Frank Howard | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
16	7353	.273	.352	.499	.313	41.3

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1958	LAN	21	8	30	29	3	7	1	0	1	11	1	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	.241	.267	.379	.242	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
1959	LAN	22	9	23	21	2	3	0	1	1	8	2	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	.143	.217	.381	.202	-0.5	0.3	-0.0
1960	LAN	23	117	487	448	54	120	15	2	23	208	32	108	3	2	2	77	0	1	.268	.320	.464	.275	14.3	2.1	1.7
1961	LAN	24	92	292	267	36	79	10	2	15	138	21	50	1	2	1	45	0	1	.296	.347	.517	.299	13.7	-3.1	1.1
1962	LAN	25	141	538	493	80	146	25	6	31	276	39	108	1	4	1	119	1	0	.296	.346	.560	.304	35.3	-14.6	2.1
1963	LAN	26	123	459	417	58	114	16	1	28	216	33	116	4	3	2	64	1	2	.273	.330	.518	.335	37.2	1.2	4.3
1964	LAN	27	134	492	433	60	98	13	2	24	187	51	113	0	7	1	69	1	0	.226	.303	.432	.290	18.3	-12.3	0.7
1965	WS2	28	149	575	516	53	149	22	6	21	246	55	112	2	2	0	84	0	0	.289	.358	.477	.314	33.9	-6.0	3.1
1966	WS2	29	146	549	493	52	137	19	4	18	218	53	104	1	2	0	71	1	1	.278	.348	.442	.296	24.0	5.8	3.3
1967	WS2	30	149	585	519	71	133	20	2	36	265	60	155	5	1	0	89	0	1	.256	.338	.511	.322	39.1	-0.9	4.5
1968	WS2	31	158	663	598	79	164	28	3	44	330	54	141	6	5	0	106	0	0	.274	.338	.552	.353	51.0	-3.9	5.9
1969	WS2	32	161	702	592	111	175	17	2	48	340	102	96	5	3	0	111	1	0	.296	.402	.574	.351	67.2	-12.1	6.1
1970	WS2	33	161	706	566	90	160	15	1	44	309	132	125	2	6	0	126	1	2	.283	.416	.546	.336	55.9	-9.3	4.9
1971	WS2	34	153	633	549	60	153	25	2	26	260	77	121	2	5	0	83	1	0	.279	.367	.474	.303	27.0	-3.3	2.7
1972	DET	35	14	37	33	1	8	1	0	1	12	4	8	0	0	0	7	0	0	.242	.324	.364	.272	0.6	0.3	0.1
1972	TEX	35	95	331	287	28	70	9	0	9	106	42	55	1	1	0	31	1	0	.244	.341	.369	.281	6.9	-4.5	0.3
1973	DET	36	85	251	227	26	58	9	1	12	105	24	28	0	0	0	29	0	1	.256	.327	.463	.269	3.7	0.1	0.4
Career			1895	7353	6488	864	1774	245	35	382	3235	782	1460	33	43	7	1119	8	9	.273	.352	.499	.313	427.4	-60.2	41.3

