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Howard		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 24, 1877 in Usa, IL, KENNEY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1905 27 CHN NL   1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1906 28 CHN NL $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1907 29 CHN NL $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1908 30 CHN NL $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1909 31 CHN NL $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1910 32 CHN NL $ 2,257,143 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1911 33 CHN NL $ 2,257,143 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1912 34 CHN NL $ 2,257,143 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1913 35 CHN NL $ 3,000,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1914 36 CHN NL   1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1905 27 CHN NL     7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1906 28 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 7 6 2 3 3 10 10 10
1907 29 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 7 6 2 3 3 10 10 10
1908 30 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 7 6 2 3 3 10 10 10
1909 31 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 3 3 10 10 10
1910 32 CHN NL $ 2,257,143   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 10 10 10
1911 33 CHN NL $ 2,257,143   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 10 10 10
1912 34 CHN NL $ 2,257,143   7 7 7 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 3 3 9 10 10
1913 35 CHN NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 3 3 9 10 9
1914 36 CHN NL     7 7 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 7 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1914 36 CHN NL 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 2 0 2.25 .214 .294 .214 .508 0.4
1 Years Sim 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 2 0 2.25 .214 .294 .214 .508 0.4
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 1 0 1 0   .143 .250 .143 .393
vs LH   2 0 0 1 0   .286 .375 .286 .661
Home 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 2 0 2.25 .214 .313 .214 .527
May 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 2 0 2.25 .214 .313 .214 .527
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1905 27 A   111 422 106 160 24 4 29 100 24 6 61 66 .379 .458 .661 1.119 112.7  
1906 28 CHN NL 108 398 55 98 10 6 2 41 31 14 29 20 .246 .309 .317 .626 41.8 9.5
    A   12 42 8 14 1 0 3 6 2 1 11 4 .333 .472 .571 1.043 11.1  
1907 29 CHN NL 122 450 68 124 11 7 1 36 46 10 29 23 .276 .324 .338 .662 53.7 13.9
1908 30 CHN NL 149 562 75 165 14 8 2 62 35 15 31 29 .294 .337 .358 .694 65.4 12.4
1909 31 CHN NL 149 570 74 163 11 10 2 73 51 18 37 28 .286 .350 .351 .700 70.4 13.8
1910 32 CHN NL 143 542 58 138 14 9 1 58 36 17 27 24 .255 .308 .319 .627 54.4 9.8
1911 33 CHN NL 154 598 70 153 19 8 8 96 46 10 31 19 .256 .293 .355 .648 61.1 7.9
1912 34 CHN NL 149 584 74 173 13 9 4 66 56 13 31 27 .296 .345 .370 .715 80.7 15.9
1913 35 CHN NL 149 614 76 165 22 8 2 37 50 23 41 22 .269 .318 .340 .658 68.2 9.1
1914 36 CHN NL 19 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.9 0.0
9 Years Sim 1142 4332 552 1180 114 65 22 471 352 120 256 193 .272 .323 .344 .667 494.9 92.3
2 Years A 123 464 114 174 25 4 32 106 26 7 72 70 .375 .461 .653 1.114 123.8  
162 Game Average 614 78 167 16 9 3 66 49 17 36 27 .272 .323 .344 .667 70.2  
Career Highs 154 614 76 173 22 10 8 96 56 23 41 29 .296 .350 .370 .715 80.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3267 454 950 92 57 19 360 276 98 208 124 .291 .341 .371 .712 410.5
vs LH   1065 98 230 22 8 3 111 76 22 48 69 .216 .267 .260 .527 69.8
Home 577 2160 271 585 54 33 8 205 166 67 123 97 .271 .320 .338 .657 228.8
Away 565 2172 281 595 60 32 14 266 186 53 133 96 .274 .326 .350 .676 251.5
RISP   1108 0 307 28 20 8 434 0 0 73 58 .277 .324 .360 .684 125.9
Pinch Hitting   34 5 6 1 0 0 7 2 0 3 2 .176 .237 .206 .443 1.9
Close/Late   526 56 136 16 8 3 68 0 0 27 23 .259 .297 .337 .634 50.4
Mar/Apr 124 460 54 128 13 6 0 42 30 8 30 15 .278 .331 .333 .664 51.3
May 213 788 111 209 17 15 2 78 67 26 41 41 .265 .309 .332 .642 80.3
June 187 722 100 203 15 8 7 86 55 14 40 29 .281 .332 .353 .685 84.9
July 213 845 111 235 29 14 4 104 78 27 47 39 .278 .324 .360 .684 98.0
August 191 710 91 191 21 10 5 76 53 21 52 34 .269 .331 .348 .679 80.9
Sep/Oct 213 807 85 214 19 12 4 85 69 24 46 35 .265 .314 .333 .648 84.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1906 28 CHN NL 1B 80 78 703.7 926 82 11 63 .989 12.89   1.3
    LF 14 14 128.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.2
    RF 5 3 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1907 29 CHN NL 1B 102 101 892.3 1129 82 10 80 .992 12.21   1.4
    RF 7 1 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.1
1908 30 CHN NL 1B 111 111 992.7 1179 84 14 91 .989 11.45   1.5
    LF 29 26 239.3 45 5 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.7
    RF 9 8 69.0 13 1 1 1 .933 1.83    
1909 31 CHN NL 1B 104 104 924.7 1215 99 12 83 .991 12.79   1.1
    LF 44 43 382.3 78 1 0 0 1.000 1.86   1.2
1910 32 CHN NL 1B 107 107 950.0 1142 78 12 90 .990 11.56   1.4
    LF 35 35 310.7 63 3 0 1 1.000 1.91   0.5
1911 33 CHN NL 1B 96 96 840.7 1011 83 19 88 .983 11.71   1.4
    LF 58 58 512.0 101 3 1 1 .990 1.83   0.8
1912 34 CHN NL 1B 146 146 1289.3 1607 119 11 141 .994 12.05   2.8
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1913 35 CHN NL 1B 149 149 1313.7 1485 101 19 148 .988 10.87   1.7
1914 36 CHN NL P 3 0 4.0 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50    
    RF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 896 892 7908.0 9695 728 108 784 .990 11.86   12.7
  LF 180 176 1572.3 307 12 1 2 .997 1.83   3.4
  RF 24 13 131.3 25 1 1 1 .963 1.78   0.1
  P 3 0 4.0 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50    
Career Totals   1103 1081 9615.6 10027 743 111 787 .990 10.08   16.2
Career Highs   154 154 1352.7 1608 119 20 148 .994 12.01    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1908-4-149
1909-7-149
1911-1-154
1912-9-149
1913-6-149
 At-Bats
1909-10-570
1911-5-598
1912-9-584
1913-1-614
 Hits
1909-9-163
 Singles
1908-8-141
1909-5-140
1912-8-147
 Homeruns
1911-5-8
 RBIs
1911-7-96
Stolen Bases
1912-6-56
1913-8-50
 Caught Stealing
1913-9-23
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Frank Isbell (944)
  2. Bill Hinchman (942)
  3. Kitty Bransfield (933)
  4. Charlie Hemphill (926)
  5. Harry Bay (923)
  6. Burt Shotton (909)
  7. Davy Jones (905)
  8. Jimmy Sebring (901)
  9. Jim Jackson (900)
  10. Alan Storke (899)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1905
Injured on 5/15/1905 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/27/1906, off Rube Kisinger (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1906, off Bill Reidy (PHI)
2/13/1910: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/22/1910 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
2/13/1911: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1911, hitting .529 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1911, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
6/10/1912: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Earned first career win on 5/18/1914
Released by Chicago (N) on 7/1/1914
 
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