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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
2	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	10 (6)	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12	May 1	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	13	May 2	NYY		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	16 (2)	May 5	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	GF	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	17	May 6 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	18	May 6 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	19	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	20	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	21	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	22	May 11	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
15	23	May 12	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	24	May 13 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	25	May 13 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	26	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	28 (1)	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	30	May 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	31	May 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	32	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	33	May 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
25	34	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	35	May 24	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	36	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	37	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
29	40 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
30	41	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-5	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	42	May 31	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	44 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	46 (1)	Jun 5	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
34	49 (2)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	50	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	51	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	52	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	53	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	54	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	60 (5)	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	24	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF LF
42	63 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C RF
43	69 (5)	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	71 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
45	72	Jul 3	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	16	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	78 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	79	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,9-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	81 (1)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	84 (2)	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,4-0	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	86 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
55	87	Jul 19	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	88	Jul 20	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
57	89	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
58	95 (5)	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	100 (4)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	GF	24	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	104 (1)	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
63	105	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	106	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,12-2	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
65	107	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	108	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	109	Aug 11	NYY		BAL	L,5-10	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	110	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	111	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	112	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	116 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	117	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	118	Aug 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
74	119	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	121 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	122	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
77	123	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	124	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	126 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	131 (4)	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	133 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	136 (2)	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	137	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	141 (3)	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	145 (3)	Sep 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	146	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	149 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
89	150	Sep 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							93gm		667.2	204	17	1	222	5