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Elston Howard

Birthdate:

2/23/1929

Died:

12/14/1980

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 200 lbs.

Place of Birth:

St. Louis, MO, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Elston Howard was a outstanding New York Yankee who could hit, make great plays in the outfield and after four years replaced the great Yogi Berra behind home plate. Howard had great morals, personality and was just a nice guy. Elston Howard played in nine straight All-Star games starting in 1967. As a catcher, Howard was a pitchers' favorite behind home plate. "Ellie was so agile behind home plate," "and called the best game in baseball". Howard was a strong hitter and batted over .300 three times in his career with his high mark being .348 in 1961. He was voted Most Valuable Player in 1963 as much for his leadership as for his 28 HR's and .287 batting average. Howard played in nine World Series with the New York Yankees and retired with a .274 batting average, 218 doubles, 50 triples and 167 HR's. This all-around ballplayer scored 619 runs along with 762 RBI's in 1605 games spanning 14 seasons.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
15 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1955	NYY (AL)	97	279	33	81	8	7	10	43	20	36	0	0	5	1	1	4	.290	.336	SLG
1956	NYY (AL)	98	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	21	30	0	1	6	1	2	2	.262	.312	SLG
1957	NYY (AL)	110	356	33	90	13	4	8	44	16	43	2	5	6	0	6	2	.253	.283	SLG
1958	NYY (AL)	103	376	45	118	19	5	11	66	22	60	1	1	6	0	4	4	.314	.348	SLG
1959	NYY (AL)	125	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	20	57	0	1	4	3	4	4	.273	.306	SLG
1960	NYY (AL)	107	323	29	79	11	3	6	39	28	43	3	0	7	0	2	8	.245	.298	SLG
1961	NYY (AL)	129	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	28	65	0	3	6	3	1	4	.348	.387	SLG
1962	NYY (AL)	136	494	63	138	23	5	21	91	31	76	1	1	1	1	3	9	.279	.318	SLG
1963	NYY (AL)	135	487	75	140	21	6	28	85	35	68	0	0	4	6	1	2	.287	.342	SLG
1964	NYY (AL)	150	550	63	172	27	3	15	84	48	73	1	1	12	5	0	4	.313	.371	SLG
1965	NYY (AL)	110	391	38	91	15	1	9	45	24	65	0	0	3	1	1	1	.233	.278	SLG
1966	NYY (AL)	126	410	38	105	19	2	6	35	37	65	0	0	9	1	0	3	.256	.317	SLG
1967	NYY (AL)	66	199	13	39	6	0	3	17	12	36	0	0	3	2	1	2	.196	.247	SLG
1967	BOS (AL)	42	116	9	17	3	0	1	11	9	24	0	0	3	1	1	2	.147	.211	SLG
1968	BOS (AL)	71	203	22	49	4	0	5	18	22	45	1	1	7	1	2	1	.241	.317	SLG
15 years		1605	5363	619	1471	218	50	167	762	373	786	9	14	82	26	29	52	.274	.322	.SLG

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