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
9 x All-Star
1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957
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
113
OPS vs Lg
83% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
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
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1968 AL 229 .094 .286 9.6 19.7 105 5.0
1967 AL 345 .067 .204 6.1 17.4 46 4.0
1966 AL 451 .100 .290 8.2 14.4 100 6.1
1965 AL 418 .113 .258 5.7 15.6 83 9.0
1964 AL 607 .142 .337 7.9 12.0 137 14.8 ✓
1963 AL 531 .240 .285 6.6 12.8 149 28.2 ✓
1962 AL 538 .194 .288 5.8 14.1 118 21.0 ✓
1961 AL 482 .202 .368 5.8 13.5 157 20.9
1960 AL 361 .108 .259 7.8 11.9 82 6.3
1959 AL 474 .203 .277 4.2 12.0 119 18.8
1958 AL 406 .165 .346 5.4 14.8 133 11.5
1957 AL 380 .126 .267 4.2 11.3 86 8.4
1956 AL 316 .100 .276 6.6 9.5 84 5.3
1955 AL 305 .186 .300 6.6 11.8 126 10.5
1948 NAL 84 .175 .241 3.6 0.0 93 2.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
C 1,138 6,447 479 51 87 .993
OF 285 415 18 12 3 .973
1B 85 734 44 8 70 .990
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1968 Boston Red Sox C 68 377 30 2 3 .995
1967 New York Yankees 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1967 New York Yankees C 48 289 26 5 4 .984
1967 Boston Red Sox C 41 246 14 1 5 .996
1966 New York Yankees 1B 13 112 8 0 11 1.000
1966 New York Yankees C 100 553 44 9 6 .985
1965 New York Yankees 1B 5 29 1 0 2 1.000
1965 New York Yankees C 95 614 43 6 6 .991
1965 New York Yankees OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1964 New York Yankees C 146 939 67 2 9 .998
1963 New York Yankees C 132 786 51 5 8 .994
1962 New York Yankees C 129 713 44 4 12 .995
1961 New York Yankees 1B 9 90 4 1 12 .989
1961 New York Yankees C 111 635 43 5 4 .993
1960 New York Yankees C 91 410 40 6 9 .987
1960 New York Yankees OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1959 New York Yankees 1B 50 444 26 7 39 .985
1959 New York Yankees C 43 221 23 2 2 .992
1959 New York Yankees OF 28 47 0 1 0 .979
1958 New York Yankees 1B 5 38 2 0 5 1.000
1958 New York Yankees C 67 355 26 1 8 .997
1958 New York Yankees OF 24 54 1 1 0 .982
1957 New York Yankees 1B 2 20 3 0 1 1.000
1957 New York Yankees C 32 178 11 3 4 .984
1957 New York Yankees OF 71 68 5 3 0 .961
1956 New York Yankees C 26 108 14 0 5 1.000
1956 New York Yankees OF 65 97 2 1 0 .990
1955 New York Yankees C 9 23 3 0 2 1.000
1955 New York Yankees OF 75 124 10 3 3 .978
1948 Kansas City Monarchs OF 20 24 0 3 0 .889
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 61 197 48 6 21 .244
1967 World Series Boston Red Sox 7 18 2 0 1 .111
1964 World Series New York Yankees 7 24 7 0 2 .292
1963 World Series New York Yankees 4 15 5 0 1 .333
1962 World Series New York Yankees 6 21 3 0 1 .143
1961 World Series New York Yankees 5 20 5 1 1 .250
1960 World Series New York Yankees 5 13 6 1 4 .462
1958 World Series New York Yankees 6 18 4 0 2 .222
1957 World Series New York Yankees 6 11 3 1 3 .273
1956 World Series New York Yankees 1 5 2 1 1 .400
1955 World Series New York Yankees 7 26 5 1 3 .192
1948 ALC Kansas City Monarchs 7 26 6 1 2 .231