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Goose Goslin League
5-22-2065
Hobie Howard Second Base
Retired (1976, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .662 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
H 379 Age at Death 67 Date of Birth 01-08-1941
HR 16 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(125 games)
RBI 153
SB 61
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D- (10.5%) Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A  (90.9%) Arm B- WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 3
3B B- (57.9%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1961 Minors 20 36.00 5 / 5 3 / 4 8 / 8 1 / 2 2 / 7 7 / 7 3 / 3 29 / 36
1961 Majors 20 4.60 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 4
1962 Minors 21 19.00 4 / 4 0 / 0 4 / 4 2 / 3 3 / 6 2 / 2 0 / 0 15 / 19
1962 Majors 21 14.84 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 2 5 / 14
1963 Minors 22 15.00 0 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 1 3 / 3 11 / 15
1963 Majors 22 3.95 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3
1964 Minors 23 22.00 1 / 2 0 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 3 4 / 5 2 / 2 2 / 3 13 / 22
1964 Majors 23 0.79 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1965 Minors 24 16.00 2 / 2 3 / 4 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 2 3 / 4 12 / 16
1965 Majors 24 6.22 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 6
1966 Minors 25 15.00 0 / 1 0 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 15
1966 Majors 25 4.24 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 4
1966 Pos (LF) 25 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1966 Pos (SS) 25 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 13
1967 Minors 26 10.00 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 10
1967 Majors 26 28.71 2 / 3 2 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 3 3 / 7 1 / 3 13 / 28
1968 Majors 27 47.08 162 50 0 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 6 1 / 8 1 / 4 3 / 47
1969 Minors 28 27.00 1 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 3 4 / 5 11 / 27
1969 Majors 28 1.97 9 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1970 Minors 29 10.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 10
1970 Majors 29 8.97 48 6 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 8
1971 Minors 30 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 9
1971 Majors 30 13.88 100 2 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 13
1972 Majors 31 24.82 162 1 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 24
1973 Majors 32 36.34 162 47 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 36
1974 Majors 33 29.60 162 27 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 29
1975 Majors 34 40.95 162 66 0 -2 / 4 -2 / 9 0 / 7 -5 / 3 -9 / 7 0 / 5 -3 / 5 -21 / 40
1976 Minors 35 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2
1976 Majors 35 18.35 108 20 0 -6 / 2 -2 / 3 -3 / 2 -6 / 4 -6 / 1 -4 / 1 -3 / 5 -30 / 18
Total 1075 219 0 10 / 55 11 / 74 17 / 73 5 / 64 2 / 70 18 / 64 13 / 56 78 / 471
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Hobie Howard has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1976-07-31The Chicago Cubs have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Eddie Smith to the minors.
1976-07-07The Chicago Cubs have acquired Hobie Howard from the waiver wire.
1976-07-03The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have waived Hobie Howard.
1976-06-12The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have acquired Hobie Howard from the waiver wire.
1976-06-08The New York Youngstuds have waived Hobie Howard.
1976-06-02The New York Youngstuds have designated Hobie Howard for assignment.
1976-05-12The New York Youngstuds have acquired Hobie Howard from the waiver wire.
1976-05-08The Cleveland Brigade have promoted Irv Fishel to the major league team. The Cleveland Brigade have designated Hobie Howard for assignment.
1971-06-10The Cleveland Ballbusters have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team.
1970-06-04The Cleveland Ballbusters have designated Hobie Howard for assignment.
1970-04-18The Cleveland Ballbusters have acquired Hobie Howard from the waiver wire.
1970-04-13The Detroit Deluge have promoted Mariano Masaoka to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have designated Hobie Howard for assignment.
1970-04-06The Detroit Deluge have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team.
1969-04-11The Detroit Deluge have promoted Frank Linzy to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have promoted Ace Adams to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have designated Hobie Howard for assignment. The Detroit Deluge have designated Barry Broaca for assignment.
1967-06-28The Detroit Deluge have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have designated Pedro Rosso for assignment.
1966-08-28The Detroit Deluge have promoted Fred Snodgrass to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1966-08-21The Detroit Deluge have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have sent Irish McGlinchy to the minors.
1966-06-30The Detroit Deluge have promoted Doug Kokos to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1966-06-18The Detroit Deluge have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have designated Quorthon Bathory for assignment.
1965-08-23The Detroit Deluge have promoted Joe Taylor to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1965-07-25The Detroit Deluge have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have sent Jaime Penny to the minors.
1965-05-09The Detroit Deluge have promoted Jaime Penny to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1965-04-08The Detroit Deluge have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team. The Detroit Deluge have designated George Johnston for assignment.
1965-04-05The Detroit Deluge have acquired Hobie Howard from the waiver wire.
1965-04-01The Kansas City Blues have waived Hobie Howard.
1964-06-21The Kansas City Blues have promoted Kirtley Pott to the major league team. The Kansas City Blues have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1964-05-15The Kansas City Blues have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team.
1963-07-15The Kansas City Blues have sent Chris Bumbry to the minors. The Kansas City Blues have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1963-05-15The Kansas City Blues have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team.
1963-04-01The Kansas City Blues have promoted Sammy Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Blues have promoted Candy Ferrer to the major league team. The Kansas City Blues have promoted Dave Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Blues have designated Bubba McBride for assignment. The Kansas City Blues have sent Hobie Howard to the minors. The Kansas City Blues have sent Kevin Manning to the minors.
1962-08-03The Kansas City Blues have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team.
1961-10-13The Kansas City Blues have promoted Bernie Queen to the major league team. The Kansas City Blues have sent Hobie Howard to the minors.
1961-08-29The Kansas City Blues have promoted Hobie Howard to the major league team.