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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 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	@	BAL	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	6 (1)	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	7	Apr 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
7	11 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	12	Apr 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
9	15 (2)	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	52	10.2	2	0	1	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16	May 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	17	May 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
12	18	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	19	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	20	May 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	21	May 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	23 (1)	May 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
17	24	May 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
18	25	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
19	26	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
20	27	May 16	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	51	11.0	11	2	1	14	0	1B
21	28	May 17 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
22	29	May 17 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,0-10	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
23	30	May 19	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
24	32 (1)	May 22	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	33	May 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	34	May 24 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	35	May 24 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	36	May 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	37	May 27	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	38	May 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	39	May 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
32	40	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	42 (1)	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	45 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,14-3	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
36	46	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	47	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	48	Jun 7 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
39	51 (2)	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	53 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	56 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
42	57	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	61 (3)	Jun 20	NYY		CLE	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	63 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	58	14.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
45	65 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	66	Jun 24	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C LF
47	67	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	74 (6)	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
49	75	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-10	GS	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	78 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	80 (1)	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
53	82 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	46	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
54	83	Jul 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
56	85	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	GS	33	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
57	87 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
58	88	Jul 17	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	17	1	0	18	2	1B
59	90 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
60	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
62	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
63	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
64	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	96	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	GS	37	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
66	98 (1)	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	101 (2)	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	104	Aug 4	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	105	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	106	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
73	107	Aug 7	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
74	108	Aug 8	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
75	109	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	110	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
77	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	48	10.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
78	112	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	113	Aug 12	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
80	114	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	L,2-5	GS	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B C
81	115	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
82	116	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,4-12	GS	53	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B C LF
83	117	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
84	118	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
86	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
87	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,2-14	GS	30	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 1B
89	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
90	124	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
91	125	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
92	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
93	127	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
94	128	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
95	129	Aug 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
96	130	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
97	131	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
99	133	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
100	134	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	135	Sep 4	NYY		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
102	138 (2)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
103	139	Sep 9	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
104	140	Sep 10	NYY		KCA	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
105	142 (1)	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,0-4	GS	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C 1B
106	143	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
107	144	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
108	145	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
109	146	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
110	147	Sep 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
111	148	Sep 18	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
112	151 (2)	Sep 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
113	152	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	4	1B
114	153	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
115	155 (1)	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							121gm		987.2	711	49	10	770	41