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Dick Howser	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 8'' Weight: 155   Born: May 14, 1936 in Usa, FL, MIAMI

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1962
All-Star Selections	1962    1968

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1961	25	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	1	1	1	7	6	6	10	8	9	10	9	9
1962	26	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	7	6	6	9	8	9	10	9	9
1963	27	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	7	6	7	10	8	9	9	9	9
1964	28	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	2	2	2	7	7	7	10	8	9	10	10	10
1965	29	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	2	2	2	7	7	7	10	8	9	10	10	10
1966	30	SDP	NL	$ 2,528,571				8	8	8	2	2	2	8	7	7	10	8	9	10	10	10
1967	31	SDP	NL	$ 3,221,429				8	8	8	2	2	2	8	7	8	10	8	9	10	10	10
1968	32	BSN	NL	$ 3,221,429				7	7	8	2	2	2	8	7	8	10	8	9	10	10	10
1969	33	BSN	NL	$ 5,000,000				7	7	8	2	2	2	8	7	7	10	8	9	10	10	10
1970	34	SDP	NL	$ 5,000,000				6	6	7	2	2	2	7	6	6	9	8	8	10	9	9
1971	35	STL	NL	$ 5,000,000				6	6	7	2	2	2	7	6	6	8	6	7	9	8	8
1972	36	STL	NL	$ 5,000,000				5	5	6	1	1	1	6	5	6	7	6	6	8	8	8
1973	37	BOS	AL	$ 1,000,000				3	3	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	3	4	5	4	5
1974	38	BSN	NL	$ 510,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	3	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	3	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,000,000				8	8	8	2	2	2	8	7	8	10	8	9	10	10	10

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
1961	25	SDP	NL	53	161	18	42	8	0	2	17	6	3	29	12	.261	.374	.348	.722	22.0	4.4
		AAA		106	398	44	126	26	3	2	34	14	7	68	26	.317	.416	.412	.828	69.5
1962	26	SDP	NL	157	568	88	156	28	6	0	34	19	3	75	33	.275	.359	.345	.704	76.0	16.3
1963	27	SDP	NL	106	360	47	91	11	1	3	38	17	3	47	20	.253	.338	.314	.652	41.7	6.6
		AAA		54	206	20	59	12	1	5	22	7	3	43	10	.286	.410	.427	.837	38.2
1964	28	SDP	NL	114	399	61	121	17	5	0	26	25	5	54	22	.303	.387	.371	.758	62.3	13.0
		AAA		29	110	17	34	6	0	0	7	4	3	26	6	.309	.441	.364	.805	19.6
1965	29	SDP	NL	156	553	77	167	19	3	4	57	22	7	50	16	.302	.360	.369	.729	70.9	14.7
1966	30	SDP	NL	155	598	94	183	25	3	4	36	28	6	73	29	.306	.383	.378	.761	89.3	21.3
1967	31	SDP	NL	157	616	95	180	27	4	6	57	34	8	78	25	.292	.371	.378	.750	93.4	20.9
1968	32	SDP	NL	103	399	62	133	23	5	4	38	21	7	54	12	.333	.413	.446	.859	72.9	20.9
		BSN	NL	54	200	23	56	13	0	1	14	10	4	20	7	.280	.345	.360	.705	25.4	4.7
		TOT		157	599	85	189	36	5	5	52	31	11	74	19	.316	.391	.417	.808	98.3	25.6
1969	33	BSN	NL	154	592	88	177	38	2	5	57	39	10	73	24	.299	.375	.395	.770	91.2	17.8
1970	34	SDP	NL	156	608	81	176	26	2	6	47	21	5	62	22	.289	.357	.368	.725	80.4	14.6
1971	35	STL	NL	122	443	55	108	12	2	5	48	24	3	56	32	.244	.327	.314	.641	54.7	7.0
1972	36	STL	NL	133	474	59	133	19	6	2	50	15	4	64	55	.281	.370	.359	.729	63.7	11.5
1973	37	BOS	AL	73	116	17	34	7	1	1	6	1	0	9	25	.293	.341	.397	.738	15.3	2.3
1974	38	AAA		96	226	16	46	2	1	0	12	3	2	18	49	.204	.262	.221	.484	12.7
13 Years Sim				1693	6087	865	1757	273	40	43	525	282	68	744	334	.289	.366	.368	.734	859.1	175.9
4 Years AAA				285	940	97	265	46	5	7	75	28	15	155	91	.282	.384	.364	.748	140.0
162 Game Average					582	82	168	26	3	4	50	26	6	71	31	.289	.366	.368	.734	82.2
Career Highs				157	616	95	189	38	6	6	57	39	11	78	55	.316	.391	.417	.808	98.3

