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Art Howe

Arthur Henry Howe

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 15, 1946 in Pittsburgh, PA
School: University of Wyoming
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1974
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Pirates 1974-1985

Final Game: April 19, 1985
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1506. Ed Kranepool… #1507. Birdie Tebbetts… #1508. Jake Virtue… #1509. ART HOWE… #1510. Al Martin… #1511. Jerry Browne… #1512. Damian Miller… 

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
1974 27 PIT NL 29 84 74 10 18 4 1 1 5 0 0 9 13 .243 .321 .365 .686 95 27 1 0 0 1 0 5/6
1975 28 PIT NL 63 162 146 13 25 9 0 1 10 1 0 15 15 .171 .248 .253 .502 41 37 5 0 1 0 3 5/6
1976 29 HOU NL 21 35 29 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .138 .286 .172 .458 38 5 1 0 0 0 1 /54
1977 30 HOU NL 125 463 413 44 109 23 7 8 58 0 1 41 60 .264 .336 .412 .748 108 170 10 5 2 2 6 456
1978 31 HOU NL 119 461 420 46 123 33 3 7 55 2 3 34 41 .293 .343 .436 .779 125 183 13 1 1 5 3 45/3
1979 32 HOU NL 118 398 355 32 88 15 2 6 33 3 1 36 37 .248 .316 .352 .668 87 125 7 1 2 4 5 45/3
1980 33 HOU NL 110 364 321 34 91 12 5 10 46 1 0 34 29 .283 .350 .445 .795 129 143 9 1 4 4 6 35/64
1981 34 HOU NL 103 406 361 43 107 22 4 3 36 1 3 41 23 .296 .365 .404 .770 124 146 8 0 1 3 7 *5/3 MVP-18
1982 35 HOU NL 110 414 365 29 87 15 1 5 38 2 0 41 45 .238 .315 .326 .641 87 119 10 1 4 3 15 53
1984 37 STL NL 89 161 139 17 30 5 0 2 12 0 2 18 18 .216 .300 .295 .595 70 41 6 0 1 3 1 53/46
1985 38 STL NL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /35
11 Seasons 891 2951 2626 268 682 139 23 43 293 10 10 275 287 .260 .329 .379 .708 102 996 70 9 16 25 47
162 Game Avg. 162 537 477 49 124 25 4 8 53 2 2 50 52 .260 .329 .379 .708 102 181 13 2 3 5 9
HOU (7 yrs) 706 2541 2264 228 609 121 22 39 266 9 8 233 241 .269 .337 .394 .730 109 891 58 9 14 21 43
PIT (2 yrs) 92 246 220 23 43 13 1 2 15 1 0 24 28 .195 .273 .291 .564 59 64 6 0 1 1 3
STL (2 yrs) 93 164 142 17 30 5 0 2 12 0 2 18 18 .211 .294 .289 .583 66 41 6 0 1 3 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 27 PIT NL 85 0 0 -1 1 2 1 3 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ 5/6
1975 28 PIT NL 162 -13 2 1 -1 3 1 5 -2 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ 5/6
1976 29 HOU NL 35 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /54
1977 30 HOU NL 463 2 1 0 0 4 3 14 24 2.4 20 2.1 0.3 $ 456
1978 31 HOU NL 462 15 -2 0 -1 -3 3 14 26 2.7 29 3.2 -0.5 $ 45/3
1979 32 HOU NL 398 -7 -1 0 0 6 2 12 12 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ 45/3
1980 33 HOU NL 364 10 1 0 0 -3 -4 11 16 1.8 18 1.9 -0.1 $ 35/64
1981 34 HOU NL 406 11 -1 1 0 6 0 13 30 3.2 24 2.5 0.7 $ *5/3 MVP-18
1982 35 HOU NL 415 -9 1 -1 -1 9 -2 13 10 0.9 1 0.1 0.8 $ 53
1984 37 STL NL 161 -5 0 -2 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 53/46
1985 38 STL NL 3 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /35
11 Seasons 2954 0 1 -2 -2 25 4 91 118 11.9 92 9.8 2.1 $
HOU (7 yrs) 2543 19 -1 0 -2 20 2 78 116 11.9 96 10.2 1.7 $
PIT (2 yrs) 247 -13 2 0 0 4 2 8 4 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $
STL (2 yrs) 164 -6 0 -2 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1974 27 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 33 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 5 18 15 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .200 .278 .400 .678 6 0 0 0 1 2
1981 34 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 5 18 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .375 .653 6 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons (3 Series) 11 37 32 1 6 1 1 1 3 0 0 4 3 .188 .270 .375 .645 12 0 0 0 1 3
1 NLDS 5 18 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .375 .653 6 0 0 0 0 1
2 NLCS 6 19 16 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .188 .263 .375 .638 6 0 0 0 1 2

