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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Majors 20 30.29 161 5 0 2 / 3 3 / 7 1 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 0 3 / 6 2 / 5 12 / 30
1972 Majors 21 24.30 147 6 15 4 / 5 3 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 2 10 / 24
1973 Minors 22 14.00 2 / 2 3 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 11 / 14
1973 Majors 22 14.55 95 0 0 0 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 2 8 / 14
1974 Minors 23 25.00 6 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 6 4 / 4 3 / 3 16 / 25
1974 Majors 23 0.38 4 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1975 Minors 24 19.00 5 / 6 0 / 0 1 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 2 3 / 4 14 / 19
1975 Pos (3B) 24 98.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 98
1976 Minors 25 31.00 1 / 2 6 / 6 1 / 2 2 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 5 5 / 7 16 / 31
1976 Pos (3B) 25 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 162
1977 Minors 26 29.00 1 / 5 4 / 8 0 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 4 3 / 5 1 / 2 12 / 29
1977 Pos (3B) 26 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 162
1978 Majors 27 36.25 162 54 0 1 / 3 1 / 7 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 4 8 / 36
1979 Majors 28 42.82 162 52 0 0 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 9 2 / 6 1 / 5 7 / 42
1980 Majors 29 21.26 162 4 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 21
1981 Minors 30 21.00 2 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 5 7 / 21
1981 Pos (3B) 30 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 5
1982 Majors 31 13.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 13
1983 Majors 32 16.00 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 16
1984 Majors 33 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 15
1985 Majors 34 13.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 13
Total 893 121 15 24 / 45 25 / 54 10 / 46 14 / 50 8 / 58 20 / 55 21 / 55 141 / 790
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.