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Larry
Howard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 6, 1945 in Usa, OH, COLUMBUS
 
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
1970 25 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4
1971 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5
1972 27 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1973 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
1974 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6
1975 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
1976 31 BOS AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 2 3 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
1977 32 IND AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
1978 33 IND AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4
1979 34 MIN AL $ 775,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 775,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
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
1970 25 DET AL 12 35 3 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .314 .385 .400 .785 4.2 0.7
    AAA   135 520 60 124 28 3 9 68 0 0 63 109 .238 .321 .356 .677 61.6  
1971 26 DET AL 49 140 16 30 7 0 1 5 0 0 17 36 .214 .299 .286 .585 11.2 0.7
    AA   56 223 25 66 13 1 7 24 0 1 26 47 .296 .369 .457 .827 36.4  
1972 27 AAA   31 97 12 28 6 0 3 20 0 1 15 21 .289 .384 .443 .827 16.3  
    AA   106 395 51 102 23 0 9 47 2 0 68 78 .258 .367 .385 .752 59.9  
1973 28 BOS AL 92 316 25 74 17 0 0 21 0 1 16 70 .234 .269 .288 .557 21.3 0.0
1974 29 BOS AL 76 157 18 44 8 0 0 16 0 1 11 29 .280 .327 .331 .659 14.9 1.6
1975 30 BOS AL 84 208 21 56 9 0 4 30 1 1 17 33 .269 .320 .370 .690 24.3 2.8
1976 31 BOS AL 40 108 15 30 6 1 2 14 0 0 7 20 .278 .322 .407 .729 12.0 1.8
1977 32 IND AL 127 437 35 98 22 0 5 36 1 0 37 95 .224 .283 .309 .592 34.9 0.5
1978 33 IND AL 85 181 19 52 13 1 3 20 0 0 23 42 .287 .366 .420 .786 26.2 4.8
1979 34 AAA   137 542 49 153 29 2 8 58 2 0 49 95 .282 .342 .387 .729 71.2  
8 Years Sim 565 1582 152 395 85 2 15 144 2 3 132 335 .250 .306 .334 .640 149.1 12.8
3 Years AAA 303 1159 121 305 63 5 20 146 2 1 127 225 .263 .335 .378 .713 149.1  
2 Years AA 162 618 76 168 36 1 16 71 2 1 94 125 .272 .366 .411 .777 96.3  
5 Years Minors 465 1777 197 473 99 6 36 217 4 2 221 350 .266 .346 .389 .736 245.4  
162 Game Average 453 43 113 24 0 4 41 0 0 37 96 .250 .306 .334 .640 42.7  
Career Highs 127 437 35 98 22 1 5 36 1 1 37 95 .314 .385 .420 .786 34.9  
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   1033 93 260 59 2 6 96 1 2 78 235 .252 .303 .330 .633 101.6
vs LH   549 59 135 26 0 9 48 1 1 54 100 .246 .311 .342 .654 60.2
Home 278 768 81 209 45 2 11 72 1 1 60 177 .272 .323 .379 .701 92.4
Away 287 814 71 186 40 0 4 72 1 2 72 158 .229 .290 .292 .582 69.3
RISP   376 0 89 18 1 2 120 0 0 41 85 .237 .304 .306 .610 37.3
Pinch Hitting   108 6 21 3 0 0 12 0 0 12 24 .194 .270 .222 .493 6.9
Close/Late   198 15 47 8 0 4 25 0 0 20 51 .237 .305 .338 .643 21.3
Mar/Apr 115 340 37 94 23 1 4 35 0 0 26 70 .276 .326 .385 .711 41.6
May 105 265 29 54 12 1 2 17 2 0 28 61 .204 .279 .279 .558 21.7
June 104 265 28 63 14 0 3 19 0 1 29 61 .238 .312 .325 .636 27.5
July 57 137 11 30 6 0 1 17 0 0 11 24 .219 .273 .285 .558 10.7
August 82 262 22 67 11 0 1 25 0 1 14 53 .256 .291 .309 .601 22.6
Sep/Oct 101 313 25 87 19 0 4 31 0 1 24 66 .278 .327 .377 .704 37.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 25 DET AL C 11 10 89.7 45 2 0 0 1.000 4.72 12 2 .167 0 0.4
1971 26 DET AL C 33 31 266.7 186 18 0 0 1.000 6.89 25 12 .480 0 3.0
    1B 7 6 54.0 61 1 0 7 1.000 10.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 28 BOS AL C 76 73 611.0 292 42 3 0 .991 4.92 66 29 .439 3 3.7
    1B 10 2 28.0 34 5 0 5 1.000 12.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1974 29 BOS AL C 34 32 261.0 154 14 4 0 .977 5.79 27 9 .333 0 1.7
    1B 16 1 43.0 57 6 0 9 1.000 13.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 30 BOS AL C 40 35 308.3 191 12 2 0 .990 5.93 33 8 .242 3 1.3
    1B 14 9 83.3 98 5 2 12 .981 11.12 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1976 31 BOS AL C 30 26 241.3 123 17 0 0 1.000 5.22 35 13 .371 1 1.6
    1B 3 0 7.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 32 IND AL C 78 70 616.0 285 31 5 0 .984 4.62 76 18 .237 2 3.1
    1B 48 48 389.0 481 41 3 45 .994 12.08 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 33 IND AL 1B 53 48 379.0 465 38 3 45 .994 11.94 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 6 1 24.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.75 4 1 .250 1 0.1
  C 308 278 2418.0 1285 137 14 0 .990 5.29 278 92 .331 10 14.9
  1B 151 114 983.3 1204 97 8 124 .994 11.91 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  RF 4 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   466 392 3417.3 2491 235 24 124 .991 7.18 278 92 .331 10 16.9
Career Highs   127 118 1007.0 766 72 8 45 1.000 11.46 76 29 .480 3  
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 60th overall pick, by Detroit in 1970
Had first career hit on 9/4/1970, off Dick Estelle (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/20/1971, off Billy Mccool (NYA)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/1/1971 (Going to DET: C Duke Sims, P Joe Hoerner. Going to BOS: C Dick Brown, DH Dick Stuart, C Larry Howard, 3B Nelson Mathews, P Tommie Sisk)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/15/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $775,000 per year
 
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