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Frank
Howard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 270
 
Born: August 8, 1936 in Usa, OH, COLUMBUS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Gold Glove 1971   
All-Star Selections 1963    1964    1966    1968    1969    1972   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 21 STL NL     5 5 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5
1959 22 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 9 8 9 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1960 23 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 6 7 6 5 5
1961 24 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1962 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 7 6 7
1963 26 STL NL $ 3,192,857   6 6 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 7
1964 27 STL NL $ 4,400,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 7
1965 28 STL NL $ 4,400,000   7 7 8 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 7
1966 29 STL NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1967 30 STL NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 7
1968 31 STL NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 6 7
1969 32 OAK AL $ 5,420,000   6 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 7 6 7
1970 33 OAK AL $ 5,420,000   6 6 7 8 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 7
1971 34 OAK AL $ 5,420,000   6 6 7 8 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 6 7
1972 35 OAK AL $ 5,420,000   6 6 7 8 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 6 7
1973 36 OAK AL $ 4,310,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 6 7
1974 37 OAK AL $ 4,310,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 5 4 4 9 8 8 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,420,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 21 AAA   128 485 95 157 15 1 66 143 4 4 82 107 .324 .422 .767 1.189 140.2  
1959 22 STL NL 132 473 62 108 21 2 25 74 0 0 45 122 .228 .295 .440 .734 61.7 7.3
    AAA   26 95 20 28 5 0 13 29 1 1 15 29 .295 .391 .758 1.149 25.8  
1960 23 STL NL 149 503 77 128 28 7 25 87 0 0 63 126 .254 .336 .487 .823 79.5 16.1
1961 24 STL NL 147 430 61 112 21 1 27 70 0 1 42 125 .260 .325 .502 .827 68.9 13.6
1962 25 STL NL 152 538 72 138 20 4 22 69 0 0 71 105 .257 .340 .431 .772 79.1 18.8
1963 26 STL NL 151 532 70 153 23 4 31 100 4 1 56 92 .288 .352 .521 .873 94.5 24.2
1964 27 STL NL 155 588 97 165 26 4 23 89 2 2 65 84 .281 .351 .456 .806 88.3 19.5
1965 28 STL NL 159 562 87 143 28 2 19 71 3 4 83 80 .254 .350 .413 .763 78.7 15.8
1966 29 STL NL 155 588 92 148 29 2 26 86 2 4 72 100 .252 .332 .440 .773 84.7 17.1
1967 30 STL NL 156 579 84 164 22 2 30 107 0 2 57 86 .283 .348 .484 .831 92.0 20.8
1968 31 STL NL 121 425 63 123 15 0 18 61 1 1 54 66 .289 .369 .452 .821 67.1 13.5
1969 32 OAK AL 156 568 96 159 23 2 25 88 4 1 78 90 .280 .366 .460 .826 92.5 20.9
1970 33 OAK AL 146 545 87 145 20 0 27 99 0 0 76 83 .266 .354 .451 .805 86.6 17.8
1971 34 OAK AL 157 562 97 149 18 1 26 104 0 1 68 84 .265 .340 .440 .780 82.3 15.6
1972 35 OAK AL 157 557 80 178 22 1 16 88 3 5 76 88 .320 .398 .449 .847 93.9 18.7
1973 36 OAK AL 157 578 89 156 35 1 24 114 1 4 69 92 .270 .346 .458 .805 86.8 16.2
1974 37 OAK AL 153 540 72 126 15 3 14 60 2 1 82 92 .233 .336 .350 .686 65.0 8.2
16 Years Sim 2403 8568 1286 2295 366 36 378 1367 22 27 1057 1515 .268 .347 .451 .798 1301.4 264.1
2 Years AAA 154 580 115 185 20 1 79 172 5 5 97 136 .319 .416 .766 1.181 166.1  
162 Game Average 577 86 154 24 2 25 92 1 1 71 102 .268 .347 .451 .798 87.7  
Career Highs 159 588 97 178 35 7 31 114 4 5 83 126 .320 .398 .521 .873 94.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5364 742 1375 209 21 203 806 11 16 594 997 .256 .329 .417 .746 751.5
vs LH   3204 544 920 157 15 175 561 11 11 463 518 .287 .375 .509 .885 603.8
Home 1208 4253 633 1167 183 16 183 658 8 13 522 732 .274 .352 .454 .806 682.9
