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Fred Lynn League
9-20-2074
Elston(Lefty)Howard Catcher
Retired (1988, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .249 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .640 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 474 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 09-17-1952
HR 19 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1973)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(64 games)
RBI 187
SB 23
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C- Velocity F    Mentor vR C 
Speed C  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (99.8%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1975 BRO
26
37
4
6
0
0
0
1
1
 7 0 0
0
 0 1
.346
.184
.162
.000
.162
1976 BRO
39
48
4
7
2
0
0
6
2
 11 0 0
0
 1 0
.368
.180
.188
.042
.146
1977 BRO
45
74
5
16
3
0
0
6
11
 13 1 1
1
 1 0
.579
.322
.257
.041
.216
1978 BRO
24
77
10
22
4
1
2
9
14
 11 0 1
0
 0 0
.833
.391
.442
.156
.286
1979 BRO
65
230
18
55
10
2
2
32
19
 28 2 2
2
 0 6
.626
.300
.326
.087
.239
1980 BRO
29
106
9
24
2
0
2
6
6
 14 0 0
0
 0 3
.570
.268
.302
.075
.226
1981 BRO
28
85
13
20
3
1
2
7
13
 15 1 1
1
 1 1
.705
.340
.365
.129
.235
1982 BRO
54
169
19
46
5
0
2
20
18
 32 0 1
1
 2 8
.678
.340
.337
.065
.272
1983 BRO-BOS
4
10
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
 6 0 0
0
 0 0
.282
.182
.100
.000
.100
1984 CIN
37
126
11
28
3
0
1
11
15
 20 0 2
1
 4 3
.571
.301
.270
.048
.222
1985 CIN
91
299
31
81
12
1
2
33
28
 53 1 1
2
 3 9
.672
.334
.338
.067
.271
1986 CIN
110
394
35
103
18
1
5
33
37
 64 0 2
10
 9 7
.674
.323
.350
.089
.261
1987 CIN
79
252
31
65
8
1
1
23
30
 33 0 2
5
 5 4
.644
.335
.310
.052
.258
Total
631
1907
190
474
70
7
19
187
195
 307 5 13
23
 26 42
.640
.318
.322
.074
.249
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Elston(Lefty)Howard has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-06-10The Cincinnati Roses have waived Elston(Lefty)Howard.
1988-04-01The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Mel Falcone to the major league team. The Cincinnati Roses have designated Elston(Lefty)Howard for assignment. The Cincinnati Roses have designated Haa Pan Loi for assignment.
1987-06-28Elston(Lefty)Howard of the Cincinnati Roses is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1985-05-26Elston(Lefty)Howard of the Cincinnati Roses is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1984-07-11The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Elston(Lefty)Howard to the major league team.
1984-07-11The Cincinnati Roses have acquired Elston(Lefty)Howard from the waiver wire.
1984-04-01The Boston Tunes have waived Elston(Lefty)Howard.
1983-05-27The Boston Tunes have acquired Elston(Lefty)Howard from the waiver wire.
1983-05-23The Brooklyn Dodgers have waived Elston(Lefty)Howard.
1983-05-19The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Bobby Grich to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Elston(Lefty)Howard for assignment.
1981-03-01The Brooklyn Dodgers have renamed Elston Howard to Elston(Lefty)Howard.
1979-04-12The Brooklyn Hurricanes have renamed Willard Sudhoff to Elston Howard.
1977-08-12Willard Sudhoff of the Brooklyn Broncos is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1975-06-04The Brooklyn bastardos have promoted Willard Sudhoff to the major league team.