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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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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

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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 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  16.1 (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 (777), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1042), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1963: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Joe Azcue to the Cleveland Indians for Doc Edwards and $100,000.

December 20, 1966: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Yankees for Gil Downs (minors) and cash.

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