Away 1195 4315 653 1128 183 20 195 709 14 14 535 783 .261 .341 .449 .790 672.3
RISP   2111 0 608 92 11 100 932 0 0 312 375 .288 .372 .484 .856 386.0
Pinch Hitting   154 24 43 6 1 10 27 0 0 23 38 .279 .373 .526 .899 29.9
Close/Late   999 133 275 43 5 46 155 0 0 153 179 .275 .370 .466 .837 175.4
Mar/Apr 361 1262 188 320 61 4 48 177 5 2 158 251 .254 .335 .422 .758 184.2
May 431 1562 233 462 76 6 71 262 3 5 177 251 .296 .365 .488 .853 271.2
June 395 1389 215 362 60 5 66 237 6 3 182 235 .261 .346 .454 .799 222.3
July 409 1472 237 405 59 6 68 249 4 7 214 275 .275 .366 .462 .828 251.4
August 419 1494 211 385 58 11 59 227 4 5 174 262 .258 .333 .430 .763 218.5
Sep/Oct 388 1389 202 361 52 4 66 215 0 5 152 241 .260 .331 .446 .777 207.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 22 STL NL CF 86 86 742.0 204 3 4 0 .981 2.51   2.3
    LF 35 35 295.3 58 0 3 0 .951 1.77    
    1B 6 0 16.7 20 5 0 1 1.000 13.51   0.0
    RF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1960 23 STL NL CF 125 109 996.7 268 4 4 2 .986 2.46   1.3
    RF 10 4 51.3 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    1B 4 3 28.7 33 3 0 3 1.000 11.30   0.0
    LF 4 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1961 24 STL NL CF 108 78 748.3 187 5 2 3 .990 2.31   2.0
    RF 18 9 93.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
    LF 9 8 70.0 18 0 1 0 .947 2.31    
1962 25 STL NL CF 131 129 1149.0 272 4 4 2 .986 2.16   2.6
    LF 6 6 53.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    RF 10 1 23.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.57    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1963 26 STL NL CF 140 137 1218.0 292 2 1 1 .997 2.17   4.8
    RF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 27 STL NL CF 142 141 1255.3 287 5 2 3 .993 2.09   5.0
    RF 8 5 48.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 28 STL NL CF 143 139 1244.3 311 8 0 2 1.000 2.31   3.1
    RF 11 7 64.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.83    
    1B 2 0 5.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 18.57   0.0
1966 29 STL NL CF 153 150 1333.3 351 4 1 2 .997 2.40   4.8
1967 30 STL NL CF 150 150 1325.0 391 5 9 1 .978 2.69   3.6
    LF 2 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 31 STL NL CF 114 112 986.7 262 4 3 1 .989 2.43   2.8
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 32 OAK AL 1B 122 122 1067.0 1245 81 17 112 .987 11.18   1.5
    CF 28 26 231.7 67 1 1 0 .986 2.64   0.9
    RF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 33 OAK AL 1B 99 99 872.3 1090 68 7 99 .994 11.95   1.8
    RF 43 43 378.3 73 2 2 2 .974 1.78   1.1
    CF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 3 0 8.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.13    
1971 34 OAK AL 1B 151 148 1293.3 1518 108 9 127 .994 11.31   3.2
    CF 5 1 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1972 35 OAK AL 1B 148 143 1239.7 1380 108 18 140 .988 10.80   1.8
    RF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50   0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1973 36 OAK AL CF 142 141 1231.3 295 2 4 1 .987 2.17   4.0
    LF 4 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 6 0 10.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 8.10   0.0
1974 37 OAK AL 1B 50 48 397.0 508 27 4 45 .993 12.13   1.1
    CF 47 45 396.0 90 4 0 1 1.000 2.14   1.1
    LF 19 15 145.0 24 1 1 0 .962 1.55    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 1519 1445 12894.6 3285 51 35 19 .990 2.33   38.4
  1B 590 563 4931.3 5816 400 55 528 .991 11.34   9.5
  RF 118 71 710.0 140 3 4 2 .973 1.81   1.3
  LF 95 67 648.0 123 3 5 1 .962 1.75    
Career Totals   2322 2146 19183.9 9364 457 99 550 .990 4.61   49.1
Career Highs   157 150 1335.0 1523 108 18 140 .997 11.15    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 25 STL NL 4 19 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .316 .381 .316 .697
