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Howie Goss
Howard Wayne Goss

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 204 lb.

Debut April 10, 1962
  vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1963
Born November 1, 1934 in Wewoka, OK
Died July 31, 1996 in Reno, NV

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 27 PIT NL  89  111   19   27   6  0   2   10   5  2   9  36  .243  .306  .351   76   39   1   0   0   1   2
 1963 28 HOU NL 133  411   37   86  18  2   9   44   4  6  31 128  .209  .264  .328   74  135   4   2   2   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      222  522   56  113  24  2  11   54   9  8  40 164  .216  .273  .333   75  174   5   2   2   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        381   41   82  18  1   8   39   7  6  29 120  .216  .273  .333   75  127   4   1   1   1   4
 Career High    133  411   37   86  18  2   9   44   5  6  31 128  .209  .264  .328   74  135   4   2   2   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 27 PIT NL  122   89   12   3.6   104| .243  .271| .306  .338| .351  .411| .657  .750|  76  .395  -3.8  -0.4  71%
 1963 28 HOU NL  448  340   36   2.8    84| .209  .247| .264  .308| .328  .370| .592  .678|  74  .359 -13.4  -1.4  40%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       570  429   48   3.0    89| .216  .252| .273  .315| .333  .379| .606  .693|  75  .367 -17.2  -1.8  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 27 PIT NL OF 66 62 2 1 1 .985 .974 0.97 1.79 1.99 2.07 25 290.0 LF 47 25 1 1 1 .963 .967 0.55 1.37 2.10 1.82 5 111.3 RF 18 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.94 1.65 1.23 1.90 15 124.7 CF 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.67 2.27 2.67 2.47 5 54.0 1963 28 HOU NL CF 123 265 7 2 2 .993 .982 2.21 2.09 2.49 2.37 106 985.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 27 PIT NL CF 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.67 2.27 2.67 2.47 5 54.0 1963 28 HOU NL CF 123 265 7 2 2 .993 .982 2.21 2.09 2.49 2.37 106 985.0 1962 27 PIT NL LF 47 25 1 1 1 .963 .967 0.55 1.37 2.10 1.82 5 111.3 1962 27 PIT NL OF 66 62 2 1 1 .985 .974 0.97 1.79 1.99 2.07 25 290.0 1963 28 HOU NL OF 123 276 7 2 2 .993 .977 2.30 1.75 2.59 2.01 106 985.0 1962 27 PIT NL RF 18 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.94 1.65 1.23 1.90 15 124.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 189 338 9 3 3 .991 .976 1.84 1.76 2.45 2.02 131 1275.0 47 129 18# CF* 129 281 7 2 2 .993 .982 2.23 2.10 2.49 2.38 111 1039.0 LF* 47 25 1 1 1 .963 .967 0.55 1.37 2.10 1.82 5 111.3 RF* 18 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.94 1.65 1.23 1.90 15 124.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 189 338 9 3 3 .991 .976 1.84 1.76 2.45 2.02 131 1275
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1963 NL-128-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1955 Season: Sent from the Salinas (California) to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

April 4, 1963: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Houston Colt .45's for Manny Mota.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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