Del Howard
[edit] Biography
Del Howard (George Elmer Howard) was born on December 24, 1877 in Kenney, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1905 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 2 home runs and 63 RBI. Howard played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters, Chicago Cubs and Boston Doves over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Del Howard's best season was 1906, when he knocked in 54 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| 123
| 435
| 56
| 127
| 2
| 63
| .292
| .345
| .370
| 18
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 8
| 14
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| 147
| 545
| 46
| 142
| 1
| 54
| .261
| .306
| .330
| 19
| 8
| 26
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 51
| 148
| 10
| 34
| 0
| 13
| .230
| .269
| .270
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| BOS
| N
| 50
| 187
| 20
| 51
| 1
| 13
| .273
| .330
| .332
| 4
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| TOT
| N
| 101
| 335
| 30
| 85
| 1
| 26
| .254
| .304
| .304
| 6
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 96
| 315
| 42
| 88
| 1
| 26
| .279
| .338
| .330
| 7
| 3
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| 69
| 203
| 25
| 40
| 1
| 24
| .197
| .282
| .251
| 4
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 536
| 1833
| 199
| 482
| 6
| 193
| .263
| .318
| .326
| 54
| 22
| 111
| 0
| 36
| 49
| 67
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 912
| 48
| 22
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 36
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 119
| 14
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1906
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 88
| 121
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 301
| 16
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1907
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1907
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1907
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 129
| 10
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 593
| 32
| 13
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 249
| 0
| 0
| 348
| 35
| 22
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 187
| 0
| 0
| 1860
| 100
| 47
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 95
| 132
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 36
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Omaha (Western) to Philadelphia Phillies (August, 1904).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Kitty Bransfield, Otto Krueger and Moose McCormick (December 20, 1904).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Dave Brain and Vive Lindaman to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Vic Willis (December 15, 1905).
- Traded by Boston Doves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Sweeney and Newt Randall (June 24, 1907).
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