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Mark Fidrych League
4-1-2158
Al Howard Left Field
Retired (1958, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .728 Status Deceased (1989) Option Years 0  
H 482 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 03-23-1923
HR 28 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 8 years
(14 games)
RBI 185
SB 43
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed B+ Bunt B+ Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C- WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (99.8%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 LF NYA 44 37 334.0 68 67 0 1 0 -3 1.81 .985
CF NYA 33 29 263.2 76 74 0 2 0 -3 2.53 .974
RF NYA 5 5 44.0 10 9 0 1 0 0 1.84 .900
1951 CF NYA 45 44 389.0 92 88 0 4 0 -3 2.04 .957
RF NYA 12 12 102.0 19 18 1 0 0 0 1.68 1.000
LF NYA 11 6 61.0 16 16 0 0 0 0 2.36 1.000
SS NYA 5 4 36.0 21 4 16 1 4 -2 5.00 .952
2B NYA 3 3 25.2 8 4 4 0 0 -1 2.81 1.000
C NYA 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1952 LF NYA-BAL 44 35 327.2 73 73 0 0 0 -1 2.01 1.000
CF NYA-BAL 24 24 216.0 56 55 0 1 0 -1 2.29 .982
1B NYA-BAL 1 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 2 0 9.00 1.000
RF NYA-BAL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1953 LF BAL 63 57 499.1 103 103 0 0 0 -2 1.86 1.000
RF BAL 18 18 155.1 28 28 0 0 0 -1 1.62 1.000
1B BAL 2 2 18.0 24 23 1 0 2 0 12.00 1.000
1954 RF BAL 10 10 87.0 23 23 0 0 0 -1 2.38 1.000
LF BAL 12 9 86.2 19 19 0 0 0 0 1.97 1.000
1B BAL 4 4 36.0 39 38 0 1 2 -2 9.50 .974
CF BAL 4 4 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 -1 1.75 1.000
3B BAL 3 3 24.0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1955 CF BAL 14 14 124.0 36 34 0 2 0 -1 2.47 .944
LF BAL 5 4 38.2 8 6 0 2 0 -2 1.40 .750
1B BAL 1 1 9.0 9 8 1 0 3 0 9.00 1.000
3B BAL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1956 LF BAL 12 10 92.1 29 29 0 0 0 0 2.83 1.000
CF BAL 7 7 62.0 16 16 0 0 0 -1 2.32 1.000
SS BAL 2 2 18.0 9 2 7 0 2 -1 4.50 1.000
RF BAL 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 1.00 1.000
1957 CF BAL-PHI 16 16 141.2 39 37 0 2 0 -1 2.35 .949
LF BAL-PHI 11 11 96.2 29 28 0 1 0 0 2.61 .966
2B BAL-PHI 5 5 45.0 23 13 9 1 1 0 4.40 .957
RF BAL-PHI 5 5 43.0 9 8 0 1 0 -1 1.67 .889
SS BAL-PHI 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1958 CF PHI 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 -2 0.00 .000
Pos Total LF 202 169 1536.1 345 341 0 4 0 -8 2.00 .988
CF 144 139 1241.1 323 311 0 12 0 -13 2.25 .963
RF 53 52 450.1 91 88 1 2 0 -4 1.78 .978
1B 8 8 72.0 81 78 2 1 9 -2 10.00 .988
2B 8 8 70.2 31 17 13 1 1 -1 3.82 .968
SS 8 7 63.0 34 7 26 1 6 -3 4.71 .971
3B 4 3 25.0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.44 1.000
C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
Total 428 386 3459.2 910 843 46 21 16 0 0 0 NaN% -31 2.31 .977
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Al Howard has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-04-16The Philadelphia Force have waived Al Howard.
1958-04-08The Philadelphia Force have promoted Darin McDonnell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Force have designated Al Howard for assignment.
1957-07-30The Philadelphia Force have acquired Al Howard from the waiver wire.
1957-07-23The Baltimore Baboons have designated Al Howard for assignment.
1952-09-21Al Howard of the Baltimore Baboons is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1952-09-16A trade has been completed between the New York Hitmen and the Baltimore Baboons. The Baltimore Baboons receive Pedro Hinojosa, Al Howard, Pete Randall from the New York Hitmen in exchange for Mike Champion, Billy Rowe.