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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	4	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
4	6 (1)	Apr 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	7	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
6	10 (2)	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
7	11	Apr 26	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
8	14 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17 (2)	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	30	6.2	4	1	0	5	0	PH C
10	18	May 7 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
11	20 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	21	May 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
13	24 (2)	May 13	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
14	25	May 14	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	26	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	28 (1)	May 19	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	31 (2)	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	33 (1)	May 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	34	May 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
20	36 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
21	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	41 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		DET	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	43 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	44	Jun 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,7-11	CG	57	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	45	Jun 5	NYY		WSA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	47 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	50 (2)	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	51	Jun 10	NYY		CHW	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
29	52	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
30	55 (2)	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	56	Jun 14 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	58 (1)	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	60 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	61	Jun 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	C
35	65 (3)	Jun 24	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	66	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS	18	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	72 (4)	Jul 1	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	79 (6)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
40	81 (1)	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	83 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	85 (1)	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	88 (2)	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
44	89	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	92 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
46	93	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C 1B
47	94	Jul 25	NYY		MIN	T,1-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	96 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,2-3	GS	60	16.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox
49	106	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	107	Aug 6	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	18	4.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	108	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
52	109	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
53	110	Aug 9	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	111	Aug 11	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	112	Aug 12	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	114 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	115	Aug 16	BOS		DET	W,8-3	GS	17	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
58	117 (1)	Aug 18	BOS		CAL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	118	Aug 19	BOS		CAL	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
60	119	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		CAL	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
61	120	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		CAL	W,9-8	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
62	121	Aug 21	BOS		WSA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	122	Aug 22 (1)	BOS		WSA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
64	124 (1)	Aug 23	BOS		WSA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	125	Aug 24	BOS		WSA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	126	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	127	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	129 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
69	131 (1)	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	132	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
71	133	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	52	11.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	135 (1)	Aug 31	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	136	Sep 1	BOS		CHW	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
74	137	Sep 2	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	138	Sep 3	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
76	139	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	141 (1)	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	142	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
79	143	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	146 (2)	Sep 12	BOS		KCA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	148 (1)	Sep 15	BOS		BAL	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	149	Sep 16	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	GS	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
83	150	Sep 17	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
84	156 (5)	Sep 22 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	158 (1)	Sep 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	159	Sep 26	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
87	160	Sep 27	BOS		CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	161	Sep 30	BOS		MIN	W,6-4	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
89	162	Oct 1	BOS		MIN	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							90gm		728.2	536	40	6	582	9