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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 22	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 23	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 24	NYY		BAL	W,15-9	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
8	8	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	9	Apr 29	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,16-0	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	13 (1)	May 4	NYY		DET	W,4-2	GF	25	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	14	May 6	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	15	May 7	NYY		KCA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	16	May 8	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GS	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
16	17	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	GS	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	18	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	19	May 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	20	May 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
20	21	May 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	22	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	23	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
23	25 (1)	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	26	May 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	28 (1)	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	32 (3)	May 28	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	49	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	34	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	38 (3)	Jun 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	40 (1)	Jun 4	NYY		BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
31	42 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	43	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
33	44	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	46 (1)	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	50 (3)	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
36	51	Jun 15	NYY	@	KCA	T,7-7	CG	51	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	52	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	53	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
39	55 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	57 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	59 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	60	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
43	61	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	62	Jun 26 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	64 (1)	Jun 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	66 (1)	Jun 30	NYY		KCA	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	68 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	69	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	70	Jul 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	75 (4)	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	77 (1)	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	78	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,11-2	GF	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	79	Jul 17 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-12	GS	15	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
54	80	Jul 17 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	86 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
57	87	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	88	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	90 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	91	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	92	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-5	CG	47	11.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
62	93	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	99 (5)	Aug 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,16-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	101 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	102	Aug 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
66	103	Aug 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
67	104	Aug 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	105	Aug 12	NYY		WSH	L,7-12	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
69	107 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
70	108	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	CG	57	15.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
71	111 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
73	114 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	115	Aug 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
75	116	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
76	117	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
77	118	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	119	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	120	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	C
80	122 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
81	124 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	128 (3)	Sep 3	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	132 (3)	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
86	138 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	139	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	141 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	145 (3)	Sep 20	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	150 (4)	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
91	151	Sep 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							92gm		732.2	410	40	6	456	9