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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	BOS		DET	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	11 (4)	Apr 26	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	12	Apr 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS	17	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	13	Apr 28 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (3)	May 1	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
11	20 (2)	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	21	May 5	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	22	May 7	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	23	May 8	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
15	24	May 9	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	25	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
17	27 (1)	May 12 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	29 (1)	May 14	BOS		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
19	31 (1)	May 16	BOS		NYY	W,11-10	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	32	May 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
21	33	May 18	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	35 (1)	May 20	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	15	2	0	17	0	C
23	36	May 21	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
24	37	May 22	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	38	May 24	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	40 (1)	May 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	41	May 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	42	May 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	43	May 29	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
30	45 (1)	May 31	BOS		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	47 (1)	Jun 2	BOS		BAL	L,3-4	CG	27	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	48	Jun 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	49	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	53 (3)	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	54	Jun 8	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
36	55	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	57 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	59 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
39	60	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	61	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	63	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
43	65 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	66	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	68 (1)	Jun 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	69	Jun 26	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	71 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	73 (1)	Jun 30	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	74	Jul 1	BOS		OAK	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
50	75	Jul 2	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	76	Jul 3	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	91 (14)	Jul 20	BOS		WSA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	93 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		WSA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	96 (2)	Jul 26	BOS	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	98 (1)	Jul 28	BOS	@	WSA	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	99	Jul 29 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GS	23	5.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
57	101 (1)	Jul 30	BOS		BAL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	102	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	104 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
60	125 (20)	Aug 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	126	Aug 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	127	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	128	Aug 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
64	130 (1)	Aug 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	131	Aug 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	53	11.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	144 (12)	Sep 8	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	147 (2)	Sep 11	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	15	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	162 (14)	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							68gm		536.0	377	30	2	409	3