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Proper Name
Frank Oliver Howard
nickname
Hondo
High Level
MLB (1958-1973)
Positions
OF (1436) ... 1B (334) ... DH (76)
Ht / Wt
6-7 / 255
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
place
Columbus,Ohio
Died
10/30/2023
High School
Columbus South (Columbus,OH)
colleges
Ohio State University (Columbus,OH),
Signing Bonus
$ 108,000
draft posit
OF-1B
MLB Debut
MLB Teams
WS2 [7] LAN [7] DET [2] TEX [1]
TBC#
13031
mlbam id
116205
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleavgopsabrhhrrbisb
Career MLB [1958-1973].273.8506488864177438211198
Speed
37
Power
93
Contact
37
XBH
82
RBIs
87
Runs
55
Hitting
74
Durability
74
Team
.494
Player Tags
Player Notes:  [1960] Topps All-Star Rookie Team ... [1963] World Series Champion with Los Angeles Dodgers ... [1982] Inducted into the Ohio State University Athletics Hall of Fame
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year team name league level org age   # pos link   g ab   r   h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so hbp sh sf iw gdp tb pa xbh 1b avg obp slg ops secA iso babip bb% so% so/bb ab/hr
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 21 25 of log 8 29 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 11 30 2 5 .241 .267 .379 .646 .172 .138 .353 3.33 36.67 11.00 29.00
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 22 25 of log 9 21 2 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 23 2 1 .143 .217 .381 .598 .333 .238 .182 8.70 39.13 4.50 21.00
1960 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 23 25 of log 117 448 54 120 15 2 23 77 0 1 32 108 3 2 2 1 8 208 487 40 80 .268 .320 .464 .784 .266 .196 .304 6.57 22.18 3.38 19.48
1961 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 24 25 of log 92 267 36 79 10 2 15 45 0 1 21 50 1 1 2 3 12 138 292 27 52 .296 .347 .517 .864 .296 .221 .314 7.19 17.12 2.38 17.80
1962 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 25 25 of log 141 493 80 146 25 6 31 119 1 0 39 108 1 1 4 10 18 276 538 62 84 .296 .346 .560 .906 .345 .264 .321 7.25 20.07 2.77 15.90
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 26 25 of log 123 417 58 114 16 1 28 64 1 2 33 116 4 2 3 4 7 216 459 45 69 .273 .330 .518 .848 .321 .245 .312 7.19 25.27 3.52 14.89
1964 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 27 25 of log 134 433 60 98 13 2 24 69 1 0 51 113 0 1 7 10 14 187 492 39 59 .226 .303 .432 .735 .326 .206 .244 10.37 22.97 2.22 18.04
1965 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 28 9 of log 149 516 53 149 22 6 21 84 0 0 55 112 2 0 2 2 9 246 575 49 100 .289 .358 .477 .835 .295 .188 .332 9.57 19.48 2.04 24.57
1966 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 29 9 of log 146 493 52 137 19 4 18 71 1 1 53 104 1 0 2 6 14 218 549 41 96 .278 .348 .442 .790 .272 .164 .319 9.65 18.94 1.96 27.39
1967 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 30 9 of log 149 519 71 133 20 2 36 89 0 1 60 155 5 0 1 7 14 265 585 58 75 .256 .338 .511 .849 .368 .254 .295 10.26 26.50 2.58 14.42
1968 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 31 9 of-1b log 158 598 79 164 28 3 44 106 0 0 54 141 6 0 5 12 13 330 663 75 89 .274 .338 .552 .890 .368 .278 .287 8.14 21.27 2.61 13.59
1969 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 32 33 of-1b log 161 592 111 175 17 2 48 111 1 0 102 96 5 0 3 19 29 340 702 67 108 .296 .402 .574 .976 .453 .279 .282 14.53 13.68 0.94 12.33
1970 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 33 33 of log 161 566 90 160 15 1 44 126 1 2 132 125 2 0 6 29 23 309 706 60 100 .283 .416 .546 .962 .495 .263 .288 18.70 17.71 0.95 12.86
1971 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 34 33 of-1b log 153 549 60 153 25 2 26 83 1 0 77 121 2 0 5 20 29 260 633 53 100 .279 .367 .474 .840 .337 .195 .312 12.16 19.12 1.57 21.12
1972 Texas Rangers AL MLB tex 35 33 1b log 95 287 28 70 9 0 9 31 1 0 42 55 1 0 1 8 16 106 331 18 52 .244 .341 .369 .711 .275 .125 .272 12.69 16.62 1.31 31.89
1972 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 35 31 1b log 14 33 1 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 12 37 2 6 .242 .324 .364 .688 .242 .121 .292 10.81 21.62 2.00 33.00
1973 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 36 33 dh log 85 227 26 58 9 1 12 29 0 1 24 28 0 0 0 4 12 105 251 22 36 .256 .327 .463 .789 .308 .207 .246 9.56 11.16 1.17 18.92
1958 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 8 29 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 11 30 2 5 .241 .267 .379 .646 .172 .138 .353 3.33 36.67 11.00 29.00
1959 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 9 21 2 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 23 2 1 .143 .217 .381 .598 .333 .238 .182 8.70 39.13 4.50 21.00
