Frank Howard
Born: August 8, 1936, Columbus, OH Died: October 30, 2023, Aldie, VAHeight: 6'7" Weight: 255 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Ohio State
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1958 Los Angeles NL 21 8 29 3 7 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 .241 .379 .267 1959 Los Angeles NL 22 9 21 2 3 8 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 .143 .381 .217 1960 Los Angeles NL 23 117 448 54 120 208 15 2 23 77 2 2 0 1 31 1 3 108 8 .268 .464 .320 1961 Los Angeles NL 24 92 267 36 79 138 10 2 15 45 1 2 0 1 18 3 1 50 12 .296 .517 .347 1962 Los Angeles NL 25 141 493 80 146 276 25 6 31 119 1 4 1 0 29 10 1 108 18 .296 .560 .346 1963 Los Angeles NL 26 123 417 58 114 216 16 1 28 64 2 3 1 2 29 4 4 116 7 .273 .518 .330 1964 Los Angeles NL 27 134 433 60 98 187 13 2 24 69 1 7 1 0 41 10 0 113 14 .226 .432 .303 1965 Washington AL 28 149 516 53 149 246 22 6 21 84 0 2 0 0 53 2 2 112 9 .289 .477 .358 1966 Washington AL 29 146 493 52 137 218 19 4 18 71 0 2 1 1 47 6 1 104 14 .278 .442 .348 1967 Washington AL 30 149 519 71 133 265 20 2 36 89 0 1 0 1 53 7 5 155 14 .256 .511 .338 1968 Washington AL 31 158 598 79 164 330 28 3 44 106 0 5 0 0 42 12 6 141 13 .274 .552 .338 1969 Washington AL 32 161 592 111 175 340 17 2 48 111 0 3 1 0 83 19 5 96 29 .296 .574 .402 1970 Washington AL 33 161 566 90 160 309 15 1 44 126 0 6 1 2 103 29 2 125 23 .283 .546 .416 1971 Washington AL 34 153 549 60 153 260 25 2 26 83 0 5 1 0 57 20 2 121 29 .279 .474 .367 1972 Texas AL 35 95 287 28 70 106 9 0 9 31 0 1 1 0 34 8 1 55 16 .244 .369 .341 1972 Detroit AL 35 14 33 1 8 12 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 .242 .364 .324 1973 Detroit AL 36 85 227 26 58 105 9 1 12 29 0 0 0 1 20 4 0 28 12 .256 .463 .327 TOTALS 1895 6488 864 1774 3235 245 35 382 1119 7 43 8 9 647 135 33 1460 219 .273 .499 .352
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1958 Los Angeles NL RF 33.0 5 0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 1958 Los Angeles NL LF 22.0 3 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 1959 Los Angeles NL LF 26.0 3 1 1 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 1959 Los Angeles NL RF 16.0 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 1960 Los Angeles NL RF 821.1 91 3 11 94 157 7 1 1 .994 1.80 1960 Los Angeles NL LF 178.0 21 1 7 22 22 1 2 0 .920 1.16 1960 Los Angeles NL 1B 16.0 1 3 1 4 19 3 1 2 .957 12.38 1961 Los Angeles NL RF 353.0 45 2 23 47 61 3 6 0 .914 1.63 1961 Los Angeles NL LF 134.0 16 3 10 19 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.41 1961 Los Angeles NL 1B 41.0 5 2 3 7 43 4 2 2 .959 10.32 1962 Los Angeles NL RF 1062.2 122 6 33 128 182 16 6 4 .971 1.68 1962 Los Angeles NL LF 45.2 5 4 3 9 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.18 1963 Los Angeles NL RF 915.0 104 3 22 107 181 4 8 0 .959 1.82 1963 Los Angeles NL LF 32.1 3 3 1 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.23 1964 Los Angeles NL RF 996.1 121 1 43 122 179 3 4 0 .978 1.64 1965 Washington AL LF 1089.0 138 0 59 138 204 5 4 0 .981 1.73 1965 Washington AL RF 10.0 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 1966 Washington AL LF 1039.0 134 1 69 135 215 6 4 1 .982 1.91 1967 Washington AL LF 1082.1 140 1 82 141 206 5 3 1 .986 1.75 1967 Washington AL 1B 17.0 2 2 1 4 15 1 0 0 1.000 8.47 1967 Washington AL RF 3.2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1968 Washington AL LF 899.1 105 2 31 107 168 11 8 1 .957 1.79 1968 Washington AL 1B 438.1 51 4 12 55 416 41 11 38 .976 9.38 1969 Washington AL LF 854.2 106 2 61 108 137 3 4 0 .972 1.47 1969 Washington AL 1B 441.1 47 23 9 70 455 31 10 38 .980 9.91 1969 Washington AL RF 43.2 6 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 1970 Washington AL LF 932.1 112 2 39 114 169 5 5 4 .972 1.68 1970 Washington AL 1B 395.1 42 6 5 48 429 25 6 37 .987 10.34 1970 Washington AL RF 47.0 6 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 1971 Washington AL LF 771.2 95 0 45 95 137 7 1 0 .993 1.68 1971 Washington AL 1B 426.2 48 20 18 68 414 58 4 40 .992 9.96 1971 Washington AL RF 39.0 5 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 1972 Texas AL 1B 473.1 55 11 20 66 440 27 9 39 .981 8.88 1972 Texas AL LF 159.2 20 0 11 20 23 0 1 0 .958 1.30 1972 Texas AL RF 7.0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 1972 Detroit AL 1B 65.0 9 1 6 10 55 5 3 5 .952 8.31 1972 Detroit AL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1973 Detroit AL 1B 9.0 1 1 1 2 12 0 1 0 .923 12.00 1973 Detroit AL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 5, 1958).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, Ken McMullen and a player to be named later to Washington Senators in exchange for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and $100,000 (December 4, 1964); Washington Senators received Dick Nen (December 15, 1964).
- Sold by Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers (August 31, 1972).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (October 25, 1973).
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