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Dick Howser

Richard Dalton Howser

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL
High School: Palm Beach HS (West Palm Beach, FL)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1961
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Yankees 1961-1968

Final Game: September 27, 1968
Died: June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, FL
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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 99 221 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 72 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 80 48 5 0 4 2 0 6
1964 28 CLE AL 162 736 637 101 163 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 86 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 85 189 150 24 23 2 1 0 3 0 1 35 17 .153 .321 .180 .501 59 27 4 2 3 0 0 4/56
8 Yrs 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 1464 1246 191 307 45 7 7 72 48 18 170 105 .246 .336 .311 .646 83 387 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 91 329 13 6 18 6 1
NYY (2 yrs) 148 368 299 42 63 8 1 0 13 1 5 60 32 .211 .350 .244 .594 85 73 4 4 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1961 25 KCA AL 158 719 6 10 1 -15 9 11 0.9 20 31 2.8 .507 .507 4.6 -0.8 46 $ *6 AS,RoY-2
1962 26 KCA AL 83 337 -4 6 0 -2 4 5 0.4 9 14 1.3 .506 .503 1.6 0.2 16 $ 6
1963 27 KCA AL 15 49 -2 -0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .481 .498 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 6
1963 27 CLE AL 49 190 -2 1 -1 -6 2 -6 -0.8 5 -1 -0.2 .486 .496 0.5 -0.5 5 $ 6
1964 28 CLE AL 162 736 -9 7 1 -1 10 9 0.6 20 29 2.6 .506 .506 3.0 0.8 30 $ *6
1965 29 CLE AL 107 377 -4 6 -0 1 5 6 0.7 10 17 1.7 .507 .504 1.7 0.6 16 $ 64
1966 30 CLE AL 67 161 -2 -2 -0 -1 2 -3 -0.4 5 2 0.0 .495 .498 0.3 0.0 3 $16,500 46
1967 31 NYY AL 63 179 2 -1 1 -4 1 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .498 .499 0.8 -0.4 8 $16,500 45/6
1968 32 NYY AL 85 189 -7 0 -0 4 1 -1 -0.3 5 4 0.3 .498 .499 -0.2 0.6 -0 $ 4/56
8 Seasons 789 2937 -22 27 1 -25 35 17 0.6 81 98 8.6 .502 .501 12.3 0.5 123 $33,000
CLE (4 yrs) 385 1464 -17 12 -0 -8 19 6 0.1 41 46 4.1 .502 .501 5.5 0.9 55 $16,500
KCA (3 yrs) 256 1105 1 15 1 -18 14 13 0.9 30 44 3.9 .505 .503 6.2 -0.6 62 $
NYY (2 yrs) 148 368 -5 -0 0 1 2 -2 -0.4 10 8 0.6 .498 .499 0.6 0.2 7 $16,500

Advanced Batting

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 5.4 104 .293 .280 .264 .377 .339 .362 .411 .739 .750 99 .570 3.4 0.3 .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 95 .257 .236 .256 .329 .322 .276 .395 .605 .717 72 .375 -6.5 -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 94 .269 .247 .254 .333 .320 .296 .393 .630 .713 80 .402 -3.5 -0.4 .585 .222 .049 1.8
1964 28 CLE AL 736 513 74 3.9 96 .267 .256 .256 .335 .324 .319 .397 .654 .721 84 .460 -11.8 -1.2 .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 86 .395 -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 .357 .689 .663 111 .577 3.8 0.4 .619 .188 .040 .0
1968 32 NYY AL 189 135 11 2.2 76 .173 .153 .232 .321 .301 .180 .344 .501 .645 59 .297 -5.3 -0.6 .477 .253 .027
8 Yrs 2937 2017 308 4.1 96 .262 .248 .256 .346 .326 .318 .395 .664 .721 87 .484 -30.7 -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 -30.7 -3.2 .638 .246 .069 6
CLE (4 yrs) 1464 1027 143 3.8 94 .262 .246 .254 .336 .322 .311 .392 .646 .714 83 .455 -21.4 -2.2 .600 .225 .064 12.2
KCA (3 yrs) 1105 739 135 4.9 104 .269 .263 .265 .359 .339 .351 .412 .710 .751 91 .528 -7.8 -0.8 .723 .281 .087 15.5
NYY (2 yrs) 368 251 30 3.2 78 .236 .211 .235 .350 .303 .244 .350 .594 .654 85 .447 -1.5 -0.2 .543 .221 .033 .0

