Ryan Howard

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 250lb (193cm, 113kg)

Born: November 19, 1979 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Missouri State University (Springfield, MO).

High School: Lafayette HS (Wildwood, MO)

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: September 1, 2004 (Age 24-287d, 18,554th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2016 (Age 36-318d)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management • Previously: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ryan James Howard

Nicknames: Big Piece

Pronunciation: \HOW-erd\

Twitter: @ryanhoward

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MVP
Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
2008 World Series
Silver Slugger
NLCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

5707

1475

382

.259

848

RBI

1194

OBP

.344

SLG

.515

OPS

.859

OPS+

125

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

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS	24	7.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	4	Apr 8	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
4	5	Apr 9	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
5	6	Apr 10	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
6	7	Apr 11	PHI		SDP	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
7	8	Apr 12	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
8	9	Apr 13	PHI		SDP	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
9	10	Apr 14	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
10	11	Apr 15	PHI		WSN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
11	12	Apr 16	PHI		WSN	L,1-8	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
12	13	Apr 17	PHI		WSN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 1B
13	14	Apr 18	PHI		NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
14	15	Apr 19	PHI		NYM	L,1-11	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
15	16	Apr 20	PHI		NYM	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
16	17	Apr 22	PHI	@	MIL	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
17	18	Apr 23	PHI	@	MIL	W,10-6	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
18	19	Apr 24	PHI	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
19	20	Apr 26	PHI	@	WSN	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
20	22 (1)	Apr 28	PHI	@	WSN	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
21	23	Apr 29	PHI		CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
22	24	Apr 30	PHI		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25	May 1	PHI		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
24	26	May 2	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
25	27	May 3	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
26	28	May 4	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
27	31 (2)	May 7	PHI	@	MIA	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
28	33 (1)	May 10	PHI	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
29	34	May 11	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	35	May 12	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-4	GS	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
31	37 (1)	May 14	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
32	38	May 15	PHI		CIN	L,4-9	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
33	41 (2)	May 18	PHI		MIA	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
34	42	May 20	PHI		ATL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
35	43	May 21	PHI		ATL	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
36	48 (4)	May 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
37	49	May 28	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	51 (1)	May 30	PHI		WSN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
39	52	May 31	PHI		WSN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	59 (6)	Jun 7	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
41	60	Jun 8	PHI		CHC	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
42	69 (8)	Jun 18	PHI		ARI	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
43	75 (5)	Jun 24	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	7	0	2	9	0	1B
44	79 (3)	Jun 28	PHI	@	ARI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	81 (1)	Jul 1	PHI		KCR	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
46	83 (1)	Jul 3	PHI		KCR	W,7-2	GS	24	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
47	87 (3)	Jul 7	PHI	@	COL	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
48	88	Jul 8	PHI	@	COL	W,5-3	GS	37	7.2	4	0	0	4	1	1B
49	92 (3)	Jul 16	PHI		NYM	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
50	93	Jul 17	PHI		NYM	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
51	97 (3)	Jul 21	PHI		MIA	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
52	100 (2)	Jul 24	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
53	102 (1)	Jul 26	PHI	@	MIA	L,0-5	GS	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	106 (3)	Jul 30	PHI	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	109 (2)	Aug 3	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
56	112 (2)	Aug 6	PHI	@	SDP	L,7-9	GS	36	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
57	113	Aug 7	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-5	GS	24	6.0	4	4	0	8	0	1B
58	115 (1)	Aug 9	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
59	117 (1)	Aug 12	PHI		COL	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
60	119 (1)	Aug 14	PHI		COL	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
61	120	Aug 16	PHI		LAD	L,5-15	GS	42	8.0	5	3	1	9	0	1B
62	122 (1)	Aug 18	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
63	123	Aug 19	PHI		STL	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
64	125 (1)	Aug 21	PHI		STL	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
65	128 (2)	Aug 26	PHI	@	NYM	L,4-9	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	129	Aug 27	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-12	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
67	132 (2)	Aug 30	PHI		WSN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	134 (1)	Sep 2	PHI		ATL	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
69	135	Sep 3	PHI		ATL	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
70	137 (1)	Sep 5	PHI	@	MIA	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
71	140 (2)	Sep 8	PHI	@	WSN	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
72	141	Sep 9	PHI	@	WSN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	5	1	0	6	1	1B
73	144 (2)	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	3	0	1	4	1	1B
74	145	Sep 13	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
75	148 (2)	Sep 16	PHI		MIA	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
76	153 (4)	Sep 22	PHI	@	NYM	L,8-9	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
77	154	Sep 23	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-10	GS	29	6.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
78	156 (1)	Sep 25	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-17	CG	50	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
79	157	Sep 27	PHI	@	ATL	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	158	Sep 28	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-12	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
81	160 (1)	Sep 30	PHI		NYM	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
82	161	Oct 1	PHI		NYM	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
83	162	Oct 2	PHI		NYM	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
							83gm		644.1	557	45	11	613	47