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3711	520	1042	152	27	24	328	162	37	400	183	.281	.352	.356	.707	488.7
vs LH		2376	345	715	121	13	19	197	120	31	344	151	.301	.388	.387	.775	378.2
Home	820	2904	419	844	126	25	18	250	146	32	341	160	.291	.365	.370	.735	414.4
Away	873	3183	446	913	147	15	25	275	136	36	403	174	.287	.367	.366	.733	452.5
RISP		1184	0	338	43	10	10	450	0	0	164	74	.285	.366	.364	.730	167.8
Pinch Hitting		80	13	21	3	1	0	7	3	0	9	4	.263	.337	.325	.662	9.6
Close/Late		733	115	226	24	3	4	61	0	0	106	36	.308	.398	.366	.764	111.0
Mar/Apr	258	943	140	289	41	9	8	76	45	12	111	63	.306	.381	.394	.775	145.1
May	278	1013	149	311	42	6	11	97	56	9	122	44	.307	.381	.393	.774	159.6
June	290	1054	158	294	49	7	4	78	53	14	133	59	.279	.360	.350	.710	142.6
July	287	1064	151	303	50	7	5	91	34	13	115	55	.285	.355	.359	.714	139.0
August	293	1031	141	280	51	6	7	95	53	12	139	62	.272	.360	.353	.713	141.9
Sep/Oct	287	982	126	280	40	5	8	88	41	8	124	51	.285	.364	.360	.724	138.6

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1961	25	SDP	NL	2B	52	52	446.3	101	176	3	50	.989	5.59					1.5
1962	26	SDP	NL	2B	150	147	1294.0	331	560	9	118	.990	6.20					7.3
1963	27	SDP	NL	3B	74	72	637.7	39	159	1	7	.995	2.79					3.1
				SS	29	25	224.3	31	88	7	21	.944	4.77					1.4
				2B	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1964	28	SDP	NL	2B	54	48	435.3	101	163	6	32	.978	5.46					2.0
				SS	31	29	250.3	40	101	7	13	.953	5.07					1.1
				3B	29	24	212.0	13	56	3	3	.958	2.93					0.8
1965	29	SDP	NL	2B	119	115	1027.7	242	417	8	95	.988	5.77					5.6
				3B	31	29	265.0	17	68	4	8	.955	2.89					1.1
				SS	3	0	5.0	0	3	0	1	1.000	5.40					0.0
1966	30	SDP	NL	2B	153	147	1313.0	272	506	14	100	.982	5.33					6.0
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1967	31	SDP	NL	2B	125	124	1112.7	258	463	14	88	.981	5.83					5.3
				3B	25	23	217.0	9	69	2	6	.975	3.24					0.8
				SS	5	1	16.0	2	7	0	2	1.000	5.06					0.1
1968	32	SDP	NL	2B	64	62	585.9	144	230	7	51	.982	5.75					1.5
				3B	34	31	289.8	16	73	3	8	.967	2.76					0.9
				SS	3	0	8.1	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.56					0.1
		BSN	NL	2B	33	33	282.7	70	111	4	25	.978	5.76					2.7
				3B	18	17	139.8	7	35	1	4	.977	2.70					0.6
				SS	2	0	3.9	1	2	0	1	1.000	6.92					0.0
		TOT		2B	97	95	868.6	214	341	11	76	.981	5.75					4.2
				3B	52	48	429.6	23	108	4	12	.970	2.74					1.5
				SS	5	0	12.0	3	5	0	2	1.000	6.00					0.1
1969	33	BSN	NL	3B	137	135	1194.3	67	320	12	30	.970	2.92					4.0
				SS	13	10	95.0	19	44	2	10	.969	5.97					0.5
				2B	2	0	4.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	6.75					0.0
1970	34	SDP	NL	3B	147	144	1262.7	71	340	18	32	.958	2.93					2.8
				SS	3	3	29.0	9	8	1	1	.944	5.28					0.1
				2B	2	1	9.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	3.86					0.0
1971	35	STL	NL	2B	119	119	1045.7	268	491	11	117	.986	6.53					7.6
1972	36	STL	NL	2B	61	61	532.0	142	269	4	63	.990	6.95					3.5
				3B	28	27	248.7	16	67	2	12	.976	3.00					0.5
				SS	22	14	134.7	23	68	3	13	.968	6.08					0.7
				1B	12	12	104.0	132	4	2	16	.986	11.77					0.2
1973	37	BOS	AL	3B	24	11	113.0	3	26	3	1	.906	2.31					0.3
				SS	15	5	73.7	14	28	0	6	1.000	5.13					0.4
				2B	13	4	44.7	9	18	0	6	1.000	5.44					0.2
				2B	948	913	8134.6	1941	3408	80	745	.985	5.92					43.3
				3B	548	513	4581.9	258	1213	49	111	.968	2.89					14.9
				SS	127	87	841.0	142	352	20	69	.961	5.29					4.3
				1B	12	12	104.0	132	4	2	16	.986	11.77					0.2
Career Totals					1635	1525	13661.5	2473	4977	151	941	.980	4.91					62.7
Career Highs					155	148	1345.7	331	560	19	118	.990	6.53

