 48 146 1 1 81 199 .251 .339 .543 .881 124 331 11 3 0 6 17 *3/D MVP-2
2009 29 PHI NL 160 703 616 105 172 37 4 45 141 8 1 75 186 .279 .360 .571 .931 140 352 11 6 0 6 8 *3/D AS
6 Seasons 732 3145 2687 465 750 136 11 222 640 10 3 406 878 .279 .376 .586 .961 142 1574 50 25 0 27 105
162 Game Avg. 162 696 595 103 166 30 2 49 142 2 1 90 194 .279 .376 .586 .961 142 348 11 6 0 6 23

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 24 PHI NL 42 30 7 6.3 115 .375 .282 .275 .333 .348 .564 .446 .897 .794 122 .599 1.2 0.1 .833 .333 .282 .0
2005 25 PHI NL 348 231 62 7.2 112 .354 .288 .274 .356 .345 .567 .437 .924 .782 133 .674 14.0 1.3 .917 .381 .279 .0
2006 26 PHI NL 704 412 169 11.0 117 .356 .313 .278 .425 .350 .659 .452 1.084 .801 167 .803 62.4 5.7 1.232 .532 .346 .0
2007 27 PHI NL 648 407 124 8.2 115 .328 .268 .278 .392 .348 .584 .444 .976 .791 145 .706 37.6 3.5 1.055 .520 .316 2.0
2008 28 PHI NL 700 475 113 6.4 110 .285 .251 .271 .339 .343 .543 .432 .881 .775 124 .618 19.2 1.8 .885 .425 .292 2.0
2009 29 PHI NL 703 462 130 7.5 108 .325 .279 .268 .360 .342 .571 .426 .931 .767 140 .695 34.1 3.2 .965 .425 .292 13.6
6 Seasons 3145 2017 605 8.0 113 .327 .279 .274 .376 .345 .586 .438 .961 .783 142 .708 168.7 15.8 1.011 .460 .307 19.1
162 Game Avg. 696 446 134 8.0 113 .327 .279 .274 .376 .345 .586 .438 .961 .783 142 .708 37 3 1.011 .460 .307 4