1963 26 STL NL 13 55 6 14 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 7 .255 .305 .327 .632
1964 27 STL NL 17 59 14 15 3 0 3 13 0 1 12 11 .254 .380 .458 .838
1966 29 STL NL 5 18 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .222 .318 .389 .707
1970 33 OAK AL 16 58 6 15 4 0 3 10 0 0 8 11 .259 .348 .483 .831
1971 34 OAK AL 7 23 6 10 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 6 .435 .536 .739 1.275
1973 36 OAK AL 17 67 10 22 1 1 5 16 0 0 9 11 .328 .408 .597 1.005
Career Post-Season Batting 79 299 46 86 10 1 15 55 0 2 42 51 .288 .376 .478 .854
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1972-4-.320
 On-Base Pct
1969-9-.366
1972-5-.398
 Slugging Pct
1963-7-.521
1969-7-.460
 OPS
1963-7-.873
1967-10-.831
1969-6-.826
 XR
1963-8-94.5
1964-10-88.3
1967-8-92.0
1969-7-92.5
 Games
1965-1-159
1969-7-156
1971-2-157
1972-4-157
1973-3-157
CAR-32-2403
At-Bats
1964-5-588
1966-10-588
CAR-39-8568
 Runs
1964-4-97
1965-10-87
1969-6-96
1971-7-97
 Hits
1964-4-165
1967-8-164
1972-9-178
 Total Bases
1963-8-277
1964-10-268
1967-7-280
1969-6-261
1973-8-265
CAR-48-3867
 Singles
1972-7-139
 Doubles
1960-10-28
1966-9-29
1973-10-35
Triples
1960-3-7
 Homeruns
1963-8-31
1967-6-30
1969-9-25
1970-7-27
1971-7-26
1973-9-24
CAR-43-378
 RBIs
1963-7-100
1967-3-107
1970-8-99
1971-5-104
1973-3-114
CAR-48-1367
 Walks
1962-8-71
1965-3-83
1966-7-72
 Strikeouts
1959-9-122
CAR-36-1515
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 95    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jeff Burroughs (964)
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  3. Tommie Agee (918)
  4. Jim Ray Hart (906)
  5. Ron Fairly (905)
  6. Eddie Mathews (899)
  7. Bill White (896)
  8. Willie Stargell (893)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Injured on 4/3/1958 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/2/1959, off Bob Miller (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1959, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1959, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 4/16/1960 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 7 runs on 8/24/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1961, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1963, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 4/20/1963 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1963, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1963, hitting .326 with 10 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,400,000 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1964, hitting .353 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1964, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,400,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1965: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $5,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1967, hitting .407 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Injured on 8/20/1968 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 8-9 weeks
10/22/1968: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $5,420,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Oakland on 2/6/1969 (Going to STL: P Don Rowe. Going to OAK: CF Frank Howard)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1969, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/4/1969
Injured on 6/15/1970 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1971
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 5/30/1972
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
9/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,310,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 2000th career hit on 9/18/1972, off John Morris (LAD)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1973, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1973, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Tampa Bay on 10/18/1973
 
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