Dick Howser Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Dick Howser Stats

Dick Howser was born on Thursday, May 14, 1936, in Miami, Florida. Howser was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 11, 1961, with the Kansas City Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dick Howser baseball stats page.

"Dick Howser was a winner," said the Reverand Jim Wells, pastor of Oakwood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. "And contrary to what the world says today, good guys do finish in first place." - New York Times (AP Wire, 06/21/1987)

Dick Howser

Dick Howser Autograph on a 1985 Topps (#334)

Career

All-Star

Division

LCS

World Series

Trades

Awards

Birth Name:	Richard Dalton Howser
Nickname:	Dick
Born On:	05-14-1936
Born In:	Miami, Florida
Zodiac:	Taurus
Died On:	06-17-1987
Died In:	Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:	Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida

College:	Florida State University
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-08
Weight:	155
First Game:	04-11-1961 (Age 24)
Last Game:	09-27-1968
Draft:	Not Applicable

PCT

ERA

SHO

BFP

IBB

HBP

HLD

Did Not Pitch

PCT

ERA

SHO

BFP

IBB

HBP

HLD

Dick Howser Dick Howser Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1961	Athletics	158	611	108	171	29	6	3	0	45	92	0	38	8	3	5	8	.280	.377	.362
1962	Athletics	83	286	53	68	8	3	6	0	34	38	0	8	9	3	1	5	.238	.326	.350
1963	Athletics	15	41	4	8	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	.195	.313	.195
1963	Indians	49	162	25	40	5	0	1	0	10	22	0	18	4	2	0	5	.247	.333	.296
1964	Indians	162	637	101	163	23	4	3	0	52	76	1	39	16	4	2	12	.256	.335	.319
1965	Indians	107	307	47	72	8	2	1	0	6	57	0	25	10	2	1	5	.235	.354	.283
1966	Indians	67	140	18	32	9	1	2	0	4	15	0	23	4	2	0	4	.229	.299	.350
1967	Yankees	63	149	18	40	6	0	0	0	10	25	0	15	3	0	2	0	.268	.381	.309
1968	Yankees	85	150	24	23	2	1	0	0	3	35	0	17	3	0	2	4	.153	.321	.180
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
8 Years		789	2,483	398	617	90	17	16	0	165	367	2	186	58	16	13	43	.248	.346	.318

Dick Howser Dick Howser Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1961 Athletics	SS	157	-	-	764	4.9	726	299	427	38	85	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	0.00	-
1962 Athletics	SS	72	-	-	342	4.8	329	138	191	13	37	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	0.00	-
1963 Athletics	SS	10	-	-	46	4.6	44	21	23	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	0.00	-
1963 Indians	SS	44	-	-	179	4.1	170	80	90	9	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	0.00	-
1964 Indians	SS	162	-	-	774	4.8	754	291	463	20	100	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	0.00	-
1965 Indians	2B	17	-	-	63	3.7	63	25	38	0	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1965 Indians	SS	73	-	-	299	4.1	292	119	173	7	33	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	0.00	-
1966 Indians	2B	26	-	-	71	2.7	70	29	41	1	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	0.00	-
1966 Indians	SS	26	-	-	82	3.2	78	24	54	4	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.951	0.00	-
1967 Yankees	2B	22	-	-	102	4.6	101	55	46	1	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	0.00	-
1967 Yankees	3B	12	-	-	33	2.8	31	7	24	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	0.00	-
1967 Yankees	SS	3	-	-	8	2.7	8	2	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1968 Yankees	2B	29	-	-	164	5.7	161	58	103	3	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	-
1968 Yankees	3B	2	-	-	4	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1968 Yankees	SS	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
SS Totals		548	0	0	2,496	4.6	2,403	975	1,428	93	284	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	0.00	--
2B Totals		94	0	0	400	4.3	395	167	228	5	50	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	0.00	--
3B Totals		14	0	0	37	2.6	35	9	26	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	0.00	--
8 Years		656	-	-	2,933	4.5	2,833	1,151	1,682	100	337	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	0.00	--

Dick Howser Dick Howser Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1961 Athletics	37	9	.804	-	-	n/a	203.7	16.1	13.6	-	-	-
1962 Athletics	19	2	.905	-	-	n/a	47.7	35.8	8.4	-	-	-
1963 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	13.7	41.0	-	-	-
1963 Indians	9	3	.750	-	-	n/a	162.0	9.0	16.2	-	-	-
1964 Indians	20	7	.741	-	-	n/a	212.3	16.3	12.3	-	-	-
1965 Indians	17	4	.810	-	-	n/a	307.0	12.3	51.2	-	-	-
1966 Indians	2	4	.333	-	-	n/a	70.0	6.1	35.0	-	-	-
1967 Yankees	1	4	.200	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.9	14.9	-	-	-
1968 Yankees	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.8	50.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
8 Years	105	34	.755	-	-	n/a	155.2	13.3	15.0	-	-	-

Dick Howser Dick Howser Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1961 Kansas City Athletics	1	Undetermined	Stats	-
1962 Kansas City Athletics	1	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Kansas City Athletics	1	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1965 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1966 Cleveland Indians	18	$16,500.00	-	-
1967 New York Yankees	10	$16,500.00	-	-
1968 New York Yankees	10	Undetermined	-	-
Dick Howser Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that you can compare Dick Howser to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1961 American League season?

You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.