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Bill
Howerton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 12, 1921 in Usa, CA, LOMPOC
 
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
1949 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 7 9 8 7 8 7 4 5 5
1950 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 6 5 8 9 9 7 8 8 4 6 5
1951 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 6 5 8 9 9 6 8 7 4 5 5
1952 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 6 5 8 9 9 6 7 7 5 6 5
1953 31 DET AL $ 469,286   6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 4 6 5
1954 32 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 4 5 5
1955 33 SDP NL $ 1,845,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6 4 6 5
1956 34 SDP NL $ 3,750,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 9 4 6 5 4 5 5
1957 35 DET AL $ 3,750,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 4
1958 36 PIT NL $ 3,750,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8 5 6 5
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
1949 27 NYA AL 100 260 38 60 21 4 14 47 0 1 46 59 .231 .344 .504 .848 45.4 6.7
    AAA   26 90 12 22 4 1 6 19 1 1 18 18 .244 .370 .511 .881 17.5  
1950 28 NYA AL 77 263 27 53 12 4 7 32 0 1 44 42 .202 .314 .357 .671 28.4 1.6
    AAA   81 304 59 87 21 4 15 54 5 7 70 48 .286 .420 .530 .949 66.0  
1951 29 NYA AL 95 272 49 81 20 2 12 40 0 0 44 49 .298 .399 .518 .918 51.7 9.5
1952 30 NYA AL 125 328 56 79 27 1 7 40 0 1 47 63 .241 .334 .393 .728 43.4 5.1
1953 31 TAM AL 53 87 14 24 6 1 3 16 0 0 15 16 .276 .382 .471 .854 15.3 3.3
  DET AL 67 224 35 63 16 2 9 52 0 0 25 43 .281 .353 .491 .844 36.4 6.2
  TOT   120 311 49 87 22 3 12 68 0 0 40 59 .280 .362 .486 .847 51.6 9.5
1954 32 DET AL 118 223 37 63 16 0 9 47 0 0 27 44 .283 .357 .475 .832 35.7 6.5
1955 33 SDP NL 126 396 51 102 31 2 9 48 0 0 50 65 .258 .339 .414 .753 52.1 8.7
1956 34 SDP NL 132 367 50 95 22 4 14 52 0 0 47 71 .259 .341 .455 .796 58.2 13.0
1957 35 DET AL 127 272 27 49 12 2 5 30 0 0 20 72 .180 .236 .294 .530 15.6 0.0
1958 36 AAA   137 513 72 131 38 2 31 97 2 4 69 135 .255 .344 .519 .862 89.9  
9 Years Sim 1020 2692 384 669 183 22 89 404 0 3 365 524 .249 .337 .432 .769 382.1 60.6
3 Years AAA 244 907 143 240 63 7 52 170 8 12 157 201 .265 .371 .521 .892 173.5  
162 Game Average 427 60 106 29 3 14 64 0 0 57 83 .249 .337 .432 .769 60.7  
Career Highs 132 396 56 102 31 4 14 68 0 1 50 72 .298 .399 .518 .918 58.2  
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   2217 332 562 159 13 75 342 0 3 319 410 .253 .346 .438 .785 342.1
vs LH   475 52 107 24 9 14 62 0 0 46 114 .225 .293 .402 .695 57.1
Home 497 1277 189 329 90 8 48 203 0 3 184 245 .258 .350 .453 .804 204.3
Away 523 1415 195 340 93 14 41 201 0 0 181 279 .240 .325 .413 .738 194.9
RISP   712 0 185 47 6 25 296 0 0 106 140 .260 .352 .448 .800 115.0
Pinch Hitting   303 48 75 21 2 10 60 0 0 44 76 .248 .339 .429 .768 45.7
Close/Late   398 59 110 27 3 19 80 0 0 58 81 .276 .368 .503 .871 72.5
Mar/Apr 134 308 54 83 18 4 8 49 0 0 40 67 .269 .349 .432 .781 47.1
May 157 388 55 97 33 2 12 55 0 0 55 92 .250 .343 .438 .781 58.9
June 167 445 64 116 33 6 18 77 0 0 60 88 .261 .349 .483 .832 74.2
July 184 505 65 114 36 5 15 67 0 1 71 99 .226 .322 .406 .728 68.0
August 191 519 63 121 36 0 13 73 0 1 72 95 .233 .325 .378 .703 66.6
Sep/Oct 187 527 83 138 27 5 23 83 0 1 67 83 .262 .343 .463 .806 84.4
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
1949 27 NYA AL RF 53 42 387.7 65 6 0 1 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 30 24 216.0 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 2 22.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.97 0 0 .000 0  
1950 28 NYA AL LF 51 51 442.3 92 6 0 1 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 26 24 201.3 50 2 4 1 .929 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
1951 29 NYA AL CF 67 60 525.0 121 3 8 0 .939 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 8 6 63.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 11 2 35.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1952 30 NYA AL LF 63 59 502.7 97 2 1 1 .990 1.77 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 26 11 131.7 31 1 2 0 .941 2.19 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 19 7 89.3 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0  
