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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
Schools: 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 .976 144 309 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 82 365 324 50 82 20 2 21 63 3 0 36 99 .253 .332 .522 .853 120 169 9 3 0 2 2 *3/D AS
6 Seasons 654 2807 2395 410 660 119 9 198 562 5 2 367 791 .276 .374 .581 .955 140 1391 48 22 0 23 99
162 Game Avg. 162 695 593 102 163 29 2 49 139 1 0 91 196 .276 .374 .581 .955 140 345 12 5 0 6 25

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 1 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 0 0 0
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
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
2 Seasons (4 Series) 17 76 64 9 17 3 0 4 10 0 0 11 23 .266 .382 .500 .882 32 1 0 0
2 NLDS 7 29 23 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 12 .217 .379 .391 .771 9 1 0 0
1 NLCS 5 23 20 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .300 .391 .350 .741 7 0 0 0
1 WS 5 24 21 3 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 3 9 .286 .375 .762 1.137 16 0 0 0

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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 78 78 700.0 722 664 54 4 49 .994 9.23 9.21 .993 9.34 8.59 AS
2009 PHI NL 29 DH 3 AS
6 Seasons 1B 628 613 5522.2 5847 5398 395 54 502 .991 11.4 2.5 12.4 13.2 -0.8 -1 9.44 9.22 .993 7.41 7.06
3 Seasons DH 6
6 Seasons TOT 628 613 5522.2 5847 5398 395 54 502 .991 11.4 2.5 12.4 13.2 -0.8 -1 9.44 9.22 .984 7.41 7.06

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

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

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL--.659--2nd
2007 NL--.584--5th
2008 NL--.543--7th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 NL--1.084--2nd
2007 NL--.976--8th

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

At Bats s c a p y
2009 NL--324--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2006 NL--704--8th
2008 NL--700--5th
2009 NL--365--9th

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

Total Bases s c a p y
2006 NL--383--1st
2008 NL--331--4th
2009 NL--169--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL--58--1st
2007 NL--47--2nd
2008 NL--48--1st
2009 NL--21--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2006 NL--149--1st
2007 NL--136--2nd
2008 NL--146--1st
2009 NL--63--3rd

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--99--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL--167--2nd
2007 NL--144--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
2006 NL--169--1st

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2006 NL--62--2nd
2007 NL--37--10th
Active--142--38th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 NL--5.7--2nd
2007 NL--3.4--10th
Active--13.1--38th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2006 NL--84--2nd
2008 NL--78--5th
2009 NL--43--3rd

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 NL--299--1st

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 NL--.803--1st
2007 NL--.706--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL--37--2nd
2007 NL--35--2nd
2008 NL--17--6th
Active--99--16th
Career--99--118th

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 NL--10.017--1st
2007 NL--11.255--1st
2008 NL--12.708--1st
2009 NL--15.429--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
2008 NL--475--8th
2009 NL--253--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 17 (131), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 55 (459), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 67 (273), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Cecil Fielder (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
Career (may be incomplete)$11,255,000
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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