Dick Howser
Richard Dalton Howser
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL
High School: Palm Beach (West Palm Beach, FL)
School: Florida State University
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1961
Final Game: September 27, 1968
Died: June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO
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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
1961 25 KCA AL 158 719 611 108 171 29 6 3 45 37 9 92 38 .280 .377 .362 .739 98 221 8 5 8 3 0 *6 AS,RoY-2
1962 26 KCA AL 83 337 286 53 68 8 3 6 34 19 2 38 8 .238 .326 .350 .676 80 100 5 1 9 3 0 6
1963 27 TOT AL 64 239 203 29 48 5 0 1 11 9 3 29 21 .236 .329 .276 .605 71 56 5 0 5 2 1 6
1963 27 KCA AL 15 49 41 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 .195 .313 .195 .508 43 8 0 0 1 0 1 6
1963 27 CLE AL 49 190 162 25 40 5 0 1 10 9 3 22 18 .247 .333 .296 .630 79 48 5 0 4 2 0 6
1964 28 CLE AL 162 735 637 101 163 23 4 3 52 20 7 76 39 .256 .335 .319 .654 84 203 12 2 16 4 1 *6
1965 29 CLE AL 107 377 307 47 72 8 2 1 6 17 4 57 25 .235 .354 .283 .638 83 87 5 1 10 2 0 64
1966 30 CLE AL 67 161 140 18 32 9 1 2 4 2 4 15 23 .229 .299 .350 .649 87 49 4 0 4 2 0 46
1967 31 NYY AL 63 179 149 18 40 6 0 0 10 1 4 25 15 .268 .381 .309 .689 111 46 0 2 3 0 0 45/6
1968 32 NYY AL 85 190 150 24 23 2 1 0 3 0 1 35 17 .153 .321 .180 .501 58 27 4 2 3 0 0 4/56
8 Seasons 789 2937 2483 398 617 90 17 16 165 105 34 367 186 .248 .346 .318 .664 87 789 43 13 58 16 2
162 Game Avg. 162 603 510 82 127 18 3 3 34 22 7 75 38 .248 .346 .318 .664 87 162 9 3 12 3 0
CLE (4 yrs) 385 1463 1246 191 307 45 7 7 72 48 18 170 105 .246 .336 .311 .646 84 387 26 3 34 10 1
KCA (3 yrs) 256 1105 938 165 247 37 9 9 80 56 11 137 49 .263 .359 .351 .710 90 329 13 6 18 6 1
NYY (2 yrs) 148 369 299 42 63 8 1 0 13 1 5 60 32 .211 .350 .244 .594 85 73 4 4 6 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1961 25 KCA AL 719 468 95 5.4 105 .293 .280 .265 .377 .340 .362 .412 .739 .753 98 .570 2.6 0.2 .757 .278 .082 5.6
1962 26 KCA AL 337 237 37 4.2 106 .225 .238 .268 .326 .341 .350 .417 .676 .758 80 .462 -8.2 -0.8 .693 .304 .112 9.1
1963 27 TOT AL 239 170 20 3.2 96 .257 .236 .257 .329 .323 .276 .396 .605 .719 71 .375 -6.7 -0.7 .558 .212 .039 1.8
1963 27 KCA AL 49 34 3 2.4 99 .211 .195 .262 .313 .329 .195 .405 .508 .734 43 .261 -3.0 -0.3 .455 .171 .000
1963 27 CLE AL 190 136 17 3.4 95 .269 .247 .255 .333 .322 .296 .394 .630 .716 79 .402 -3.7 -0.4 .585 .222 .049 1.8
1964 28 CLE AL 735 513 74 3.9 95 .267 .256 .254 .335 .323 .319 .395 .654 .718 84 .459 -11.0 -1.1 .596 .203 .063 5.2
1965 29 CLE AL 377 256 38 4.0 93 .251 .235 .252 .354 .322 .283 .386 .638 .708 83 .497 -4.0 -0.4 .648 .277 .049 1.9
1966 30 CLE AL 161 122 14 3.1 90 .256 .229 .248 .299 .315 .350 .383 .649 .698 87 .394 -2.0 -0.2 .534 .214 .121 2.0
1967 31 NYY AL 179 116 19 4.4 80 .299 .268 .238 .381 .306 .309 .356 .689 .662 111 .577 3.8 0.4 .619 .188 .040 .0
1968 32 NYY AL 190 135 11 2.2 77 .173 .153 .234 .321 .302 .180 .346 .501 .648 58 .297 -5.5 -0.6 .477 .253 .027
8 Seasons 2937 2017 308 4.1 96 .262 .248 .256 .346 .326 .318 .395 .664 .721 87 .484 -31.1 -3.2 .638 .246 .069 27.8
162 Game Avg. 603 414 63 4.1 96 .262 .248 .256 .346 .326 .318 .395 .664 .721 87 .484 -31.1 -3.2 .638 .246 .069 6
CLE (4 yrs) 1463 1027 143 3.8 94 .262 .246 .253 .336 .321 .311 .391 .646 .713 84 .454 -20.7 -2.1 .600 .225 .064 12.2
KCA (3 yrs) 1105 739 135 4.9 105 .269 .263 .266 .359 .340 .351 .413 .710 .753 90 .528 -8.7 -0.9 .723 .281 .087 15.5
