Bill Howerton

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: December 12, 1921 in Lompoc, CA us

Died: December 18, 2001 in Blakely, PA

Buried: St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, PA

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: September 11, 1949 (Age 27-273d, 10,640th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 29, 1952 (Age 30-200d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: William Ray Howerton

Nicknames: Hopalong

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

650

178

.274

RBI

106

OBP

.364

SLG

.472

OPS

.836

OPS+

119

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

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	18 (17)	May 9	STL	@	NYG	L,3-17	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	19	May 10	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	20	May 12 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	23 (2)	May 13 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
5	28 (4)	May 19	STL		BRO	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	29	May 20	STL		NYG	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	30	May 21	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	31	May 22	STL		BSN	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	32	May 23	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
10	33	May 24	STL		CIN	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	34	May 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	48	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	35	May 26	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	36	May 27	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	48 (8)	Jun 8	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	49	Jun 9	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	53 (3)	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates
18	55	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,11-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	56	Jun 17 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	57	Jun 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	58	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	59	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	60	Jun 22	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
24	61	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	62	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	63	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	65 (1)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	66	Jun 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	68 (1)	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	11.2	5	0	0	5	0
30	69	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	70	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	71	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	72	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,16-4	CG	29	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	73	Jul 5	PIT		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	74	Jul 6	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	75	Jul 7	PIT		STL	W,5-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	76	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	77	Jul 8 (2)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
39	78	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	79	Jul 13	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	80	Jul 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	81	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	82	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	83	Jul 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	84	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
46	85	Jul 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,13-12	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	87 (1)	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	88	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	95 (6)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	97 (1)	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	GS	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	103 (5)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-12	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	107 (3)	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	108	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	109	Aug 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
55	110	Aug 12 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	112 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	116 (3)	Aug 17	PIT		CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	117	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	119 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
60	124 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-11	GS	36	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
61	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	130 (3)	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	132 (1)	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
64	133	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	GF	20	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
65	135 (1)	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	136	Sep 6	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	GS	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
67	137	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,4-11	GF	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	140 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
69	142 (1)	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	143	Sep 14	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
71	146 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
72	150 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	154 (3)	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	155	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
							74gm		588.0	127	10	8	145	1