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Dick Howser
Richard Dalton Howser

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 155 lb.
School Florida State University

Debut April 11, 1961
  vs. BOS 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1968
Born May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL
Died June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO

Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 25 KCA AL 158  611  108  171  29  6   3   45  37  9  92  38  .280  .377  .362   98  221   8   3   0   5   8 RoY-2,AS
 1962 26 KCA AL  83  286   53   68   8  3   6   34  19  2  38   8  .238  .326  .350   80  100   9   3   0   1   5
 1963 27 TOT AL  64  203   29   48   5  0   1   11   9  3  29  21  .236  .329  .276   71   56   5   2   1   0   5
         KCA AL  15   41    4    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   7   3  .195  .313  .195   43    8   1   0   1   0   0
         CLE AL  49  162   25   40   5  0   1   10   9  3  22  18  .247  .333  .296   79   48   4   2   0   0   5
 1964 28 CLE AL 162  637  101  163  23  4   3   52  20  7  76  39  .256  .335  .319   84  203  16   4   1   2  12
 1965 29 CLE AL 107  307   47   72   8  2   1    6  17  4  57  25  .235  .354  .283   83   87  10   2   0   1   5
 1966 30 CLE AL  67  140   18   32   9  1   2    4   2  4  15  23  .229  .299  .350   87   49   4   2   0   0   4
 1967 31 NYY AL  63  149   18   40   6  0   0   10   1  4  25  15  .268  .381  .309  111   46   3   0   0   2   0
 1968 32 NYY AL  85  150   24   23   2  1   0    3   0  1  35  17  .153  .321  .180   58   27   3   0   0   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      789 2483  398  617  90 17  16  165 105 34 367 186  .248  .346  .318   87  789  58  16   2  13  43
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        510   82  127  18  3   3   34  22  7  75  38  .248  .346  .318   87  162  12   3   0   3   9
 Career High    162  637  108  171  29  6   6   52  37  9  92  39  .280  .377  .362   98  221  16   4   1   5  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 25 KCA AL  719  468   95   5.4   105| .280  .265| .377  .340| .362  .412| .739  .753|  98  .570   2.6   0.2  80%
 1962 26 KCA AL  337  237   37   4.2   106| .238  .268| .326  .341| .350  .417| .676  .758|  80  .462  -8.2  -0.8  90%
 1963 27 TOT AL  239  170   20   3.2    96| .236  .257| .329  .323| .276  .396| .605  .719|  71  .375  -6.7  -0.7  75%
         KCA AL   49   34    3   2.4    99| .195  .262| .313  .329| .195  .405| .508  .734|  43  .261  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         CLE AL  190  136   17   3.4    95| .247  .255| .333  .322| .296  .394| .629  .716|  79  .402  -3.7  -0.4  75%
 1964 28 CLE AL  735  513   74   3.9    95| .256  .254| .335  .323| .319  .395| .654  .718|  84  .459 -11.0  -1.1  74%
 1965 29 CLE AL  377  256   38   4.0    93| .235  .252| .354  .322| .283  .386| .637  .708|  83  .497  -4.0  -0.4  80%
 1966 30 CLE AL  161  122   14   3.1    90| .229  .248| .299  .315| .350  .383| .649  .698|  87  .394  -2.0  -0.2  33%
 1967 31 NYY AL  179  116   19   4.4    80| .268  .238| .381  .306| .309  .356| .690  .662| 111  .577   3.8   0.4  20%
 1968 32 NYY AL  190  135   11   2.2    77| .153  .233| .321  .302| .180  .346| .501  .648|  58  .297  -5.5  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2937 2017  308   4.1    96| .248  .256| .346  .326| .318  .395| .664  .721|  87  .484 -31.1  -3.2  75%

