Wilbur Howard

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: January 8, 1949 in Lowell, NC us

Died: December 17, 2022 in Houston, TX

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 19th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Holbrook HS (Lowell, NC).

High School: Holbrook HS (Lowell, NC)

Debut: September 4, 1973 (Age 24-239d, 13,425th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1978 (Age 29-265d)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Wilbur Leon Howard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

1068

267

.250

149

RBI

OBP

.283

SLG

.322

OPS

.605

OPS+

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

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	6 (2)	Apr 14	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	7	Apr 16	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	8	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	9	Apr 18 (1)	HOU		SDP	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
8	13 (3)	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	GS	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
9	14	Apr 22	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	15	Apr 23	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
11	17 (1)	Apr 25	HOU		NYM	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	18	Apr 28 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
13	19	Apr 28 (2)	HOU	@	MON	L,7-8	GF	20	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	22 (2)	May 2 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
15	23	May 2 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	25 (1)	May 5	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF CF
17	26	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
18	27	May 8	HOU	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	28	May 9	HOU	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	29	May 11	HOU		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	30	May 12	HOU		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
22	32 (1)	May 15	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	33	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-12	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
24	35 (1)	May 17 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	37 (1)	May 19	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-4	GF	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	43 (5)	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	47 (3)	May 30 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	W,16-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	50 (2)	Jun 2	HOU		CIN	L,7-8		15	2.2	2	1	0	3	0	PH RF
29	53 (2)	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
30	54	Jun 6 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
31	55	Jun 6 (2)	HOU		CHC	W,5-1	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
32	56	Jun 7	HOU		STL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	67 (10)	Jun 22	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-7	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
34	68	Jun 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
35	71 (2)	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
36	73 (1)	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-2	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	74	Jun 29	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	77 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
39	78	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	GF	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
40	80 (1)	Jul 5	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	81	Jul 6	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
42	82	Jul 7	HOU		NYM	L,4-12	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
43	83	Jul 8	HOU		MON	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
44	84	Jul 9	HOU		MON	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	85	Jul 10	HOU		MON	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	86	Jul 11	HOU		MON	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	88 (1)	Jul 16	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	89	Jul 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
49	91 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,14-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	95 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
51	96	Jul 21 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
52	101 (4)	Jul 26	HOU		SDP	W,7-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	116 (14)	Aug 10	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
54	117	Aug 11	HOU	@	STL	W,8-1	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
55	119 (1)	Aug 14	HOU		PIT	L,4-5	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	125 (5)	Aug 20	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
58	130 (3)	Aug 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	136 (5)	Sep 1	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	138 (1)	Sep 4	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	139	Sep 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	149 (9)	Sep 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	157 (7)	Sep 26	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
64	158	Sep 27	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	161 (2)	Oct 1	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
							70gm		384.0	101	10	5	116	2