Frank Howard

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 255lb (201cm, 115kg)

Born: August 8, 1936 in Columbus, OH us

Died: October 30, 2023 in Aldie, VA

High School: South HS (Columbus, OH)

School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

Debut: September 10, 1958 (Age 22-033d, 11,579th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1973 (Age 37-053d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Frank Oliver Howard

Nicknames: Hondo, The Capital Punisher or The Washington Monument

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.6

6488

1774

382

.273

864

RBI

1119

OBP

.352

SLG

.499

OPS

.851

OPS+

142

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	WSA		NYY	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 12	WSA		NYY	W,10-4	GS	24	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 20	WSA		CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 21	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22	WSA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	10 (1)	Apr 24	WSA		BOS	L,4-7	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	11	Apr 25	WSA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	12	Apr 28	WSA		MIN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	13	Apr 29	WSA		MIN	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	14	Apr 30 (1)	WSA		MIN	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	15	Apr 30 (2)	WSA		MIN	W,3-0	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 2 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,1-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	17	May 2 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	18	May 3	WSA	@	KCA	W,6-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	19	May 5	WSA	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	20	May 6	WSA	@	CAL	W,2-0	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	21	May 7	WSA	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	22	May 8	WSA	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	23	May 9	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	24	May 11	WSA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	25	May 12	WSA		CLE	L,5-12	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	26	May 13	WSA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	27	May 14	WSA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	28	May 16	WSA		DET	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	29	May 17	WSA		DET	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	30	May 18	WSA		BAL	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	31	May 19	WSA		BAL	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	32	May 20	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	33	May 22	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	34	May 23	WSA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	LF
34	35	May 24	WSA	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	36	May 25	WSA	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	37	May 26	WSA	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
37	38	May 27	WSA	@	DET	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	39	May 28	WSA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	40	May 30 (1)	WSA		KCA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	41	May 30 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	42	May 31	WSA		CAL	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43	Jun 1	WSA		CAL	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	44	Jun 2	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-12	GS	32	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	45	Jun 3	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	46	Jun 4	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	47	Jun 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	49 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	50	Jun 7 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	51	Jun 8	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	52	Jun 9	WSA	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	53	Jun 10	WSA	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	54	Jun 11 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	55	Jun 11 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	56	Jun 12	WSA		CHW	W,6-5	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	57	Jun 13	WSA		CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	58	Jun 14 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	61 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,1-0	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	62	Jun 16 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	64 (1)	Jun 18	WSA		BOS	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	65	Jun 20	WSA	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	67 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	68	Jun 23	WSA		BAL	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	69	Jun 24	WSA	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	70	Jun 25	WSA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
65	71	Jun 26	WSA	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	72	Jun 27	WSA	@	CAL	W,9-4	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	73	Jun 28	WSA	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-4	GS	22	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	76 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	77	Jul 4 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	78	Jul 4 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,0-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
72	79	Jul 5	WSA	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	80	Jul 7	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	81	Jul 8	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	46	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
75	82	Jul 9 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	83	Jul 9 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
77	84	Jul 13 (1)	WSA		DET	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	85	Jul 13 (2)	WSA		DET	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	86	Jul 14	WSA		DET	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	87	Jul 15	WSA		DET	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	88	Jul 16	WSA		CLE	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	89	Jul 17	WSA		CLE	W,4-2	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	92 (2)	Jul 20	WSA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	93	Jul 21 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	96 (2)	Jul 23	WSA		BAL	L,3-7	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	97	Jul 25 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,1-5	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	98	Jul 25 (2)	WSA		KCA	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
88	99	Jul 26	WSA		KCA	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	100	Jul 27	WSA		KCA	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	101	Jul 28	WSA		CAL	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
91	102	Jul 29	WSA		CAL	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	103	Jul 30 (1)	WSA		CAL	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	104	Jul 30 (2)	WSA		CAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	105	Aug 1	WSA		MIN	L,4-5	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
95	106	Aug 2	WSA		MIN	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	107	Aug 4	WSA	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	108	Aug 5	WSA	@	CAL	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	109	Aug 6	WSA	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	110	Aug 7	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	111	Aug 8	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	112	Aug 9	WSA	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	80	20.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
102	113	Aug 10	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	114	Aug 11	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
104	115	Aug 12	WSA	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	116	Aug 13	WSA	@	KCA	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
106	117	Aug 15	WSA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
107	118	Aug 16	WSA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	119	Aug 17	WSA		CLE	L,3-8	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	120	Aug 18	WSA		KCA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	121	Aug 19	WSA		KCA	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	122	Aug 21	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	123	Aug 22 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
113	126 (2)	Aug 24	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	128 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
115	129	Aug 26	WSA		NYY	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	130	Aug 27	WSA		NYY	L,2-8	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	132 (1)	Aug 29	WSA		CHW	W,3-0	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	134 (1)	Aug 31	WSA	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	135	Sep 1	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
120	137 (1)	Sep 3	WSA	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
121	138	Sep 4 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
122	139	Sep 4 (2)	WSA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	140	Sep 5	WSA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
124	141	Sep 8	WSA		CAL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	142	Sep 9	WSA		CAL	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	143	Sep 10	WSA		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
127	144	Sep 11	WSA		MIN	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
128	145	Sep 12	WSA		MIN	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
129	146	Sep 13	WSA		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
130	147	Sep 15	WSA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
131	148	Sep 16	WSA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
132	149	Sep 17	WSA	@	DET	W,5-0	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
133	150	Sep 19	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
134	151	Sep 20 (1)	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
135	152	Sep 20 (2)	WSA		BAL	L,3-6	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
136	153	Sep 21	WSA		BAL	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
137	155 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	WSA		DET	L,0-4	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
138	156	Sep 24	WSA		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	157	Sep 25	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
140	158	Sep 26	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
141	159	Sep 29	WSA	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
142	160	Sep 30	WSA	@	CHW	W,4-0	GS	20	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
143	161	Oct 1	WSA	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							148gm		1103.0	221	6	3	230	1