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Bill Howerton

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Full Name: William Ray Howerton Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185 First Game: September 11, 1949
Birthdate: December 12, 1921 Final Game: June 29, 1952
Birthplace: Lompoc, California MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: December 18, 2001
Deathplace: Blakely, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/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

Bill Howerton (William Ray Howerton) was born on December 12, 1921 in Lompoc, California. He made his Major League debut on September 11, 1949 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 10 home runs and 59 RBI. Howerton played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Howerton's best season was 1950, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 59 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
1949 STL N 9 13 1 4 0 1 .308 .308 .385 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL N 110 313 50 88 10 59 .281 .375 .492 20 8 47 60 0 4 0 0 3
1951 STL N 24 65 10 17 1 4 .262 .360 .400 4 1 10 12 0 0 0 0 2
1951 PIT N 80 219 29 60 11 37 .274 .351 .498 12 2 26 44 0 1 1 0 9
1951 TOT N 104 284 39 77 12 41 .271 .353 .475 16 3 36 56 0 1 1 0 11
1952 PIT N 13 25 3 8 0 4 .320 .452 .440 1 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 1
1952 NY N 11 15 2 1 0 1 .067 .222 .133 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1952 TOT N 24 40 5 9 0 5 .225 .367 .325 2 1 9 7 0 0 0 0 1
Total 247 650 95 178 22 106 .274 .364 .472 39 12 92 125 0 5 1 0 15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1949 STL N OF 6 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1950 STL N OF 94 0 0 183 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1951 STL N OF 17 0 0 35 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1951 PIT N OF 53 0 0 93 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1951 PIT N 3B 4 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1951 TOT N OF 70 0 0 128 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1951 TOT N RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1951 TOT N LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 PIT N OF 5 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1952 PIT N 3B 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
1952 NY N OF 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 TOT N OF 8 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1952 TOT N RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 TOT N CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 5 0 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .727
Total OF 178 0 0 335 7 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1943).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Don Lang to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim Gleeson (July, 1946).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Howie Pollet, Ted Wilks, Joe Garagiola and Dick Cole to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake (June 15, 1951).
  • Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Pittsburgh Pirates (May 7, 1952).

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