Del Howard
1905–1909 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
542G
.263AVG
.318OBP
.326SLG
More career statistics
482H
6HR
193RBI
67SB
6.0IP
0K
0.00ERA
0GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,833 | 1,831 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 36 | 37 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,035 | 2,033 |
| Batting · RBI | 193 | 203 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 67 | 68 |
| Batting · Walks | 111 | 108 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 18 | 15 |
| Pitching · p k | 0 | 1 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 542 | 2,035 | 1,833 | 199 | 482 | 54 | 22 | 6 | 193 | 111 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 598 | .263 | .318 | .326 | .644 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.833 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1906-07-06 to 1906-07-23
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1905-09-09 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1906-04-25 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1906-06-12 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 283 | 1028 | 236 | 2 | 98 | 60 | 63 | .257 | .288 | .316 |
| Away | 259 | 1005 | 246 | 4 | 105 | 48 | 77 | .270 | .293 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 116 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9 | .173 | .224 | .202 |
| May | 104 | 407 | 97 | 3 | 38 | 27 | 29 | .269 | .305 | .346 |
| June | 98 | 372 | 89 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 21 | .259 | .280 | .335 |
| July | 97 | 372 | 102 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 23 | .301 | .312 | .348 |
| August | 114 | 442 | 100 | 2 | 51 | 27 | 26 | .252 | .287 | .310 |
| September | 74 | 237 | 54 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 21 | .262 | .287 | .325 |
| October | 23 | 87 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | .272 | .287 | .358 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 87 | 325 | 73 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 23 | .251 | .283 | .306 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 80 | 306 | 65 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 29 | .243 | .278 | .326 |
| new-york-giants | 78 | 305 | 71 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 29 | .245 | .266 | .310 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 72 | 270 | 69 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 15 | .283 | .307 | .348 |
| cincinnati-reds | 70 | 250 | 56 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 12 | .262 | .308 | .318 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 56 | 189 | 43 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | .246 | .249 | .303 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 206 | 50 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | .272 | .291 | .342 |
| chicago-cubs | 46 | 182 | 55 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | .331 | .357 | .380 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 123 | 433 | 127 | 2 | 66 | 19 | .293 | 5 | 1 |
| 1906 |  Boston Braves | 147 | 544 | 142 | 1 | 55 | 17 | .261 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs | 102 | 336 | 85 | 1 | 26 | 14 | .253 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Chicago Cubs | 99 | 315 | 88 | 1 | 26 | 12 | .279 | – | – |
| 1909 | Chicago Cubs | 71 | 203 | 40 | 1 | 30 | 6 | .197 | – | – |