Player

Howard Easterling

Player Info
Full Name
Howard Willis
Born
November 26, 1911
Mount Olive, MS, USA
Died
September 6, 1993
Size
5'9" / 179 lbs
B/T
B / R
Teams
Honors
4 x All-Star
1946, 1943, 1940, 1937
Career Batting
311
G
.312
AVG
372
H
19
HR
225
RBI
.841
OPS
137
OPS vs Lg
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Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1946 Homestead Grays 35 140 39 9 2 1 21 .279
1943 Homestead Grays 64 250 87 11 10 1 47 .348
1942 Homestead Grays 67 258 67 12 4 7 51 .260
1941 Homestead Grays 55 208 62 11 4 6 49 .298
1940 Homestead Grays 54 203 68 10 9 3 42 .335
1938 Chicago American Giants 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 .750
1937 Cincinnati Tigers 35 131 46 12 7 1 25 .351
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1946 NN2 148 .114 .273 5.4 0.0 104 2.8
1943 NN2 273 .136 .345 7.0 0.0 140 4.8 ✓
1942 NN2 290 .159 .245 9.3 2.1 122 33.4 ✓
1941 NN2 232 .178 .286 7.3 2.6 138 21.6 ✓
1940 NN2 228 .182 .325 9.2 0.0 142 11.9 ✓
1938 NAL 5 .250 — 20.0 — 433 0.0
1937 NAL 145 .221 .349 6.2 0.7 175 3.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
3B 165 130 291 31 16 .931
2B 68 128 163 12 19 .960
OF 63 105 6 2 0 .982
SS 41 76 100 23 12 .884
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1946 Homestead Grays 3B 32 29 56 9 5 .904
1946 Homestead Grays SS 3 7 10 2 1 .895
1943 Homestead Grays 2B 49 99 132 7 15 .971
1943 Homestead Grays 3B 11 8 12 1 1 .952
1943 Homestead Grays OF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000
1942 Homestead Grays 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
1942 Homestead Grays 3B 62 55 123 14 4 .927
1942 Homestead Grays OF 6 9 3 1 0 .923
1942 Homestead Grays SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1941 Homestead Grays 2B 11 18 20 2 2 .950
1941 Homestead Grays 3B 28 20 48 4 5 .944
1941 Homestead Grays OF 19 35 0 0 0 1.000
1941 Homestead Grays SS 3 9 10 2 1 .905
1940 Homestead Grays 2B 6 11 10 3 2 .875
1940 Homestead Grays 3B 31 18 51 3 1 .958
1940 Homestead Grays OF 22 33 2 0 0 1.000
1940 Homestead Grays SS 5 9 12 2 2 .913
1938 Chicago American Giants OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1937 Cincinnati Tigers 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1937 Cincinnati Tigers OF 5 12 0 1 0 .923
1937 Cincinnati Tigers SS 29 51 67 17 8 .874
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 12 52 19 1 9 .365
1943 NWS Homestead Grays 7 31 10 0 7 .323
1942 NWS Homestead Grays 4 16 5 1 1 .313
1941 NLC Homestead Grays 1 5 4 0 1 .800