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1958	LAN	MLB	8	30	.242	.261	.312	.398	.000	.353	101	-0.5	0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0
1959	LAN	MLB	9	23	.202	.261	.306	.391	.000	.182	107	-1.4	0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.4	-0.5	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0
1960	LAN	MLB	117	487	.275	.254	.309	.384	.000	.304	100	7.2	13.2	-4.6	2.1	-3.2	14.3	1.7	14.3	1.7
1961	LAN	MLB	92	292	.299	.258	.318	.393	.000	.314	99	12.1	8.3	-2.7	-3.1	-1.8	13.7	1.1	13.7	1.1
1962	LAN	MLB	141	538	.304	.260	.319	.393	.000	.321	98	24.4	15.0	-5.3	-14.6	-0.4	35.3	2.1	35.3	2.1
1963	LAN	MLB	123	459	.335	.240	.295	.357	.000	.312	91	31.1	11.5	-4.1	1.2	0.1	37.2	4.3	37.2	4.3
1964	LAN	MLB	134	492	.290	.252	.302	.371	.000	.244	91	14	12.6	-4.6	-12.3	0.5	18.3	0.7	18.3	0.7
1965	WS2	MLB	149	575	.314	.238	.301	.360	.000	.332	101	28.2	14.5	-3.4	-6.0	-1.0	33.9	3.1	33.9	3.1
1966	WS2	MLB	146	549	.296	.237	.297	.363	.000	.319	100	17.9	13.9	-3.2	5.8	0.2	24.0	3.3	24.0	3.3
1967	WS2	MLB	149	585	.322	.231	.294	.344	.000	.295	99	31.3	14.1	-3.4	-0.9	-0.5	39.1	4.5	39.1	4.5
1968	WS2	MLB	158	663	.353	.223	.283	.330	.000	.287	95	49.7	14.6	-5.4	-3.9	-1.0	51.0	5.9	51.0	5.9
1969	WS2	MLB	161	702	.351	.241	.310	.362	.000	.282	98	60.6	18.0	-6.6	-12.1	-1.8	67.2	6.1	67.2	6.1
1970	WS2	MLB	161	706	.336	.249	.313	.376	.000	.288	99	53.5	19.2	-6.9	-9.3	-3.7	55.9	4.9	55.9	4.9
1971	WS2	MLB	153	633	.303	.242	.304	.356	.000	.312	99	25.1	15.6	-5.9	-3.3	-2.7	27.0	2.7	27.0	2.7
1972	DET	MLB	14	37	.272	.237	.287	.339	.000	.292	99	0.4	0.9	-0.5	0.3	-0.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
1972	TEX	MLB	95	331	.281	.237	.292	.340	.000	.272	96	6	7.8	-4	-4.5	-0.3	6.9	0.3	6.9	0.3
1973	DET	MLB	85	251	.269	.261	.317	.378	.000	.246	101	2.3	6.6	-4.1	0.1	-1.0	3.7	0.4	3.7	0.4
Career		MLB		7353	.313	.243	.303	.363	.253	.297	98	361.9	187.2	-65.2	-60.2	-16.6	427.4	41.3	427.4	41.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1958	LAN	MLB	30	3	7	1	0	1	2	1	11	0	0	.241	.267	.379	.138	.242	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
1959	LAN	MLB	23	2	3	0	1	1	6	2	9	0	0	.143	.217	.381	.238	.202	-0.5	0.3	-0.0
1960	LAN	MLB	487	54	120	15	2	23	77	32	108	0	1	.268	.320	.464	.196	.275	14.3	2.1	1.7
1961	LAN	MLB	292	36	79	10	2	15	45	21	50	0	1	.296	.347	.517	.221	.299	13.7	-3.1	1.1
1962	LAN	MLB	538	80	146	25	6	31	119	39	108	1	0	.296	.346	.560	.264	.304	35.3	-14.6	2.1
1963	LAN	MLB	459	58	114	16	1	28	64	33	116	1	2	.273	.330	.518	.245	.335	37.2	1.2	4.3
1964	LAN	MLB	492	60	98	13	2	24	69	51	113	1	0	.226	.303	.432	.206	.290	18.3	-12.3	0.7
1965	WS2	MLB	575	53	149	22	6	21	84	55	112	0	0	.289	.358	.477	.188	.314	33.9	-6.0	3.1
1966	WS2	MLB	549	52	137	19	4	18	71	53	104	1	1	.278	.348	.442	.164	.296	24.0	5.8	3.3
1967	WS2	MLB	585	71	133	20	2	36	89	60	155	0	1	.256	.338	.511	.254	.322	39.1	-0.9	4.5
1968	WS2	MLB	663	79	164	28	3	44	106	54	141	0	0	.274	.338	.552	.278	.353	51.0	-3.9	5.9
1969	WS2	MLB	702	111	175	17	2	48	111	102	96	1	0	.296	.402	.574	.279	.351	67.2	-12.1	6.1
1970	WS2	MLB	706	90	160	15	1	44	126	132	125	1	2	.283	.416	.546	.263	.336	55.9	-9.3	4.9
1971	WS2	MLB	633	60	153	25	2	26	83	77	121	1	0	.279	.367	.474	.195	.303	27.0	-3.3	2.7
1972	DET	MLB	37	1	8	1	0	1	7	4	8	0	0	.242	.324	.364	.121	.272	0.6	0.3	0.1
1972	TEX	MLB	331	28	70	9	0	9	31	42	55	1	0	.244	.341	.369	.125	.281	6.9	-4.5	0.3
1973	DET	MLB	251	26	58	9	1	12	29	24	28	0	1	.256	.327	.463	.207	.269	3.7	0.1	0.4

