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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	50	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	12	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	14	Apr 30	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	17 (1)	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	18	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	19	May 5	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	20	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
20	21	May 7	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	23 (1)	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	24	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	25	May 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
24	26	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
25	27	May 14	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	28	May 15	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	29	May 17	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	31 (1)	May 19 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	32	May 21	NYY		KCA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	33	May 22	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	35 (1)	May 25	NYY		WSA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
32	36	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	37	May 26 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,6-7	GF	9	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	38	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	39	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	40	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	42	Jun 2 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	43	Jun 2 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	44	Jun 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	45	Jun 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
42	46	Jun 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	5	0	12	2	C
43	47	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	48	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	49	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	50	Jun 10 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
47	51	Jun 10 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	52	Jun 12	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	53	Jun 13	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	54	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	55	Jun 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
52	57 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	58	Jun 18	NYY		WSA	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
54	59	Jun 19	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	61 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	62	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
57	63	Jun 22 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	64	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	65	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
60	66	Jun 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	68	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	69	Jun 28	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	70	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	72 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,11-4	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	73	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	74	Jul 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
68	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
69	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	78	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
71	80 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
72	82 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
73	84 (1)	Jul 13	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	86 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	87	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,10-11	CG	57	11.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
76	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
78	90	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	91	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
80	93 (1)	Jul 22	NYY		LAA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	94	Jul 23	NYY		LAA	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
82	97 (2)	Jul 26	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
83	98	Jul 27	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	100 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	101	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	102	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
87	103	Jul 31	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	104	Aug 2	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
89	106 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	107	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,11-10	CG	52	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	108	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,5-8	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	110 (1)	Aug 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
93	111	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	112	Aug 9	NYY	@	LAA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
95	113	Aug 10	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
97	116 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
98	117	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
100	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	121 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
102	122	Aug 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	123	Aug 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
104	125 (1)	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
105	126	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	128 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
107	129	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	50	12.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
108	130	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
109	132 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	133	Aug 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	134	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	136 (1)	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	138 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	140 (1)	Sep 4	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
115	141	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	4	3	1	8	1	C
116	142	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
117	143	Sep 7	NYY		DET	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	145 (1)	Sep 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	146	Sep 10	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
120	147	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	149 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
122	150	Sep 14 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	151	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	152	Sep 15	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	153	Sep 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	13	1	0	14	0	C
126	155 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
127	156	Sep 21	NYY		KCA	L,3-5	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
128	157	Sep 22	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
129	158	Sep 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	159	Sep 25	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
131	160	Sep 27	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	GS	17	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
132	161	Sep 28	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
							132gm		1144.1	786	51	5	842	8