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	26	SDP	NL	7	28	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	.179	.303	.214	.517
1963	27	SDP	NL	7	30	2	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	.133	.188	.200	.388
1964	28	SDP	NL	5	18	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.444	.474	.444	.918
1965	29	SDP	NL	5	22	3	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	.273	.304	.455	.759
1966	30	SDP	NL	12	44	6	11	1	0	0	3	3	2	7	2	.250	.365	.273	.638
1967	31	SDP	NL	7	26	3	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	.269	.345	.308	.653
1971	35	STL	NL	4	15	5	7	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	.467	.467	.733	1.200
1972	36	STL	NL	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
Career Post-Season Batting				50	194	30	50	8	1	1	9	9	5	20	8	.258	.330	.325	.655

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 1965-5-.302 1966-3-.306 1967-10-.292 1968-3-.316 1969-7-.299 On-Base Pct 1962-10-.359 1966-3-.383 1967-6-.371 1968-3-.391 1969-6-.375 XR 1967-7-93.4 1968-6-98.3 1969-10-91.2 Games 1962-5-157 1965-6-156 1967-4-157 1968-3-157 1969-10-154 1970-5-156 At-Bats 1966-5-598 1967-1-616 1968-6-599 1969-10-592 1970-2-608 Runs 1966-9-94 1967-3-95 1968-10-85 Hits 1965-8-167 1966-3-183 1967-3-180 1968-1-189 1969-4-177 1970-6-176 Singles 1962-9-122 1965-2-141 1966-1-151 1967-2-143 1968-1-143 1969-3-132 1970-3-142 Doubles 1968-3-36 1969-4-38 Triples 1962-6-6 1964-5-5 1968-7-5 1972-5-6 Stolen Bases 1962-3-19 1963-9-17 1964-4-25 1965-9-22 1966-4-28 1967-2-34 1968-2-31 1969-1-39 1970-4-21 1971-5-24 Caught Stealing 1962-6-3 1967-9-8 1968-5-11 1969-4-10 Walks 1962-5-75 1966-6-73 1967-5-78 1968-6-74 1969-8-73

Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 96    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by San Diego in 1961

Had first career hit on 7/31/1961, off Bob Gibson (PIT)

Hit first career homerun on 9/7/1961, off Don Ferrarese (DET)

Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1962

Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/29/1964

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Toronto on 9/2/1965

2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,528,571 through salary arbitration

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 4/8/1966

2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration

2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1968, hitting .533 with 2 HR, 3 RBI

Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game

Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 7/31/1968 (Going to SDP: SS Rico Petrocelli. Going to BSN: 2B Dick Howser)

9/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from Boston (N) to San Diego on 2/13/1970 (Going to BSN: P Bill Lee. Going to SDP: 3B Dick Howser)

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 7/31/1970

Traded from San Diego to St. Louis on 2/1/1971 (Going to SDP: P Thad Tillotson. Going to STL: 3B Dick Howser)

Injured on 8/24/1971 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 4/23/1972

Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/15/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year

Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/19/1974 to a 2-year deal worth $510,000 per year

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