1953 31 TAM AL 1B 24 24 140.6 162 12 4 16 .978 11.14 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 4 4 23.5 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 3 17.1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 1 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL 1B 31 31 342.7 395 30 9 38 .979 11.16 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 6 6 57.3 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 7 3 41.7 5 1 1 0 .857 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 2 21.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.85 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 55 55 483.3 557 42 13 54 .979 11.15   0.6
      LF 10 10 80.8 22 2 0 2 1.000 2.67   0.6
      CF 12 6 58.8 7 1 2 0 .800 1.22   0.0
      RF 6 3 29.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 .90   0.0
1954 32 DET AL CF 58 1 130.7 27 1 1 1 .966 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 12 12 96.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 11 10 81.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 11 9 75.0 97 7 3 9 .972 12.48 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 33 SDP NL LF 98 93 801.0 194 9 1 2 .995 2.28 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 10 4 45.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 14 1 28.7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 6.0 9 1 1 3 .909 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 34 SDP NL LF 97 84 762.7 181 3 1 1 .995 2.17 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    CF 9 1 30.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 1 8.0 11 2 0 1 1.000 14.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1957 35 DET AL CF 28 22 208.7 65 1 4 0 .943 2.85 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 14 12 106.3 106 6 1 13 .991 9.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 8 8 70.0 53 0 1 0 .981 6.81 0 0 .000 8 0.2
    RF 16 4 57.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 6 50.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 348 321 2806.1 632 22 3 7 .995 2.10 0 0 .000 0 9.4
  CF 270 150 1530.8 362 11 22 2 .944 2.19 0 0 .000 0 2.7
  RF 129 74 743.6 139 8 0 1 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  1B 86 77 678.6 780 58 18 80 .979 11.11 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  C 8 8 70.0 53 0 1 0 .981 6.81 0 0 .000 8 0.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   842 630 5830.1 1966 99 44 90 .979 3.19 0 0 .000 8 14.4
Career Highs   125 98 880.7 589 45 15 56 1.000 8.74 0 0 .000 8  
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
1954 32 DET AL 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733
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  1. Danny Tartabull (949)
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  3. Kevin McReynolds (940)
  4. Larry Elliot (940)
  5. Steve Whitaker (935)
  6. Danny Litwhiler (935)
  7. Jim Hickman (935)
  8. Len Matuszek (934)
  9. Lloyd Moseby (931)
  10. Joe Rudi (929)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1949
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/1/1949, off Ralph Branca (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1949, off Bob Harris (CIN)
Injured on 4/24/1951 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/12/1952 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $469,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYA: P Ralph Branca, 3B Sid Gordon, SS Jerry Snyder. Going to TAM: LF Pat Seerey, P Don Newcombe, CF Bill Howerton)
3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1953 (Going to DET: C Andy Seminick, P Bob Porterfield, CF Bill Howerton. Going to TAM: C Butch Nieman, 2B Billy Johnson, 1B Johnny Wyrostek)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/29/1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,845,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1955 (Going to DET: P Pete Gebrian. Going to SDP: LF Bill Howerton)
10/20/1955: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/7/1957 (Going to DET: CF Andy Pafko, LF Don Lenhardt, LF Bill Howerton, P Bobby Shantz. Going to SDP: P Al Sima)
Traded from Detroit to Brooklyn on 2/3/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bill Howerton, 3B Frankie Zak, P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Bobby Hofman)
Traded from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bob Nieman, 1B Ed Stevens. Going to PIT: LF Bill Howerton, LF Gene Woodling)
7/31/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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