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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 KCA AL 25 SS 157 156 1348.0 764 299 427 38 85 .950 -15.3 -13.6 -11.3 -7.0 -4.3 -4 4.85 4.62 .956 4.84 4.37 AS,RoY-2
1962 KCA AL 26 SS 72 72 630.0 342 138 191 13 37 .962 -1.7 -3.2 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 -1 4.70 4.57 .962 4.84 4.47
1963 TOT AL 27 SS 54 52 450.0 225 101 113 11 21 .951 -7.4 -19.7 -6.4 -6.4 -0.1 -1 4.28 3.96 .965 4.78 4.56
1963 KCA AL 27 SS 10 10 89.0 46 21 23 2 6 .957 -0.9 -12.1 -0.9 -1.1 0.2 0 4.45 4.40 .965 4.78 4.56
1963 CLE AL 27 SS 44 42 361.0 179 80 90 9 15 .950 -6.5 -21.6 -5.5 -5.3 -0.3 -1 4.24 3.86 .965 4.78 4.56
1964 CLE AL 28 SS 162 161 1459.2 774 291 463 20 100 .974 -0.9 -0.7 -2.9 -2.2 -0.8 2 4.65 4.65 .968 4.78 4.55
1965 CLE AL 29 SS 73 69 611.0 299 119 173 7 33 .977 -1.2 -2.4 -1.2 -3.5 2.3 0 4.30 4.00 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 CLE AL 29 2B 17 12 114.1 63 25 38 0 8 1.000 1.8 18.9 1.8 0.3 1.6 0 4.96 3.71 .978 5.07 4.38
1966 CLE AL 30 2B 26 20 176.2 71 29 41 1 8 .986 -1.9 -12.9 -1.9 -3.1 1.2 0 3.57 2.69 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 CLE AL 30 SS 26 17 175.0 82 24 54 4 8 .951 0.5 3.4 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 1 4.01 3.00 .961 4.79 4.41
1967 NYY AL 31 2B 22 21 189.1 102 55 46 1 15 .990 -2.3 -14.6 -2.3 -2.9 0.6 0 4.80 4.59 .978 4.95 4.19
1967 NYY AL 31 3B 12 11 100.0 33 7 24 2 3 .939 -1.7 -20.4 -1.7 -0.2 -1.5 0 2.79 2.58 .955 3.13 2.72
1967 NYY AL 31 SS 3 2 21.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.5 28.6 0.5 0.9 -0.4 0 3.43 2.67 .962 4.63 4.10
1968 NYY AL 32 2B 29 27 252.0 164 58 103 3 19 .982 5.2 24.8 6.2 3.0 3.2 -1 5.75 5.55 .977 5.11 4.34
1968 NYY AL 32 3B 2 2 18.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -66.7 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 2.00 2.00 .950 3.05 2.65
1968 NYY AL 32 SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 2.00 .950 4.95 4.10
8 Seasons SS 548 529 4696.2 2496 975 1428 93 284 .963 -25.4 -6.5 -22.4 -19.3 -3.3 -3 4.60 4.39 .962 4.80 4.46
4 Seasons 2B 94 80 732.1 400 167 228 5 50 .988 2.8 4.6 3.8 -2.7 6.6 -1 4.85 4.20 .977 5.06 4.32
2 Seasons 3B 14 13 118.0 37 9 26 2 3 .946 -2.7 -27.5 -2.7 -0.2 -2.5 0 2.67 2.50 .954 3.12 2.71
8 Seasons TOT 656 622 5547.0 2933 1151 1682 100 337 .966 -25.3 -5.5 -21.3 -22.2 0.8 -4 4.60 4.32 .930 4.80 4.40

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
1961 KCA AL 25 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 KCA AL 26 83 72 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 11
1963 CLE AL 27 49 42 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 5 1
1963 KCA AL 27 15 10 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 1
1964 CLE AL 28 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 29 107 81 107 107 0 0 0 17 0 73 0 0 0 0 17 5
1966 CLE AL 30 67 37 67 67 0 0 0 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 7 15
1967 NYY AL 31 63 34 63 63 0 0 0 22 12 3 0 0 0 0 21 6
1968 NYY AL 32 85 29 85 85 0 0 0 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 53 2
8 Seasons 789 622 789 789 0 0 0 94 14 548 0 0 0 0 109 41
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 -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1961 KCA AL 25 5993 64% 78% 26% 589 88% 0 276 133 118 27 422 305 108 0 3 38 2 23 13 30 87 36 6 25 4 2 79 42 33 7 3 4
1962 KCA AL 26 2704 58% 75% 25% 237 93% 1 132 59 62 11 187 134 42 1 3 12 1 9 2 9 37 16 0 13 2 1 32 16 16 5 2 3
1963 CLE AL 27 1550 59% 77% 25% 149 86% 0 80 46 28 6 92 70 20 0 0 9 0 7 2 7 16 4 1 7 1 0 13 5 8 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 27 380 56% 77% 25% 34 94% 0 21 12 6 3 24 21 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1964 CLE AL 28 6468 60% 73% 24% 632 90% 2 293 149 118 26 474 357 102 1 8 20 1 18 1 16 103 43 5 32 9 2 97 49 44 6 4 2
1965 CLE AL 29 2619 62% 72% 23% 238 95% 0 126 72 46 8 180 132 41 1 0 7 0 6 1 7 34 13 1 11 2 2 33 14 17 1 1 0
1966 CLE AL 30 730 61% 75% 24% 66 89% 1 25 12 7 6 50 38 11 0 0 4 0 3 1 4 8 6 0 1 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 31 87 54% 74% 36% 8 100% 0 2 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 32 7 57% 86% 29% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 20538 61% 75% 25% 1954 90% 4 956 485 385 88 1436 1062 329 3 14 92 4 68 20 74 291 119 13 92 19 8 267 133 124 19 10 9
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

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
1965 CLE AL 29 464 56% 71% 25% 37 97% 0 26 6 17 3 36 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 1 0 8 1 7 0 0 0
1966 CLE AL 30 794 62% 74% 21% 56 93% 0 33 14 13 6 43 38 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 1 2 3 0 8 3 3 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 31 807 65% 78% 25% 57 96% 0 52 17 21 14 47 40 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 5 3 3 2 13 5 8 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 32 1044 59% 79% 31% 121 92% 0 60 19 29 12 103 89 12 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 19 3 5 6 0 15 6 9 4 1 3
4 Seasons 3109 61% 76% 26% 271 94% 0 171 56 80 35 229 200 25 0 0 5 0 4 1 3 50 13 12 13 2 44 15 27 4 1 3
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 NYY AL 31 459 67% 76% 26% 35 86% 1 7 5 1 1 24 18 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 32 76 74% 80% 30% 5 80% 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 535 68% 76% 27% 40 85% 1 9 6 2 1 27 19 7 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%

* 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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