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Name Team Age
Ken Howe Retired (1959, Age 34) 79
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 14, Pick 212
(1950)
1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Sam Crawford League 0 9 years (74 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ B+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 12/15/1924
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 4
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (97.4 %) (0.2 %) (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 PHI 90 124 18 33 3 0 5 16 16 21 1 1 0 .761 .350 .411 .266
1951 PHI 51 91 8 17 1 0 2 5 9 13 0 1 0 .531 .267 .264 .187
1952 PHI 43 97 11 28 4 1 3 10 6 15 0 1 1 .773 .330 .443 .289
1953 PHI 39 95 18 38 7 1 4 25 7 15 4 1 0 1.054 .433 .621 .400
1954 PHI 20 76 11 23 3 2 2 11 4 12 0 0 0 .811 .338 .474 .303
1955 PHI 25 95 11 31 11 1 2 14 7 20 0 1 0 .901 .375 .526 .326
1956 PHI 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 .952 .286 .667 .167
1957 PHI-CHN 138 494 40 106 17 2 13 53 45 95 5 3 9 .614 .278 .336 .215
1958 CHN 109 371 40 76 12 2 7 36 30 77 6 3 19 .576 .272 .305 .205
1959 CHN-KC 10 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .356 .174 .182 .182
Total 530 1471 159 357 58 9 39 175 125 274 16 11 29 .677 .303 .374 .243
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Ken Howe has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1959-08-05The Kansas City Royals have waived Ken Howe.
1959-07-01The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jim Goebel to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Bill Moore to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Hank Roper to the minors. The Kansas City Royals have designated Ken Howe for assignment.
1959-06-21The Kansas City Royals have acquired Ken Howe from the waiver wire.
1959-06-17The Chicago Bulldogs have designated Ken Howe for assignment.
1957-04-01A trade has been completed between the Chicago Bulldogs and the Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys. The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys receive Bob Reulbach, Tim Beckman from the Chicago Bulldogs in exchange for Ken Howe, Mike Delgado.