Wilbur Howard
Wilbur Leon Howard
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1949 in Lowell, NC
High School: Holbrook (Lowell, NC)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 19th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1973
Final Game: September 30, 1978
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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 Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1973 MIL AL 24 OF 12 9 92.0 32 29 2 1 0 .969 2.2 28.7 2.2 1.0 1.1 0 3.03 2.58 .978 2.29 2.02
1973 MIL AL 24 RF 6 5 51.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1.1 25.9 1.1 0.9 0.1 0 2.82 2.67 .976 2.08 1.73
1973 MIL AL 24 LF 5 4 41.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 32.2 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 3.07 2.80 .979 2.00 1.68
1973 MIL AL 24 DH 1
1974 HOU NL 25 OF 50 23 268.1 68 65 3 0 1 1.000 0.9 4.0 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 1 2.28 1.36 .978 2.27 1.96
1974 HOU NL 25 LF 41 18 214.1 50 47 3 0 1 1.000 1.3 7.3 0.3 -0.2 0.5 1 2.10 1.22 .976 1.99 1.55
1974 HOU NL 25 CF 6 3 35.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -17.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 3.34 2.17 .985 2.78 2.42
1974 HOU NL 25 RF 4 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.3 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 1.89 1.00 .975 2.04 1.65
1975 HOU NL 26 OF 95 81 769.0 202 194 7 1 0 .995 1.0 1.6 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 2 2.35 2.12 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 HOU NL 26 LF 53 40 381.2 88 83 5 0 0 1.000 3.6 11.3 0.6 -1.2 1.8 3 2.08 1.66 .973 2.10 1.71
1975 HOU NL 26 CF 36 30 290.0 92 89 2 1 0 .989 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.6 -1.3 0 2.82 2.53 .984 2.72 2.44
1975 HOU NL 26 RF 12 11 97.1 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -35.8 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 -1 1.85 1.67 .975 2.05 1.74
1976 HOU NL 27 OF 63 35 370.0 102 96 2 4 1 .961 3.4 11.0 2.4 1.1 1.3 1 2.38 1.56 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 HOU NL 27 LF 37 17 190.2 48 45 0 3 0 .938 -0.9 -5.7 0.1 -0.6 0.7 -1 2.12 1.22 .977 2.02 1.59
1976 HOU NL 27 RF 20 13 116.1 37 34 2 1 0 .973 3.6 37.1 1.6 1.3 0.3 2 2.79 1.80 .973 2.15 1.83
1976 HOU NL 27 CF 11 5 63.0 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 0.7 13.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 3.14 2.00 .982 2.86 2.50
1976 HOU NL 27 2B 2 2 14.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 -1.1 -94.3 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 5.14 4.00 .978 5.46 4.95
1977 HOU NL 28 OF 62 33 382.1 103 100 2 1 1 .990 5.9 18.5 3.9 -1.3 5.2 2 2.40 1.65 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 HOU NL 28 LF 46 22 251.2 63 62 0 1 0 .984 5.6 26.7 4.6 0.5 4.1 1 2.22 1.35 .971 1.93 1.51
1977 HOU NL 28 CF 15 7 96.2 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -24.8 -2.0 -1.8 -0.2 0 2.70 1.93 .986 2.73 2.34
1977 HOU NL 28 RF 5 4 34.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 81.2 1.3 0.0 1.3 1 3.18 2.40 .975 2.12 1.78
1977 HOU NL 28 2B 4 0 9.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0 8.00 2.00 .975 5.20 4.47
1978 HOU NL 29 OF 38 21 219.1 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -4.4 -24.1 -4.4 -2.9 -1.4 0 1.68 1.08 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 HOU NL 29 LF 30 14 156.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -26.1 -2.4 -0.8 -1.6 -1 1.50 0.87 .977 1.99 1.55
1978 HOU NL 29 CF 5 3 27.1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.4 -1.1 -1.5 0.4 1 2.63 1.60 .988 2.80 2.28
1978 HOU NL 29 RF 4 4 35.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -30.3 -0.9 -0.6 -0.2 0 1.51 1.50 .983 2.12 1.78
1978 HOU NL 29 C 3 0 9.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -124.1 -1 4.66 1.67 .980 6.14 5.10 1 0 2 0 0%
1978 HOU NL 29 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
6 Seasons OF 320 202 2101.0 548 523 18 7 3 .987 9.0 5.1 3.0 -2.8 5.8 6 2.32 1.69 .978 2.29 1.98
6 Seasons LF 212 115 1235.2 289 275 10 4 1 .986 7.3 7.1 4.3 -2.2 6.5 3 2.08 1.34 .974 2.02 1.59
5 Seasons CF 73 48 512.0 164 157 6 1 2 .994 -1.6 -3.8 -2.6 -1.8 -0.8 1 2.87 2.23 .984 2.75 2.42
6 Seasons RF 51 39 353.1 96 89 5 2 0 .979 3.3 11.2 1.3 1.2 0.1 2 2.39 1.84 .975 2.10 1.77
3 Seasons 2B 7 2 24.0 17 7 9 1 1 .941 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -1.0 -0.2 0 6.00 2.29 .976 5.36 4.59
