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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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 PHI NL 24 1B 8 5 60.2 65 59 6 0 9 1.000 1.5 29.7 1.5 1.2 0.3 0 9.64 8.13 .992 9.51 8.22
2005 PHI NL 25 1B 84 79 706.1 752 707 40 5 53 .993 3.8 6.5 3.8 7.7 -3.9 0 9.52 8.89 .993 9.64 8.29 RoY-1
2006 PHI NL 26 1B 159 157 1412.0 1474 1369 91 14 139 .991 1.7 1.4 1.7 0.1 1.6 0 9.31 9.18 .994 6.37 6.29 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 PHI NL 27 1B 140 138 1241.0 1306 1191 103 12 124 .991 -4.9 -4.7 -3.9 -0.7 -3.2 -1 9.38 9.24 .993 7.25 7.14 MVP-5
2007 PHI NL 27 DH 1 MVP-5
2008 PHI NL 28 1B 159 156 1402.2 1528 1408 101 19 128 .988 9.3 8.0 9.3 4.9 4.4 0 9.68 9.49 .992 6.42 6.29 MVP-2
2008 PHI NL 28 DH 2 MVP-2
2009 PHI NL 29 1B 156 155 1388.1 1409 1300 95 14 109 .990 9.04 8.94 .993 6.48 6.41 AS
2009 PHI NL 29 DH 3 AS
6 Seasons 1B 706 690 6211.0 6534 6034 436 64 562 .990 11.4 2.2 12.4 13.2 -0.8 -1 9.38 9.16 .993 6.98 6.74
3 Seasons DH 6
6 Seasons TOT 706 690 6211.0 6534 6034 436 64 562 .990 11.4 2.2 12.4 13.2 -0.8 -1 9.38 9.16 .983 6.98 6.74

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
2004 PHI NL 24 19 5 19 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2005 PHI NL 25 88 79 88 84 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2006 PHI NL 26 159 157 159 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 PHI NL 27 144 139 144 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
2008 PHI NL 28 162 158 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
2009 PHI NL 29 160 158 160 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
6 Seasons 732 696 732 706 0 0 706 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 31 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 -- 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%
2004 PHI NL 24 252 58% 69% 28% 15 100% 0 59 6 52 1 4 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0
2005 PHI NL 25 3061 56% 71% 30% 160 96% 0 707 47 649 11 70 40 31 5 0 2 5 1 4 0 3 53 0 0 0 48 1 5 1 4 6 83%
2006 PHI NL 26 6353 59% 74% 30% 296 93% 1 1373 89 1257 29 104 91 73 8 0 6 14 4 6 4 8 139 1 3 1 131 5 8 1 7 21 86%
2007 PHI NL 27 5604 59% 75% 31% 285 93% 1 1191 90 1081 16 78 103 85 9 1 1 12 1 6 5 10 124 4 1 0 118 6 6 5 1 25 96%
2008 PHI NL 28 6217 57% 74% 31% 345 94% 0 1408 110 1272 27 118 101 77 15 1 4 19 4 10 5 12 128 5 3 0 122 9 6 2 4 13 92%
2009 PHI NL 29 6132 61% 73% 29% 337 94% 1 1300 104 1169 27 131 95 69 11 2 6 14 3 5 6 8 109 1 2 0 98 3 10 3 7 21 81%
6 Seasons 27619 59% 74% 30% 1438 94% 3 6038 446 5480 111 505 436 338 51 4 19 64 13 31 20 41 562 13 9 1 525 26 36 13 23 86 88%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

* 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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