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Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 14, 1955
Final Game September 29, 1968
Born February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
Died December 14, 1980 in New York, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 26 NYY AL  97  279   33   81   8  7  10   43   0  0  20  36  .290  .336  .477  118  133   1   4   5   1   4
 1956 27 NYY AL  98  290   35   76   8  3   5   34   0  1  21  30  .262  .312  .362   80  105   2   2   6   1  11
 1957 28 NYY AL 110  356   33   90  13  4   8   44   2  5  16  43  .253  .283  .379   82  135   6   2   6   0  18 AS
 1958 29 NYY AL 103  376   45  118  19  5  11   66   1  1  22  60  .314  .348  .479  130  180   4   4   6   0   9 MVP-17,AS
 1959 30 NYY AL 125  443   59  121  24  6  18   73   0  1  20  57  .273  .306  .476  116  211   4   4   4   3  12 AS
 1960 31 NYY AL 107  323   29   79  11  3   6   39   3  0  28  43  .245  .298  .353   81  114   2   8   7   0   8 AS
 1961 32 NYY AL 129  446   64  155  17  5  21   77   0  3  28  65  .348  .387  .549  153  245   1   4   6   3   5 MVP-10,AS
 1962 33 NYY AL 136  494   63  138  23  5  21   91   1  1  31  76  .279  .318  .474  113  234   3   9   1   1  20 AS
 1963 34 NYY AL 135  487   75  140  21  6  28   85   0  0  35  68  .287  .342  .528  140  257   1   2   4   6  17 MVP-1,AS
 1964 35 NYY AL 150  550   63  172  27  3  15   84   1  1  48  73  .313  .371  .455  128  250   0   4  12   5  10 MVP-3,AS
 1965 36 NYY AL 110  391   38   91  15  1   9   45   0  0  24  65  .233  .278  .345   77  135   1   1   3   1  16 AS
 1966 37 NYY AL 126  410   38  105  19  2   6   35   0  0  37  65  .256  .317  .356   98  146   0   3   9   1  12
 1967 38 TOT AL 108  315   22   56   9  0   4   28   0  0  21  60  .178  .233  .244   42   77   2   4   6   3  10 MVP-17
         NYY AL  66  199   13   39   6  0   3   17   0  0  12  36  .196  .247  .271   57   54   1   2   3   2   6
         BOS AL  42  116    9   17   3  0   1   11   0  0   9  24  .147  .211  .198   18   23   1   2   3   1   4
 1968 39 BOS AL  71  203   22   49   4  0   5   18   1  1  22  45  .241  .317  .335   92   68   2   1   7   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1605 5363  619 1471 218 50 167  762   9 14 373 786  .274  .322  .427  108 2290  29  52  82  26 157
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541   62  148  22  5  17   77   1  1  38  79  .274  .322  .427  108  231   3   5   8   3  16
 Career High    150  550   75  172  27  7  28   91   3  5  48  76  .348  .387  .549  153  257   6   9  12   6  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 26 NYY AL  305  207   45   5.8   102| .290  .265| .336  .344| .477  .395| .813  .739| 118  .608   5.0   0.5   0%
 1956 27 NYY AL  316  230   30   3.5   104| .262  .264| .312  .345| .362  .402| .674  .747|  80  .357  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1957 28 NYY AL  380  297   31   2.8    98| .253  .261| .283  .332| .379  .393| .662  .726|  82  .308 -10.8  -1.1  28%
 1958 29 NYY AL  406  276   60   5.8    95| .314  .257| .348  .325| .479  .390| .827  .715| 130  .635  14.1   1.4  50%
 1959 30 NYY AL  474  343   61   4.8    95| .273  .256| .306  .326| .476  .391| .782  .717| 116  .538   7.2   0.7   0%
 1960 31 NYY AL  361  262   35   3.6    96| .245  .256| .298  .329| .353  .392| .651  .721|  81  .400  -8.2  -0.8 100%
 1961 32 NYY AL  482  304   94   8.2   100| .348  .258| .387  .332| .549  .401| .936  .734| 153  .741  31.6   3.1   0%
 1962 33 NYY AL  538  389   69   4.8   100| .279  .260| .318  .331| .474  .404| .792  .735| 113  .521   7.6   0.8  50%
 1963 34 NYY AL  531  367   83   6.1    95| .287  .255| .342  .322| .528  .394| .870  .716| 140  .665  24.0   2.5   0%
 1964 35 NYY AL  607  393   93   6.4    97| .313  .257| .371  .325| .455  .399| .826  .724| 128  .678  21.5   2.2  50%
 1965 36 NYY AL  418  318   34   2.9    91| .233  .250| .278  .319| .345  .383| .623  .702|  77  .351 -12.6  -1.3   0%
 1966 37 NYY AL  451  320   45   3.8    86| .256  .242| .317  .308| .356  .374| .673  .682|  98  .486  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1967 38 TOT AL  345  275   18   1.8    84| .178  .243| .233  .312| .244  .365| .477  .677|  42  .203 -23.0  -2.6   0%
         NYY AL  216  169   13   2.1    80| .196  .238| .247  .306| .271  .356| .518  .662|  57  .255 -10.6  -1.2   0%
         BOS AL  129  106    5   1.3    91| .147  .253| .211  .323| .198  .379| .409  .702|  18  .123 -12.4  -1.4   0%