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 25 KCA AL SS 157 299 427 38 85 .950 .956 4.62 4.37 4.85 4.84 156 1348.0 AS 1962 26 KCA AL SS 72 138 191 13 37 .962 .962 4.57 4.47 4.70 4.84 72 630.0 1963 27 TOT AL SS 54 101 113 11 21 .951 .965 3.96 4.56 4.28 4.78 52 450.0 KCA AL SS 10 21 23 2 6 .957 .965 4.40 4.56 4.45 4.78 10 89.0 CLE AL SS 44 80 90 9 15 .950 .965 3.86 4.56 4.24 4.78 42 361.0 1964 28 CLE AL SS 162 291 463 20 100 .974 .968 4.65 4.55 4.65 4.78 161 1459.7 1965 29 CLE AL SS 73 119 173 7 33 .977 .962 4.00 4.38 4.30 4.74 69 611.0 2B 17 25 38 0 8 1.000 .978 3.71 4.38 4.96 5.07 12 114.3 1966 30 CLE AL 2B 26 29 41 1 8 .986 .975 2.69 4.38 3.57 5.09 20 176.7 SS 26 24 54 4 8 .951 .959 3.00 4.41 4.01 4.79 17 175.0 1967 31 NYY AL 2B 22 55 46 1 15 .990 .979 4.59 4.19 4.80 4.95 21 189.3 3B 12 7 24 2 3 .939 .954 2.58 2.72 2.79 3.13 11 100.0 SS 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 2.67 4.10 3.43 4.63 2 21.0 1968 32 NYY AL 2B 29 58 103 3 19 .982 .977 5.55 4.34 5.75 5.11 27 252.0 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.65 2.00 3.05 2 18.0 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.95 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 29 CLE AL 2B 17 25 38 0 8 1.000 .978 3.71 4.38 4.96 5.07 12 114.3 1966 30 CLE AL 2B 26 29 41 1 8 .986 .975 2.69 4.38 3.57 5.09 20 176.7 1967 31 NYY AL 2B 22 55 46 1 15 .990 .979 4.59 4.19 4.80 4.95 21 189.3 1968 32 NYY AL 2B 29 58 103 3 19 .982 .977 5.55 4.34 5.75 5.11 27 252.0 1967 31 NYY AL 3B 12 7 24 2 3 .939 .954 2.58 2.72 2.79 3.13 11 100.0 1968 32 NYY AL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.65 2.00 3.05 2 18.0 1961 25 KCA AL SS 157 299 427 38 85 .950 .956 4.62 4.37 4.85 4.84 156 1348.0 1962 26 KCA AL SS 72 138 191 13 37 .962 .962 4.57 4.47 4.70 4.84 72 630.0 1963 27 TOT AL SS 54 101 113 11 21 .951 .965 3.96 4.56 4.28 4.78 52 450.0 KCA AL SS 10 21 23 2 6 .957 .965 4.40 4.56 4.45 4.78 10 89.0 CLE AL SS 44 80 90 9 15 .950 .965 3.86 4.56 4.24 4.78 42 361.0 1964 28 CLE AL SS 162 291 463 20 100 .974 .968 4.65 4.55 4.65 4.78 161 1459.7 1965 29 CLE AL SS 73 119 173 7 33 .977 .962 4.00 4.38 4.30 4.74 69 611.0 1966 30 CLE AL SS 26 24 54 4 8 .951 .959 3.00 4.41 4.01 4.79 17 175.0 1967 31 NYY AL SS 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 2.67 4.10 3.43 4.63 2 21.0 1968 32 NYY AL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 548 975 1428 93 284 .963 .962 4.39 4.46 4.60 4.80 529 4696.7 2B* 94 167 228 5 50 .988 .977 4.20 4.32 4.85 5.06 80 732.3 3B* 14 9 26 2 3 .946 .954 2.50 2.71 2.67 3.12 13 118.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 656 1151 1682 100 337 .966 .964 4.32 4.40 4.60 4.80 622 5547
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1961-1 KCA AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 KCA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   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
1961-1 *
1961-2

Games
1961 AL-158-10
1964 AL-162-3

At Bats
1961 AL-611-7
1964 AL-637-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1961 AL-719-4
1964 AL-735-1

Runs
1961 AL-108-6
1964 AL-101-2

Hits
1961 AL-171-6
1964 AL-163-10

Doubles
1961 AL-29-10

Bases on Balls
1961 AL-92-9
1964 AL-76-10

Stolen Bases
1961 AL-37-2
1962 AL-19-5
1964 AL-20-4
1965 AL-17-7

Singles
1961 AL-133-6
1964 AL-133-2

Times on Base
1961 AL-268-4
1964 AL-241-6

Sac. Hits
1964 AL-16-1
1965 AL-10-3

Caught Stealing
1961 AL-9-4
1964 AL-7-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1961 AL-16.1-5
1964 AL-16.3-2

Outs
1961 AL-468-8
1964 AL-513-2

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 30 (768) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1030) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1963: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Joe Azcue to the Cleveland Indians for Doc Edwards and $100,000.

December 20, 1966: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Yankees for Gil Downs (minors) and cash.


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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