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
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Majors Service Time |
Sam Crawford League | 0 | 9 years (74 games) |
Total Rating
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Arm | Range |
Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
Endurance | Velocity | Control |
Leadership
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Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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Health
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Injured Days
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Birthday |
0 | 12/15/1924 | |
WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
0 | 1 | 4 |
Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (2B) | Alt Pos (---) |
(97.4 %) | (0.2 %) | (0.0 %) |
Year
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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 |
Date | Transaction |
1959-11-01 | Ken Howe has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
1959-08-05 | The Kansas City Royals have waived Ken Howe. |
1959-07-01 | The 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. |
1959-06-21 | The Kansas City Royals have acquired Ken Howe from the waiver wire. |
1959-06-17 | The Chicago Bulldogs have designated Ken Howe for assignment. |
1957-04-01 | A 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. |