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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	13 (10)	Apr 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	GF	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
3	14	Apr 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	15	Apr 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	21 (5)	May 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	22	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	26 (3)	May 14	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	27	May 15 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF C
9	29 (1)	May 17	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	35 (5)	May 24	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
11	36	May 25	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
12	37	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	38	May 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	41 (2)	May 29	NYY	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	43 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	45 (1)	Jun 1 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	46	Jun 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-6	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	47	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	48	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
20	50 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	51	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	57 (5)	Jun 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-10	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	60 (2)	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
24	64 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
25	65	Jun 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	66	Jun 21	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	68 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	72 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	73	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	74	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	75	Jul 1	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	76	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	77	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	81 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	21	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	RF
36	82	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	83	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
38	88 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	90 (1)	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	91	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF C
41	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	KCA	L,7-8	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
44	95	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	97 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
46	101 (3)	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	L,2-12	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
47	103 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,1-7	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	105 (1)	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	106	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
50	107	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	108	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,5-7	GS	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C LF
52	110 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	113 (2)	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	114	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	115	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,20-6	GF	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
56	116	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	118 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-6	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	121 (1)	Aug 20	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	122	Aug 21	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	127 (4)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	129 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	132 (1)	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
65	133	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	L,5-10	GF	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
66	136 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
67	138 (1)	Sep 8	NYY		KCA	W,13-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
68	140 (1)	Sep 10	NYY		CHW	L,8-9	GS	21	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	141	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
70	142	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
71	143	Sep 13	NYY		DET	W,6-0	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	145 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GF	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR LF
73	146	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
74	147	Sep 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	148	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	149	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
77	150	Sep 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	151	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	153 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-2	GF	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	154	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
							85gm		569.1	143	13	3	159	5