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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Standard Fielding

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
1961	KCA	AL	25	SS	157	156	151	1348.0	764	299	427	38	85	.950	-15	-14	4.85	4.62	.956	4.84	4.78	AS,RoY-2
1962	KCA	AL	26	SS	72	72	72	630.0	342	138	191	13	37	.962	-2	-3	4.70	4.57	.962	4.84	4.83
1963	TOT	AL	27	SS	54	52	47	450.0	225	101	113	11	21	.951	-7	-20	4.28	3.96	.965	4.78	4.78
1963	KCA	AL	27	SS	10	10	10	89.0	46	21	23	2	6	.957	-1	-12	4.45	4.40	.965	4.78	4.78
1963	CLE	AL	27	SS	44	42	37	361.0	179	80	90	9	15	.950	-6	-22	4.24	3.86	.965	4.78	4.78
1964	CLE	AL	28	SS	162	161	159	1459.2	774	291	463	20	100	.974	-1	-1	4.65	4.65	.968	4.78	4.77
1965	CLE	AL	29	SS	73	69	66	611.0	299	119	173	7	33	.977	-1	-2	4.30	4.00	.962	4.74	4.73
1965	CLE	AL	29	2B	17	12	9	114.1	63	25	38	0	8	1.000	2	19	4.96	3.71	.978	5.07	5.06
1966	CLE	AL	30	2B	26	20	15	176.2	71	29	41	1	8	.986	-2	-13	3.57	2.69	.975	5.09	5.09
1966	CLE	AL	30	SS	26	17	12	175.0	82	24	54	4	8	.951	0	3	4.01	3.00	.960	4.79	4.78
1967	NYY	AL	31	2B	22	21	20	189.1	102	55	46	1	15	.990	-2	-15	4.80	4.59	.979	4.95	4.96
1967	NYY	AL	31	3B	12	11	11	100.0	33	7	24	2	3	.939	-2	-20	2.79	2.58	.955	3.13	3.14
1967	NYY	AL	31	SS	3	2	1	21.0	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	0	29	3.43	2.67	.962	4.63	4.63
1968	NYY	AL	32	2B	29	27	25	252.0	164	58	103	3	19	.982	5	25	5.75	5.55	.977	5.11	5.08
1968	NYY	AL	32	3B	2	2	2	18.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-67	2.00	2.00	.950	3.05	3.05
1968	NYY	AL	32	SS	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	60	9.00	2.00	.960	4.95	4.80
	8 Seasons			SS	548	529	508	4696.2	2496	975	1428	93	284	.963	-25	-6	4.60	4.39	.962	4.80	4.78
	4 Seasons			2B	94	80	69	732.1	400	167	228	5	50	.988	3	5	4.85	4.20	.977	5.06	5.05
	2 Seasons			3B	14	13	13	118.0	37	9	26	2	3	.946	-3	-27	2.67	2.50	.954	3.12	3.13
	8 Seasons			TOT	656	622	590	5547.0	2933	1151	1682	100	337	.966	-25	-5	4.60	4.32	.964	4.80	4.78

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1961	KCA	AL	25	SS	-15	-14	-11	-4	-7	-4
1962	KCA	AL	26	SS	-2	-3	-1	-0	-0	-1
1963	KCA	AL	27	SS	-1	-12	-1	0	-1	0
1963	CLE	AL	27	SS	-6	-22	-6	-0	-5	-1
1964	CLE	AL	28	SS	-1	-1	-3	-1	-2	2
1965	CLE	AL	29	SS	-1	-2	-1	2	-4	0
1965	CLE	AL	29	2B	2	19	2	2	0	0
1966	CLE	AL	30	2B	-2	-13	-2	1	-3	0
1966	CLE	AL	30	SS	0	3	-0	0	-1	1
1967	NYY	AL	31	2B	-2	-15	-2	1	-3	0
1967	NYY	AL	31	3B	-2	-20	-2	-2	-0	0
1967	NYY	AL	31	SS	0	29	0	-0	1	0
1968	NYY	AL	32	2B	5	25	6	3	3	-1
1968	NYY	AL	32	3B	-1	-67	-1	-1	0	0
1968	NYY	AL	32	SS	0	60	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			SS	-25	-6	-22	-3	-19	-3
	4 Seasons			2B	3	5	4	7	-3	-1
	2 Seasons			3B	-3	-27	-3	-2	-0	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	-25	-5	-21	1	-22	-4

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1961	KCA	AL	25	158	156	158	157	0	0	157	2	0
1962	KCA	AL	26	83	72	83	72	0	0	72	0	11
1963	CLE	AL	27	49	42	49	44	0	0	44	5	1
1963	KCA	AL	27	15	10	15	10	0	0	10	4	1
1964	CLE	AL	28	162	161	162	162	0	0	162	0	0
1965	CLE	AL	29	107	81	107	90	17	0	73	17	5
1966	CLE	AL	30	67	37	67	52	26	0	26	7	15
1967	NYY	AL	31	63	34	63	37	22	12	3	21	6
1968	NYY	AL	32	85	29	85	32	29	2	1	53	2
	8 Seasons			789	622	789	656	94	14	548	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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	5853	66%	80%	27%	595	89%	0	281	136	120	27	425	308	108	0	3	38	2	23	13	30	87	36	6	25	4	2	79	42	33	7	3	4
1962	KCA	AL	26	2621	60%	77%	26%	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	1505	61%	80%	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	371	57%	79%	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	6272	62%	76%	25%	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	2538	64%	75%	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	710	63%	77%	25%	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	6	67%	100%	33%	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			19963	63%	78%	26%	1960	90%	4	961	488	387	88	1439	1065	329	3	14	92	4	68	20	74	291	119	13	92	19	8	267	133	124	19	10	9
	MLB Averages				63%	79%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	456	57%	72%	26%	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	767	64%	76%	22%	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	784	67%	80%	26%	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	1020	60%	81%	32%	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			3027	62%	78%	27%	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				63%	79%	28%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	451	69%	77%	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	74	76%	82%	31%	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			525	70%	78%	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				63%	79%	28%		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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1961-1 * 1961-2	Assists† s c a p y 1961 AL 427 (5th) 1964 AL 463 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1961 AL 38 (1st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1961 AL 157 (1st) 1964 AL 162 (1st)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1961 AL 299 (1st) 1964 AL 291 (2nd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1961 AL 427 (4th) 1964 AL 463 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1961 AL 38 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1961 AL 4.85 (4th)
Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1961 AL 4.62 (5th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1964 AL .974 (4th)

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