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 PIT NL 27 3B 20 63 11 48 4 8 .937 2 2.95 .948 3.04
1974 PIT NL 27 SS 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0.50 .960 4.95
1975 PIT NL 28 3B 42 113 17 89 7 4 .938 3 2.52 .945 2.97
1975 PIT NL 28 SS 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0.67 .965 5.00
1976 HOU NL 29 3B 8 16 6 9 1 1 .938 -1 1.88 .952 2.92
1976 HOU NL 29 2B 2 8 1 7 0 2 1.000 1 4.00 .975 5.45
1977 HOU NL 30 2B 96 478 192 279 7 49 .985 1 4.91 .977 5.24
1977 HOU NL 30 3B 19 54 16 37 1 1 .981 4 2.79 .956 2.98
1977 HOU NL 30 SS 11 22 5 17 0 2 1.000 -1 2.00 .963 5.03
1978 HOU NL 31 2B 107 525 224 289 12 51 .977 -3 4.79 .977 5.25
1978 HOU NL 31 3B 11 23 10 13 0 0 1.000 -0 2.09 .952 2.97
1978 HOU NL 31 1B 1 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0 6.00 .991 9.90
1979 HOU NL 32 2B 68 317 126 188 3 33 .991 4 4.62 .979 5.40
1979 HOU NL 32 3B 59 121 47 70 4 6 .967 2 1.98 .951 2.88
1979 HOU NL 32 1B 3 18 15 3 0 3 1.000 0 6.00 .992 9.87
1980 HOU NL 33 1B 77 638 580 49 9 47 .986 -0 8.17 .992 10.17
1980 HOU NL 33 3B 25 39 11 27 1 3 .974 -2 1.52 .948 2.88
1980 HOU NL 33 SS 5 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 -0 2.60 .966 5.02
1980 HOU NL 33 2B 3 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0 1.33 .980 5.50
1981 HOU NL 34 3B 98 267 52 206 9 16 .966 6 2.63 .948 2.85 MVP-18
1981 HOU NL 34 1B 2 15 15 0 0 3 1.000 -0 7.50 .992 10.25 MVP-18
1982 HOU NL 35 3B 72 212 53 153 6 13 .972 7 2.86 .951 2.78
1982 HOU NL 35 1B 35 313 291 21 1 34 .997 2 8.91 .992 10.26
1984 STL NL 37 3B 45 95 23 70 2 6 .979 2 2.07 .943 2.78
1984 STL NL 37 1B 11 48 45 2 1 6 .979 -1 4.27 .992 9.83
1984 STL NL 37 2B 8 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 -0 0.88 .979 5.39
1984 STL NL 37 SS 5 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0 0.80 .965 4.86
1985 STL NL 38 1B 1 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 4.00 .992 10.00
1985 STL NL 38 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .950 2.90
11 Seasons 3B 400 1005 247 723 35 58 .965 23 2.43 .949 2.87
6 Seasons 2B 284 1339 546 771 22 137 .984 3 4.64 .977 5.29
7 Seasons 1B 130 1043 956 75 12 94 .988 0 7.93 .992 10.16
5 Seasons SS 26 42 14 28 0 4 1.000 -2 1.62 .964 4.98
11 Seasons TOT 840 3429 1763 1597 69 293 .980 25 4.00 .973 4.88
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 NL (18, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1981 NL  3.2 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL  0.7 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 NL  15.7 (9th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1980 NL  9 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1978 NL  12 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1981 NL  98 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1981 NL  206 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1979 NL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1978 NL  4.79 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1977 NL  .985 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1975 NL  3 (4th)
1977 NL  4 (5th)
1981 NL  6 (3rd)
1982 NL  7 (2nd)
Career  23 (53rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1981 NL  .966 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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