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Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howard

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 230 lb.
School Missouri State University

Debut September 1, 2004

Born November 19, 1979 in St. Louis, MO

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Preferred Bat: Mahogany Marucci RH6 Custom Cut (More info on Game Used Bats)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 24 PHI NL  19   39    5   11   5  0   2    5   0  0   2  13  .282  .333  .564  122   22   0   0   0   1   2
 2005 25 PHI NL  88  312   52   90  17  2  22   63   0  1  33 100  .288  .356  .567  133  177   0   2   8   1   6 RoY-1
 2006 26 PHI NL 159  581  104  182  25  1  58  149   0  0 108 181  .313  .425  .659  167  383   0   6  37   9   7 SS,MVP-1,AS
 2007 27 PHI NL 144  529   94  142  26  0  47  136   1  0 107 199  .268  .392  .584  144  309   0   7  35   5  13 MVP-5
 2008 28 PHI NL 162  610  105  153  26  4  48  146   1  1  81 199  .251  .339  .543  124  331   0   6  17   3  11 MVP-2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      572 2071  360  578  99  7 177  499   2  2 331 692  .279  .380  .590  143 1222   0  21  97  19  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587  102  164  28  2  50  141   1  1  94 196  .279  .380  .590  143  346   0   6  27   5  11
 Career High    162  610  105  182  26  4  58  149   1  1 108 199  .313  .425  .659  167  383   0   7  37   9  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 24 PHI NL   42   30    7   6.3   115| .282  .275| .333  .348| .564  .446| .897  .794| 122  .599   1.2   0.1   0%
 2005 25 PHI NL  348  231   62   7.2   112| .288  .274| .356  .345| .567  .437| .923  .782| 133  .674  14.0   1.3   0%
 2006 26 PHI NL  704  412  169  11.0   117| .313  .278| .425  .350| .659  .452|1.084  .801| 167  .803  62.4   5.7   0%
 2007 27 PHI NL  648  407  124   8.2   115| .268  .279| .392  .349| .584  .445| .976  .794| 144  .706  36.9   3.4 100%
 2008 28 PHI NL  700  475  113   6.4   110| .251  .271| .339  .343| .543  .432| .882  .775| 124  .618  19.2   1.8  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2442 1555  475   8.2   114| .279  .275| .380  .347| .590  .442| .970  .789| 143  .712 133.8  12.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
2004 24 PHI NL 1B 8 59 6 0 9 1.000 .992 8.12 8.22 9.64 9.50 5 60.7 2005 25 PHI NL 1B 84 707 40 5 53 .993 .993 8.89 8.29 9.52 9.64 79 706.3 2006 26 PHI NL 1B 159 1369 91 14 139 .991 .994 9.18 6.29 9.31 6.37 157 1412.0 AS 2007 27 PHI NL 1B 140 1191 103 12 124 .991 .993 9.24 7.14 9.38 7.25 138 1241.0 DH 1 2008 28 PHI NL 1B 159 1408 101 19 128 .988 .992 9.49 6.29 9.68 6.42 156 1402.7 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 24 PHI NL 1B 8 59 6 0 9 1.000 .992 8.12 8.22 9.64 9.50 5 60.7 2005 25 PHI NL 1B 84 707 40 5 53 .993 .993 8.89 8.29 9.52 9.64 79 706.3 2006 26 PHI NL 1B 159 1369 91 14 139 .991 .994 9.18 6.29 9.31 6.37 157 1412.0 2007 27 PHI NL 1B 140 1191 103 12 124 .991 .993 9.24 7.14 9.38 7.25 138 1241.0 2008 28 PHI NL 1B 159 1408 101 19 128 .988 .992 9.49 6.29 9.68 6.42 156 1402.7 2007 27 PHI NL DH 1 2008 28 PHI NL DH 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 550 4734 341 50 453 .990 .993 9.23 6.84 9.47 7.13 535 4822.7 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 550 4734 341 50 453 .990 .993 9.23 6.84 9.47 7.13 535 4823
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  PHI COL     L   3  12   1   3  0  0  1   1   0   7  .250  .308  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
 2008   NLDS  PHI MIL     W   4  11   1   2  1  0  0   1   5   5  .182  .438  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  PHI LAD     W   5  20   4   6  1  0  0   2   3   2  .300  .391  .350   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PHI TBR     W   5  21   3   6  1  0  3   6   3   9  .286  .375  .762   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   7  23   2   5  1  0  1   2   5  12  .217  .379  .391   0  0   0   0   1 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1  17  64   9  17  3  0  4  10  11  23  .266  .382  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2006   PHI NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .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
2006 *

Awards
2005-NL-ROY
2006-NL-Hank Aaron Award
2006-ML-Major League Player of the Year
2006-NL-MVP

Silver Sluggers
2006-NL--1B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-NL-1-0.87
2007-NL-5-0.25
2008-NL-2-0.69
Car-110-1.81 shares

Batting Average
2006 NL-.313-9

On-base %
2006 NL-.425-5

Slugging %
2006 NL-.659-2
2007 NL-.584-5
2008 NL-.543-7

OPS
2006 NL-1.084-2
2007 NL-.976-8

Games
2006 NL-159-6
2008 NL-162-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2006 NL-704-8
2008 NL-700-5

Runs
2008 NL-105-9

Total Bases
2006 NL-383-1
2008 NL-331-4

Home Runs
2006 NL-58-1
2007 NL-47-2
2008 NL-48-1

RBI
2006 NL-149-1
2007 NL-136-2
2008 NL-146-1

Bases on Balls
2006 NL-108-4
2007 NL-107-4

Strikeouts
2006 NL-181-2
2007 NL-199-1
2008 NL-199-2

Adjusted OPS+
2006 NL-167-2
2007 NL-144-9

Runs Created
2006 NL-169-1

Adjusted Batting Runs
2006 NL-62-2
2007 NL-37-10

Batting Wins
2006 NL-5.7-2
2007 NL-3.4-10

Extra-Base Hits
2006 NL-84-2
2008 NL-78-5

Times on Base
2006 NL-299-1

Offensive Win%
2006 NL-.803-1
2007 NL-.706-10

Intentional Walks
2006 NL-37-2
2007 NL-35-2
2008 NL-17-6
Act-97-19

At Bats per Home Run
2006 NL-10.0-1
2007 NL-11.3-1
2008 NL-12.7-1

Outs
2008 NL-475-8

       

Black Ink: Batting - 17 (130) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 46 (528) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.0 (531) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 64.5 (283) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Philadelphia Phillies$355,000
2007Philadelphia Phillies$900,000
2008Philadelphia Phillies$10,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,255,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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