1 Season C 3 0 9.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -124.1 -1 4.66 1.67 .980 6.14 5.10 1 0 2 0 0%
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 330 204 2134.2 570 534 28 8 4 .986 6.9 3.9 1.9 -3.8 5.6 6 0 -1 2.37 1.70 .964 2.35 2.07 1 0 2 0 0%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1973 MIL AL 24 16 9 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 11 0 1 4
1974 HOU NL 25 64 23 64 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 6 4 50 0 9 21
1975 HOU NL 26 121 81 121 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 36 12 95 0 23 12
1976 HOU NL 27 94 37 94 65 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 11 20 63 0 26 15
1977 HOU NL 28 87 33 87 66 0 0 0 4 0 0 46 15 5 62 0 25 11
1978 HOU NL 29 84 21 84 41 0 3 0 1 0 0 30 5 4 38 0 54 5
6 Seasons 466 204 466 328 0 3 0 7 0 0 212 73 51 319 0 138 68
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 -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 MIL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 191 52% 77% 32% 23 61%
1974 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 7 6 0 9 3 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 6 5 1 31 17 54.8% 13 1 3.2% 2 951 63% 77% 27% 92 53%
1975 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 20 18 1 13 4 2 7 7 0 6 1 0 8 8 0 54 38 70.4% 13 3 5.6% 2 1723 56% 77% 25% 176 49%
1976 HOU NL 27 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 7 7 0 25 17 68.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 881 52% 78% 24% 83 54%
1977 HOU NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 0 19 13 68.4% 6 0 0.0% 0 1059 53% 79% 28% 104 60%
1978 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 709 61% 75% 26% 46 57%
6 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 10 0 6 1 3 40 35 1 38 10 2 21 13 0 18 5 0 28 27 1 145 90 62.1% 51 4 2.8% 6 5514 56% 77% 26% 524 54%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.8% 59% 79% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 163 53% 79% 27% 21 62%
1975 HOU NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 10 7 0 17 3 0 1 0 0 8 2 0 4 4 0 40 16 40.0% 24 0 0.0% 2 1306 55% 78% 26% 172 52%
1976 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 1 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 1 289 63% 79% 26% 26 77%
1977 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 14 5 35.7% 8 1 7.1% 0 452 48% 77% 24% 49 57%
1978 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 123 67% 80% 28% 16 50%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 3 0 15 12 0 22 3 0 3 1 0 13 2 0 13 9 2 66 27 40.9% 37 2 3.0% 4 2333 55% 78% 26% 284 56%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.3% 59% 79% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 MIL AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 233 52% 75% 28% 23 70%
1974 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 87 87% 77% 28% 6 67%
1975 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9.1% 9 1 9.1% 1 453 45% 79% 25% 37 49%
1976 HOU NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 12 5 41.7% 5 2 16.7% 0 556 49% 80% 28% 54 69%
1977 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 148 51% 82% 22% 21 57%
1978 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 168 52% 81% 27% 9 67%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 13 6 1 7 0 1 3 2 1 6 1 0 6 4 0 35 13 37.1% 19 3 8.6% 2 1645 51% 79% 27% 150 62%
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.0% 59% 79% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 HOU NL 27 67 25% 81% 25% 7 86% 0 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 28 44 41% 77% 20% 5 100% 0 5 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 29 5 60% 20% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 116 33% 77% 22% 12 92% 0 7 3 1 3 9 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1978 HOU NL 29 40 1.00 2.00 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 40 1.00 2.00 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 4.20 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1978 HOU NL 29 1 0 8 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.88
1 Season 1 0 8 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.88
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.25

* 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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