 1968 39 BOS AL  229  163   21   3.5    86| .241  .246| .317  .317| .335  .365| .652  .681|  92  .493  -1.9  -0.2  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5843 4144  719   4.7    95| .274  .255| .322  .326| .427  .391| .749  .717| 108  .539  45.1   4.3  39%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1955 26 NYY AL  OF   75    124   10    3    3  .978  .982  1.79  2.08                                            62    0   15
                  C    9     23    3    0    2 1.000  .989  2.89  4.73                           0             
 1956 27 NYY AL  OF   65     97    2    1    0  .990  .979  1.52  2.04  1.84  2.34   51  483.7                 
                 LF   62     89    3    1    0  .989  .977  1.48  1.69  1.78  2.10   50  464.0                 
                  C   26    108   14    0    5 1.000  .988  4.69  5.02  5.97  5.91   19  184.0   2   5    7   9
                 RF    5      7    0    0    0 1.000  .972  1.40  1.80  3.20  2.10    1   19.7                 
 1957 28 NYY AL  OF   71     68    5    3    0  .961  .980  1.03  1.97  1.14  2.24   66  575.3                  AS
                 LF   69    117    5    3    0  .976  .980  1.77  1.70  1.97  2.10   64  558.0                  AS
                  C   32    178   11    3    4  .984  .991  5.91  5.11  7.14  5.92   26  238.3   3   6    6   9 AS
                 1B    2     20    3    0    1 1.000  .991 11.50  8.35 12.94  9.67    1   16.0                  AS
                 RF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.70  1.04  1.92    2   17.3                  AS
 1958 29 NYY AL   C   67    355   26    1    8  .997  .990  5.69  5.34  5.80  6.01   64  591.0   3  12   18  17 AS
                 OF   24     54    1    1    0  .982  .982  2.29  1.94  2.51  2.27   23  197.0                  AS
                 LF   16     32    1    0    0 1.000  .979  2.06  1.62  2.34  2.09   15  127.0                  AS
                 RF    9     18    0    1    0  .947  .978  2.00  1.69  2.31  1.99    8   70.0                  AS
                 1B    5     38    2    0    5 1.000  .990  8.00  8.48  8.37  9.61    5   43.0                  AS
 1959 30 NYY AL  1B   50    444   26    7   39  .985  .990  9.40  8.27 10.17  9.84   48  416.0                  AS
                  C   43    221   23    2    2  .992  .989  5.67  5.31  6.13  6.08   41  358.3   4   9    5   9 AS
                 OF   28     47    0    1    0  .979  .979  1.68  1.96  1.98  2.22   23  213.3                  AS
                 LF   18     35    0    1    0  .972  .980  1.94  1.68  2.36  2.06   14  133.3                  AS
                 RF   10     11    0    0    0 1.000  .973  1.10  1.64  1.24  1.89    9   80.0                  AS
 1960 31 NYY AL   C   91    410   40    6    9  .987  .987  4.95  5.12  5.54  5.93   80  731.7   8  21   19  20 AS
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  1.80    0    1.0                  AS
 1961 32 NYY AL   C  111    635   43    5    4  .993  .989  6.11  5.44  6.61  6.21  106  923.3   8  22   20  20 AS
                 1B    9     90    4    1   12  .989  .991 10.44  8.29  9.84  9.45    9   86.0                  AS
 1962 33 NYY AL   C  129    713   44    4   12  .995  .989  5.87  5.57  6.25  6.30  124 1090.3   6  17   19  23 AS
 1963 34 NYY AL   C  132    786   51    5    8  .994  .989  6.34  5.78  6.58  6.64  128 1144.3   8  25   22  15 GG,AS
 1964 35 NYY AL   C  146    939   67    2    9  .998  .990  6.89  6.07  6.97  6.93  141 1299.0   8  33   27  26 GG,AS
 1965 36 NYY AL   C   95    614   43    6    6  .991  .988  6.92  5.67  7.26  6.96   93  814.0  10  25   39  22 AS
                 1B    5     29    1    0    2 1.000  .990  6.00  7.88 10.00  9.57    3   27.0                  AS
                 LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.50  1.12  1.91    1    8.0                  AS
 1966 37 NYY AL   C  100    553   44    9    6  .985  .988  5.97  5.86  6.31  6.86   98  851.7   6  23   30  19
                 1B   13    112    8    0   11 1.000  .991  9.23  8.18 10.29  9.59   13  105.0                 
 1967 38 TOT AL   C   89    535   40    6    9  .990  .989  6.46  6.15  7.13  7.22   80  725.7   6  17   32  18
         NYY AL   C   48    289   26    5    4  .984  .989  6.56  6.15  6.75  7.22   47  419.7   3  10   19  11
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.30  3.00  9.60    0    3.0                 
         BOS AL   C   41    246   14    1    5  .996  .989  6.34  6.15  7.65  7.22   33  306.0   3   7   13   7
 1968 39 BOS AL   C   68    377   30    2    3  .995  .990  5.99  6.01  6.83  6.97   62  536.0   3  30   41  14

