Bruce Howard
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[edit] Biography
Born on March 23, 1943 in Salisbury, Maryland, Bruce Howard (Bruce Ernest Howard) played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career. Howard broke into the bigs on September 4, 1963 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.47 ERA in 148 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bruce Howard's best season was 1966, when he posted a 2.30 ERA and struck out 85 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | CHI | A | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.65 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .81 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | CHI | A | 30 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3.47 | 120 | 61 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 123 | 13 | 72 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 1966 | CHI | A | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2.30 | 85 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 110 | 14 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1967 | CHI | A | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3.43 | 76 | 55 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112.2 | 102 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 1968 | WAS | A | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5.36 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.2 | 62 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | BAL | A | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3.77 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1968 | TOT | A | 23 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4.74 | 42 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | 92 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 120 | 75 | 26 | 31 | 3.18 | 349 | 219 | 187 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 528.2 | 449 | 45 | 239 | 13 | 24 | 8 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | CHI | A | P | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | P | 3 | 3 | 22.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | CHI | A | P | 30 | 22 | 148 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .964 |
| 1966 | CHI | A | P | 27 | 21 | 149 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .925 |
| 1967 | CHI | A | P | 30 | 17 | 112.2 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | WAS | A | P | 13 | 7 | 48.2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | BAL | A | P | 10 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | TOT | A | P | 23 | 12 | 79.2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 120 | 75 | 528.2 | 26 | 94 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 3 | .968 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | CHI | A | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CHI | A | 30 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .146 | .222 | .244 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1966 | CHI | A | 27 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .070 | .180 | .093 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHI | A | 30 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .207 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | WAS | A | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 | BAL | A | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .857 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | TOT | A | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .087 | .125 | .261 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 120 | 147 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 7 | .116 | .181 | .184 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1962).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Buford and Roger Nelson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias (November 29, 1967).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Washington Senators in exchange for Fred Valentine (June 15, 1968).
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