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Name	Team	Age
Ricky Howard	Retired (1985, Age 33)	52
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 37 (1971)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Sam Crawford League	0	5 years (98 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	A
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B+	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	11/18/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (93.9 %)	A- (81.3 %)	D  (16.7 %)

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Year	POS	Team	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	PB	SB	CS	CS%	+/-	RF	FPCT
1971	C	CHA	2	2	16.33	9	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	0	4.96	1.000
	LF	CHA	2	2	17.0	2	2	0	0	0					0	1.06	1.000
	CF	CHA	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	0					-1	2.00	1.000
	RF	CHA	21	0	32.0	4	3	0	1	0					-1	0.84	.750
1972	C	CHA	2	2	16.0	11	11	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.0%	0	6.19	1.000
	LF	CHA	3	3	18.66	3	3	0	0	0					0	1.45	1.000
	RF	CHA	20	1	28.0	2	2	0	0	0					0	0.64	1.000
1973	RF	CHA	15	0	27.0	4	4	0	0	0					0	1.33	1.000
1978	SS	NYN	1	1	6.0	5	3	2	0	1					-2	7.50	1.000
	LF	NYN	35	35	265.0	67	66	0	1	0					-1	2.24	.985
	CF	NYN	2	2	16.0	1	1	0	0	0					-1	0.56	1.000
	RF	NYN	16	16	137.66	26	25	0	1	0					0	1.63	.962
1979	LF	NYN	5	1	11.0	2	2	0	0	0					0	1.64	1.000
	CF	NYN	11	11	99.66	17	17	0	0	0					-2	1.54	1.000
	RF	NYN	40	40	343.0	58	56	0	2	0					0	1.47	.966
1980	CF	NYN	3	3	30.0	7	7	0	0	0					0	2.10	1.000
	RF	NYN	19	1	39.0	6	6	0	0	0					0	1.38	1.000
Pos Total	C		4	4	32.33	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
	LF		45	41	311.66	74	73	0	1	0					-1	2.11	.986
	CF		17	17	154.66	27	27	0	0	0					-4	1.57	1.000
	RF		131	58	606.66	100	96	0	4	0					-1	1.42	.960
Total			198	121	1111.31	226	219	2	5	1	0	10	0	0.0%	-8	1.79	.978

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1985-11-01	Ricky Howard has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-04-01	The Atlanta Barons have waived Ricky Howard.
1981-03-05	The Atlanta Barons have designated Ricky Howard for assignment.
1978-04-01	The 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.
1975-06-23	The New York Mets have acquired Ricky Howard from the waiver wire.
1975-04-12	The Chicago BootLeggers have waived Ricky Howard.
1974-04-05	The Chicago Crushers have demoted Ricky Howard to the minor leagues.
1974-03-01	The 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.
1973-07-18	The Chicago Crushers have promoted Mike Ramirez to the major league team. The Chicago Crushers have sent Ricky Howard to the minors.
1972-08-15	Ricky Howard of the Chicago Crushers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1971-04-02	The Chicago Crushers have promoted Ricky Howard to the major leagues.