Dick Howser

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL us

Died: June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, FL

High School: Palm Beach HS (West Palm Beach, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: April 11, 1961 (Age 24-332d, 11,804th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 32-136d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Richard Dalton Howser

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

2483

617

.249

398

RBI

165

105

OBP

.346

SLG

.318

OPS

.664

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-41 / in Starts: 16-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 161 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	71 (45-19-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 161 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (48-29-15)

Most Driven In
F Whitfield	2
Self	2
P GonzÃ¡lez	0

Most Driven In By
L Wagner	3
F Whitfield	3
Self	2
C Hinton	2
D Sims	1
R Colavito	1
C Salmon	1
V Davalillo	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	575	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
2	576	3 (1)	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1					7	2.85	-0.093	6.70	-0.13%	-0.38	PR SS
3	577	6 (2)	Apr 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	4.04	-0.107	11.75	-0.19%	-0.46	PH SS
4	578	7	Apr 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						SS
5	579	10 (2)	Apr 28	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	4-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	1.53	0.007	5.56	0.02%	-0.48	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	580	14 (3)	May 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	4-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	1.25	0.101	4.64	0.22%	0.36	SS
7	581	15	May 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.444	.400	.444	.844	7	1.46	0.119	5.63	0.28%	1.19	SS
8	582	16	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-15	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.308	.333	.308	.641	7	1.45	-0.157	7.52	-0.49%	-0.77	SS
9	583	17	May 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.278	.250	.528	7	.81	-0.093	3.92	-0.27%	-0.93	SS
10	584	18	May 8 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.286	.222	.508	7	.73	-0.030	3.85	-0.09%	-0.30	SS
11	585	19	May 8 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.320	.238	.558	7	.91	-0.031	4.54	-0.09%	0.07	SS
12	586	20	May 10	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.357	.227	.584	7	.45	0.015	1.86	0.04%	0.14	SS
13	587	21	May 13	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.323	.200	.523	1	1.76	-0.184	8.23	-0.52%	-1.25	SS
14	588	22	May 14	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.207	.314	.207	.521	1	.87	-0.065	4.14	-0.19%	-0.60	SS
15	589	23	May 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-1	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.325	.242	.567	1	1.83	0.006	9.23	0.02%	0.37	SS
16	590	24	May 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.318	.243	.561	1	.99	-0.011	4.84	-0.03%	-0.27	SS
17	591	25	May 17	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.375	.350	.725	1	1.12	0.223	4.60	0.55%	1.69	SS
18	592	26	May 18	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.365	.364	.729	1	.74	-0.064	3.03	-0.16%	-0.34	SS
19	593	27	May 19	CLE		WSA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.339	.333	.673	1	.54	-0.055	2.19	-0.13%	-0.64	SS
20	594	28	May 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.333	.327	.660	1	.80	-0.113	3.40	-0.29%	-1.27	SS
21	595	29	May 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.344	.357	.701	1	.48	0.045	2.14	0.12%	0.02	SS
22	596	30	May 22 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.267	.338	.350	.688	1	1.66	-0.174	7.49	-0.47%	-0.90	SS
23	597	32 (1)	May 24 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.338	.350	.688	4						PR
24	598	35 (2)	May 26	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.338	.350	.688	7	3.83	0.125	21.17	0.41%	0.50	PR
25	599	39 (3)	May 29 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.338	.350	.688	5						PR
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	600	50 (10)	Jun 10	CLE		WSA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.324	.333	.657	7	.45	-0.034	1.93	-0.09%	-0.48	2B
27	601	51	Jun 11	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.258	.320	.333	.653	7	1.00	0.037	4.17	0.09%	0.25	2B
28	602	52	Jun 12	CLE		WSA	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.321	.333	.654	7	1.38	0.040	6.07	0.11%	0.08	2B
29	603	53	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.317	.319	.637	8	.33	0.029	1.51	0.08%	-0.31	2B
30	604	54	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,7-11	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.326	.333	.659	7	.52	-0.025	2.42	-0.07%	-0.19	2B
31	605	55	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.346	.672	8	.57	-0.016	2.50	-0.04%	-0.22	2B
32	606	56	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.326	.383	.709	8	.95	0.087	4.19	0.23%	0.48	2B
33	607	65 (8)	Jun 24	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.326	.383	.709	4						PR
34	608	69 (3)	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.323	.378	.701	9	.25	-0.006	.79	-0.01%	-0.15	2B
35	609	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.256	.320	.372	.692	7	1.41	-0.004	4.03	-0.01%	0.61	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	610	75 (4)	Jul 3 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,2-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.316	.368	.684	9	.05	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.21	PH
37	611	76	Jul 3 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.316	.368	.684	8						PR
38	612	79 (2)	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.316	.368	.684	4						PR
39	613	83 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.330	.396	.726	1	1.01	0.154	1.30	0.12%	0.66	2B
40	614	92 (8)	Jul 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.327	.391	.718	9	4.44	-0.110	3.22	-0.05%	-0.56	PH 2B
41	615	96 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.327	.391	.718	8						PR 2B
42	616	102 (5)	Jul 31	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.261	.327	.391	.718	8	1.28	-0.049	.33	-0.01%	-0.57	PR
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	617	107 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.387	.711	9	1.07	-0.029	.32	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
44	618	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.321	.383	.704	5	1.63	-0.040	.50	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
45	619	111 (2)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.321	.383	.704	7						2B
46	620	114 (2)	Aug 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.312	.371	.683	7	.33	-0.025	.08	0.00%	-0.43	2B
47	621	117 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.309	.367	.676	9	.82	-0.019	.17	0.00%	-0.13	PH
48	622	118	Aug 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.235	.298	.353	.651	1	1.10	-0.108	.10	-0.01%	-0.74	SS
49	623	120 (1)	Aug 16	CLE		WSA	L,5-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.298	.353	.651	7						PR
50	624	125 (4)	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.298	.353	.651	9	2.61	0.040	.03	0.00%	0.16	PR
51	625	128 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.298	.353	.651	7						2B
52	626	131 (2)	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.305	.396	.701	1	1.27	0.328	.01	0.00%	1.20	2B
53	627	132	Aug 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.303	.391	.694	1	1.53	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.17	2B
54	628	133	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.291	.374	.665	1	.60	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-1.34	2B
55	629	134	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.280	.358	.639	1	.84	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.02	2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	630	135	Sep 1	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.287	.366	.653	1	.80	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.41	2B
57	631	136	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	GS-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.300	.363	.663	1	.85	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.51	2B
58	632	137	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.297	.352	.648	1	1.31	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.54	2B
59	633	138	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,1-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.297	.351	.648	1	.77	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.17	2B
60	634	141 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.303	.356	.658	1	.83	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.37	2B
61	635	146 (4)	Sep 11	CLE		CAL	L,2-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.303	.355	.658	1	.92	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.10	2B
62	636	147	Sep 13	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	13-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.303	.355	.658	9						PR 2B
63	637	149 (1)	Sep 15	CLE		KCA	L,0-1	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.303	.355	.658	1						PR
64	638	156 (6)	Sep 24	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.301	.353	.654	1	.11	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.09	SS
65	639	157	Sep 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.301	.353	.654	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
66	640	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.301	.353	.654	8						SS
67	641	160 (1)	Sep 30	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.299	.350	.649	9	1.17	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
							26-41		161	140	17	32	9	1	2	4	15	0	23	0	4	2	2	4	2	4	.229	.299	.350	.649		1.07	-0.414	3.06	-1.07%	-7.17

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