All-Star Batting

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*

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 0.94 80%
1962 26 KCA AL 337 1.8% 2.4% 11.3% 5.0% 25% 0.21 35.8 47.7 8.4 1.31 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 736 0.4% 5.3% 10.3% 4.1% 18% 0.51 16.3 212.3 12.3 1.06 81%
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 189 0.0% 9.0% 18.5% 1.6% 13% 0.49 8.8 50.0 1.07 70%
8 Yrs 2937 0.5% 6.3% 12.5% 4.2% 20% 0.51 13.3 155.2 15.0 1.08 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.2% 8.1% 6.2% 28% 1.88 5.9 41.3 9.1 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1961 25 KCA AL 2.6 0.2 783 0.4 12.1 -11.7 1.00 1.1 -0.7 21.9 2.1 0.93 14.6 2.62 1
1962 26 KCA AL -8.2 -0.8 349 0.7 5.8 -5.2 .99 0.5 0.2 8.1 0.8 0.95 5.2 0
1963 27 TOT AL -6.7 -0.7 256 -0.4 4.0 -4.4 1.03 -0.2 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.95 -3.3 1.35 7
1963 27 KCA AL -3.0 -0.3 50 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1.08 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.01 -2.2 0.69 3
1963 27 CLE AL -3.7 -0.4 206 -0.0 3.4 -3.5 1.02 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.94 -1.2 1.84 4
1964 28 CLE AL -11.0 -1.1 781 0.1 12.2 -12.2 1.00 0.3 -0.2 9.7 1.0 0.93 2.2 0
1965 29 CLE AL -4.0 -0.4 410 -0.9 5.1 -6.0 .95 -0.1 -0.8 -2.8 -0.3 0.92 -1.9 1.09 12
1966 30 CLE AL -2.0 -0.2 171 -0.4 2.7 -3.2 1.07 -0.4 0.0 -7.2 -0.8 0.92 -5.3 1.89 7
1967 31 NYY AL 3.8 0.4 188 0.6 3.4 -2.7 1.04 0.0 0.6 3.0 0.3 0.97 1.2 0.89 17
1968 32 NYY AL -5.5 -0.6 198 -0.8 2.8 -3.6 1.15 -0.4 -0.2 -5.9 -0.7 0.97 -4.4 1.27 40
8 Yrs -31.1 -3.3 3136 -0.7 48.2 -48.9 1.01 0.8 -1.5 23.7 2.2 0.94 8.3 1.24 84

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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% 338 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% 146 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 Yrs 46 0 39% 1373 105 34 76% 92 33 9 2 2 3 12 2 36 117 57% 180 97 80 45 25 20 128 23 101

Situational Hitting*

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 719 32% 171 1 0 0 0 2.62 3 0 9 2 1 0 3 1 9 8 89% 114 8 7% 39 15 38% 343 44 13% 23 10 43% 10 7 70% 0
1962 26 KCA AL 337 31% 68 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 5 1 4 2 0 11 9 82% 43 5 12% 22 12 55% 146 29 20% 16 11 69% 5 4 80% 0
1963 27 TOT AL 239 32% 48 7 1 0 0 1.35 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 35 5 14% 14 8 57% 121 13 11% 7 2 29% 8 5 63% 0
1963 27 KCA AL 49 27% 8 3 0 0 0 0.69 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% 8 5 63% 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% 20 14 70% 0
1965 29 CLE AL 377 29% 72 12 3 0 0 1.09 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 11 10 91% 44 5 11% 19 9 47% 138 5 4% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
1966 30 CLE AL 161 37% 32 7 0 0 0 1.89 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 4 100% 28 4 14% 14 7 50% 71 2 3% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1967 31 NYY AL 179 36% 40 17 4 0 0 0.89 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 31 0 0% 10 4 40% 99 10 10% 8 5 63% 3 1 33% 0
1968 32 NYY AL 189 35% 23 40 8 0 0 1.27 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 26 4 15% 13 5 38% 85 3 4% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
8 Yrs 2937 33% 617 84 16 0 0 1.24 16 0 40 13 3 6 10 1 67 58 87% 429 43 10% 186 88 47% 1335 157 12% 93 47 51% 54 35 65% 0
MLB Averages 52% 78% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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 99 221 8 5 8 3 0
1962 26 241 1056 897 161 239 37 9 9 79 56 11 130 46 .266 .361 .358 .719 93 321 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 2031 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 2408 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 2569 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 2748 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 25 158 716 609 106 169 29 6 3 44 37 91 38 .278 .374 .360 .734 81 158
1962 26 83 334 284 50 66 8 3 6 32 18 37 8 .232 .320 .345 .665 31 83
1963 27 64 242 205 31 50 5 0 1 12 9 30 21 .244 .338 .283 .620 20 64
1964 28 161 742 641 109 170 24 4 3 56 21 79 39 .265 .346 .329 .675 74 162
1965 29 107 384 311 52 76 8 2 1 7 18 60 25 .244 .366 .293 .659 34 107
1966 30 67 166 144 21 35 10 1 2 5 2 16 23 .243 .315 .368 .683 17 67
1967 31 63 190 156 23 47 7 0 0 13 1 29 15 .301 .417 .346 .763 22 63
1968 32 85 203 155 34 28 2 1 0 4 0 43 17 .181 .365 .206 .571 12 85
8 Yrs 788 2977 2505 426 641 93 17 16 173 106 385 186 .256 .356 .326 .682 291 789
162 Game Avg. 162 612 515 88 132 19 3 3 36 22 79 38 .256 .356 .326 .682 60 789

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 *
1961-2

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1961 AL  4.6 (10th)

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  736 (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)

SB % s c a p y
1961 AL  80.44 (2nd)
1962 AL  90.48 (1st)
1964 AL  74.07 (5th)
1965 AL  80.95 (3rd)
Career  75.54 (140th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1961 AL  16.1 (5th)
1964 AL  16.3 (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 (792), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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