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Ryan Howard

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 250lb (193cm, 113kg)

Born: November 19, 1979 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Missouri State University (Springfield, MO).

High School: Lafayette HS (Wildwood, MO)

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: September 1, 2004 (Age 24-287d, 18,568th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2016 (Age 36-318d)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management • Previously: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ryan James Howard

Nicknames: Big Piece

Pronunciation: \HOW-erd\

Twitter: @ryanhoward

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MVP
Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
2008 World Series
Silver Slugger
NLCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

5707

1475

382

.258

848

RBI

1194

OBP

.343

SLG

.515

OPS

.859

OPS+

125

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
2001	21	PHI-min	A-	48	203	169	26	46	7	3	6	35	0	0	30	55	.272	.384	.456	.840		77	1	2	0	2	5		BAT · NYPL
2002	22	PHI-min	A	135	570	493	56	138	20	6	19	87	5	4	66	145	.280	.367	.460	.828		227	9	5	1	5	13		LWD · SALL
2003	23	PHI-min	A+	130	553	490	67	149	32	1	23	82	0	0	50	151	.304	.374	.514	.889		252	12	8	0	5	9		CLW · FLOR
2004	24	PHI-min	AA,AAA	131	560	485	94	141	28	1	46	131	1	2	60	166	.291	.380	.637	1.017		309	6	12	0	3	7		REA,SWB · EL,IL
2004	24	PHI	NL	19	42	39	5	11	5	0	2	5	0	0	2	13	.282	.333	.564	.897	122	22	2	1	0	0	0	H/3
2005	25	PHI-min	AAA	61	257	210	38	78	19	0	16	54	0	0	39	66	.371	.467	.690	1.157		145	3	3	0	5	6		SWB · IL
2005	25	PHI	NL	88	348	312	52	90	17	2	22	63	0	1	33	100	.288	.356	.567	.924	133	177	6	1	0	2	8	3/H	RoY-1
2006	26	PHI	NL	159	704	581	104	182	25	1	58	*149*	0	0	108	181	.313	.425	.659	1.084	167	*383*	7	9	0	6	37	*3/H	AS,MVP-1,SS
2007	27	PHI-min	A	2	8	6	1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	.333	.500	1.000	1.500		6	1	0	0	0	0		LWD · SALL
2007	27	PHI	NL	144	648	529	94	142	26	0	47	136	1	0	107	*199*	.268	.392	.584	.976	145	309	13	5	0	7	35	*3/HD	MVP-5
2008	28	PHI	NL	162	700	610	105	153	26	4	48	*146*	1	1	81	199	.251	.339	.543	.881	125	331	11	3	0	6	17	*3/HD	MVP-2
2009	29	PHI	NL	160	703	616	105	172	37	4	45	*141*	8	1	75	186	.279	.360	.571	.931	141	352	11	6	0	6	8	*3/DH	AS,MVP-3
2010	30	PHI-min	A	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667		2	0	0	0	0	0		LWD · SALL
2010	30	PHI	NL	143	620	550	87	152	23	5	31	108	1	1	59	157	.276	.353	.505	.859	127	278	14	8	0	3	11	*3/DH	AS,MVP-10
2011	31	PHI	NL	152	644	557	81	141	30	1	33	116	1	0	75	172	.253	.346	.488	.835	126	272	10	7	0	5	16	*3/HD	MVP-10
2012	32	PHI-min	AAA,A	7	26	20	3	10	2	0	1	10	0	0	5	3	.500	.577	.750	1.327		15	1	0	0	1	0		LHV,LWD · IL,SALL
2012	32	PHI	NL	71	292	260	28	57	11	0	14	56	0	0	25	99	.219	.295	.423	.718	91	110	8	4	0	3	7	3/H
2013	33	PHI	NL	80	317	286	34	76	20	2	11	43	0	0	23	95	.266	.319	.465	.784	115	133	6	2	0	6	4	3/H
2014	34	PHI	NL	153	648	569	65	127	18	1	23	95	0	0	67	*190*	.223	.310	.380	.690	92	216	10	7	0	5	7	*3/HD
2015	35	PHI	NL	129	503	467	53	107	29	1	23	77	0	0	27	138	.229	.277	.443	.720	96	207	11	5	0	3	2	*3H/D
2016	36	PHI	NL	112	362	331	35	65	10	0	25	59	0	1	27	114	.196	.257	.453	.710	85	150	7	1	0	3	2	3H/D
2017	37	COL-ATL-min	AAA	27	96	90	6	17	4	0	4	13	0	0	2	28	.189	.208	.367	.575		33	2	1	0	3	1		ABQ,GWI · PCL,IL
13 Yrs				1572	6531	5707	848	1475	277	21	382	1194	12	5	709	1843	.258	.343	.515	.859	125	2940	116	59	0	55	154
162 Game Avg.				162	673	588	87	152	29	2	39	123	1	1	73	190	.258	.343	.515	.859	125	303	12	6	0	6	16

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

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Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

All-Star Batting

Ratio Batting *

Win Probability *

Baserunning & Misc. Stats *

Situational Batting *

Pitch Summary -- Batting *

Cumulative Batting

Neutralized Batting

Adjust to Different Run-Scoring Environments

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Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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