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Art Howe
Arthur Henry Howe Jr.
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
Final Game: April 19, 1985
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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
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

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
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

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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
1974 PIT NL 27 3B 20 16 164.2 63 11 48 4 8 .937 1.7 12.4 0.7 1.7 -1.0 1 3.22 2.95 .949 3.04 2.64
1974 PIT NL 27 SS 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.25
1975 PIT NL 28 3B 42 36 342.2 113 17 89 7 4 .938 3.4 11.9 3.4 -0.8 4.2 0 2.78 2.52 .945 2.98 2.58
1975 PIT NL 28 SS 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 3.60 0.67 .950 5.04 4.20
1976 HOU NL 29 3B 8 4 46.0 16 6 9 1 1 .938 -0.6 -15.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 2.93 1.88 .950 2.93 2.61
1976 HOU NL 29 2B 2 2 16.0 8 1 7 0 2 1.000 1.1 82.5 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 .975 5.46 4.95
1977 HOU NL 30 2B 96 95 822.0 478 192 279 7 49 .985 1.0 1.5 2.0 -0.7 2.6 -1 5.16 4.91 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 HOU NL 30 3B 19 15 147.2 54 16 37 1 1 .981 4.3 34.9 4.3 3.7 0.7 0 3.23 2.79 .956 2.98 2.54
1977 HOU NL 30 SS 11 5 41.0 22 5 17 0 2 1.000 -0.8 -23.4 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 4.83 2.00 .964 5.03 4.30
1978 HOU NL 31 2B 107 107 922.1 525 224 289 12 51 .977 -2.6 -3.4 -1.6 -6.8 5.2 -1 5.01 4.79 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 HOU NL 31 3B 11 8 73.0 23 10 13 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -6.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 2.84 2.09 .948 3.00 2.53
1978 HOU NL 31 1B 1 1 9.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 6.00 6.00 1.000 10.00 8.30
1979 HOU NL 32 2B 68 67 504.1 317 126 188 3 33 .991 4.2 10.0 5.2 -2.0 7.2 -1 5.60 4.62 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 HOU NL 32 3B 59 29 313.2 121 47 70 4 6 .967 1.7 6.5 1.7 -2.1 3.7 0 3.36 1.98 .950 2.89 2.50
1979 HOU NL 32 1B 3 3 28.0 18 15 3 0 3 1.000 0.4 17.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 5.79 6.00 .994 9.90 8.60
1980 HOU NL 33 1B 77 68 576.1 638 580 49 9 47 .986 -0.3 -0.6 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 1 9.82 8.17 .992 10.16 8.97
1980 HOU NL 33 3B 25 13 152.1 39 11 27 1 3 .974 -2.0 -15.8 -2.0 -0.1 -1.9 0 2.25 1.52 .946 2.87 2.39
1980 HOU NL 33 SS 5 2 22.0 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -21.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 5.32 2.60 .962 5.03 4.30
1980 HOU NL 33 2B 3 0 8.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 4.50 1.33 .975 5.51 4.70
1981 HOU NL 34 3B 98 98 840.2 267 52 206 9 16 .966 6.1 8.7 6.1 2.0 4.1 0 2.76 2.63 .947 2.84 2.47 MVP-18
1981 HOU NL 34 1B 2 2 18.0 15 15 0 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0 7.50 7.50 .993 10.20 8.70 MVP-18
1982 HOU NL 35 3B 72 72 631.1 212 53 153 6 13 .972 7.3 13.9 7.3 4.7 2.6 0 2.94 2.86 .950 2.77 2.43
1982 HOU NL 35 1B 35 34 289.2 313 291 21 1 34 .997 1.5 6.2 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 9.69 8.91 .992 10.23 8.89
1984 STL NL 37 3B 45 28 264.1 95 23 70 2 6 .979 1.5 6.8 1.5 -0.9 2.5 0 3.17 2.07 .941 2.79 2.36
1984 STL NL 37 1B 11 3 34.0 48 45 2 1 6 .979 -0.7 -24.7 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0 12.44 4.27 .992 9.85 8.15
1984 STL NL 37 2B 8 0 15.0 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -16.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.20 0.88 .971 5.40 4.71
1984 STL NL 37 SS 5 0 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.00 0.80 .975 4.90 3.98
1985 STL NL 38 1B 1 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1985 STL NL 38 3B 1 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 2.00 .950 2.50
11 Seasons 3B 400 319 2976.1 1005 247 723 35 58 .965 22.9 9.2 21.9 7.6 14.4 1 2.93 2.43 .948 2.87 2.48
6 Seasons 2B 284 271 2287.2 1339 546 771 22 137 .984 3.3 1.7 6.3 -9.1 15.3 -3 5.18 4.64 .977 5.31 4.45
7 Seasons 1B 130 111 957.0 1043 956 75 12 94 .988 0.5 0.6 -0.5 -1.1 0.5 1 9.70 7.93 .992 10.16 8.86
5 Seasons SS 26 7 79.0 42 14 28 0 4 1.000 -2.0 -30.4 -2.0 -1.3 -0.7 0 4.78 1.62 .964 5.01 4.22
11 Seasons TOT 840 708 6300.0 3429 1763 1597 69 293 .980 24.7 4.7 25.7 -3.9 29.5 -1 4.80 4.00 .953 4.89 4.19
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

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 (1094th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June, 1971: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

January 6, 1976: Sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on December 12, 1975. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Tommy Helms.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

March 21, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 22, 1985: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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