Frank Howard (baseball)

Full Name: Frank Oliver Howard	Primary Position: OF,LF,RF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/275	First Game: September 10, 1958
Birthdate: August 8, 1936	Final Game: September 30, 1973
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Frank "Hondo" Howard (Frank Oliver Howard) was born on August 8, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1958 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1960, he hit .268 with 23 home runs and 77 RBI and won Rookie Of The Year honors. Howard played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 16 year career.

Frank "The Capital Punisher" Howard entered the majors as an amatuer free agent in 1958. He was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers and played 7 seasons with the team, including 1963, the year the Dodgers won the World Series. In 1964, Howard was traded to the Washington Senators along with Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, and Dick Nen (player to be named later) for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy, and cash ($100,000). Howard played seven seasons with the Senators, and earning that Capital Punisher nickname for his great home-run power (to the upper deck, those white seats in the upper deck at RFK Stadium mark the locations of Howard's home-run hits). "Hondo" Howard hit 44 home-runs two times with the Senators, and both years that number was the most home-runs hit in the majors (1968 & 1970). His high, though, came in 1969 when he hit 48 home-runs and came in second to Harmon Killebrew 49 home-runs. Howard landed on many stat lists, including hitting 126 RBI's in 1970 (the most that year), walking 132 times in 1970 (most that year), managing to get a slugging percentage of .552 in 1968 (highest percentage that year), acquirng the most total bases in 1968 and 1969 in the majors (330 & 340), hitting the most extra-base hits in 1968 (75), hitting a home-run every 13.6 at-bats - the best mark in 1968, drawing 29 & 20 IBB in 1970-1971 (most in the majors), and striking out 155 times in 1967, along with grounding into 29 double plays in both 1969 & 1971 (both stats the most in the majors for that year).

Frank Howard also briefly managed in the majors. Howard managed the San Diego Padres to a record of 43-69 in 1981, and managed the New York Mets to a record of 52-64 in 1983. Howard ended up with a record of 93-133 as a manager in 226 managed games.

Most people believe that Frank Howard's best season was 1969, when he slugged 48 home runs, hit for a .296 average and knocked in 111 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
1958	LA	N	8	29	3	7	1	2	.241	.267	.379	1	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	1
1959	LA	N	9	21	2	3	1	6	.143	.217	.381	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
1960	LA	N	117	448	54	120	23	77	.268	.320	.464	15	2	32	108	3	2	0	1	8
1961	LA	N	92	267	36	79	15	45	.296	.347	.517	10	2	21	50	1	1	0	3	12
1962	LA	N	141	493	80	146	31	119	.296	.346	.560	25	6	39	108	1	1	1	10	18
1963	LA	N	123	417	58	114	28	64	.273	.330	.518	16	1	33	116	4	2	1	4	7
1964	LA	N	134	433	60	98	24	69	.226	.303	.432	13	2	51	113	0	1	1	10	14
1965	WAS	A	149	516	53	149	21	84	.289	.358	.477	22	6	55	112	2	0	0	2	9
1966	WAS	A	146	493	52	137	18	71	.278	.348	.442	19	4	53	104	1	0	1	6	14
1967	WAS	A	149	519	71	133	36	89	.256	.338	.511	20	2	60	155	5	0	0	7	14
1968	WAS	A	158	598	79	164	44	106	.274	.338	.552	28	3	54	141	6	0	0	12	13
1969	WAS	A	161	592	111	175	48	111	.296	.402	.574	17	2	102	96	5	0	1	19	29
1970	WAS	A	161	566	90	160	44	126	.283	.416	.546	15	1	132	125	2	0	1	29	23
1971	WAS	A	153	549	60	153	26	83	.279	.367	.474	25	2	77	121	2	0	1	20	29
1972	TEX	A	95	287	28	70	9	31	.244	.341	.369	9	0	42	55	1	0	1	8	16
1972	DET	A	14	33	1	8	1	7	.242	.324	.364	1	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0
1972	TOT	A	109	320	29	78	10	38	.244	.340	.369	10	0	46	63	1	0	1	8	16
1973	DET	A	85	227	26	58	12	29	.256	.327	.463	9	1	24	28	0	0	0	4	12
Total	NL		624	2108	293	567	123	382	.269	.326	.495	80	14	179	515	9	7	3	28	60
Total	AL		1271	4380	571	1207	259	737	.276	.364	.500	165	21	603	945	24	0	5	107	159
Total			1895	6488	864	1774	382	1119	.273	.352	.499	245	35	782	1460	33	7	8	135	219