1960 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 117 448 54 120 15 2 23 77 0 1 32 108 3 2 2 1 8 208 487 40 80 .268 .320 .464 .784 .266 .196 .304 6.57 22.18 3.38 19.48
1961 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 92 267 36 79 10 2 15 45 0 1 21 50 1 1 2 3 12 138 292 27 52 .296 .347 .517 .864 .296 .221 .314 7.19 17.12 2.38 17.80
1962 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 141 493 80 146 25 6 31 119 1 0 39 108 1 1 4 10 18 276 538 62 84 .296 .346 .560 .906 .345 .264 .321 7.25 20.07 2.77 15.90
1963 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 123 417 58 114 16 1 28 64 1 2 33 116 4 2 3 4 7 216 459 45 69 .273 .330 .518 .848 .321 .245 .312 7.19 25.27 3.52 14.89
1964 MLB Total -- LAN -- -- -- -- 134 433 60 98 13 2 24 69 1 0 51 113 0 1 7 10 14 187 492 39 59 .226 .303 .432 .735 .326 .206 .244 10.37 22.97 2.22 18.04
1965 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 149 516 53 149 22 6 21 84 0 0 55 112 2 0 2 2 9 246 575 49 100 .289 .358 .477 .835 .295 .188 .332 9.57 19.48 2.04 24.57
1966 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 146 493 52 137 19 4 18 71 1 1 53 104 1 0 2 6 14 218 549 41 96 .278 .348 .442 .790 .272 .164 .319 9.65 18.94 1.96 27.39
1967 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 149 519 71 133 20 2 36 89 0 1 60 155 5 0 1 7 14 265 585 58 75 .256 .338 .511 .849 .368 .254 .295 10.26 26.50 2.58 14.42
1968 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 158 598 79 164 28 3 44 106 0 0 54 141 6 0 5 12 13 330 663 75 89 .274 .338 .552 .890 .368 .278 .287 8.14 21.27 2.61 13.59
1969 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 161 592 111 175 17 2 48 111 1 0 102 96 5 0 3 19 29 340 702 67 108 .296 .402 .574 .976 .453 .279 .282 14.53 13.68 0.94 12.33
1970 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 161 566 90 160 15 1 44 126 1 2 132 125 2 0 6 29 23 309 706 60 100 .283 .416 .546 .962 .495 .263 .288 18.70 17.71 0.95 12.86
1971 MLB Total -- WS2 -- -- -- -- 153 549 60 153 25 2 26 83 1 0 77 121 2 0 5 20 29 260 633 53 100 .279 .367 .474 .840 .337 .195 .312 12.16 19.12 1.57 21.12
1972 MLB Total -- TEX,DET -- -- -- -- 109 320 29 78 10 0 10 38 1 0 46 63 1 0 1 8 16 118 368 20 58 .244 .340 .369 .708 .272 .125 .274 12.50 17.12 1.37 32.00
1973 MLB Total -- DET -- -- -- -- 85 227 26 58 9 1 12 29 0 1 24 28 0 0 0 4 12 105 251 22 36 .256 .327 .463 .789 .308 .207 .246 9.56 11.16 1.17 18.92
Total MLB (16 yrs) -- MLB -- -- -- -- -- 1895 6488 864 1774 245 35 382 1119 8 9 782 1460 33 7 43 135 219 3235 7353 662 1112 .273 .352 .499 .851 .346 .225 .297 10.64 19.86 1.87 16.98
Total AL (9 yrs) -- AL -- -- -- -- -- 1271 4380 571 1207 165 21 259 737 5 5 603 945 24 0 25 107 159 2191 5032 445 762 .276 .364 .500 .865 .362 .225 .296 11.98 18.78 1.57 16.91
Total NL (7 yrs) -- NL -- -- -- -- -- 624 2108 293 567 80 14 123 382 3 4 179 515 9 7 18 28 60 1044 2321 217 350 .269 .326 .495 .822 .311 .226 .298 7.71 22.19 2.88 17.14
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year team name league level age   g ab   r   h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so hbp sh sf iw gdp tb pa xbh 1b avg obp slg ops secA iso babip bb% so% so/bb ab/hr
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Playoffs 26 3 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 2 1 .300 .300 .700 1.000 .400 .400 .286 0.00 20.00 -- 10.00
1968 American League MLB AllStar 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 50.00 -- --
1969 American League MLB AllStar 32 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4.000 3.000 -- 50.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
1970 American League MLB AllStar 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 50.00 -- --
1971 American League MLB AllStar 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 0.00 -- --
-- Totals -- AllStar 31 4 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 0 .167 .286 .667 .952 .667 .500 .000 14.29 28.57 2.00 6.00
-- Totals -- Playoffs 26 3 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 2 1 .300 .300 .700 1.000 .400 .400 .286 0.00 20.00 -- 10.00
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year team name league level mlb age pos   g gs inn po   a   e dp tc tsc sb cs sb% fpct rfg rfi rf9i tm shr pl shr tm rk
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 21 of 8 0 55.0 12 1 0 0 13 13 0 0 -- 1.000 1.6 0.24 2.13 5.2 100.0 10
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 22 of 6 0 42.0 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 -- 1.000 1.7 0.24 2.14 3.8 66.7 9
1960 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 23 1b 4 0 16.0 19 3 1 2 23 22 0 0 -- .957 5.5 1.38 12.38 2.6 3.4 3