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
2007 27 PHI NL NLDS COL L 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .250 .308 .500 .808 6 0 1 0 0 0
2008 28 PHI NL NLDS MIL W 4 16 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .182 .438 .273 .710 3 1 0 0 0 3
2008 28 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 5 23 20 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .300 .391 .350 .741 7 0 0 0 0 0
2008 28 PHI NL WS TBR W 5 24 21 3 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 3 9 .286 .375 .762 1.137 16 0 0 0 0 1
2009 29 PHI NL NLDS COL W 4 18 16 3 6 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 4 .375 .389 .563 .951 9 0 0 0 1 1
2009 29 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 5 21 15 5 5 1 1 2 8 0 0 6 4 .333 .524 .933 1.457 14 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 PHI NL WS NYY L 6 25 23 3 4 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 13 .174 .240 .391 .631 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (7 Series) 32 140 118 20 32 9 1 7 27 1 1 20 44 .271 .379 .542 .921 64 1 1 0 1 5
3 NLDS 11 47 39 5 11 4 0 1 8 0 1 6 16 .282 .383 .462 .845 18 1 1 0 1 4
2 NLCS 10 44 35 9 11 2 1 2 10 0 0 9 6 .314 .455 .600 1.055 21 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 11 49 44 6 10 3 0 4 9 1 0 5 22 .227 .306 .568 .874 25 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 PHI NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 PHI NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 24 PHI NL 42 4.8% 31.0% 4.8% 16.7% 64% 6.50 3.0 19.5 7.8 0.63 1.25 57% 27% 12.5% 0%
2005 25 PHI NL 348 6.3% 28.7% 9.5% 11.8% 46% 3.03 3.1 14.2 5.0 0.80 1.50 55% 21% 18.8% 2%
2006 26 PHI NL 704 8.2% 25.7% 15.3% 11.9% 46% 1.68 3.2 10.0 3.9 0.74 1.36 49% 22% 25.6% 3%
2007 27 PHI NL 648 7.3% 30.7% 16.5% 11.3% 51% 1.86 2.7 11.3 3.9 0.47 0.89 45% 26% 21.5% 5%
2008 28 PHI NL 700 6.9% 28.4% 11.6% 11.1% 51% 2.46 3.1 12.7 4.2 0.70 1.25 53% 20% 20.5% 4%
2009 29 PHI NL 703 6.4% 26.5% 10.7% 12.2% 50% 2.48 3.3 13.7 4.4 0.58 0.96 56% 23% 16.7% 3%
6 Seasons 3145 7.1% 27.9% 12.9% 11.7% 49% 2.16 3.1 12.1 4.2 0.64 1.14 51% 23% 20.5% 3%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 24 PHI NL 0 0 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
2005 25 PHI NL 4 0 29% 124 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 29% 22 19 3 5 3 2 11 5 6
2006 26 PHI NL 5 0 19% 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 34% 38 28 9 23 14 8 16 5 9
2007 27 PHI NL 3 0 23% 219 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 27% 32 27 4 12 7 2 19 6 11
2008 28 PHI NL 2 0 30% 237 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 15 22% 41 35 6 8 6 1 18 10 8
2009 29 PHI NL 4 0 29% 264 8 1 89% 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 11 26% 25 24 1 12 8 4 25 14 11
6 Seasons 18 0 25% 1143 10 3 77% 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 29 60 28% 160 135 23 62 39 18 90 40 46
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 24 PHI NL 42 79% 11 1 0 10 5 2 3 1.52 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 4 0 0% 30 3 10% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
2005 25 PHI NL 348 82% 90 3 0 7 2 0 0 1.40 22 2 15 21 1 11 11 0 0 0 82 6 7% 35 9 26% 258 42 16% 23 14 61% 22 11 50% 0
2006 26 PHI NL 704 68% 182 9 0 2 1 1 1 1.45 58 1 13 42 16 29 29 0 0 0 144 7 5% 50 18 36% 509 93 18% 41 20 49% 30 13 43% 0
2007 27 PHI NL 648 62% 142 4 0 4 1 1 1 3.57 47 2 15 31 16 23 24 0 0 0 143 13 9% 59 11 19% 501 90 18% 54 18 33% 55 9 16% 0
2008 28 PHI NL 700 62% 153 4 0 4 1 0 0 1.33 48 0 18 34 14 26 22 0 0 0 128 11 9% 57 12 21% 483 101 21% 42 23 55% 47 15 32% 0
2009 29 PHI NL 703 64% 172 12 0 1 1 1 1 1.98 45 3 21 39 6 18 27 0 0 0 149 11 7% 60 19 32% 500 101 20% 56 30 54% 41 14 34% 0
6 Seasons 3145 66% 750 33 0 28 11 5 6 1.77 222 8 83 169 53 108 114 0 0 0 658 50 8% 265 69 26% 2281 430 19% 220 106 48% 197 63 32% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 PHI NL 42 186 4.43 117 63% 22% 26% 29% 22% 78% 0% 49% 66% 29% 5% 2 0 12% 5 3 5% 2 2 23% 0 0 0
2005 25 PHI NL 348 1372 3.94 843 61% 22% 25% 28% 25% 78% 5% 48% 68% 32% 7% 23 3 15% 52 22 10% 35 24 27% 0 0 0
2006 26 PHI NL 704 2859 4.06 1624 57% 23% 26% 26% 25% 77% 11% 44% 66% 33% 9% 64 7 20% 142 62 12% 82 49 24% 0 0 0
2007 27 PHI NL 648 2716 4.19 1528 56% 23% 27% 27% 22% 77% 11% 43% 64% 28% 10% 63 9 19% 122 45 10% 66 32 20% 0 0 0
2008 28 PHI NL 700 2779 3.97 1649 59% 20% 28% 27% 25% 80% 5% 47% 65% 33% 7% 47 13 17% 116 55 10% 73 49 19% 0 0 0
2009 29 PHI NL 703 2868 4.08 1696 59% 18% 27% 29% 26% 82% 2% 48% 66% 34% 5% 33 11 18% 126 84 10% 73 45 18% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3145 12780 4.06 7457 58% 21% 27% 27% 25% 79% 7% 46% 66% 32% 7% 232 43 18% 563 271 11% 331 201 21% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 19 42 39 5 11 5 0 2 5 0 0 2 13 .282 .333 .564 .897 122 22 2 1 0 0 0
2005 25 107 390 351 57 101 22 2 24 68 0 1 35 113 .288 .354 .567 .921 132 199 8 2 0 2 8
2006 26 266 1094 932 161 283 47 3 82 217 0 1 143 294 .304 .399 .624 1.024 155 582 15 11 0 8 45
2007 27 410 1742 1461 255 425 73 3 129 353 1 1 250 493 .291 .397 .610 1.007 151 891 28 16 0 15 80
2008 28 572 2442 2071 360 578 99 7 177 499 2 2 331 692 .279 .380 .590 .970 143 1222 39 19 0 21 97
2009 29 732 3145 2687 465 750 136 11 222 640 10 3 406 878 .279 .376 .586 .961 142 1574 50 25 0 27 105

