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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Ricky Howard Right Field
Retired (1985, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .215 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .572 Status Retired (1985) Option Years 0  
H 129 Age 52 (OS 53) Date of Birth 11-18-1951
HR 7 Drafted Round 3, Pick 37
(1971)		 Majors Svc Time 5 years
(98 games)
RBI 45
SB 27
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A  Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (93.9%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D  (16.7%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 0
3B A- (81.3%) RF A+ (100%)   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
1971 CHA
57
71
8
20
0
2
1
6
7
 8 0 0
2
 1 1
.726
.346
.380
.099
.282
1972 CHA
41
51
8
10
3
0
0
2
5
 12 0 2
3
 0 0
.514
.259
.255
.059
.196
1973 CHA
22
28
7
7
0
0
3
6
1
 3 0 0
1
 0 0
.847
.276
.571
.321
.250
1974 CHA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1978 NYN
65
177
11
29
2
0
1
11
12
 40 0 0
4
 3 2
.409
.217
.192
.028
.164
1979 NYN
95
227
30
51
7
4
2
16
25
 44 2 0
17
 5 2
.624
.307
.317
.093
.225
1980 NYN
27
47
5
12
2
0
0
4
2
 10 1 0
0
 0 0
.598
.300
.298
.043
.255
Total
307
601
69
129
14
6
7
45
52
 117 3 2
27
 9 5
.572
.280
.293
.078
.215
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Ricky Howard has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-04-01The Atlanta Barons have waived Ricky Howard.
1981-03-05The Atlanta Barons have designated Ricky Howard for assignment.
1978-04-01The New York Mets have promoted Bud Whitman to the major league team. The New York Mets have promoted Ricky Howard to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Fritz Wetzel for assignment. The New York Mets have designated Ben Bosman for assignment.
1975-06-23The New York Mets have acquired Ricky Howard from the waiver wire.
1975-04-12The Chicago BootLeggers have waived Ricky Howard.
1974-04-05The Chicago Crushers have demoted Ricky Howard to the minor leagues.
1974-03-01The Chicago Crushers have promoted Ozzie Olsen to the major league team. The Chicago Crushers have promoted Ricky Howard to the major league team. The Chicago Crushers have promoted Don Robinson to the major league team.
1973-07-18The Chicago Crushers have promoted Mike Ramirez to the major league team. The Chicago Crushers have sent Ricky Howard to the minors.
1972-08-15Ricky Howard of the Chicago Crushers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1971-04-02The Chicago Crushers have promoted Ricky Howard to the major leagues.