NYY (2 yrs) 369 251 30 3.2 78 .236 .211 .236 .350 .304 .244 .351 .594 .655 85 .447 -1.6 -0.2 .543 .221 .033 .0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 KCA AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1961 25 KCA AL 719 0.4% 5.3% 12.8% 5.3% 22% 0.41 16.1 203.7 13.6 0.83 80%
1962 26 KCA AL 337 1.8% 2.4% 11.3% 5.0% 25% 0.21 35.8 47.7 8.4 1.26 82%
1963 27 TOT AL 239 0.4% 8.8% 12.1% 2.5% 13% 0.72 9.7 203.0 18.5 1.20 77%
1963 27 KCA AL 49 0.0% 6.1% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.43 13.7 41.0 0.71 78%
1963 27 CLE AL 190 0.5% 9.5% 11.6% 3.2% 15% 0.82 9.0 162.0 16.2 1.38 76%
1964 28 CLE AL 735 0.4% 5.3% 10.3% 4.1% 18% 0.51 16.3 212.3 12.3 1.06 82%
1965 29 CLE AL 377 0.3% 6.6% 15.1% 2.9% 15% 0.44 12.3 307.0 51.2 1.32 75%
1966 30 CLE AL 161 1.2% 14.3% 9.3% 7.5% 38% 1.53 6.1 70.0 35.0 0.92 73%
1967 31 NYY AL 179 0.0% 8.4% 14.0% 3.4% 15% 0.60 9.9 14.9 0.87 75%
1968 32 NYY AL 190 0.0% 9.0% 18.4% 1.6% 13% 0.49 8.8 50.0 1.07 70%
8 Seasons 2937 0.5% 6.3% 12.5% 4.2% 20% 0.51 13.4 155.2 15.0 1.05 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 25 KCA AL 13 0 40% 331 37 9 80% 32 9 5 1 0 1 4 1 13 25 66% 40 19 20 9 6 3 35 3 32
1962 26 KCA AL 9 0 47% 142 19 2 90% 17 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 18 65% 14 7 7 7 3 4 22 4 17
1963 27 TOT AL 6 0 37% 99 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 48% 14 8 6 4 3 1 7 1 5
1963 27 KCA AL 2 0 27% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1963 27 CLE AL 4 0 39% 73 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 50% 9 5 4 4 3 1 5 0 4
1964 28 CLE AL 12 0 41% 335 20 7 74% 17 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 7 31 55% 52 28 23 12 5 7 25 6 19
1965 29 CLE AL 4 0 36% 191 17 4 81% 14 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 18 61% 21 11 10 5 2 3 15 2 12
1966 30 CLE AL 2 0 36% 92 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 52% 13 8 5 3 3 0 7 0 7
1967 31 NYY AL 0 0 27% 85 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 36% 12 9 3 2 1 1 8 4 4
1968 32 NYY AL 0 0 40% 87 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 46% 14 7 6 3 2 1 9 3 5
8 Seasons 46 0 39% 1362 105 34 76% 92 33 9 2 2 3 12 2 36 117 57% 180 97 80 45 25 20 128 23 101
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 25 KCA AL 692 32% 171 1 0 0 0 2.66 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 1 9 8 89% 110 8 7% 37 15 41% 329 44 13% 23 10 43% 28 14 50% 27
1962 26 KCA AL 314 31% 68 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 5 1 4 2 0 11 9 82% 43 5 12% 22 12 55% 142 29 20% 16 11 69% 11 10 91% 23
1963 27 TOT AL 239 32% 48 7 1 0 0 1.38 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 35 5 14% 14 8 57% 121 13 11% 7 2 29% 12 6 50% 0
1963 27 KCA AL 49 27% 8 3 0 0 0 0.76 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 2 1 50% 33 2 6% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1963 27 CLE AL 190 33% 40 4 1 0 0 1.84 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 23 5 22% 12 7 58% 88 11 13% 4 2 50% 12 6 50% 0
1964 28 CLE AL 736 35% 163 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 3 0 2 1 0 18 16 89% 108 12 11% 55 28 51% 332 51 15% 26 14 54% 37 18 49% 0
1965 29 CLE AL 377 29% 72 12 3 0 0 1.23 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 11 10 91% 44 5 11% 19 9 47% 138 5 4% 6 2 33% 15 4 27% 0
