Dick Howser
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
| 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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