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1958	LA	N	RF	5	5	33	8	0	0	0	1.000
1958	LA	N	LF	3	3	22	4	1	0	0	1.000
1958	LA	N	OF	8	8	55	12	1	0	0	1.000
1959	LA	N	LF	4	3	26	7	0	0	0	1.000
1959	LA	N	RF	2	2	16	3	0	0	0	1.000
1959	LA	N	OF	6	5	42	10	0	0	0	1.000
1960	LA	N	RF	94	91	821.1	157	7	1	1	.994
1960	LA	N	LF	22	21	178	22	1	2	0	.920
1960	LA	N	OF	115	112	999.1	177	8	3	1	.984
1960	LA	N	1B	4	1	16	19	3	1	2	.957
1961	LA	N	OF	65	61	487	79	6	6	0	.934
1961	LA	N	1B	7	5	41	43	4	2	2	.959
1961	LA	N	RF	47	45	353	61	3	6	0	.914
1961	LA	N	LF	19	16	134	19	2	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	N	LF	9	5	45.2	5	1	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	N	OF	131	127	1108.1	187	19	6	4	.972
1962	LA	N	RF	128	122	1062.2	182	16	6	4	.971
1963	LA	N	RF	107	104	915	181	4	8	0	.959
1963	LA	N	LF	6	3	32.1	8	0	0	0	1.000
1963	LA	N	OF	111	107	947.1	190	4	8	0	.960
1964	LA	N	RF	122	121	996.1	179	3	4	0	.978
1964	LA	N	OF	122	121	996.1	183	2	4	0	.979
1965	WAS	A	RF	7	0	10	1	0	0	0	1.000
1965	WAS	A	OF	138	138	1099	204	5	4	0	.981
1965	WAS	A	LF	138	138	1089	204	5	4	0	.981
1966	WAS	A	OF	135	134	1039	216	5	4	1	.982
1966	WAS	A	LF	135	134	1039	215	6	4	1	.982
1967	WAS	A	OF	141	140	1086	210	5	3	1	.986
1967	WAS	A	RF	3	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	WAS	A	LF	141	140	1082.1	206	5	3	1	.986
1967	WAS	A	1B	4	2	17	15	1	0	0	1.000
1968	WAS	A	1B	55	51	438.1	416	41	11	38	.976
1968	WAS	A	OF	107	105	899.1	160	11	8	1	.955
1968	WAS	A	LF	107	105	899.1	168	11	8	1	.957
1969	WAS	A	1B	70	47	441.1	455	31	10	38	.980
1969	WAS	A	OF	114	112	898.1	147	3	4	0	.974
1969	WAS	A	RF	6	6	43.2	6	0	0	0	1.000
1969	WAS	A	LF	108	106	854.2	137	3	4	0	.972
1970	WAS	A	LF	114	112	932.1	169	5	5	4	.972
1970	WAS	A	1B	48	42	395.1	429	25	6	37	.987
1970	WAS	A	OF	120	118	979.1	172	6	5	4	.973
1970	WAS	A	RF	6	6	47	3	1	0	0	1.000
1971	WAS	A	OF	100	100	810.2	141	7	1	0	.993
1971	WAS	A	RF	5	5	39	5	0	0	0	1.000
1971	WAS	A	LF	95	95	771.2	137	7	1	0	.993
1971	WAS	A	1B	68	48	426.2	414	58	4	40	.992
1972	TEX	A	LF	20	20	159.2	23	0	1	0	.958
1972	TEX	A	1B	66	55	473.1	440	27	9	39	.981
1972	TEX	A	RF	1	1	7	2	0	0	0	1.000
1972	TEX	A	OF	21	21	166.2	25	0	1	0	.962
1972	DET	A	1B	10	9	65	55	5	3	5	.952
1972	DET	A	LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1972	DET	A	OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1972	TOT	A	1B	76	64	538.1	495	32	12	44	.978
1972	TOT	A	LF	21	20	160.2	24	0	1	0	.960
1972	TOT	A	OF	22	21	167.2	26	0	1	0	.963
1973	DET	A	DH	76	54	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	DET	A	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	DET	A	1B	2	1	9	12	0	1	0	.923
1973	DET	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	923	901	7268	1325	47	32	7	.977
Total			1B	334	261	2323	2298	195	47	201	.981
Total			OF	1436	1409	11615.2	2114	82	57	12	.975
Total			DH	76	54	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	533	508	4347.2	788	34	25	5	.970

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (1958).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, Ken McMullen and a player to be named later to Washington Senators in exchange for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy and $100000 (December 4, 1964); Washington Senators received Dick Nen (December 15, 1964).
Sold by Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers (August 31, 1972).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 25, 1973).