1966 30 CLE AL 161 37% 32 7 0 0 0 1.93 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 4 100% 28 4 14% 14 7 50% 71 2 3% 4 2 50% 5 3 60% 0
1967 31 NYY AL 179 36% 40 17 4 0 0 1.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 31 0 0% 10 4 40% 99 10 10% 8 5 63% 8 0 0% 0
1968 32 NYY AL 189 35% 23 40 8 0 0 1.42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 26 4 15% 13 5 38% 85 3 4% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
8 Seasons 2887 33% 617 84 16 0 0 1.36 16 0 39 13 3 6 10 1 67 58 87% 425 43 10% 184 88 48% 1317 157 12% 93 47 51% 120 57 48% 50
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 25 158 719 611 108 171 29 6 3 45 37 9 92 38 .280 .377 .362 .739 98 221 8 5 8 3 0
1962 26 241 1056 897 161 239 37 9 9 79 56 11 130 46 .266 .361 .358 .719 92 321 13 6 17 6 0
1963 27 305 1295 1100 190 287 42 9 10 90 65 14 159 67 .261 .355 .343 .698 89 377 18 6 22 8 1
1964 28 467 2030 1737 291 450 65 13 13 142 85 21 235 106 .259 .348 .334 .682 87 580 30 8 38 12 2
1965 29 574 2407 2044 338 522 73 15 14 148 102 25 292 131 .255 .349 .326 .675 87 667 35 9 48 14 2
1966 30 641 2568 2184 356 554 82 16 16 152 104 29 307 154 .254 .346 .328 .674 87 716 39 9 52 16 2
1967 31 704 2747 2333 374 594 88 16 16 162 105 33 332 169 .255 .348 .327 .675 88 762 39 11 55 16 2
1968 32 789 2937 2483 398 617 90 17 16 165 105 34 367 186 .248 .346 .318 .664 87 789 43 13 58 16 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 25 158 729 623 105 183 31 6 3 44 40 98 38 .294 .392 .377 .770 92 158
1962 26 83 334 290 51 72 8 3 6 33 20 40 8 .248 .338 .359 .697 36 83
1963 27 64 242 208 31 53 6 0 1 12 10 32 21 .255 .351 .298 .649 22 64
1964 28 161 741 651 110 180 25 4 3 57 22 84 39 .276 .359 .341 .700 81 162
1965 29 107 394 322 52 87 10 2 1 7 21 69 25 .270 .398 .323 .721 42 107
1966 30 67 161 143 21 34 10 1 2 5 2 16 23 .238 .311 .364 .674 16 67
1967 31 63 191 158 22 49 7 0 0 12 1 31 15 .310 .429 .354 .784 24 63
1968 32 85 213 160 33 33 3 1 0 4 0 50 17 .206 .404 .238 .641 15 85
8 Seasons 788 3005 2555 425 691 100 17 16 174 116 420 186 .270 .374 .342 .716 328 789
162 Game Avg. 162 618 525 87 142 21 3 3 36 24 86 38 .270 .374 .342 .716 67 789

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 *
1961-2

Games Played s c a p y
1961 AL--158--10th
1964 AL--162--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1961 AL--611--7th
1964 AL--637--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 AL--719--4th
1964 AL--735--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 AL--108--6th
1964 AL--101--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--171--6th
1964 AL--163--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1961 AL--29--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--92--9th
1964 AL--76--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1961 AL--37--2nd
1962 AL--19--5th
1964 AL--20--4th
1965 AL--17--7th

Singles s c a p y
1961 AL--133--6th
1964 AL--133--2nd

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 AL--268--4th
1964 AL--241--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--16--1st
1965 AL--10--3rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1961 AL--9--4th
1964 AL--7--3rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1961 AL--16.079--5th
1964 AL--16.333--2nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 AL--468--8th
1964 AL--513--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 30 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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