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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	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E	OPS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1971	CHA	57	71	8	20	0	2	1	6	7	8	2	1	1	.726	.346	.380	.282
1972	CHA	41	51	8	10	3	0	0	2	5	12	3	0	0	.514	.259	.255	.196
1973	CHA	22	28	7	7	0	0	3	6	1	3	1	0	0	.847	.276	.571	.250
1974	CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1978	NYN	65	177	11	29	2	0	1	11	12	40	4	3	2	.409	.217	.192	.164
1979	NYN	95	227	30	51	7	4	2	16	25	44	17	5	2	.624	.307	.317	.225
1980	NYN	27	47	5	12	2	0	0	4	2	10	0	0	0	.598	.300	.298	.255
Total		307	601	69	129	14	6	7	45	52	117	27	9	5	.572	.280	.293	.215

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.