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1957 28 NYY AL  1B    2     20    3    0    1 1.000  .991 11.50  8.35 12.94  9.67    1   16.0                 
 1958 29 NYY AL  1B    5     38    2    0    5 1.000  .990  8.00  8.48  8.37  9.61    5   43.0                 
 1959 30 NYY AL  1B   50    444   26    7   39  .985  .990  9.40  8.27 10.17  9.84   48  416.0                 
 1961 32 NYY AL  1B    9     90    4    1   12  .989  .991 10.44  8.29  9.84  9.45    9   86.0                 
 1965 36 NYY AL  1B    5     29    1    0    2 1.000  .990  6.00  7.88 10.00  9.57    3   27.0                 
 1966 37 NYY AL  1B   13    112    8    0   11 1.000  .991  9.23  8.18 10.29  9.59   13  105.0                 
 1967 38 NYY AL  1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.30  3.00  9.60    0    3.0                 

 1955 26 NYY AL   C    9     23    3    0    2 1.000  .989  2.89  4.73                           0             
 1956 27 NYY AL   C   26    108   14    0    5 1.000  .988  4.69  5.02  5.97  5.91   19  184.0   2   5    7   9
 1957 28 NYY AL   C   32    178   11    3    4  .984  .991  5.91  5.11  7.14  5.92   26  238.3   3   6    6   9
 1958 29 NYY AL   C   67    355   26    1    8  .997  .990  5.69  5.34  5.80  6.01   64  591.0   3  12   18  17
 1959 30 NYY AL   C   43    221   23    2    2  .992  .989  5.67  5.31  6.13  6.08   41  358.3   4   9    5   9
 1960 31 NYY AL   C   91    410   40    6    9  .987  .987  4.95  5.12  5.54  5.93   80  731.7   8  21   19  20
 1961 32 NYY AL   C  111    635   43    5    4  .993  .989  6.11  5.44  6.61  6.21  106  923.3   8  22   20  20
 1962 33 NYY AL   C  129    713   44    4   12  .995  .989  5.87  5.57  6.25  6.30  124 1090.3   6  17   19  23
 1963 34 NYY AL   C  132    786   51    5    8  .994  .989  6.34  5.78  6.58  6.64  128 1144.3   8  25   22  15
 1964 35 NYY AL   C  146    939   67    2    9  .998  .990  6.89  6.07  6.97  6.93  141 1299.0   8  33   27  26
 1965 36 NYY AL   C   95    614   43    6    6  .991  .988  6.92  5.67  7.26  6.96   93  814.0  10  25   39  22
 1966 37 NYY AL   C  100    553   44    9    6  .985  .988  5.97  5.86  6.31  6.86   98  851.7   6  23   30  19
 1967 38 TOT AL   C   89    535   40    6    9  .990  .989  6.46  6.15  7.13  7.22   80  725.7   6  17   32  18
         NYY AL   C   48    289   26    5    4  .984  .989  6.56  6.15  6.75  7.22   47  419.7   3  10   19  11
         BOS AL   C   41    246   14    1    5  .996  .989  6.34  6.15  7.65  7.22   33  306.0   3   7   13   7
 1968 39 BOS AL   C   68    377   30    2    3  .995  .990  5.99  6.01  6.83  6.97   62  536.0   3  30   41  14

