Elston Howard BGL Career Statistics
Selected in the 4th round (#42 overall) of the 1959 Inaugural Draft.




BGL Regular Season Batting Stats
YR TEAM AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP TB
1959 MAN .311 .338 .511 .849 91 399 380 60 118 20 1 18 56 0 0 52 15 2 2 0 2 10 194
1960 MAN .248 .292 .342 .634 102 342 319 25 79 13 1 5 31 1 0 33 21 3 0 0 2 4 109
1961 MAN .300 .353 .435 .788 85 346 317 34 95 16 3 7 45 0 0 53 24 8 3 0 2 9 138
1962 MAN .240 .286 .383 .669 118 489 454 44 109 17 0 16 49 0 0 85 28 2 3 0 4 16 174
1963 MAN .265 .312 .547 .859 126 535 495 74 131 19 2 39 84 0 0 63 31 1 5 0 4 18 271

BGL Regular Season Career Batting Totals
TOT STATS AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP TB
5 Seasons .271 .315 .451 .766 522 2111 1965 237 532 85 7 85 265 1 0 286 119 16 13 0 14 57 886

BGL Playoff Batting Stats
YR TEAM SEG AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SO BB SB CS IBB HBP SH SF GDP

BGL Playoff Career Batting Totals
TOT STATS AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SO BB SB CS IBB HBP SH SF GDP

MLB Stats
YEAR AGE MLB POS D ARM AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB SF HBP TB WAR SALARY
1955 26 NYY OF+ 1 33 .290 .336 .477 .812 97 305 279 33 81 8 7 10 43 0 0 36 20 0 1 133 1.5  
1956 27 NYY OF+ 1 33 .262 .312 .362 .674 98 316 290 35 76 8 3 5 34 0 1 30 21 0 1 105 -0.5  
1957 28 NYY OF+ 1 33 .253 .283 .379 .663 110 381 356 33 90 13 4 8 44 2 5 43 16 0 0 135 -0.8  
1958 29 NYY C+ 8 3 .314 .348 .479 .827 103 406 376 45 118 19 5 11 66 1 1 60 22 0 0 180 3.2 $17,000
1959 30 NYY 1B+ 2 34 .273 .306 .476 .783 125 475 443 59 121 24 6 18 73 0 1 57 20 0 3 211 2.0 $20,000
1960 31 NYY C+ 8 5 .245 .298 .353 .651 107 361 323 29 79 11 3 6 39 3 0 43 28 8 0 114 0.5 $20,000
1961 32 NYY C+ 8 3 .348 .387 .549 .936 129 482 446 64 155 17 5 21 77 0 3 65 28 4 3 245 5.3 $3,000
1962 33 NYY C 8 6 .279 .318 .474 .791 136 538 494 63 138 23 5 21 91 1 1 76 31 9 1 234 3.8 $3,000
1963 34 NYY C 9 4 .287 .342 .528 .869 135 531 487 75 140 21 6 28 85 0 0 68 35 2 6 257 5.2 $3,000
1964 35 NYY C 9 5 .313 .371 .455 .825 150 607 550 63 172 27 3 15 84 1 1 73 48 4 5 250 5.5 $3,000
1965 36 NYY C+ 9 3 .233 .278 .345 .623 110 418 391 38 91 15 1 9 45 0 0 65 24 1 1 135 1.0 $70,000
1966 37 NYY C+ 9 2 .256 .317 .356 .673 126 451 410 38 105 19 2 6 35 0 0 65 37 3 1 146 1.6 $75,000
1967 38 TOT C+ 8 -1 .178 .233 .244 .478 108 345 315 22 56 9 0 4 28 0 0 60 21 4 3 77 -1.3 $64,000
1968 39 BOS C 8 1 .241 .317 .335 .652 71 229 203 22 49 4 0 5 18 1 1 45 22 1 1 68 0.2 $65,000

MLB Stat Totals
TOT STATS AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB SF HBP TB WAR SALARY
14 Seasons .274 .323 .427 .750 1605 5845 5363 619 1471 218 50 167 762 9 14 786 373 36 26 2290 27.2 $331,000