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Howie
Krist		  
Nickname: Spud
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 28, 1916 in Usa, NY, WEST HENRIETT
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 21 SEM AL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1938 22 SEM AL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1939 23 SEM AL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1940 24 SEM AL   6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1941 25 SEM AL   6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1942 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
1943 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
1944 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
1945 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1946 30 TAM AL $ 502,857 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1947 31 TAM AL $ 650,000 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1948 32 TAM AL $ 650,000 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
1949 33 CIN NL $ 650,000 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1950 34 BSN NL $ 540,000 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1951 35 BSN NL $ 540,000 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
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
1937 21 SEM AL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1938 22 SEM AL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1939 23 SEM AL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1940 24 SEM AL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1941 25 SEM AL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1942 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1943 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1944 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1945 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1946 30 TAM AL $ 502,857   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1947 31 TAM AL $ 650,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 32 TAM AL $ 650,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 33 CIN NL $ 650,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 34 BSN NL $ 540,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 35 BSN NL $ 540,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1937 21 AAA   9 10 .474 24 24 0 0 0 149.3 195 83 16 64 102 5.00 .314 .378 .479 .857  
1938 22 AAA   10 4 .714 18 18 0 0 0 124.7 128 49 6 50 99 3.54 .261 .329 .344 .673  
1939 23 AAA   3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 39.3 41 11 1 10 24 2.52 .275 .321 .383 .703  
    AA   7 6 .538 17 17 2 1 0 118.3 118 41 4 39 93 3.12 .254 .312 .318 .630  
1940 24 AAA   8 7 .533 18 18 3 0 0 132.7 116 45 12 35 85 3.05 .235 .285 .368 .654  
1941 25 AAA   4 6 .400 17 17 1 1 0 118.3 115 53 13 51 76 4.03 .255 .331 .397 .728  
1942 26 SEM AL 8 6 .571 21 21 1 0 0 137.0 130 55 13 54 62 3.61 .248 .318 .374 .692 10.1
    AAA   6 3 .667 15 15 0 0 0 104.0 89 29 8 43 89 2.51 .225 .301 .324 .625  
1943 27 SEM AL 10 11 .476 48 24 0 0 1 179.7 180 96 20 92 88 4.81 .258 .342 .422 .764 6.6
1944 28 SEM AL 7 2 .778 78 1 0 0 5 96.7 113 59 6 55 44 5.49 .294 .385 .424 .810 4.3
1945 29 SEM AL 5 3 .625 74 6 0 0 4 94.0 87 44 11 56 39 4.21 .249 .351 .397 .748 6.6
1946 30 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 1 28.3 29 15 4 13 15 4.77 .266 .341 .450 .791 2.0
  TAM AL 1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 2 16.3 19 8 2 10 9 4.41 .292 .382 .462 .843 0.6
  TOT   3 0 1.000 47 0 0 0 3 44.7 48 23 6 23 24 4.64 .276 .357 .454 .811 2.6
1947 31 TAM AL 3 2 .600 34 0 0 0 2 38.0 31 11 4 18 12 2.61 .231 .316 .351 .667 4.2
1948 32 TAM AL 8 8 .500 98 0 0 0 4 93.0 106 62 8 51 36 6.00 .292 .376 .419 .795 4.0
1949 33 AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 1 0 0 0 13.64 .500 .500 .750 1.250  
    AA   4 1 .800 81 0 0 0 7 65.7 44 13 2 26 75 1.78 .196 .279 .276 .554  
1950 34 BSN NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 3 3 2 6.00 .360 .429 .760 1.189 0.2
    AAA   3 1 .750 28 0 0 0 0 37.7 47 26 7 23 18 6.21 .313 .405 .513 .918  
1951 35 AAA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.7 8 3 0 2 4 3.52 .286 .333 .357 .690  
8 Years Sim 44 32 .579 404 52 1 0 19 689.0 704 354 71 352 307 4.62 .265 .350 .411 .761 38.5
9 Years AAA 43 32 .573 131 97 5 1 0 714.3 741 300 63 278 497 3.78 .266 .333 .396 .729  
2 Years AA 11 7 .611 98 17 2 1 7 184.0 162 54 6 65 168 2.64 .235 .301 .304 .605  
11 Years Minors 54 39 .581 229 114 7 2 7 898.3 903 354 69 343 665 3.55 .260 .326 .378 .704  
Season Average 5 4 .556 50 6 0 0 2 86.1 88 44 8 44 38 4.62 .265 .350 .411 .761  
Career Highs 10 11 1.000 98 24 1 0 5 179.7 180 96 20 92 88 6.00 .360 .429 .760 1.189  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   315 152 25 152 171   .246 .326 .363 .689
vs LH   389 202 46 200 136   .284 .375 .456 .830