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 24 19 41 38 5 10 5 0 2 5 0 2 13 .263 .317 .553 .870 6 19
2005 25 88 343 308 49 86 16 2 21 60 0 32 100 .279 .347 .549 .896 59 88
2006 26 159 690 572 92 173 24 1 55 132 0 103 181 .302 .413 .636 1.049 149 159
2007 27 144 636 522 85 135 25 0 45 123 1 102 199 .259 .381 .565 .946 112 144
2008 28 162 694 606 99 149 25 4 47 138 1 79 199 .246 .333 .533 .866 107 162
2009 29 160 700 614 100 170 37 4 44 134 8 74 186 .277 .357 .565 .922 123 160
6 Seasons 732 3104 2660 430 723 132 11 214 592 10 392 878 .272 .367 .571 .938 556 732
162 Game Avg. 162 687 589 95 160 29 2 47 131 2 87 194 .272 .367 .571 .938 123 732

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2009 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2005-NL-Rookie of the Year
2006-NL-Hank Aaron Award
2006-ML-Major League Player of the Year
2006-NL-MVP
2009-NL-NLCS MVP

Silver Sluggers
2006-NL-1B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2006-NL-1-87%
2007-NL-5-25%
2008-NL-2-69%
1 MVP
1.81 Career Shares (110th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 NL--.313--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 NL--.425--5th
Active--.376--29th
Career--.376--208th

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL--.659--2nd
2007 NL--.584--5th
2008 NL--.543--7th
2009 NL--.571--4th
Active--.586--3rd
Career--.586--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 NL--1.084--2nd
2007 NL--.976--8th
2009 NL--.931--9th
Active--.961--6th
Career--.961--19th

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL--159--6th
2008 NL--162--1st
2009 NL--160--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL--616--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2006 NL--704--8th
2008 NL--700--5th
2009 NL--703--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 NL--105--9th
2009 NL--105--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
2006 NL--383--1st
2008 NL--331--4th
2009 NL--352--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL--58--1st
2007 NL--47--2nd
2008 NL--48--1st
2009 NL--45--3rd
Active--222--47th
Career--222--243rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2006 NL--149--1st
2007 NL--136--2nd
2008 NL--146--1st
2009 NL--141--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL--108--4th
2007 NL--107--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL--181--2nd
2007 NL--199--1st
2008 NL--199--2nd
2009 NL--186--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL--167--2nd
2007 NL--145--9th
2009 NL--140--10th
Active--142--9th
Career--142--61st

Runs Created s c a p y
2006 NL--169--1st
2009 NL--130--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2006 NL--62--2nd
2007 NL--38--10th
2009 NL--34--10th
Active--169--31st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 NL--5.7--2nd
2007 NL--3.5--10th
2009 NL--3.3--10th
Active--15.8--32nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2006 NL--84--2nd
2008 NL--78--5th
2009 NL--86--2nd

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 NL--299--1st
2009 NL--253--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 NL--.803--1st
2007 NL--.706--10th
Active--.708--7th
Career--.708--62nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL--37--2nd
2007 NL--35--2nd
2008 NL--17--6th
Active--105--14th
Career--105--106th

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 NL--10.0--1st
2007 NL--11.3--1st
2008 NL--12.7--1st
2009 NL--13.7--4th
Active--12.1--1st
Career--12.1--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
2008 NL--475--8th
2009 NL--462--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 21 (98), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 62 (399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (212), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (574), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Prince Fielder (901)
  2. Travis Hafner (893)
  3. Justin Morneau (883)
  4. Carlos Pena (878)
  5. Jim Gentile (872)
  6. Adrian Gonzalez (872)
  7. Jason Bay (852)
  8. Adam LaRoche (850)
  9. John Jaha (849)
  10. Dick Stuart (848)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Richie Sexson (918)
  2. Cecil Fielder (893)
  3. Mo Vaughn (891)
  4. Willie McCovey (891) *
  5. David Ortiz (890)
  6. Tony Clark (890)
  7. Mark McGwire (889)
  8. Carlos Delgado (889)
  9. Fred McGriff (885)
  10. Norm Cash (876)
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  1. Norm Cash (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Norm Cash (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cecil Fielder (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Richie Sexson (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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