1960 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 23 of 115 0 999.1 177 8 3 1 188 185 0 0 -- .984 1.6 0.19 1.67 74.7 98.3 2
1961 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 24 1b 7 0 41.0 43 4 2 2 49 47 0 0 -- .959 6.7 1.15 10.32 4.5 7.6 4
1961 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 24 of 65 0 487.0 79 6 6 0 91 85 0 0 -- .934 1.3 0.17 1.57 42.2 70.7 6
1962 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 25 of 131 0 1,108.1 187 19 6 4 212 206 0 0 -- .972 1.6 0.19 1.67 79.4 92.9 3
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 26 of 111 0 947.1 190 4 8 0 202 194 0 0 -- .960 1.7 0.20 1.84 68.5 90.2 3
1964 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB lan 27 of 122 0 996.1 183 2 4 0 189 185 0 0 -- .979 1.5 0.19 1.67 75.3 91.0 3
1965 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 28 of 138 0 1,099.0 204 5 4 0 213 209 0 0 -- .981 1.5 0.19 1.71 85.2 92.6 1
1966 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 29 of 135 0 1,039.0 216 5 4 1 225 221 0 0 -- .982 1.6 0.21 1.91 84.9 92.5 2
1967 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 30 1b 4 0 17.0 15 1 0 0 16 16 0 0 -- 1.000 4.0 0.94 8.47 2.5 2.7 5
1967 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 30 of 141 0 1,086.0 210 5 3 1 218 215 0 0 -- .986 1.5 0.20 1.78 87.6 94.6 1
1968 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 31 1b 55 0 438.1 416 41 11 38 468 457 0 0 -- .976 8.3 1.04 9.39 34.2 34.8 2
1968 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 31 of 107 0 899.1 160 11 8 1 179 171 0 0 -- .955 1.6 0.19 1.71 66.5 67.7 2
1969 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 32 1b 70 0 441.1 455 31 10 38 496 486 0 0 -- .980 6.9 1.10 9.92 43.2 43.5 2
1969 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 32 of 114 0 898.1 147 3 4 0 154 150 0 0 -- .974 1.3 0.17 1.50 70.4 70.8 2
1970 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 33 1b 48 0 395.0 429 25 6 37 460 454 0 0 -- .987 9.5 1.15 10.34 29.6 29.8 2
1970 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 33 of 120 0 979.0 172 6 5 4 183 178 0 0 -- .973 1.5 0.18 1.64 74.1 74.5 1
1971 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 34 1b 68 0 427.0 414 58 4 40 476 472 0 0 -- .992 6.9 1.11 9.95 42.8 44.4 2
1971 Washington Senators II AL MLB ws2 34 of 100 0 811.0 141 7 1 0 149 148 0 0 -- .993 1.5 0.18 1.64 62.9 65.4 3
1972 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 35 1b 10 0 65.0 55 5 3 5 63 60 0 0 -- .952 6.0 0.92 8.31 6.4 71.4 5
1972 Texas Rangers AL MLB tex 35 1b 66 0 473.0 440 27 9 39 476 467 0 0 -- .981 7.1 0.99 8.89 42.9 69.5 1
1972 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 35 of 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -- 1.000 1.0 1.00 9.00 0.6 7.1 11
1972 Texas Rangers AL MLB tex 35 of 21 0 167.0 25 0 1 0 26 25 0 0 -- .962 1.2 0.15 1.35 13.6 22.1 7
1973 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 36 1b 2 0 9.0 12 0 1 0 13 12 0 0 -- .923 6.0 1.33 12.00 1.2 2.4 8
1973 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 36 of 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- .000 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.6 1.2 11
1973 Detroit Tigers AL MLB det 36 dh 76 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- .000 0.0 -- -- 46.9 89.4 2
Total MLB (9 yrs) -- MLB -- -- 1b 334 0 2,322 2298 195 47 201 2540 2493 0 0 -- .981 7.5 1.07 9.66 -- -- --
Total MLB (16 yrs) -- MLB -- -- of 1436 0 11,615 2114 82 57 12 2253 2196 0 0 -- .975 1.5 0.19 1.70 -- -- --
Total MLB (1 yrs) -- MLB -- -- dh 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- --
Yearly Positional Grid
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year category pos p pos c pos 1b pos 2b pos 3b pos ss pos lf pos cf pos rf pos of pos dh
1958 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1959 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1960 MLB 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0
1961 MLB 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0
1962 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0
1963 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0
1964 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0
1965 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0
1966 MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0
1967 MLB 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0
1968 MLB 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0
1969 MLB 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0
1970 MLB 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0
1971 MLB 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0
1972 MLB 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1973 MLB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 76