Home 24 14 .632 210 27 0 0 8 362.6 351 184 42 183 165 4.57 .256 .344 .412 .756
Away 20 18 .526 194 25 1 0 11 326.3 353 170 29 169 142 4.69 .275 .360 .410 .769
Mar/Apr 8 1 .889 60 4 0 0 5 86.0 88 37 6 44 46 3.87 .269 .356 .413 .769
May 4 3 .571 65 6 0 0 2 86.0 87 46 5 52 39 4.82 .264 .365 .374 .739
June 4 6 .400 64 1 0 0 6 72.7 81 52 12 43 32 6.44 .280 .373 .471 .844
July 9 9 .500 62 12 1 0 2 135.6 134 64 15 61 50 4.25 .256 .334 .402 .735
August 10 7 .588 83 14 0 0 4 150.6 140 60 13 79 59 3.58 .250 .343 .384 .727
Sep/Oct 9 6 .600 70 15 0 0 0 158.0 174 95 20 73 81 5.41 .278 .354 .434 .787
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
1942 26 SEM AL 21 39 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 .128 .150 .231 .381 1.3 0.0
1943 27 SEM AL 48 49 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .122 .120 .122 .242 -0.2 0.0
1944 28 SEM AL 78 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1945 29 SEM AL 74 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1
1946 30 SEM AL 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
  TAM AL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   47 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.3
1947 31 TAM AL 34 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1948 32 TAM AL 98 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.0 0.0
1950 34 BSN NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 404 123 6 15 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 34 .122 .135 .154 .289 0.7 0.3
162 Game Average 49 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .122 .135 .154 .289 0.3  
Career Highs 98 49 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 14 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.3  
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   79 4 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 .127 .127 .177 .304 -0.5
vs LH   44 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .114 .149 .114 .263 -0.6
Home 207 60 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .167 .164 .183 .347 0.4
Away 174 63 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 22 .079 .108 .127 .235 -1.4
RISP   29 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .069 .067 .069 .136 -1.6
Close/Late   9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Mar/Apr 23 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
May 38 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
June 64 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .375 .444 .375 .819 1.4
July 52 31 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .161 .156 .290 .447 1.2
August 39 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.7
Sep/Oct 55 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .088 .114 .088 .203 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1942 26 SEM AL P 21 21 137.0 6 30 0 3 1.000 2.36    
1943 27 SEM AL P 48 24 179.7 13 40 3 1 .946 2.66    
1944 28 SEM AL P 78 1 96.7 12 24 0 3 1.000 3.35    
1945 29 SEM AL P 74 6 94.0 12 16 1 3 .966 2.68    
1946 30 SEM AL P 29 0 28.3 2 9 0 1 1.000 3.49    
  TAM AL P 18 0 16.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31    
  TOT   P 47 0 44.7 3 14 0 1 1.000 3.43    
1947 31 TAM AL P 34 0 38.0 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.84    
1948 32 TAM AL P 98 0 93.0 9 23 0 2 1.000 3.10    
1950 34 BSN NL P 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   404 52 689.0 60 156 4 16 .982 2.82    
Career Highs   98 24 179.7 13 40 3 3 1.000 3.43    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1944 28 SEM AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 4 0 0 0 3 0.00 .235 .235 .235 .471
1947 31 TAM AL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.3 5 3 0 2 0 8.11 .357 .438 .500 .938
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 0 7.7 9 3 0 2 3 3.52 .290 .333 .355 .688
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1944-5-78
1945-5-74
1948-2-98
 OAVG
1943-10-.258
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1937
Injured on 3/22/1940 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 8/12/1940 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/1941 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/13/1942, off Ralph Buxton (TAM)
Earned first career win on 7/13/1942
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $502,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: P Bucky Jacobs, P Pretzel Pezzullo. Going to TAM: P Early Wynn, P Howie Krist, P Hal Manders)
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $650,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 3/3/1949 (Going to TAM: P Harry Brecheen, P Max Lanier, 1B Lou Stringer. Going to CIN: 2B Babe Barna, P Howie Krist)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/13/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $540,000 per year
6/1/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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