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Frank Howard Frank Howard
Full name: Frank Oliver Howard
Born: August 8, 1936, Columbus, Ohio
First Game: September 10, 1958; Final Game: September 30, 1973
Managed First Game: April 9, 1981; Managed Final Game: October 2, 1983
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 7" Weight: 255
NL Rookie of the Year (1960)
TSN NL Rookie of the Year (1960)
Minor League Player of the Year (1959)
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1968 to 1970)
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Batting RecordBatting 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 TeamTeam
1958 LA  N                 8    29    3    7   1   0   1    2    1   0   11   0   0   0           1    0   0  .241  .267  .379  -0.2 1958 LA  N
1959 LA  N                 9    21    2    3   0   1   1    6    2   0    9   0   0   0           0    0   0  .143  .217  .381  -0.2 1959 LA  N
1960 LA  N Daily Splits  117   448   54  120  15   2  23   77   32   1  108   3   2   2   0   3   8    0   1  .268  .320  .464  -0.7 1960 LA  N
1961 LA  N Daily Splits   92   267   36   79  10   2  15   45   21   3   50   1   1   2   0   6  12    0   1  .296  .347  .517  -0.1 1961 LA  N
1962 LA  N Daily Splits  141   493   80  146  25   6  31  119   39  10  108   1   1   4   0   4  18    1   0  .296  .346  .560   2.6 1962 LA  N
1963 LA  N Daily Splits  123   417   58  114  16   1  28   64   33   4  116   4   2   3   0  11   7    1   2  .273  .330  .518   1.4 1963 LA  N
1964 LA  N Daily Splits  134   433   60   98  13   2  24   69   51  10  113   0   1   7   0  11  14    1   0  .226  .303  .432  -0.7 1964 LA  N
1965 WAS A Daily Splits  149   516   53  149  22   6  21   84   55   2  112   2   0   2   0   8   9    0   0  .289  .358  .477   1.6 1965 WAS A
1966 WAS A Daily Splits  146   493   52  137  19   4  18   71   53   6  104   1   0   2   0  11  14    1   1  .278  .348  .442   1.1 1966 WAS A
1967 WAS A Daily Splits  149   519   71  133  20   2  36   89   60   7  155   5   0   1   0  12  14    0   1  .256  .338  .511   2.3 1967 WAS A
1968 WAS A Daily Splits  158   598   79  164  28   3  44  106   54  12  141   6   0   5   0  13  13    0   0  .274  .338  .552   4.5 1968 WAS A
1969 WAS A Daily Splits  161   592  111  175  17   2  48  111  102  19   96   5   0   3   0  16  29    1   0  .296  .402  .574   4.0 1969 WAS A
1970 WAS A Daily Splits  161   566   90  160  15   1  44  126  132  29  125   2   0   6   0   8  23    1   2  .283  .416  .546   4.4 1970 WAS A
1971 WAS A Daily Splits  153   549   60  153  25   2  26   83   77  20  121   2   0   5   0   5  29    1   0  .279  .367  .474   3.1 1971 WAS A
1972 TEX A Daily Splits   95   287   28   70   9   0   9   31   42   8   55   1   0   1   0   9  16    1   0  .244  .341  .369  -0.5 1972 TEX A
1972 DET A Daily Splits   14    33    1    8   1   0   1    7    4   0    8   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .242  .324  .364   0.0 1972 DET A
1972 TOT A               109   320   29   78  10   0  10   38   46   8   63   1   0   1   0   9  16    1   0  .244  .340  .369  -0.5 1972 TOT A
1973 DET A Daily Splits   85   227   26   58   9   1  12   29   24   4   28   0   0   0   0   3  12    0   1  .256  .327  .463   0.0 1973 DET A
Total NL                 624  2108  293  567  80  14 123  382  179  28  515   9   7  18   0i 35i 60    3   4  .269  .326  .495   2.1 Total NL        
Total AL                1271  4380  571 1207 165  21 259  737  603 107  945  24   0  25   0  85 159    5   5  .276  .364  .500  20.5 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1895  6488  864 1774 245  35 382 1119  782 135 1460  33   7  43   0i120i219    8   9  .273  .352  .499  22.6 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 TeamTeam
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World Series Batting RecordWorld 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
1963 LA  N Daily Splits    3    10    2    3   1   0   1    1    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .300  .700 1963 LA  N
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-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
1968 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1968 AL   
1969 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   0   0   1    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1969 AL   
1970 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1970 AL   
1971 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1971 AL   
Total            Splits    4     6    1    1   0   0   1    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .286  .667 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 RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1958 LA  N        OF    8                      12    1    0    0     1.000     3    0    5 
1959 LA  N        OF    6                      10    0    0    0     1.000     4    0    2 
1960 LA  N Daily  OF  115  112   94   999.1   177    8    3    1   0  .984    22    0   94 
1960 LA  N        RF   94   91   80   821.1   157    7    1    1   0  .994
1960 LA  N        LF   22   21   14   178      22    1    2    0   0  .920
1960 LA  N        1B    4    1    0    16      19    3    1    2   0  .957
1961 LA  N Daily  OF   65   61   28   487      79    6    6    0   0  .934    19    0   47 
1961 LA  N        RF   47   45   22   353      61    3    6    0   0  .914
1961 LA  N        LF   19   16    6   134      19    2    0    0   0 1.000
1961 LA  N        1B    7    5    2    41      43    4    2    2   0  .959
1962 LA  N Daily  OF  131  127   91  1108.1   187   19    6    4   0  .972     9    0  128 
