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Ryan Howard

Ryan James Howard

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 255 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
Team: Phillies 2004-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 3 yrs/$54M (09-11), 5 yrs/$125M (12-16) & 17 team option (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 4.145, Free Agent: 2017 [?], Agents: Casey Close, previously: Jim Turner,Larry Reynolds [?]
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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 .976 144 309 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,MVP-3
2010 30 PHI NL 115 498 451 67 125 18 5 24 85 1 1 36 125 .277 .339 .499 .838 120 225 10 8 0 3 7 *3/D AS
7 Seasons 847 3643 3138 532 875 154 16 246 725 11 4 442 1003 .279 .371 .573 .944 139 1799 60 33 0 30 112
162 Game Avg. 162 697 600 102 167 29 3 47 139 2 1 85 192 .279 .371 .573 .944 139 344 11 6 0 6 21

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 24 PHI NL 42 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0.4 /3
2005 25 PHI NL 348 13 -1 1 1 4 -5 10 23 2.4 3 RoY-1
2006 26 PHI NL 704 52 -4 0 0 2 -10 18 58 5.8 $355,000 *3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 27 PHI NL 648 28 -3 -1 -1 -5 -9 17 26 2.6 $900,000 *3/D MVP-5
2008 28 PHI NL 700 16 -3 -2 0 9 -11 19 28 2.8 $10,000,000 *3/D MVP-2
2009 29 PHI NL 703 32 -2 0 0 9 -11 18 46 4.8 $15,000,000 *3/D AS,MVP-3
2010 30 PHI NL 460 11 -0 0 0 -3 -8 14 13 1.3 $19,000,000 *3/D AS
7 Seasons 3605 153 -13 -2 0 18 -54 97 198 20.1 $45,255,000

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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 PHI NL 24 1B 8 5 60.2 65 59 6 0 9 1.000 2 1 30 20 9.64 8.13 .992 9.51 9.44
2005 PHI NL 25 1B 84 79 706.1 752 707 40 5 53 .993 4 12 6 20 9.52 8.89 .993 9.65 9.52 RoY-1
2006 PHI NL 26 1B 159 157 1412.0 1478 1373 91 14 139 .991 2 -8 1 -7 9.33 9.21 .994 6.37 6.29 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 PHI NL 27 1B 140 138 1241.0 1306 1191 103 12 124 .991 -5 0 -5 0 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 0 8 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 -1 8 -1 9.04 8.94 .993 6.48 6.41 AS,MVP-3
2009 PHI NL 29 DH 3 AS,MVP-3
2010 PHI NL 30 1B 111 111 988.0 1091 1034 46 11 98 .990 -3 -8 -4 -10 9.84 9.73 .994 9.11 9.01 AS
2010 PHI NL 30 DH 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 AS
7 Seasons 1B 817 801 7199.0 7629 7072 482 75 660 .990 17 -4 3 0 9.44 9.25 .993 7.28 7.19
7 Seasons TOT 817 801 7199.0 7629 7072 482 75 660 .990 17 -4 3 0 9.44 9.25 .993 7.28 7.19

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2009 *
2010 (DH)

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 NL (1, 87%)
2007 NL (5, 25%)
2008 NL (2, 69%)
2009 NL (3, 48%)
1 MVP
2.29 Career Shares (71st)

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (1B)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.8 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.8 (7th)

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

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 NL  .425 (5th)
Active  .371 (33rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .659 (2nd)
2007 NL  .584 (5th)
2008 NL  .543 (7th)
2009 NL  .571 (4th)
Active  .573 (3rd)
Career  .573 (12th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 NL  1.084 (2nd)
2007 NL  .976 (8th)
2009 NL  .931 (9th)
Active  .944 (8th)
Career  .944 (27th)

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  246 (36th)
Career  246 (204th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2006 NL  149 (1st)
2007 NL  136 (2nd)
2008 NL  146 (1st)
2009 NL  141 (1st)
2010 NL  85 (9th)

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)
2010 NL  125 (10th)
Active  1003 (41st)
Career  1003 (234th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL  167 (2nd)
2007 NL  144 (9th)
2009 NL  140 (10th)
Active  139 (11th)
Career  139 (77th)

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  179 (29th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 NL  5.7 (2nd)
2007 NL  3.5 (10th)
2009 NL  3.3 (10th)
Active  16.8 (29th)

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  .697 (8th)
Career  .697 (79th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 NL  8 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  37 (2nd)
2007 NL  35 (2nd)
2008 NL  17 (6th)
Active  112 (12th)
Career  112 (89th)

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)
2010 NL  18.8 (10th)
Active  12.8 (1st)
Career  12.8 (3rd)

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

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  73.92 (1st)
2008 NL  38.24 (8th)
2009 NL  46.60 (8th)
Active  220.02 (27th)
Career  220.02 (168th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 NL  8.2 (2nd)
2009 NL  6.3 (3rd)
Active  22.4 (21st)
Career  22.4 (145th)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 NL  7.4 (1st)
2009 NL  3.9 (9th)
Active  20.5 (27th)
Career  20.5 (174th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 NL  6.6 (1st)
2008 NL  3.6 (9th)
2009 NL  4.4 (9th)
Active  20.2 (27th)
Career  20.2 (183rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
2006 NL  1373 (1st)
2007 NL  1191 (5th)
2008 NL  1408 (1st)
2009 NL  1300 (4th)
2010 NL  1034 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2008 NL  19 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  159 (1st)
2008 NL  159 (2nd)
2009 NL  156 (3rd)
Active  817 (14th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  1373 (1st)
2007 NL  1191 (5th)
2008 NL  1408 (1st)
2009 NL  1300 (4th)
2010 NL  1034 (4th)
Active  7072 (14th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  91 (5th)
2007 NL  103 (3rd)
Active  482 (15th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  14 (2nd)
2007 NL  12 (2nd)
2008 NL  19 (1st)
2009 NL  14 (1st)
2010 NL  11 (1st)
Active  75 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  9 (4th)
2009 NL  9 (4th)
Active  17 (8th)
Career  17 (51st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2008 NL  9.68 (5th)
2010 NL  9.84 (3rd)
Active  9.44 (10th)
Career  9.44 (79th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  9.24 (4th)
2008 NL  9.49 (4th)
2010 NL  9.73 (2nd)
Active  9.25 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
Active  .990 (21st)

Salary s c a p y
2010 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 21 (98), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 66 (376), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 86 (202), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (629), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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)
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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

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200626Philadelphia Phillies$355,000
200727Philadelphia Phillies$900,000
200828Philadelphia Phillies$10,000,000
200929Philadelphia Phillies$15,000,000
201030Philadelphia Phillies$19,000,000
201131Philadelphia Phillies$20,000,000
201232Philadelphia Phillies$20,000,000
201333Philadelphia Phillies$20,000,000
201434Philadelphia Phillies$25,000,000
201535Philadelphia Phillies$25,000,000
201636Philadelphia Phillies$25,000,000
201737Philadelphia Phillies*$23,000,000$23M Team Option, $10M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$45,255,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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