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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-14	CG	45	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 19	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 21	TEX		CAL	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 22	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	9 (1)	Apr 25	TEX		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	2	13	1	1B
9	10	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	11	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	12	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
12	13	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 2	TEX		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	15	May 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	16	May 5	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
16	17	May 6	TEX	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	18	May 7	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
18	19	May 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
19	20	May 11	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
20	21	May 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
21	22	May 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
22	23	May 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	24	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	25	May 16	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
25	27 (1)	May 19	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
26	31 (3)	May 22	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
27	32	May 23	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
28	37 (4)	May 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
29	38	May 29 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	GF	17	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
30	39	May 29 (2)	TEX		OAK	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
31	40	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	44 (3)	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-0	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
33	45	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	46	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
35	47	Jun 8	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
36	48	Jun 9	TEX		BAL	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
37	49	Jun 10	TEX		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
38	53 (3)	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
39	55 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
40	56	Jun 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	57	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	58	Jun 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
43	59	Jun 23	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
44	60	Jun 24	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
45	62 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
46	63	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
47	64	Jun 29	TEX		CAL	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	66 (1)	Jul 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	6	2	1	9	2	1B
49	68 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
50	69	Jul 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	70	Jul 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
52	75 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
53	76	Jul 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	83 (6)	Jul 16	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
55	85 (1)	Jul 18	TEX		BAL	L,1-2	GS	50	12.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
56	86	Jul 19	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
57	87	Jul 20	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
58	88	Jul 21	TEX		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	2	7	2	1B
59	92 (3)	Jul 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	7	1	0	8	2	1B
60	93	Jul 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
61	95 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
62	96	Jul 31	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	101 (4)	Aug 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
64	102	Aug 6 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
65	106 (3)	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
66	108 (1)	Aug 12	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	23	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
67	109	Aug 13	TEX		KCR	W,13-4	GS	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
68	110	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
69	111	Aug 16	TEX		BOS	W,9-8	GS	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	1B
70	112	Aug 17	TEX		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
71	113	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	W,11-2	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
72	114	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	115	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	CG	43	10.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
74	116	Aug 22	TEX	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	117	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
76	118	Aug 24 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
77	119	Aug 25	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
78	120	Aug 26	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
79	121	Aug 27	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
80	122	Aug 29 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
81	123	Aug 29 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
82	124	Aug 30	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers
83	126	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
84	127	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B LF
85	130 (2)	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
86	132 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
87	134 (1)	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
88	138 (3)	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
89	143 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
90	151 (7)	Sep 29	DET		MIL	W,12-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
91	154 (2)	Oct 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
92	156 (1)	Oct 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	GS	18	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							98gm		706.0	521	32	13	566	44