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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1971 LHP 28 29 8 0 1 1 2 4 1 .812 .364 .448 .172 .276
1971 RHP 31 42 12 0 1 0 4 3 7 .667 .333 .333 .048 .286
1972 LHP 6 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .708 .333 .375 .125 .250
1972 RHP 35 43 8 2 0 0 2 4 12 .477 .245 .233 .047 .186
1973 LHP 4 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 2.500 .500 2.000 1.500 .500
1973 RHP 19 24 5 0 0 1 2 1 3 .573 .240 .333 .125 .208
1978 LHP 10 24 2 1 0 0 0 1 9 .245 .120 .125 .042 .083
1978 RHP 62 153 27 1 0 1 11 11 31 .434 .232 .203 .026 .176
1979 LHP 13 22 7 1 0 1 4 2 4 .875 .375 .500 .182 .318
1979 RHP 91 205 44 6 4 1 12 23 40 .598 .300 .298 .083 .215
1980 LHP 8 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .421 .267 .154 .000 .154
1980 RHP 23 34 10 2 0 0 4 1 8 .667 .314 .353 .059 .294
Total LHP 69 100 23 3 1 4 10 9 16 .700 .300 .400 .170 .230
Total RHP 261 501 106 11 5 3 35 43 101 .547 .276 .271 .060 .212
Total 307 601 129 14 6 7 45 52 117 .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.