 1956 27 NYY AL  LF   62     89    3    1    0  .989  .977  1.48  1.69  1.78  2.10   50  464.0                 
 1957 28 NYY AL  LF   69    117    5    3    0  .976  .980  1.77  1.70  1.97  2.10   64  558.0                 
 1958 29 NYY AL  LF   16     32    1    0    0 1.000  .979  2.06  1.62  2.34  2.09   15  127.0                 
 1959 30 NYY AL  LF   18     35    0    1    0  .972  .980  1.94  1.68  2.36  2.06   14  133.3                 
 1960 31 NYY AL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  1.80    0    1.0                 
 1965 36 NYY AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.50  1.12  1.91    1    8.0                 

 1955 26 NYY AL  OF   75    124   10    3    3  .978  .982  1.79  2.08                                            62    0   15
 1956 27 NYY AL  OF   65     97    2    1    0  .990  .979  1.52  2.04  1.84  2.34   51  483.7                 
 1957 28 NYY AL  OF   71     68    5    3    0  .961  .980  1.03  1.97  1.14  2.24   66  575.3                 
 1958 29 NYY AL  OF   24     54    1    1    0  .982  .982  2.29  1.94  2.51  2.27   23  197.0                 
 1959 30 NYY AL  OF   28     47    0    1    0  .979  .979  1.68  1.96  1.98  2.22   23  213.3                 
 1960 31 NYY AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00  0.00  1.80    0    1.0                 
 1965 36 NYY AL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.80  1.12  2.02    1    8.0                 

 1956 27 NYY AL  RF    5      7    0    0    0 1.000  .972  1.40  1.80  3.20  2.10    1   19.7                 
 1957 28 NYY AL  RF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.70  1.04  1.92    2   17.3                 
 1958 29 NYY AL  RF    9     18    0    1    0  .947  .978  2.00  1.69  2.31  1.99    8   70.0                 
 1959 30 NYY AL  RF   10     11    0    0    0 1.000  .973  1.10  1.64  1.24  1.89    9   80.0                 