1962 LA  N        RF  128  122   89  1062.2   182   16    6    4   0  .971
1962 LA  N        LF    9    5    2    45.2     5    1    0    0   0 1.000
1963 LA  N Daily  OF  111  107   84   947.1   190    4    8    0   0  .960     6    0  107 
1963 LA  N        RF  107  104   82   915     181    4    8    0   0  .959
1963 LA  N        LF    6    3    2    32.1     8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1964 LA  N Daily  OF  122  121   78   996.1   183    2    4    0   0  .979     0    0  122 
1964 LA  N        RF  122  121   78   996.1   179    3    4    0   0  .978
1965 WAS A Daily  OF  138  138   79  1099     204    5    4    0   0  .981   138    0    7 
1965 WAS A        LF  138  138   79  1089     204    5    4    0   0  .981
1965 WAS A        RF    7    0    0    10       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1966 WAS A Daily  OF  135  134   65  1039     216    5    4    1   0  .982   135    0    0 
1966 WAS A        LF  135  134   65  1039     215    6    4    1   0  .982
1967 WAS A Daily  OF  141  140   58  1086     210    5    3    1   0  .986   141    0    3 
1967 WAS A        LF  141  140   58  1082.1   206    5    3    1   0  .986
1967 WAS A        1B    4    2    1    17      15    1    0    0   0 1.000
1967 WAS A        RF    3    0    0     3.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
1968 WAS A Daily  OF  107  105   74   899.1   160   11    8    1   0  .955   107    0    0 
1968 WAS A        LF  107  105   74   899.1   168   11    8    1   0  .957
1968 WAS A        1B   55   51   39   438.1   416   41   11   38   0  .976
1969 WAS A Daily  OF  114  112   48   898.1   147    3    4    0   0  .974   108    0    6 
1969 WAS A        LF  108  106   45   854.2   137    3    4    0   0  .972
1969 WAS A        1B   70   47   38   441.1   455   31   10   38   0  .980
1969 WAS A        RF    6    6    3    43.2     6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 WAS A Daily  OF  120  118   78   979.1   172    6    5    4   0  .973   114    0    6 
1970 WAS A        LF  114  112   73   932.1   169    5    5    4   0  .972
1970 WAS A        1B   48   42   37   395.1   429   25    6   37   0  .987
1970 WAS A        RF    6    6    5    47       3    1    0    0   0 1.000
1971 WAS A Daily  OF  100  100   53   810.2   141    7    1    0   0  .993    95    0    5 
1971 WAS A        LF   95   95   50   771.2   137    7    1    0   0  .993
1971 WAS A        1B   68   48   30   426.2   414   58    4   40   0  .992
1971 WAS A        RF    5    5    3    39       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 TEX A Daily  1B   66   55   35   473.1   440   27    9   39   0  .981
1972 TEX A        OF   21   21    9   166.2    25    0    1    0   0  .962    20    0    1 
1972 TEX A        LF   20   20    9   159.2    23    0    1    0   0  .958
1972 TEX A        RF    1    1    0     7       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 DET A Daily  1B   10    9    3    65      55    5    3    5   0  .952
1972 DET A        LF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 DET A        OF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1972 TOT A        1B   76   64   38   538.1   495   32   12   44   0  .978
1972 TOT A        LF   21   20    9   160.2    24    0    1    0   0  .960
1972 TOT A        OF   22   21    9   167.2    26    0    1    0   0  .963    21    0    1 
1973 DET A Daily  DH   76   54   39                                      -
1973 DET A        1B    2    1    0     9      12    0    1    0   0  .923
1973 DET A        OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1973 DET A        LF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF 1436 1396i 839i11518.2i 2114   82   57   12   0i .975   923    0  533 
Total             LF  916i 895i 477i 7220  i 1314i  46i  32i   7i  0i .977
Total             RF  526i 501i 362i 4298.2i  777i  34i  25i   5i  0i .970
Total             1B  334  261  185  2323    2298  195   47  201   0  .981
Total             DH   76   54   39                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1963 LA  N Daily  OF    3    3    0    20       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    3 
1963 LA  N        RF    3    3    0    20       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1968 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1968 AL           RF    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1969 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1969 AL           LF    1    1    0     4       0    0    1    0   0  .000
1970 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1970 AL           LF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF    3    3    0    11       0    0    0    0   0     -     2    0    1 
Total             LF    2    2    0     8       0    0    1    0   0  .000
Total             RF    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Managerial RecordManagerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1981 SD  N  110   41   69  .373   382   455                  6
1983 NY  N  116   52   64  .448   415   488   6- 3           6  6
Total       226   93  133  .412   797   943
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (1958).

Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, Ken McMullen and a
player to be named later to Washington Senators in exchange for Claude Osteen, John
Kennedy and $100000 (December 4, 1964); Washington Senators received Dick Nen
(December 15, 1964).

Sold by Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers (August 31, 1972).

Released by Detroit Tigers (October 25, 1973).


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