#52 Elston Howard, Catcher, 28 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Elston Howard
2/23/1929 28 USA,MO,ST. LOUIS 6"2 205
Catcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average GREAT Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1957 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 2 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Talent | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 1 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings C : 3 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 2 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 7 Infield Arm : 7 Outfield Arm : 8
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/20 | BOS | L 3-13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/21 | BOS | L 2-9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/22 | KC | W 5-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/23 | KC | W 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/24 | KC | W 5-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
9/27 | CIN | W 11-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/28 | CIN | L 6-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #6 | | |
9/30 | @CIN | L 5-6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
10/1 | @CIN | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
10/2 | @CIN | L 2-11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 137 | 477 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 104 | 78 | 40 | 79 | .335 | .387 | .543 | .930 | .924 | .208 |
Projected | 144 | 502 | 168 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 109 | 82 | 42 | 83 | .335 | .387 | .543 | .930 | .924 | .208 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 116 | 524 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 259 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 101.3 | 8.2 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 113 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .389 | .452 | .619 | 1.072 |
vs. RHP | 364 | 116 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 79 | 56 | 29 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .319 | .367 | .519 | .886 |
Close/Late | 48 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .563 | .593 | .938 | 1.530 |
Scoring Position | 137 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .380 | .451 | .628 | 1.078 |
Pinch Hitting | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .429 | .526 | .955 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 69 | 232 | 81 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 38 | 20 | 41 | .349 | .402 | .552 | .953 |
Road | 68 | 245 | 79 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 40 | 20 | 38 | .322 | .374 | .535 | .909 |
This Week | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
Last Week | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .118 | .111 | .118 | .229 |
March/April | 18 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .333 | .375 | .467 | .842 |
May | 25 | 89 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 12 | .337 | .371 | .528 | .899 |
June | 26 | 88 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 20 | .273 | .319 | .500 | .819 |
July | 23 | 93 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 12 | .344 | .402 | .516 | .918 |
August | 24 | 91 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 13 | .407 | .440 | .692 | 1.132 |
Sept/Oct | 21 | 71 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 11 | .310 | .410 | .507 | .917 |
Postseason | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .190 | .182 | .190 | .372 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1955 | 95 | 265 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .321 | .347 | .491 | .837 | NYY |
1956 | 115 | 393 | 118 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 78 | 44 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 0 | .300 | .351 | .405 | .756 | NYY |
1957 | 137 | 477 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 104 | 78 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 1 | .335 | .387 | .543 | .930 | NYY,AL |
Total | 347 | 1135 | 363 | 59 | 3 | 40 | 224 | 167 | 82 | 4 | 7 | 172 | 4 | 3 | .320 | .366 | .483 | .848 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1955 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .417 | .801 |
1957 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .182 | .190 | .372 |
Total | 9 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .265 | .273 | .537 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 119 | 114 | 676 | 42 | 3 | 720 | 2 | .997 | 1017.0 | 6.37 | 1 | 48 | 19 | 39.6 |
Leftfield | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 19.0 | 4.26 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955... Had first career hit on 4/4/1955, off Hal Newhouser (DET)... Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1955, off Ken Johnson (KC)... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1955... Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1956... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1957, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1957, hitting .407 with 7 HR, 25 RBI...
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