Dick Howser

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL us

Died: June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, FL

High School: Palm Beach HS (West Palm Beach, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: April 11, 1961 (Age 24-332d, 11,804th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 32-136d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Richard Dalton Howser

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

2483

617

.249

398

RBI

165

105

OBP

.346

SLG

.318

OPS

.664

OPS+

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 15	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 23	KCA		CLE	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10	CG	55	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 25	KCA		MIN	W,20-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
9	9	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
10	10	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 29	KCA		CHW	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
12	12	Apr 30 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
13	13	Apr 30 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	KCA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
15	15	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 6	KCA		BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
17	17	May 7	KCA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 9	KCA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
19	19	May 10	KCA		NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
20	20	May 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
21	21	May 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
22	22	May 14 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
23	23	May 14 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 15	KCA		LAA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
25	25	May 16	KCA		LAA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
26	26	May 18	KCA	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
27	27	May 19	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 20	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	29	May 21	KCA		DET	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	30	May 22	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
31	31	May 23	KCA		WSA	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	6	1	11	2	SS
33	33	May 25	KCA		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
35	35	May 28 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
36	36	May 28 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
37	37	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
38	38	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
39	39	May 31	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	KCA	@	DET	T,4-4	CG	35	7.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
41	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
42	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
43	43	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
44	44	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
45	45	Jun 5 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
46	46	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
47	47	Jun 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
48	48	Jun 8 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
49	49	Jun 8 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
50	50	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
51	51	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
52	52	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	53	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	4	4	1	9	0	SS
54	54	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
55	55	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 14	KCA	@	MIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
57	57	Jun 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	SS
58	58	Jun 16	KCA		LAA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
59	59	Jun 17	KCA		LAA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	60	Jun 18	KCA		LAA	L,3-5	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
61	61	Jun 19	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
62	62	Jun 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
63	63	Jun 21	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	64	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
65	65	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
66	66	Jun 24	KCA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
67	67	Jun 25 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
68	68	Jun 25 (2)	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
69	69	Jun 27 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 27 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
71	71	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
72	72	Jun 29	KCA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
73	73	Jun 30	KCA		MIN	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1	KCA		MIN	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	3	4	2	9	2	SS
75	75	Jul 2	KCA		MIN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
76	76	Jul 3	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
77	77	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
78	78	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
79	79	Jul 5	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	27	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
80	80	Jul 6	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
81	81	Jul 7 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
82	82	Jul 7 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
83	83	Jul 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
84	84	Jul 9	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-8	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
85	85	Jul 14 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
86	86	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,9-7	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
87	87	Jul 15	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
88	88	Jul 16 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
89	89	Jul 16 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
90	90	Jul 17	KCA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
91	91	Jul 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
92	92	Jul 19	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	3	7	0	SS
93	93	Jul 21	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
94	94	Jul 23 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	95	Jul 23 (2)	KCA		DET	L,14-17	GS	35	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	96	Jul 25	KCA		CLE	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
97	99 (2)	Jul 28	KCA		WSA	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
98	100	Jul 29	KCA		WSA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
99	101	Jul 30	KCA		WSA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	102	Aug 2 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	1	2	2	5	1	SS
101	103	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
102	104	Aug 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
103	105	Aug 4	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	106	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
105	107	Aug 6 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
106	108	Aug 6 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	109	Aug 7	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
108	110	Aug 8 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
109	111	Aug 8 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	112	Aug 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
111	113	Aug 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
112	114	Aug 11	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
113	115	Aug 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
114	116	Aug 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
115	117	Aug 14	KCA	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
116	118	Aug 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
117	119	Aug 16	KCA	@	MIN	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
118	120	Aug 18	KCA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
119	121	Aug 19	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
120	122	Aug 20 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
121	123	Aug 20 (2)	KCA		CHW	L,0-7	GS	34	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
122	124	Aug 22	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
123	125	Aug 23	KCA		BAL	L,5-7	CG	54	12.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
124	126	Aug 24	KCA		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
125	127	Aug 25	KCA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
126	128	Aug 26	KCA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
127	129	Aug 27	KCA		NYY	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
128	130	Aug 28	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
129	131	Aug 29	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
130	132	Aug 30	KCA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
131	133	Aug 31 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
132	134	Aug 31 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	135	Sep 1	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
134	136	Sep 2	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
135	137	Sep 4 (1)	KCA		LAA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
136	138	Sep 4 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
137	139	Sep 5 (1)	KCA		LAA	W,7-3	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
138	143 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	KCA		MIN	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
139	144	Sep 10 (2)	KCA		MIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
140	145	Sep 12	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
141	146	Sep 13	KCA	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
142	147	Sep 14	KCA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
143	148	Sep 15	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
144	149	Sep 16	KCA	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
145	150	Sep 17	KCA	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
146	151	Sep 19 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
147	152	Sep 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
148	153	Sep 20	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
149	154	Sep 22	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
150	155	Sep 23	KCA		CLE	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
151	156	Sep 25 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
152	157	Sep 25 (2)	KCA		DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
153	158	Sep 26	KCA		DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
154	159	Sep 27	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
155	160	Sep 29	KCA		WSA	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
156	161	Sep 30	KCA		WSA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS
157	162	Oct 1	KCA		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	SS
							157gm		1348.0	299	427	38	764	85