Bruce Howard
[edit] Biography
Born on March 23, 1943 in Salisbury, Maryland, Bruce Howard (Bruce Ernest Howard) played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career. Howard broke into the bigs on September 4, 1963 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.47 ERA in 148 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bruce Howard's best season was 1966, when he posted a 2.30 ERA and struck out 85 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2.65
| 9
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 12
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| .81
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 22.1
| 10
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 22
| 9
| 8
| 3.47
| 120
| 61
| 57
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 148
| 123
| 13
| 72
| 5
| 9
| 1
|
| 1966
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 21
| 9
| 5
| 2.30
| 85
| 48
| 38
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 149
| 110
| 14
| 44
| 2
| 8
| 1
|
| 1967
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 17
| 3
| 10
| 3.43
| 76
| 55
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 112.2
| 102
| 9
| 52
| 1
| 5
| 3
|
| 1968
| WAS
| A
| 13
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 5.36
| 23
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 48.2
| 62
| 7
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 3.77
| 19
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 30
| 2
| 26
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| 1968
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 12
| 1
| 6
| 4.74
| 42
| 46
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 79.2
| 92
| 9
| 49
| 4
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 120
| 75
| 26
| 31
| 3.18
| 349
| 219
| 187
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 528.2
| 449
| 45
| 239
| 13
| 24
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 3
| 22.1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 22
| 148
| 5
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 3
| 0
| .964
|
| 1966
| CHI
| A
| P
| 27
| 21
| 149
| 10
| 27
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 1
| .925
|
| 1967
| CHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 17
| 112.2
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| WAS
| A
| P
| 13
| 7
| 48.2
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| P
| 10
| 5
| 31
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| TOT
| A
| P
| 23
| 12
| 79.2
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 120
| 75
| 528.2
| 26
| 94
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 37
| 21
| 3
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 41
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .146
| .222
| .244
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1966
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 43
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .070
| .180
| .093
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 28
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .179
| .207
| .214
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| WAS
| A
| 13
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| 10
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 2
| .286
| .375
| .857
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 2
| .087
| .125
| .261
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 120
| 147
| 5
| 17
| 1
| 7
| .116
| .181
| .184
| 5
| 1
| 11
| 50
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1962).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Buford and Roger Nelson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias (November 29, 1967).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Washington Senators in exchange for Fred Valentine (June 15, 1968).
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