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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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 RF CHA 21 0 32.0 4 3 0 1 0 -1 0.84 .750
LF CHA 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.06 1.000
C CHA 2 2 16.1 9 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 4.96 1.000
CF CHA 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
1972 RF CHA 20 1 28.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.64 1.000
LF CHA 3 3 18.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.45 1.000
C CHA 2 2 16.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.0% 0 6.19 1.000
1973 RF CHA 15 0 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.33 1.000
1978 LF NYN 35 35 265.0 67 66 0 1 0 -1 2.24 .985
RF NYN 16 16 137.2 26 25 0 1 0 0 1.63 .962
CF NYN 2 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 0.56 1.000
SS NYN 1 1 6.0 5 3 2 0 1 -2 7.50 1.000
1979 RF NYN 40 40 343.0 58 56 0 2 0 0 1.47 .966
CF NYN 11 11 99.2 17 17 0 0 0 -2 1.54 1.000
LF NYN 5 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
1980 RF NYN 19 1 39.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.38 1.000
CF NYN 3 3 30.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.10 1.000
Pos Total RF 131 58 606.2 100 96 0 4 0 -1 1.42 .960
LF 45 41 311.2 74 73 0 1 0 -1 2.11 .986
CF 17 17 154.2 27 27 0 0 0 -4 1.57 1.000
C 4 4 32.1 20 20 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.0% 0 5.57 1.000
SS 1 1 6.0 5 3 2 0 1 -2 7.50 1.000
Total 198 121 1111.1 226 219 2 5 1 0 10 0 0.0% -8 1.79 .978
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.