Elston Howard
Elston Howard
Full name: Elston Gene Howard Born: February 23, 1929, St. Louis, Missouri Died December 14, 1980, New York, New York Buried at George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, New Jersey First Game: April 14, 1955; Final Game: September 29, 1968 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 196 AL MVP C on TSN AL All-Star Team AL Gold Glove as C
Elston Howard
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1955 NY A 1955 NY A 1956 NY A 1956 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 NY A 1958 NY A 1958 NY A 1959 NY A 1959 NY A 1960 NY A Daily Splits 107 323 29 79 11 3 6 39 28 7 43 0 2 8 0 4 8 3 0 .245 .298 .353 -0.1 1960 NY A 1961 NY A Daily Splits 129 446 64 155 17 5 21 77 28 6 65 3 1 4 0 11 5 0 3 .348 .387 .549 4.3 1961 NY A 1962 NY A Daily Splits 136 494 63 138 23 5 21 91 31 1 76 1 3 9 0 11 20 1 1 .279 .318 .474 1.7 1962 NY A 1963 NY A Daily Splits 135 487 75 140 21 6 28 85 35 4 68 6 1 2 0 4 17 0 0 .287 .342 .528 3.4 1963 NY A 1964 NY A Daily Splits 150 550 63 172 27 3 15 84 48 12 73 5 0 4 1 8 10 1 1 .313 .371 .455 3.8 1964 NY A 1965 NY A Daily Splits 110 391 38 91 15 1 9 45 24 3 65 1 1 1 0 11 16 0 0 .233 .278 .345 -1.1 1965 NY A 1966 NY A Daily Splits 126 410 38 105 19 2 6 35 37 9 65 1 0 3 0 6 12 0 0 .256 .317 .356 0.6 1966 NY A 1967 NY A Daily Splits 66 199 13 39 6 0 3 17 12 3 36 2 1 2 0 3 6 0 0 .196 .247 .271 -1.0 1967 NY A 1967 BOS A Daily Splits 42 116 9 17 3 0 1 11 9 3 24 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 0 .147 .211 .198 -0.8 1967 BOS A 1967 TOT A 108 315 22 56 9 0 4 28 21 6 60 3 2 4 0 5 10 0 0 .178 .233 .244 -1.8 1967 TOT A
1968 BOS A Daily Splits 71 203 22 49 4 0 5 18 22 7 45 1 2 1 0 7 5 1 1 .241 .317 .335 -0.5 1968 BOS A Splits 1605 5363 619 1471 218 50 167 762 373 82 786 26 29 52 1i 67i157 9 14 .274 .322 .427 9.9 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1955 NY A Daily Splits 7 26 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 .222 .308 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.200 1956 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 6 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .333 .545 1957 NY A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 6 18 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .222 .263 .222 1958 NY A
1960 NY A Daily Splits 5 13 4 6 1 1 1 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .462 .533 .923 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 5 20 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .318 .550 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 6 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .143 .217 .190 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 7 24 5 7 1 0 0 2 4 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292 .414 .333 1964 NY A
1967 BOS A Daily Splits 7 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .158 .111 1967 BOS A
Total Splits 54 171 25 42 7 1 5 19 12 5 37 3 3 0 0 5 6 1 0 .246 .306 .386 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1960 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1962 AL
1963 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1963 AL
1964 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1964 AL
Total Splits 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .182 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1955 NY A 1955 NY A 1956 NY A 1956 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 NY A 1957 NY A 1958 NY A 1958 NY A 1958 NY A 1959 NY A 1959 NY A 1959 NY A 1960 NY A Daily C 91 80 70 731.2 410 40 6 9 0 8 20 19 3 .987
1960 NY A 1960 NY A 1961 NY A Daily C 111 106 101 923.1 635 43 5 4 0 8 20 20 0 .993
1961 NY A 1962 NY A Daily C 129 124 116 1090.1 713 44 4 12 0 6 23 19 1 .995
1963 NY A Daily C 132 128 125 1144.1 786 51 5 8 0 8 15 22 2 .994
1964 NY A Daily C 146 141 138 1299 939 67 2 9 0 8 26 27 2 .998
1965 NY A Daily C 95 93 81 814 614 43 6 6 0 10 22 39 3 .991
1965 NY A 1965 NY A 1965 NY A 1966 NY A Daily C 100 98 92 851.2 553 44 9 6 0 6 19 30 1 .985
1966 NY A 1967 NY A Daily C 48 47 41 419.2 289 26 5 4 0 3 11 19 1 .984
1967 NY A 1967 BOS A Daily C 41 33 30 306 246 14 1 5 0 3 7 13 1 .996
1967 TOT A C 89 80 71 725.2 535 40 6 9 0 6 18 32 2 .990
1968 BOS A Daily C 68 62 55 536 377 30 2 3 0 3 14 41 1 .995
Total C 1138 912i 849i 8116 i 6447 479 51 87 0i 75 177i 249i 15i .993
Total OF 265 1i 0i 9 i 391 18 9 3 0i .978 230 0 40
Total 1B 85 25i 14i 221 i 734 44 8 70 0i .990
Total LF 2i 1i 0i 9 i 1i 0i 0i 0i 0i 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1955 NY A Daily OF 7 7 4 59 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 0 2
1955 NY A LF 7 6 4 51 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 NY A RF 2 1 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1956 NY A Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1956 NY A LF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 NY A Daily 1B 3 1 0 17 21 1 1 1 0 .957
1958 NY A Daily OF 5 5 4 38.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 0
1958 NY A LF 5 5 4 38.1 14 2 0 2 0 1.000
1960 NY A Daily C 4 4 2 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NY A Daily C 5 5 5 45 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NY A Daily C 6 6 6 53 37 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1963 NY A Daily C 4 4 4 34 30 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
1964 NY A Daily C 7 7 7 62 40 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000
1967 BOS A Daily C 7 6 4 49 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.000
Total C 33 32 28 270 172 6 0 2 0 4 3 9 0 1.000
Total LF 13 12 9 98.1 25 2 0 2 0 1.000
Total OF 13 13 9 106.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 13 0 2
Total 1B 3 1 0 17 21 1 1 1 0 .957
Total RF 2 1 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1960 AL Daily C 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 AL Daily C 2 0 0 5.1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 AL Daily C 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 AL Daily C 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1964 AL Daily C 1 1 1 8.2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total C 6 1 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1950).
Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Pete Magrini and a
player to be named later (August 3, 1967 ); New York Yankees received Ron Klimkowski
(August 8, 1967 ).
Released by Boston Red Sox (October 29, 1968 ).
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