Bill Howerton

William Ray Howerton "Hopalong"
Born: December 12, 1921
Lompoc, CA US
Deceased: December 18, 2001
Blakely, PA US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: LF, RF
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185
Career: 1943-1955
Major League Statistics

Bill Howerton compiled a career batting average of .281 with 145 home runs and 715 RBI in his 1236-game career with the Scranton Red Sox, Louisville Colonels, Richmond Colts, Scranton Miners, Columbus Red Birds, Minneapolis Millers, Oakland Oaks and Beaumont Exporters. He began playing during the 1943 season and last took the field during the 1955 campaign.

Columbus Red Birds

Oakland Oaks

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Batting:

Year	Level	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
1943	A	EL	Scranton Red Sox	139	568	479	71	145	25	8	3	69	13		82	93	.303	.405	.407	.812	195		0	7
1944	AA	AA2	Louisville Colonels	133	442	401	62	101	18	9	3	52	9		36	75	.252	.317	.364	.681	146	2	2	3
1945	AA	AA2	Louisville Colonels	81	231	208	43	56	12	5	5	33	6		22	25	.269	.339	.447	.786	93	3	0	1
1945	A	EL	Scranton Miners	35	145	120	17	25	5	2	1	16	1		23	14	.208	.336	.308	.644	37		0	2
1946	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	73	305	268	44	81	16	4	10	40	3		36	54	.302	.387	.504	.891	135	2	1	0
1947	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	150	620	532	76	131	29	4	17	86	4		85	97	.246	.351	.412	.763	219	10	1	2
1948	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	150	640	569	104	170	33	6	25	114	4		66	83	.299	.374	.510	.883	290		2	3
1949	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	148	647	547	101	180	43	4	21	111	3		91	55	.329	.426	.537	.963	294	16	1	8
1952	AAA	AA2	Minneapolis Millers	67	283	231	57	71	7	5	24	61	1		52	55	.307	.435	.693	1.127	160	2	0	0
1953	Open	PCL	Oakland Oaks	159	567	500	71	128	19	1	32	106	2		62	71	.256	.340	.490	.830	245	10	2	3
1954	Open	PCL	Oakland Oaks	74	207	178	27	46	7	0	3	18	1		27	21	.258	.359	.348	.708	62	5	1	1	0
1955	AA	TL	Beaumont Exporters	27	101	82	9	22	2	0	1	9	0	0	18	13	.268	.396	.329	.725	27		0	0	1
Totals				1236	4756	4115	682	1156	216	48	145	715	47	0	600	656	.281	.374	.462	.836	1903	50	10	30	1	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1943	A	EL	Scranton Red Sox	OF	132	196	6	7	2	.967	1.530
1944	AA	AA2	Louisville Colonels	OF	122	187	17	11	3	.949	1.672
1945	AA	AA2	Louisville Colonels	OF	72	107	9	6	0	.951	1.611
1945	A	EL	Scranton Miners	OF	34	55	7	1	1	.984	1.824
1946	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	OF	68	151	7	6	2	.963	2.324
1947	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	OF	149	377	12	9	4	.977	2.611
1948	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	OF	150	383	10	19	1	.954	2.620
1949	AAA	AA2	Columbus Red Birds	OF	148	394	12	5	3	.988	2.743
1952	AAA	AA2	Minneapolis Millers	OF	65	134	5	6	1	.959	2.138
1953	Open	PCL	Oakland Oaks	OF	149	254	7	5	2	.981	1.752
1954	Open	PCL	Oakland Oaks	OF	48	116	2	1	0	.992	2.458
1955	AA	TL	Beaumont Exporters	RF	14	27	0	1	0	.964	1.929
1955	AA	TL	Beaumont Exporters	LF	10	9	3	0	0	1.000	1.200
Totals					1161	2390	97	77	19	.970	2.142

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation
1943	A	Eastern League	Scranton Red Sox	BOS
1944	AA	American Association 2	Louisville Colonels	BOS
1945	B	Piedmont League	Richmond Colts	NY1
1945	A	Eastern League	Scranton Miners	BOS
1945	AA	American Association 2	Louisville Colonels	BOS
1946	AAA	American Association 2	Columbus Red Birds	SLN
1947	AAA	American Association 2	Columbus Red Birds	SLN
1948	AAA	American Association 2	Columbus Red Birds	SLN
1949	AAA	American Association 2	Columbus Red Birds	SLN
1952	AAA	American Association 2	Minneapolis Millers	NY1
1953	Open	Pacific Coast League	Oakland Oaks
1954	Open	Pacific Coast League	Oakland Oaks
1955	AA	Texas League	Beaumont Exporters	ML1

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