Elston Howard

Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 196lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: December 14, 1980 in New York, NY

Buried: George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ

High School: Vashon HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: 1948 (10,376th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 14, 1955 (Age 26-050d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1968 (Age 39-219d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Elston Gene Howard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.0

5443

1491

168

.274

635

RBI

775

OBP

.321

SLG

.427

OPS

.748

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	5	Apr 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
5	6	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	9	Apr 23	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
9	10	Apr 24	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	12 (1)	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
11	13	Apr 27	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	15 (1)	May 1 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	17 (1)	May 3	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	18	May 4	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	19	May 5	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	20	May 6	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	21	May 7	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	22	May 8	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
19	23	May 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
20	24	May 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
21	25	May 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	27 (1)	May 15 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
23	29 (1)	May 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	30	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	31	May 20	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
26	32	May 21	NYY		MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
27	34 (1)	May 22 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	35	May 24	NYY		CAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
29	36	May 25	NYY		CAL	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
30	37	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
31	38	May 28	NYY		CHW	T,2-2	CG	23	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	C
32	39	May 29	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
33	40	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	42 (1)	May 31	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	43	Jun 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
36	44	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
37	45	Jun 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	46	Jun 4	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	65	15.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
39	48 (1)	Jun 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	49	Jun 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	50	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	51	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	53 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-10	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	54	Jun 13	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	55	Jun 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
46	56	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	59 (2)	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	62	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
50	63	Jun 22	NYY		BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
51	64	Jun 23	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
52	65	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	66	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
54	67	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	69 (1)	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	70	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	72 (1)	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	73	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	74	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
60	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
61	78 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	80 (1)	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
63	82 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	84 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	86 (1)	Jul 14	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
66	87	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
67	88	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	89	Jul 17 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	90	Jul 17 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	91	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
71	92	Jul 20	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
72	93	Jul 21	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
73	94	Jul 22	NYY		CAL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
74	95	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
75	96	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
76	99 (2)	Jul 27	NYY		MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	100	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	101	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	103 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
81	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS	43	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	107 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CAL	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	109 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	110	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
85	112 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	113	Aug 9	NYY		BAL	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
87	115 (1)	Aug 11	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
88	117 (1)	Aug 13	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	118	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
90	120 (1)	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	121	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
92	123 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	125 (1)	Aug 20	NYY		KCA	W,8-5	GS	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
94	126	Aug 21	NYY		KCA	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
95	129 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		CAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
96	130	Aug 26	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GF	23	4.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
97	131	Aug 27	NYY		DET	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	132	Aug 28	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	133	Aug 29	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	134	Aug 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	135	Aug 31	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	136	Sep 1	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	137	Sep 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	139 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	140	Sep 4	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
106	141	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
107	143 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
108	144	Sep 7	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
109	146 (1)	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
110	149 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
111	150	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	151	Sep 16	NYY		MIN	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
113	152	Sep 17	NYY		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
							113gm		956.2	665	52	9	726	17