Ryan Howard

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 250lb (193cm, 113kg)

Born: November 19, 1979 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Missouri State University (Springfield, MO).

High School: Lafayette HS (Wildwood, MO)

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: September 1, 2004 (Age 24-287d, 18,554th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2016 (Age 36-318d)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management • Previously: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ryan James Howard

Nicknames: Big Piece

Pronunciation: \HOW-erd\

Twitter: @ryanhoward

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MVP
Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
2008 World Series
Silver Slugger
NLCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

5707

1475

382

.259

848

RBI

1194

OBP

.344

SLG

.515

OPS

.859

OPS+

125

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-19 / in Starts: 27-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2007	NLDS g1	Oct 3	PHI		COL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	1.11	-0.115	17.36	-1.18%	-0.80	1B
2	2007	NLDS g2	Oct 4	PHI		COL	L,5-10	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.625	.958	4	.57	-0.024	8.73	-0.23%	0.41	1B
3	2007	NLDS g3	Oct 6	PHI	@	COL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	4	1.79	-0.144	18.53	-0.82%	-0.63	1B
2008 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	2008	NLDS g1	Oct 1	PHI		MIL	W,3-1	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.750	.000	.750	4	.54	0.039	8.44	0.33%	0.60	1B
5	2008	NLDS g2	Oct 2	PHI		MIL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	4	.69	-0.065	11.16	-0.64%	-1.17	1B
6	2008	NLDS g3	Oct 4	PHI	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.375	.875	4	1.18	0.073	12.18	0.42%	0.97	1B
7	2008	NLDS g4	Oct 5	PHI	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.438	.273	.710	4	.65	-0.039	12.38	-0.49%	-0.65	1B
8	2008	NLCS g1	Oct 9	PHI		LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.350	.200	.550	4	.82	-0.086	21.32	-1.36%	-0.76	1B
9	2008	NLCS g2	Oct 10	PHI		LAD	W,8-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.320	.158	.478	4	.51	-0.053	13.50	-0.77%	-0.79	1B
10	2008	NLCS g3	Oct 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.345	.261	.606	4	.34	0.044	7.08	0.49%	0.95	1B
11	2008	NLCS g4	Oct 13	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.353	.259	.612	4	1.51	0.221	45.93	3.61%	0.83	1B
12	2008	NLCS g5	Oct 15	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.410	.323	.733	4	.57	0.126	10.00	1.41%	1.99	1B
13	2008	WS g1	Oct 22	PHI	@	TBR	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.386	.286	.672	4	1.01	-0.155	52.63	-5.28%	-1.72	1B
14	2008	WS g2	Oct 23	PHI	@	TBR	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.388	.325	.713	4	1.13	0.062	58.18	1.71%	0.57	1B
15	2008	WS g3	Oct 25	PHI		TBR	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.377	.386	.764	4	.88	-0.033	54.96	-1.14%	0.07	1B
16	2008	WS g4	Oct 26	PHI		TBR	W,10-2	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.414	.542	.955	4	1.02	0.299	65.64	10.59%	5.67	1B
17	2008	WS g5	Oct 27	PHI		TBR	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.397	.500	.897	4	1.07	-0.084	52.65	-2.26%	-1.00	1B
2009 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	2009	NLDS g1	Oct 7	PHI		COL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	4	.67	0.008	10.49	0.07%	-0.29	1B
19	2009	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI		COL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	4	1.26	0.117	20.32	1.22%	1.13	1B
20	2009	NLDS g3	Oct 11	PHI	@	COL	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.417	.385	.583	.968	4	1.86	0.221	39.05	2.84%	0.95	1B
21	2009	NLDS g4	Oct 12	PHI	@	COL	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.389	.563	.951	4	1.51	0.292	28.80	2.90%	1.00	1B
22	2009	NLCS g1	Oct 15	PHI	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.435	.579	1.014	4	.79	0.156	20.66	2.69%	1.88	1B
23	2009	NLCS g2	Oct 16	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.409	.462	.727	1.189	4	.84	0.149	21.48	2.49%	1.16	1B
24	2009	NLCS g3	Oct 18	PHI		LAD	W,11-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.452	.731	1.182	4	.50	0.161	15.57	2.80%	1.61	1B
25	2009	NLCS g4	Oct 19	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.379	.457	.793	1.250	4	2.23	0.109	71.79	1.74%	1.63	1B
26	2009	NLCS g5	Oct 21	PHI		LAD	W,10-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.462	.742	1.203	4	.39	0.025	9.45	0.39%	0.25	1B
27	2009	WS g1	Oct 28	PHI	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.455	.750	1.205	4	.59	-0.009	30.85	-0.45%	0.11	1B
28	2009	WS g2	Oct 29	PHI	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.417	.675	1.092	4	1.29	-0.137	66.25	-4.07%	-1.19	1B
29	2009	WS g3	Oct 31	PHI		NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.385	.614	.998	4	.68	-0.072	42.69	-2.68%	-0.90	1B
30	2009	WS g4	Nov 1	PHI		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.375	.583	.958	4	1.65	-0.043	100.35	-1.76%	-0.32	1B
31	2009	WS g5	Nov 2	PHI		NYY	W,8-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.383	.560	.943	4	.39	0.038	13.69	0.73%	0.42	1B
32	2009	WS g6	Nov 4	PHI	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.375	.593	.968	4	.63	-0.014	47.80	-0.61%	1.01	1B
2010 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	2010	NLDS g1	Oct 6	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	.22	-0.022	3.41	-0.19%	-0.73	1B
34	2010	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	4	1.50	-0.068	24.12	-0.72%	0.02	1B
35	2010	NLDS g3	Oct 10	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	4	.51	0.017	5.25	0.09%	0.06	1B
36	2010	NLCS g1	Oct 16	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	4	1.72	-0.091	44.98	-1.55%	-0.50	1B
37	2010	NLCS g2	Oct 17	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.444	.873	4	.83	0.028	21.24	0.39%	-0.07	1B
38	2010	NLCS g3	Oct 19	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.400	.409	.809	4	.63	-0.014	19.78	-0.24%	-0.22	1B
39	2010	NLCS g4	Oct 20	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.448	.458	.907	4	1.40	0.182	45.17	3.25%	0.89	1B
40	2010	NLCS g5	Oct 21	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.394	.393	.787	4	.99	-0.116	24.27	-1.78%	-1.27	1B
41	2010	NLCS g6	Oct 23	PHI		SFG	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.395	.424	.819	4	2.33	-0.161	105.08	-4.77%	-0.24	1B
2011 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	2011	NLDS g1	Oct 1	PHI		STL	W,11-6	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	1.333	1.733	4	1.13	0.423	17.80	3.94%	1.94	1B
43	2011	NLDS g2	Oct 2	PHI		STL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.714	1.048	4	1.62	0.017	26.00	0.02%	0.73	1B
44	2011	NLDS g3	Oct 4	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.231	.455	.685	4	1.15	-0.113	24.07	-1.31%	-0.91	1B
45	2011	NLDS g4	Oct 5	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.176	.333	.510	4	1.34	-0.131	25.58	-1.47%	-1.12	1B
46	2011	NLDS g5	Oct 7	PHI		STL	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.143	.263	.406	4	1.56	-0.153	64.90	-4.14%	-0.81	1B
									199	170	22	44	13	1	8	33	26	7	67	1	0	2		1	1	1	.259	.357	.488	.845

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