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Position Total   C*1138   6447  479   51   87  .993  .989  6.09  5.66             1062 9487.7  75 245  285 221
                 OF* 265    391   18    9    3  .978  .981  1.54  2.01              164 1478.3                   229    0   41#
                 LF* 167    274    9    5    0  .983  .979  1.69  1.69              144 1291.3                 
                 1B*  85    734   44    8   70  .990  .990  9.15  8.25               79  696.0                 
                 RF*  26     38    0    1    0  .974  .977  1.46  1.69               20  187.0                 
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1488   7572  541   68  160  .992  .989  5.45  5.16
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   7  26   3   5  0  0  1   3   1   8  .192  .222  .308   0  0   1   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   5   1   2  1  0  1   1   0   0  .400  .400 1.200   0  0   0   0   0 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   6  11   2   3  0  0  1   3   1   3  .273  .333  .545   0  0   0   0   0 
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   6  18   4   4  0  0  0   2   1   4  .222  .263  .222   1  0   1   0   0 
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   5  13   4   6  1  1  1   4   1   4  .462  .533  .923   0  0   0   0   1 
 1961   WS    NYY CIN     W   5  20   5   5  3  0  1   1   2   3  .250  .318  .550   0  0   0   0   0 
 1962   WS    NYY SFG     W   6  21   1   3  1  0  0   1   1   4  .143  .217  .190   0  0   0   0   1 
 1963   WS    NYY LAD     L   4  15   0   5  0  0  0   1   0   3  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   7  24   5   7  1  0  0   2   4   6  .292  .414  .333   0  0   0   0   1 
 1967   WS    BOS STL     L   7  18   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   2  .111  .158  .111   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 10 World Series        4-6  54 171  25  42  7  1  5  19  12  37  .246  .306  .386   1  0   3   0   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1957   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1958   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1960-1 NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 NYY AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-1 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 NYY AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0           
 1963   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1964   NYY AL   *   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   1 Starting C 
 1965   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/12     1   9   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   7   0  0   0   0   1  .000  .182  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1957
1958
1959-2
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-1
1962-2 *
1963 *
1964 (C)
1965

Awards
1958-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1963-AL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1963-AL--C
1964-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-AL-17-0.03
1961-AL-10-0.11
1963-AL-1-0.89
1964-AL-3-0.44
1967-AL-17-0.02
Car-143-1.49 shares

Batting Average
1963 AL-.287-8
1964 AL-.313-3

Slugging %
1963 AL-.528-3

OPS
1963 AL-.869-5

Hits
1964 AL-172-4

Doubles
1964 AL-27-10

Triples
1955 AL-7-8
1959 AL-6-7
1963 AL-6-10

Home Runs
1963 AL-28-5

RBI
1963 AL-85-8

Singles
1964 AL-127-5

Adjusted OPS+
1963 AL-140-5

Runs Created
1964 AL-93-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1961 AL-32-8
1963 AL-24-10

Batting Wins
1961 AL-3.1-8
1963 AL-2.5-9

Extra-Base Hits
1963 AL-55-9

Sac. Flies
1960 AL-8-3
1962 AL-9-3

Intentional Walks
1957 AL-6-10
1958 AL-6-6
1960 AL-7-3
1961 AL-6-9
1964 AL-12-2
1966 AL-9-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1957 AL-18-3
1962 AL-20-2
1963 AL-17-7
1965 AL-16-9

At Bats per Home Run
1963 AL-17.4-5

Oldest Player
1966 AL-37-9
1967 AL-38-8
1968 AL-39-4

  

Gray Ink: Batting - 27 (837) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (765) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 82.5 (210) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 19, 1950: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Kansas City (Negro American).

August 3, 1967: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Pete Magrini. The Boston Red Sox sent Ron Klimkowski (August 8, 1967) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

October 29, 1968: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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