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Dick Howser

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL us

Died: June 17, 1987 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, FL

High School: Palm Beach HS (West Palm Beach, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: April 11, 1961 (Age 24-332d, 11,804th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 32-136d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Richard Dalton Howser

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

2483

617

.249

398

RBI

165

105

OBP

.346

SLG

.318

OPS

.664

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	2	Apr 15	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	46	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		KCA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 24	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
8	8	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28	CLE		MIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 30	CLE		WSA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CLE		WSA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
12	12	May 2 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	May 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
14	14	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	15	May 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
16	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-15	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
18	23 (5)	May 14	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
20	25	May 16 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8	CG	47	10.1	1	5	0	6	3	SS
21	26	May 16 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
22	27	May 18	CLE		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
23	28	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
24	29	May 20	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
25	30	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
26	31	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
28	34 (1)	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-15	CG	45	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	35	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
30	36	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	37	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
32	38	May 29	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
33	39	May 30	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
34	40	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	42 (1)	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
36	43	Jun 5	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
37	45 (1)	Jun 7	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
38	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
39	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
41	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
42	51 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
43	52	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
44	53	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
45	54	Jun 15	CLE		WSA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
46	55	Jun 16	CLE		WSA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
47	57 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
48	58	Jun 19	CLE		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	60 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		CAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
50	61	Jun 22	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
51	62	Jun 23	CLE		MIN	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
52	63	Jun 24	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
53	64	Jun 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	66 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,10-7	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	67	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	69 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
57	70	Jun 30	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	71	Jul 1	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
59	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
60	74 (1)	Jul 4	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	75	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
62	76	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
63	77	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
64	78	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	79	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
66	81 (1)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
67	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
68	83	Jul 14	CLE		CHW	L,10-12	GF	13	3.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	118 (34)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	131 (12)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	132	Sep 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
72	133	Sep 2	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
73	135 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
74	137 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
75	140 (2)	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
76	145 (4)	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	149 (3)	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GF	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	PH 2B
78	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
79	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
80	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
81	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
82	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
83	155	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
84	156	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
85	157	Sep 28	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
86	158	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
87	159	Oct 1 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
88	160	Oct 1 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
89	161	Oct 2	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
90	162	Oct 3	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
							90gm		725.1	144	211	7	362	41