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Elston Gene Howard

First name: Elston

Last name: Howard

Birthdate: 1929-02-23

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 116204

Retro ID: howae101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1955NYA3.80.64.41.62.91.59
1956NYA3.90.94.8-0.60.84.02
1957NYA4.71.15.9-1.00.75.12
1958NYA5.11.76.83.15.11.715
1959NYA6.01.47.42.74.92.515
1960NYA4.52.06.51.23.13.39
1961NYA6.12.58.66.28.7-0.126
1962NYA6.62.99.53.15.83.618
1963NYA6.83.09.95.18.01.824
1964NYA7.63.511.06.910.10.930
1965NYA5.42.27.61.13.34.310
1966NYA5.92.48.21.43.84.411
1967BOS1.60.82.5-0.30.42.01
1967NYA2.81.13.9-0.30.83.03
1968BOS3.01.44.40.72.02.46
Career73.827.5101.430.960.440.4181

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1955NYA305563-1001-20099.41.0-0.2-0.10.75
1956NYA316-10-8-2-3-100-100-1410.1-1.4-0.1-0.1-1.67
1957NYA381-11-100-5-20-1-100-189.0-2.0-0.1-0.1-2.27
1958NYA4061113-1-3013400139.31.40.4-0.11.716
1959NYA475584-1-1-14000139.31.40.0-0.21.215
1960NYA361-11-900-104600-69.5-0.60.6-0.1-0.118
1961NYA4822831-10025700379.53.90.7-0.24.424
1962NYA53868-5-5-31890049.80.40.9-0.21.130
1963NYA5312425-5-1-2-251000208.72.31.0-0.23.128
1964NYA60620203-11-1111100338.83.71.1-0.24.637
1965NYA418-13-12-10-224700-98.5-1.10.7-0.1-0.520
1966NYA451-4-2-2-3-101700-78.6-0.80.7-0.2-0.318
1967BOS129-11-1211-101300-109.0-1.10.30.0-0.87
1967NYA216-12-1100-101400-118.1-1.40.4-0.1-1.19
1968BOS229-1-30002-4500-58.5-0.60.5-0.1-0.27
Career5,8442644-6-22-14443690049-5.16.9-2.010.0248

Defense

Catcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Frame Runs SB Runs Block Runs Err Runs Catcher Runs Total Fielding Runs
1955 NYA 5 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 -0.4 0.1 0 0
1956 NYA 17 0.0 0 0 0 1.4 -0.3 0.5 2 2
1957 NYA 14 -1.0 -1 -1 0 1.0 -0.3 -0.5 0 -1
1958 NYA 43 0.0 0 0 0 -0.3 1.6 0.9 2 2
1959 NYA 32 1.0 1 1 0 3.0 0.1 0.2 3 4
1960 NYA 72 1.0 1 1 0 2.9 -0.4 0.1 3 4
1961 NYA 79 1.0 1 1 0 1.5 1.8 0.5 4 5
1962 NYA 88 1.0 1 1 0 2.0 4.2 1.3 7 8
1963 NYA 63 0.0 0 0 0 1.1 2.4 1.3 5 5
1964 NYA 108 2.0 2 1 1 1.2 4.8 2.7 9 11
1965 NYA 49 1.0 1 1 0 1.0 1.8 0.4 3 4
1966 NYA 56 1.0 1 1 0 -0.7 2.3 -0.4 1 2
1967 NYA 34 1.0 1 1 0 -1.1 1.3 -0.4 0 1
1967 BOS 12 0.0 0 0 0 -0.7 0.8 0.6 1 1
1968 BOS 27 0.0 0 0 0 -3.1 -2.1 0.8 -4 -4
699 8.0 8 7 1 9.7 17.6 8.1 36 44

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1957 NYA 1B 50 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1958 NYA 1B 149 10 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1959 NYA 1B 1307 119 -3.0 -3 -2 -5 -3 -0.2 0.0 0 -2
1961 NYA 1B 261 18 0.0 0 0 -2 -4 0.0 0.0 0 0
1965 NYA 1B 72 5 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1966 NYA 1B 326 32 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 0 -0.2 0.0 0 -1
1967 NYA 1B 11 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1B 2176 189 -5.0 -5 -4 -13 -9 -0.4 0.0 0 -4

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1955 NYA LF 1281 131 -1.0 -3 -3 -5 58 0 -3
1955 NYA RF 213 44 3.0 3 3 12 9 1 4
1956 NYA LF 1438 139 -2.0 -3 -3 -14 71 0 -3
1956 NYA RF 44 8 1.0 1 1 2 1 0 1
1957 NYA LF 1654 173 2.0 1 1 -2 70 0 1
1957 NYA RF 38 4 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 0 0 -1
1958 NYA LF 393 45 2.0 2 2 4 22 -1 1
1958 NYA RF 136 26 1.0 1 1 2 12 0 1
1959 NYA LF 388 48 3.0 3 3 7 10 0 3
1959 NYA RF 179 18 -1.0 -1 -1 -6 11 0 -1
1960 NYA LF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYA LF 18 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LF 5175 538 4.0 0 0 -10 231 -1 -1
RF 610 100 3.0 3 3 8 33 1 4

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1955NYA0.40.00.4-0.3-0.20.6-1
1956NYA0.10.00.10.10.1-0.10
1957NYA0.20.00.20.10.20.01
1958NYA0.30.00.30.10.10.10
1960NYA0.20.10.20.40.4-0.21
1961NYA0.30.10.40.10.20.21
1962NYA0.30.10.50.00.10.30
1963NYA0.20.10.30.10.20.20
1964NYA0.40.20.50.30.50.11
1967BOS0.30.10.4-0.2-0.10.50
Career2.70.73.30.71.51.73

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1955NYA28-3-30000-1000-49.0-0.40.00.0-0.4-1
1956NYA5110000000019.10.10.00.00.10
1957NYA12110000000017.90.10.00.00.10
1958NYA20-1-10100000008.60.00.00.00.00
1960NYA153310000000411.60.30.00.00.31
1961NYA2211-1000000008.90.00.00.00.01
1962NYA23-1-100000000-17.1-0.10.00.0-0.11
1963NYA15000000000005.40.00.00.00.01
1964NYA29001000010019.90.10.10.00.21
1967BOS20-2-200000000-27.7-0.30.00.0-0.31
Career189-1-11100-11000--0.20.10.0-0.15

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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