Elston Howard

Elston Gene Howard
Born: February 23, 1929
St. Louis, MO USA
Deceased: 1980
New York, NY USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 196
Career: 1955-1968
Minor League Statistics

Elston Howard compiled a career batting average of .274 with 167 home runs and 762 RBI in his 1605-game career with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. He began playing during the 1955 season and last took the field during the 1968 campaign.

New York Yankees

Boston Red Sox

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	AL	New York Yankees	97	305	279	33	81	8	7	10	43	0	0	20	36	.290	.336	.477	.812	133	4	1	1	4	5
1956	AL	New York Yankees	98	316	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	0	1	21	30	.262	.312	.362	.674	105	11	1	2	2	6
1957	AL	New York Yankees	110	380	356	33	90	13	4	8	44	2	5	16	43	.253	.283	.379	.663	135	18	0	6	2	6
1958	AL	New York Yankees	103	406	376	45	118	19	5	11	66	1	1	22	60	.314	.348	.479	.827	180	9	0	4	4	6
1959	AL	New York Yankees	125	474	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	0	1	20	57	.273	.306	.476	.783	211	12	3	4	4	4
1960	AL	New York Yankees	107	361	323	29	79	11	3	6	39	3	0	28	43	.245	.298	.353	.651	114	8	0	2	8	7
1961	AL	New York Yankees	129	482	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	.348	.387	.549	.936	245	5	3	1	4	6
1962	AL	New York Yankees	136	538	494	63	138	23	5	21	91	1	1	31	76	.279	.318	.474	.791	234	20	1	3	9	1
1963	AL	New York Yankees	135	531	487	75	140	21	6	28	85	0	0	35	68	.287	.342	.528	.869	257	17	6	1	2	4
1964	AL	New York Yankees	150	607	550	63	172	27	3	15	84	1	1	48	73	.313	.371	.455	.825	250	10	5	0	4	12
1965	AL	New York Yankees	110	418	391	38	91	15	1	9	45	0	0	24	65	.233	.278	.345	.623	135	16	1	1	1	3
1966	AL	New York Yankees	126	451	410	38	105	19	2	6	35	0	0	37	65	.256	.317	.356	.673	146	12	1	0	3	9
1967	AL	New York Yankees	66	216	199	13	39	6	0	3	17	0	0	12	36	.196	.247	.271	.518	54	6	2	1	2	3
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	42	129	116	9	17	3	0	1	11	0	0	9	24	.147	.211	.198	.409	23	4	1	1	2	3
1968	AL	Boston Red Sox	71	229	203	22	49	4	0	5	18	1	1	22	45	.241	.317	.335	.652	68	5	1	2	1	7
Totals			1605	5843	5363	619	1471	218	50	167	762	9	14	373	786	.274	.322	.427	.749	2290	157	26	29	52	82

