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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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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

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

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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 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--9th
Active--15.7--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 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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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

Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2001.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2006Philadelphia Phillies$355,000
2007Philadelphia Phillies$900,000
2008Philadelphia Phillies$10,000,000
2009Philadelphia Phillies$15,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$26,255,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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