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Title	Author	Date
The Lineup Card: 10 Milestones to Look Forward to in 2013	Baseball Prospectus	2013-04-03
In A Pickle: The Raul Ibanez Special	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-10-11
BP Unfiltered: Because No One Else Would Drive Them In	Geoff Young	2012-08-16
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Western Front: They Slugged Like Ed Brinkman	Geoff Young	2012-03-20
On the Beat: Rangers Renaissance	John Perrotto	2011-10-18
The BP Broadside: The Mariners are Simultaneously Sinking and Treading Water	Steven Goldman	2011-07-26
Wezen-Ball: Baseball's Superheroes	Larry Granillo	2011-02-14
Prospectus Q&A: Best of Q&A 2010	David Laurila	2010-12-31
BP Unfiltered: This Week in Minor League History: June 7 - June 13	Geoff Young	2010-06-11
Game Story: Rangers at Yankees	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-18
Prospectus Q&A: Frank Howard	David Laurila	2010-02-15
Prospectus Q&A: Johnny Goryl	David Laurila	2010-02-05
Prospectus Hit and Run: O-Dog Waits, Edmonds Campaigns	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-22
You Could Look It Up: Don't Fence Me In	Steven Goldman	2009-08-26
Transaction Analysis: NL West Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-02
Prospectus Q&A: Toby Harrah, Part One	David Laurila	2009-05-19
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part Two	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part One	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-07
Prospectus Hit List: Small-Sample Theater	Jay Jaffe	2008-04-11
You Could Look It Up: Sweepers, Part 3	Steven Goldman	2007-11-12
Schrodinger's Bat: The Biggest Booms and Busts?	Dan Fox	2007-11-08
Prospectus Matchups: Millstones and Milestones	Jim Baker	2007-07-03
Prospectus Matchups: Power to the People's Player	Jim Baker	2007-05-01
Who Will Rid Me of This Pestilent McCovey?: Pinch Running in the Last 50 Years	Brandon Isleib	2007-04-10
Prospectus Matchups: Good Fridays of Yore	Jim Baker	2007-04-06
Hope and Faith: How the Washington Nationals Can Win the World Series	Maury Brown	2007-03-04
Schrodinger's Bat: Projecting Wily Mo	Dan Fox	2006-03-30
Prospectus Today: Roster News	Joe Sheehan	2006-03-23
You Could Look It Up: John Quinn's Reign	Steven Goldman	2005-08-24
Transaction Analysis: July 26-27	Christina Kahrl	2005-07-28
Lies, Damned Lies: Revisiting PECOTA	Nate Silver	2005-05-27
Prospectus Matchups: Tax Day Tidbits	Jim Baker	2005-04-15
Getting the Call: Impact Call-Ups of 2005	Caleb Peiffer	2005-04-14
From The Mailbag: Questec, Park Factors and Transactions Galore	Baseball Prospectus	2004-08-12
You Could Look It Up: Free Association	Steven Goldman	2004-07-07
Lies, Damned Lies: Leading Off	Nate Silver	2003-07-30
Swinging for the Hall: The Best Hitter Outside Cooperstown	Michael Wolverton	2002-09-05
Doctoring The Numbers: Historic Walk Rates in Montreal	Rany Jazayerli	2002-05-14

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-04-28 13:00:00	Hi David! The Phils will regret the extension for Howard by the year: a) 2012, b) 2013, c) 2014, d) sometime after that, e) never, cause flags fly forever (dianagramr from NYC)	I had an email exchange with Will Carroll about Howard yesterday and something I threw out there was a Frank Howard "what if" comp. Ryan Howard is 30, which is the same age Hondo began turning from being a free-swinging slugger into a more disciplined slugger. As a result, his walk totals went up and his OPS skyrocketed for three or four years. He was obviously a very large man -- bigger than his Phillies namesake -- and perhaps Ryan Howard is about to morph from an all-star into a mega-star. Is that more likely than him becoming the next Mo Vaughn? It is really up to him, I suppose. (David Laurila)
2008-09-16 13:00:00	from my era, I think the most unathletic players were Dick Stuart, Frank Howard, and Johnny Blanchard (BobDD from Boise)	How about Harmon Killebrew? I always think of him as being a slugger whose glove had to be hidden, but I didn't see him so I could be misinformed. (Steven Goldman)

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