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Elston
Howard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 23, 1929 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
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
1955 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1956 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1957 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1958 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 30 NYA AL $ 1,160,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1960 31 PIT NL $ 1,160,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1961 32 PIT NL $ 1,685,714   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7
1962 33 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6
1963 34 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 6
1964 35 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 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
1955 26 NYA AL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .125 .143 .268 0.3 0.0
    AAA   137 557 71 169 29 4 26 93 9 3 40 85 .303 .350 .510 .860 94.5  
1956 27 NYA AL 83 194 28 51 9 4 7 29 0 0 16 39 .263 .319 .459 .778 27.4 3.8
1957 28 NYA AL 87 234 25 59 16 1 4 30 0 0 13 33 .252 .294 .380 .675 23.8 2.4
1958 29 NYA AL 107 301 35 83 16 1 9 42 0 0 14 50 .276 .308 .425 .733 36.3 5.2
1959 30 NYA AL 121 365 49 103 20 3 13 48 0 0 15 70 .282 .309 .460 .769 48.5 8.9
1960 31 NYA AL 24 46 6 12 1 0 3 9 0 0 1 8 .261 .277 .478 .755 5.9 1.0
  PIT NL 91 262 34 75 16 2 11 38 0 0 14 49 .286 .324 .489 .812 38.9 6.8
  TOT   115 308 40 87 17 2 14 47 0 0 15 57 .282 .317 .487 .804 44.8 7.7
1961 32 PIT NL 101 318 37 91 19 1 10 33 0 0 13 69 .286 .311 .447 .758 40.9 6.7
1962 33 PIT NL 133 458 45 119 18 2 12 55 0 0 20 79 .260 .292 .386 .678 47.2 7.6
1963 34 PIT NL 112 298 27 71 6 2 5 24 2 1 22 59 .238 .291 .322 .613 27.9 4.0
1964 35 PIT NL 95 243 29 80 8 0 5 31 1 0 19 57 .329 .377 .424 .801 36.1 8.4
10 Years Sim 958 2726 315 745 129 16 79 341 3 1 147 514 .273 .310 .419 .730 333.2 54.7
1 Years AAA 137 557 71 169 29 4 26 93 9 3 40 85 .303 .350 .510 .860 94.5  
162 Game Average 460 53 125 21 2 13 57 0 0 24 86 .273 .310 .419 .730 56.3  
Career Highs 133 458 49 119 20 4 14 55 2 1 22 79 .329 .377 .487 .804 48.5  
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   1089 123 266 52 6 29 130 0 0 53 230 .244 .279 .383 .662 114.0
vs LH   1637 192 479 77 10 50 211 3 1 94 284 .293 .331 .443 .775 229.9
Home 470 1337 152 367 65 7 36 160 1 1 67 253 .274 .309 .414 .723 164.9
Away 488 1389 163 378 64 9 43 181 2 0 80 261 .272 .312 .424 .736 178.9
RISP   624 0 175 28 5 20 243 0 0 33 125 .280 .313 .438 .750 83.3
Pinch Hitting   251 31 66 4 2 11 41 0 0 14 52 .263 .301 .426 .727 32.3
Close/Late   391 47 105 15 2 11 50 0 0 23 63 .269 .308 .402 .709 47.6
Mar/Apr 157 459 53 122 25 4 14 56 0 0 20 89 .266 .297 .429 .726 56.3
May 156 474 56 129 19 4 12 66 1 0 27 84 .272 .310 .405 .715 58.4
June 152 420 38 123 18 4 10 59 0 1 15 75 .293 .317 .426 .744 53.3
July 154 439 48 113 23 0 13 47 0 0 27 94 .257 .303 .399 .701 51.7
August 167 466 42 118 19 1 12 45 2 0 24 91 .253 .290 .376 .666 50.1
Sep/Oct 172 468 78 140 25 3 18 68 0 0 34 81 .299 .345 .481 .825 74.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1955 26 NYA AL C 1 1 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 27 NYA AL C 49 42 345.0 232 14 0 0 1.000 6.42 11 5 .455 0 2.0
    LF 8 2 33.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1957 28 NYA AL C 64 62 532.3 400 13 2 1 .995 6.98 11 4 .364 0 3.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 29 NYA AL C 64 63 534.3 391 13 1 1 .998 6.80 10 2 .200 1 4.0
    LF 8 3 34.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 30 NYA AL C 78 73 637.3 532 15 0 1 1.000 7.72 20 4 .200 3 4.2
    LF 8 6 60.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1960 31 NYA AL C 18 14 93.2 68 2 0 0 1.000 6.76 1 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL C 67 54 555.1 405 15 0 0 1.000 6.81 7 3 .429 2 3.5
    CF 1 1 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 85 68 648.3 473 17 0 0 1.000 6.80 8 3 .375 2 4.0
      CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      LF 2 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 32 PIT NL C 87 74 675.0 500 27 4 0 .992 7.03 26 7 .269 1 4.1
    LF 8 6 49.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1962 33 PIT NL C 129 124 1125.7 695 36 2 0 .997 5.84 34 10 .294 0 6.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 34 PIT NL C 81 76 679.3 377 23 3 0 .993 5.30 40 10 .250 1 2.4
    LF 2 1 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 35 PIT NL C 68 59 521.7 273 24 3 1 .990 5.12 54 17 .315 1 1.7
    LF 4 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 706 642 5706.9 3880 182 15 4 .996 6.41 214 62 .290 9 31.9
  LF 43 19 200.7 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   752 662 5918.6 3923 184 15 4 .996 6.25 214 62 .290 9 32.3
Career Highs   131 124 1128.7 696 36 4 1 1.000 7.88 54 17 .455 3  
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
1961 32 PIT NL 6 24 1 6 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .375 .625
1962 33 PIT NL 18 60 6 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 11 .233 .292 .283 .576
1963 34 PIT NL 7 26 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .231 .259 .231 .490
Career Post-Season Batting 31 110 10 26 4 1 0 11 0 0 6 29 .236 .276 .291 .567
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Had first career hit on 9/29/1955, off Paul Lapalme (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1956, off Howie Pollet (STL)
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,160,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,160,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1960 (Going to PIT: C Elston Howard. Going to NYA: CF Joe Christopher, C J.c. Martin)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
9/22/1961: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
 
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