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
1955	AL	New York Yankees	OF	75	65	521.3	124	10	3	3	.978	2.313	1.787	0	0	0	0
1955	AL	New York Yankees	C	9	4	48.0	23	3	0	2	1.000	4.875	2.889	0	3	0	2	100.0
1956	AL	New York Yankees	OF	65	51	483.7	97	2	1	0	.990	1.842	1.523	0	0	0	0
1956	AL	New York Yankees	C	26	19	184.0	108	14	0	5	1.000	5.967	4.692	2	5	7	9	56.3
1957	AL	New York Yankees	OF	71	66	575.3	68	5	3	0	.961	1.142	1.028	0	0	0	0
1957	AL	New York Yankees	C	32	26	238.3	178	11	3	4	.984	7.137	5.906	3	6	6	9	60.0
1957	AL	New York Yankees	1B	2	1	16.0	20	3	0	1	1.000	12.938	11.500	0	0	0	0
1958	AL	New York Yankees	C	67	64	591.0	355	26	1	8	.997	5.802	5.687	3	12	18	17	48.6
1958	AL	New York Yankees	OF	24	23	197.0	54	1	1	0	.982	2.513	2.292	0	0	0	0
1958	AL	New York Yankees	1B	5	5	43.0	38	2	0	5	1.000	8.372	8.000	0	0	0	0
1959	AL	New York Yankees	1B	50	48	416.0	444	26	7	39	.985	1.168	9.400	0	0	0	0
1959	AL	New York Yankees	C	43	41	358.3	221	23	2	2	.992	6.128	5.674	4	9	5	9	64.3
1959	AL	New York Yankees	OF	28	23	213.3	47	0	1	0	.979	1.983	1.679	0	0	0	0
1960	AL	New York Yankees	C	91	80	731.7	410	40	6	9	.987	5.535	4.945	8	21	19	20	51.3
1960	AL	New York Yankees	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1961	AL	New York Yankees	C	111	106	923.3	635	43	5	4	.993	6.609	6.108	8	22	20	20	50.0
1961	AL	New York Yankees	1B	9	9	86.0	90	4	1	12	.989	9.837	1.444	0	0	0	0
1962	AL	New York Yankees	C	129	124	1090.3	713	44	4	12	.995	6.249	5.868	6	17	19	23	54.8
1963	AL	New York Yankees	C	132	128	1144.3	786	51	5	8	.994	6.583	6.341	8	25	22	15	40.5
1964	AL	New York Yankees	C	146	141	1299.0	939	67	2	9	.998	6.970	6.890	8	33	27	26	49.1
1965	AL	New York Yankees	C	95	93	814.0	614	43	6	6	.991	7.264	6.916	10	25	39	22	36.1
1965	AL	New York Yankees	1B	5	3	27.0	29	1	0	2	1.000	1.000	6.000	0	0	0	0
1965	AL	New York Yankees	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0	0
1966	AL	New York Yankees	C	100	98	851.7	553	44	9	6	.985	6.309	5.970	6	23	30	19	38.8
1966	AL	New York Yankees	1B	13	13	105.0	112	8	0	11	1.000	1.286	9.231	0	0	0	0
1967	AL	New York Yankees	C	48	47	419.7	289	26	5	4	.984	6.755	6.563	3	10	19	11	36.7
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	C	41	33	306.0	246	14	1	5	.996	7.647	6.341	3	7	13	7	35.0
1967	AL	New York Yankees	1B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
1968	AL	Boston Red Sox	C	68	62	536.0	377	30	2	3	.995	6.834	5.985	3	30	41	14	25.5
Totals				1488	1374	12231.3	7572	541	68	160	.992	5.970	5.452	75	248	285	223	43.9

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
1955	AL	New York Yankees	WS	7	28	26	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	8	.192	.222	.308	.530	8	0	0	1	0
1956	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.200	1.600	6	0	0	0	0
1957	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	12	11	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	.273	.333	.545	.879	6	1	0	0	0
1958	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	20	18	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	.222	.263	.222	.485	4	0	0	1	1
1960	AL	New York Yankees	WS	5	15	13	4	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	4	.462	.533	.923	1.456	12	0	1	0	0
1961	AL	New York Yankees	WS	5	22	20	5	5	3	0	1	1	0	2	3	.250	.318	.550	.868	11	2	0	0	1
1962	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	23	21	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.143	.217	.190	.408	4	2	1	0	0
1963	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	15	15	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	5	0	0	0	0
1964	AL	New York Yankees	WS	7	29	24	5	7	1	0	0	2	0	4	6	.292	.414	.333	.747	8	1	1	0	2
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	7	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	0	1	1
Totals				54	189	171	25	42	7	1	5	19	1	12	37	.246	.306	.386	.692	66	6	3	3	5

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
1955	AL	New York Yankees	WS	LF	7	6	51.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.286	0
1955	AL	New York Yankees	WS	RF	2	1	8.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.375	1.500	0
1956	AL	New York Yankees	WS	LF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000	0
1957	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1B	3	1	17.0	21	1	1	1	.957	11.647	7.333	0
1958	AL	New York Yankees	WS	LF	5	5	38.3	14	2	0	2	1.000	3.757	3.200	0
1960	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	4	4	27.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	3.667	2.750	0
1961	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	5	5	45.0	31	0	0	0	1.000	6.200	6.200	1
1962	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	6	6	53.0	37	1	0	1	1.000	6.453	6.333	0
1963	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	4	4	34.0	30	2	0	1	1.000	8.471	8.000	0
1964	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	7	7	62.0	40	2	1	0	.977	6.097	6.000	3
1967	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	C	7	6	49.0	23	1	0	0	1.000	4.408	3.429	0
Totals					51	46	393.3	220	10	2	5	.991	5.263	4.510	4

Awards

1958 - AL Babe Ruth Award C
1961 - AL TSN All-Star C
1963 - AL Most Valuable Player
1963 - AL TSN All-Star C
1963 - AL Gold Glove C
1964 - AL TSN All-Star C
1964 - AL Gold Glove C

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