Dick Howser

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Full Name: Richard Dalton Howser	Primary Position: SS,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/155	First Game: April 11, 1961
Birthdate: May 14, 1936	Final Game: September 27, 1968
Birthplace: Miami, Florida	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: June 17, 1987
Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Dick Howser (Richard Dalton Howser) was born on May 14, 1936 in Miami, Florida. He made his Major League debut on April 11, 1961 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1961, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 3 home runs and 45 RBI. Howser played for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Dick Howser's best season was 1961, when he stole 37 bases and hit for a .280 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	KC	A	158	611	108	171	3	45	.280	.377	.362	29	6	92	38	5	8	37	0	8
1962	KC	A	83	286	53	68	6	34	.238	.326	.350	8	3	38	8	1	9	19	0	5
1963	KC	A	15	41	4	8	0	1	.195	.313	.195	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	1	0
1963	CLE	A	49	162	25	40	1	10	.247	.333	.296	5	0	22	18	0	4	9	0	5
1963	TOT	A	64	203	29	48	1	11	.236	.329	.276	5	0	29	21	0	5	9	1	5
1964	CLE	A	162	637	101	163	3	52	.256	.335	.319	23	4	76	39	2	16	20	1	12
1965	CLE	A	107	307	47	72	1	6	.235	.354	.283	8	2	57	25	1	10	17	0	5
1966	CLE	A	67	140	18	32	2	4	.229	.299	.350	9	1	15	23	0	4	2	0	4
1967	NY	A	63	149	18	40	0	10	.268	.381	.309	6	0	25	15	2	3	1	0	0
1968	NY	A	85	150	24	23	0	3	.153	.321	.180	2	1	35	17	2	3	0	0	4
Total			789	2483	398	617	16	165	.248	.346	.318	90	17	367	186	13	58	105	2	43

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	KC	A	SS	157	156	1348	299	427	38	85	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1962	KC	A	SS	72	72	630	138	191	13	37	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1963	KC	A	SS	10	10	89	21	23	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1963	CLE	A	SS	44	42	361	80	90	9	15	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1963	TOT	A	SS	54	52	450	101	113	11	21	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1964	CLE	A	SS	162	161	1459.2	291	463	20	100	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1965	CLE	A	2B	17	12	114.1	25	38	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	CLE	A	SS	73	69	611	119	173	7	33	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1966	CLE	A	2B	26	20	176.2	29	41	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1966	CLE	A	SS	26	17	175	24	54	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1967	NY	A	2B	22	21	189.1	55	46	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1967	NY	A	3B	12	11	100	7	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1967	NY	A	SS	3	2	21	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	NY	A	2B	29	27	252	58	103	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1968	NY	A	3B	2	2	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	NY	A	SS	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	94	80	732.1	167	228	5	50	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			3B	14	13	118	9	26	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.946
Total			SS	548	529	4696.2	975	1428	93	284	0	0	0	0	0	.963

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (1958).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Joe Azcue to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Doc Edwards and $100000 (May 25, 1963).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to New York Yankees in exchange for Gil Downs and cash (December 20, 1966).

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