Player

Elston Howard

Player Info
Full Name
Elston Gene
Born
February 23, 1929
St. Louis, MO, USA
Died
December 14, 1980
Size
6'2" / 196 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
April 14, 1955
Final Game
September 29, 1968
Career
14 years
Teams
Honors
11 x All-Star
1964 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
1964 - Gold Glove (AL)
1963 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
1963 - Most Valuable Player (AL)
1963 - Gold Glove (AL)
1961 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
1958 - Babe Ruth Award (AL)
Career Batting
1,625
G
.274
AVG
1,491
H
168
HR
775
RBI
.748
OPS
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1968 Boston Red Sox 71 203 49 4 0 5 22 .241
1967 New York Yankees 66 199 39 6 0 3 13 .196
1967 Boston Red Sox 42 116 17 3 0 1 9 .147
1966 New York Yankees 126 410 105 19 2 6 38 .256
1965 New York Yankees 110 391 91 15 1 9 38 .233
1964 New York Yankees 150 550 172 27 3 15 63 .313
1963 New York Yankees 135 487 140 21 6 28 75 .287
1962 New York Yankees 136 494 138 23 5 21 63 .279
1961 New York Yankees 129 446 155 17 5 21 64 .348
1960 New York Yankees 107 323 79 11 3 6 29 .245
1959 New York Yankees 125 443 121 24 6 18 59 .273
1958 New York Yankees 103 376 118 19 5 11 45 .314
1957 New York Yankees 110 356 90 13 4 8 33 .253
1956 New York Yankees 98 290 76 8 3 5 35 .262
1955 New York Yankees 97 279 81 8 7 10 33 .290
1948 Kansas City Monarchs 20 80 20 5 3 1 16 .250