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Frank Howard (baseball)

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Full Name: Frank Oliver Howard Primary Position: OF,LF,RF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/255 First Game: September 10, 1958
Birthdate: August 8, 1936 Final Game: September 30, 1973
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Frank Howard (Frank Oliver Howard) was born on August 8, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1958 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 23 home runs and 77 RBI. Howard played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 16 year career.

Frank "The Capital Punisher" Howard entered the majors as an amatuer free agent in 1958. He was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers and played 7 seasons with the team, including 1963, the year the Dodgers won the World Series. In 1964, Howard was traded to the Washington Senators along with Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, and Dick Nen (player to be named later) for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy, and cash ($100,000). Howard played seven seasons with the Senators, and earning that Capital Punisher nickname for his great home-run power (to the upper deck, those white seats in the upper deck at RFK Stadium mark the locations of Howard's home-run hits). Howard hit 44 home-runs two times with the Senators, and both years that number was the most home-runs hit in the majors (1968 & 1970). His high, though, came in 1969 when he hit 48 home-runs and came in second to Harmon Killebrew 49 home-runs. Howard landed on many stat lists, including hitting 126 RBI's in 1970 (the most that year), walking 132 times in 1970 (most that year), managing to get a slugging percentage of .552 in 1968 (highest percentage that year), acquirng the most total bases in 1968 and 1969 in the majors (330 & 340), hitting the most extra-base hits in 1968 (75), hitting a home-run every 13.6 at-bats - the best mark in 1968, drawing 29 & 20 IBB in 1970-1971 (most in the majors), and striking out 155 times in 1967, along with grounding into 29 double plays in both 1969 & 1971 (both stats the most in the majors for that year).

Frank Howard also briefly managed in the majors. Howard managed the San Diego Padres to a record of 43-69 in 1981, and managed the New York Mets to a record of 52-64 in 1983. Howard ended up with a record of 93-133 as a manager in 226 managed games.



Most people believe that Frank Howard's best season was 1969, when he slugged 48 home runs, hit for a .296 average and knocked in 111 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 LA N 8 29 3 7 1 2 .241 .267 .379 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 1
1959 LA N 9 21 2 3 1 6 .143 .217 .381 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LA N 117 448 54 120 23 77 .268 .320 .464 15 2 32 108 3 2 0 1 8
1961 LA N 92 267 36 79 15 45 .296 .347 .517 10 2 21 50 1 1 0 3 12
1962 LA N 141 493 80 146 31 119 .296 .346 .560 25 6 39 108 1 1 1 10 18
1963 LA N 123 417 58 114 28 64 .273 .330 .518 16 1 33 116 4 2 1 4 7
1964 LA N 134 433 60 98 24 69 .226 .303 .432 13 2 51 113 0 1 1 10 14
1965 WAS A 149 516 53 149 21 84 .289 .358 .477 22 6 55 112 2 0 0 2 9
1966 WAS A 146 493 52 137 18 71 .278 .348 .442 19 4 53 104 1 0 1 6 14
1967 WAS A 149 519 71 133 36 89 .256 .338 .511 20 2 60 155 5 0 0 7 14
1968 WAS A 158 598 79 164 44 106 .274 .338 .552 28 3 54 141 6 0 0 12 13
1969 WAS A 161 592 111 175 48 111 .296 .402 .574 17 2 102 96 5 0 1 19 29
1970 WAS A 161 566 90 160 44 126 .283 .416 .546 15 1 132 125 2 0 1 29 23
1971 WAS A 153 549 60 153 26 83 .279 .367 .474 25 2 77 121 2 0 1 20 29
1972 TEX A 95 287 28 70 9 31 .244 .341 .369 9 0 42 55 1 0 1 8 16
1972 DET A 14 33 1 8 1 7 .242 .324 .364 1 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TOT A 109 320 29 78 10 38 .244 .340 .369 10 0 46 63 1 0 1 8 16
1973 DET A 85 227 26 58 12 29 .256 .327 .463 9 1 24 28 0 0 0 4 12
Total NL 624 2108 293 567 123 382 .269 .326 .495 80 14 179 515 9 7 3 28 60
Total AL 1271 4380 571 1207 259 737 .276 .364 .500 165 21 603 945 24 0 5 107 159
Total 1895 6488 864 1774 382 1119 .273 .352 .499 245 35 782 1460 33 7 8 135 219

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 LA N RF 5 5 33 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N LF 3 3 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N OF 8 8 55 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N LF 4 3 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N RF 2 2 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N OF 6 5 42 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 LA N RF 94 91 821.1 157 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1960 LA N LF 22 21 178 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .920
1960 LA N OF 115 112 999.1 177 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1960 LA N 1B 4 1 16 19 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1961 LA N OF 65 61 487 79 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .934
1961 LA N 1B 7 5 41 43 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1961 LA N RF 47 45 353 61 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1961 LA N LF 19 16 134 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 LA N LF 9 5 45.2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 LA N OF 131 127 1108.1 187 19 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1962 LA N RF 128 122 1062.2 182 16 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1963 LA N RF 107 104 915 181 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1963 LA N LF 6 3 32.1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 LA N OF 111 107 947.1 190 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1964 LA N RF 122 121 996.1 179 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1964 LA N OF 122 121 996.1 183 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1965 WAS A RF 7 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 WAS A OF 138 138 1099 204 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1965 WAS A LF 138 138 1089 204 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1966 WAS A OF 135 134 1039 216 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1966 WAS A LF 135 134 1039 215 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1967 WAS A OF 141 140 1086 210 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1967 WAS A RF 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1967 WAS A LF 141 140 1082.1 206 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1967 WAS A 1B 4 2 17 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 WAS A 1B 55 51 438.1 416 41 11 38 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1968 WAS A OF 107 105 899.1 160 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1968 WAS A LF 107 105 899.1 168 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1969 WAS A 1B 70 47 441.1 455 31 10 38 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1969 WAS A OF 114 112 898.1 147 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1969 WAS A RF 6 6 43.2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 WAS A LF 108 106 854.2 137 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1970 WAS A LF 114 112 932.1 169 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1970 WAS A 1B 48 42 395.1 429 25 6 37 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1970 WAS A OF 120 118 979.1 172 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1970 WAS A RF 6 6 47 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 WAS A OF 100 100 810.2 141 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1971 WAS A RF 5 5 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 WAS A LF 95 95 771.2 137 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1971 WAS A 1B 68 48 426.2 414 58 4 40 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1972 TEX A LF 20 20 159.2 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1972 TEX A 1B 66 55 473.1 440 27 9 39 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1972 TEX A RF 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 TEX A OF 21 21 166.2 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1972 DET A 1B 10 9 65 55 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1972 DET A LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 DET A OF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 TOT A 1B 76 64 538.1 495 32 12 44 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1972 TOT A LF 21 20 160.2 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1972 TOT A OF 22 21 167.2 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1973 DET A DH 76 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 DET A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 DET A 1B 2 1 9 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1973 DET A OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 923 901 7268 1325 47 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total 1B 334 261 2323 2298 195 47 201 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total OF 1436 1409 11615.2 2114 82 57 12 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total DH 76 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 533 508 4347.2 788 34 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 .970

[edit] Transactions

  • 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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