Elston Howard
Bats R Throws R6'2" 196 lbBorn 1929 St. Louis, USADebut 1955Team BOS11x All-Star
Awards: TSN All-Star x3, Gold Glove x2, Babe Ruth Award, Most Valuable Player
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 1968 | BOS | 71 | 229 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 45 | 0.241 | 0.317 | 0.335 | 0.652 | 84.9 |
| 1967 | BOS | 108 | 345 | 22 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 0.178 | 0.233 | 0.244 | 0.478 | 30.2 |
| 1966 | NYY | 126 | 451 | 38 | 105 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 37 | 65 | 0.256 | 0.317 | 0.356 | 0.673 | 94.8 |
| 1965 | NYY | 110 | 418 | 38 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 65 | 0.233 | 0.278 | 0.345 | 0.623 | 74.9 |
| 1964 | NYY | 150 | 607 | 63 | 172 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 84 | 1 | 48 | 73 | 0.313 | 0.371 | 0.455 | 0.825 | 127.5 |
| 1963 | NYY | 135 | 531 | 75 | 140 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 85 | 0 | 35 | 68 | 0.287 | 0.342 | 0.528 | 0.869 | 142.3 |
| 1962 | NYY | 136 | 538 | 63 | 138 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 91 | 1 | 31 | 76 | 0.279 | 0.318 | 0.474 | 0.791 | 111.8 |
| 1961 | NYY | 129 | 482 | 64 | 155 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 77 | 0 | 28 | 65 | 0.348 | 0.387 | 0.549 | 0.936 | 151.5 |
| 1960 | NYY | 107 | 361 | 29 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 28 | 43 | 0.245 | 0.298 | 0.353 | 0.651 | 74.6 |
| 1959 | NYY | 125 | 474 | 59 | 121 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 0 | 20 | 57 | 0.273 | 0.306 | 0.476 | 0.783 | 112.9 |
| 1958 | NYY | 103 | 406 | 45 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 1 | 22 | 60 | 0.314 | 0.348 | 0.479 | 0.827 | 127.1 |
| 1957 | NYY | 110 | 380 | 33 | 90 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 16 | 43 | 0.253 | 0.283 | 0.379 | 0.663 | 74.0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 98 | 316 | 35 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 0.262 | 0.312 | 0.362 | 0.674 | 75.6 |
| 1955 | NYY | 97 | 305 | 33 | 81 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 0.290 | 0.336 | 0.477 | 0.812 | 112.6 |
| 1948 | KCM | 20 | 84 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.286 | 0.425 | 0.711 | |
| Career | | 1625 | 5927 | 635 | 1491 | 223 | 53 | 168 | 775 | 10 | 376 | 786 | 0.274 | 0.321 | 0.427 | 0.748 | 104.1 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 1968 | BOS | C | 68 | 536 | 377 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0.995 | |
| 1967 | BOS | C | 89 | 726 | 535 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 0.990 | |
| 1967 | NYY | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1966 | NYY | C | 100 | 852 | 553 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 0.985 | |
| 1966 | NYY | 1B | 13 | 105 | 112 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | |
| 1965 | NYY | C | 95 | 814 | 614 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 0.991 | |
| 1965 | NYY | 1B | 5 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 1965 | NYY | OF | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1964 | NYY | C | 146 | 1299 | 939 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 0.998 | |
| 1963 | NYY | C | 132 | 1144 | 786 | 51 | 5 | 8 | 0.994 | |
| 1962 | NYY | C | 129 | 1090 | 713 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 0.995 | |
| 1961 | NYY | C | 111 | 923 | 635 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0.993 | |
| 1961 | NYY | 1B | 9 | 86 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0.989 | |
| 1960 | NYY | C | 91 | 732 | 410 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 0.987 | |
| 1960 | NYY | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1959 | NYY | 1B | 50 | 416 | 444 | 26 | 7 | 39 | 0.985 | |
| 1959 | NYY | C | 43 | 358 | 221 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0.992 | |
| 1959 | NYY | OF | 28 | 213 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.979 | |
| 1958 | NYY | C | 67 | 591 | 355 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0.997 | |
| 1958 | NYY | OF | 24 | 197 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.982 | |
| 1958 | NYY | 1B | 5 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | |
| 1957 | NYY | OF | 71 | 575 | 68 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.961 | |
| 1957 | NYY | C | 32 | 238 | 178 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0.984 | |
| 1957 | NYY | 1B | 2 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1956 | NYY | OF | 65 | 484 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.990 | |
| 1956 | NYY | C | 26 | 184 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | |
| 1955 | NYY | OF | 75 | 521 | 124 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0.978 | |
| 1955 | NYY | C | 9 | 48 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 1948 | KCM | OF | 20 | 169 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.889 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 1967 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.111 | 0.158 | 0.111 | 0.269 |
| 1964 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.292 | 0.414 | 0.333 | 0.747 |
| 1963 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| 1962 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.143 | 0.217 | 0.190 | 0.408 |
| 1961 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.250 | 0.318 | 0.550 | 0.868 |
| 1960 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.462 | 0.533 | 0.923 | 1.456 |
| 1958 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.222 | 0.263 | 0.222 | 0.485 |
| 1957 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.273 | 0.333 | 0.545 | 0.879 |
| 1956 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 1.200 | 1.600 |
| 1955 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.192 | 0.222 | 0.308 | 0.530 |
| Career | 54 | 171 | 25 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 0.246 | 0.306 | 0.386 | 0.692 |