Dick Howser
1961–1968 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees
789G
.248AVG
.346OBP
.318SLG
More career statistics
617H
16HR
165RBI
105SB
5Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 34 | 38 |
| Batting · Doubles | 90 | 89 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 186 | 187 |
| Batting · Runs | 398 | 396 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 105 | 104 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 789 | 2,937 | 2,483 | 398 | 617 | 90 | 17 | 16 | 165 | 367 | 186 | 105 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 789 | .248 | .346 | .318 | .664 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1964-05-03 to 1964-05-15
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1961-09-10 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1964-08-28 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1968-05-16 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 407 | 1472 | 312 | 6 | 83 | 205 | 95 | .256 | .351 | .328 |
| Away | 382 | 1465 | 305 | 10 | 82 | 162 | 92 | .242 | .319 | .307 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 88 | 374 | 70 | 1 | 28 | 44 | 22 | .224 | .305 | .266 |
| May | 176 | 692 | 157 | 5 | 36 | 107 | 40 | .274 | .382 | .361 |
| June | 177 | 686 | 140 | 5 | 41 | 75 | 40 | .235 | .313 | .310 |
| July | 114 | 419 | 80 | 1 | 21 | 59 | 33 | .233 | .332 | .280 |
| August | 110 | 381 | 90 | 4 | 23 | 37 | 30 | .271 | .333 | .358 |
| September | 115 | 349 | 71 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 22 | .241 | .324 | .292 |
| October | 9 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .290 | .333 | .387 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 93 | 356 | 88 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 17 | .278 | .334 | .415 |
| baltimore-orioles | 92 | 343 | 71 | 3 | 23 | 41 | 28 | .243 | .327 | .325 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 91 | 367 | 87 | 2 | 13 | 52 | 20 | .285 | .379 | .370 |
| chicago-white-sox | 89 | 318 | 66 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 14 | .235 | .280 | .270 |
| detroit-tigers | 83 | 321 | 59 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 19 | .223 | .340 | .265 |
| boston-red-sox | 79 | 280 | 62 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 17 | .272 | .382 | .329 |
| new-york-yankees | 70 | 262 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 22 | .201 | .286 | .281 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 54 | 254 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 14 | .184 | .272 | .203 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  Kansas City Athletics | 158 | 611 | 171 | 3 | 45 | 37 | .280 | – | – |
| 1962 | Kansas City Athletics | 83 | 286 | 68 | 6 | 34 | 19 | .238 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 64 | 203 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .236 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Cleveland Guardians | 162 | 637 | 163 | 3 | 52 | 20 | .256 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 107 | 307 | 72 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .235 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 67 | 140 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .229 | – | – |
| 1967 |  New York Yankees | 63 | 149 | 40 | – | 10 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 85 | 150 | 23 | – | 3 | – | .153 | – | – |