#7 Bill Howerton, Leftfield, 36 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Friday, 10/6/1958 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Howerton
12/12/1921 36 USA,CA,LOMPOC 5"11 195
Leftfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average GREAT Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 6,000,000 1959 10 Year(s), 39 Days (1759 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 57 Days (1777 total Days) 11 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Talent | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 1 2 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 3B : 3 (Range), .998 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 6 (Range), .951 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 5 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 6 (Range), .952 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 10 Outfield Arm : 6
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/12 | @LA | L 2-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/13 | @LA | L 0-7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/15 | CHN | L 8-9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/16 | CHN | L 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/17 | CHN | L 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/18 | SF | L 5-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/19 | SF | L 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/20 | SF | L 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/23 | @MIL | W 4-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/24 | @MIL | L 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 144 | 501 | 130 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 68 | 56 | 104 | .259 | .333 | .387 | .720 | .642 | .128 |
Projected | 151 | 527 | 137 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 72 | 59 | 109 | .259 | .333 | .387 | .720 | .642 | .128 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 124 | 568 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 194 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 63.8 | 4.3 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 166 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .241 | .284 | .361 | .646 |
vs. RHP | 335 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 52 | 44 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .269 | .352 | .400 | .752 |
Close/Late | 61 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .262 | .310 | .459 | .769 |
Scoring Position | 120 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .267 | .321 | .333 | .655 |
Pinch Hitting | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .278 | .214 | .492 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 75 | 246 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 52 | .268 | .347 | .390 | .738 |
Road | 69 | 255 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 52 | .251 | .311 | .384 | .695 |
March/April | 24 | 103 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 25 | .311 | .379 | .417 | .797 |
May | 28 | 103 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 18 | .243 | .307 | .427 | .734 |
June | 26 | 95 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 21 | .232 | .303 | .284 | .587 |
July | 24 | 85 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 18 | .212 | .302 | .365 | .667 |
August | 22 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | .278 | .353 | .352 | .705 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 61 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 10 | .295 | .338 | .492 | .830 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1949 | 162 | 500 | 118 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 71 | 64 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 1 | 1 | .236 | .317 | .404 | .721 | SLN |
1950 | 116 | 338 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 68 | 52 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .323 | .500 | .823 | SLN |
1951 | 143 | 391 | 111 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 66 | 64 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .399 | .483 | .882 | SLN |
1952 | 153 | 534 | 161 | 37 | 3 | 24 | 95 | 96 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 2 | .301 | .382 | .517 | .899 | SLN |
1953 | 148 | 570 | 181 | 35 | 8 | 24 | 104 | 102 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .400 | .533 | .933 | SLN,NL |
1954 | 150 | 601 | 179 | 34 | 9 | 26 | 115 | 111 | 86 | 1 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .384 | .514 | .898 | SLN,NL |
1955 | 147 | 560 | 183 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 112 | 134 | 81 | 2 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 3 | .327 | .410 | .568 | .978 | SLN,NL |
1956 | 147 | 559 | 169 | 47 | 7 | 15 | 94 | 104 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 1 | .302 | .393 | .492 | .885 | SLN |
1957 | 150 | 541 | 159 | 33 | 4 | 28 | 107 | 87 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 0 | 2 | .294 | .360 | .525 | .885 | SLN |
1958 | 144 | 501 | 130 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 68 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 104 | 2 | 2 | .259 | .333 | .387 | .720 | SLN |
Total | 1460 | 5095 | 1477 | 311 | 54 | 208 | 890 | 882 | 683 | 13 | 37 | 883 | 6 | 14 | .290 | .373 | .495 | .867 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Third Base | 20 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 1 | .967 | 68.1 | 3.95 | | | | |
Shortstop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.2 | 1.35 | | | | |
Leftfield | 28 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | .889 | 192.2 | 1.26 | | | | |
Centerfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
Rightfield | 98 | 93 | 168 | 7 | 0 | 183 | 8 | .956 | 815.0 | 2.02 | | | | |
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Awards Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1952, hitting .579 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Achievements Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/5/1950... Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/21/1953... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1953, hitting .619 with 1 HR, 7 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 5/26/1953... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1953, hitting .483 with 1 HR, 5 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 6/18/1954... Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1954, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 4 RBI... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... 9/25/1954: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/15/1955... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1955, hitting .625 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/12/1957... 8/14/1957: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1953 - .318 - 8th 1955 - .327 - 9th
| OBP 1953 - .400 - 9th 1955 - .410 - 7th
| OPS 1955 - .978 - 10th
| Hits 1953 - 181 - 5th 1954 - 179 - 4th 1955 - 183 - 4th
| Doubles 1952 - 37 - 1st 1953 - 35 - 3rd 1954 - 34 - 6th 1955 - 41 - 3rd 1956 - 47 - 2nd 1957 - 33 - 6th
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Triples 1953 - 8 - 5th 1954 - 9 - 1st 1955 - 5 - 8th 1956 - 7 - 2nd
| RBI 1953 - 104 - 10th 1954 - 115 - 7th
| Runs 1953 - 102 - 9th 1954 - 111 - 8th 1955 - 134 - 2nd
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