Elston Howard

1948–1968 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Monarchs, New York Yankees

1,625G

.274AVG

.321OBP

.427SLG

More career statistics

1,491H

168HR

775RBI

10SB

3Rare 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 · Games	1,625	1,689
Batting · At bats	5,443	5,640
Batting · Caught stealing	14	17
Batting · Doubles	223	234
Batting · Hits	1,491	1,555
Batting · Hit by pitch	27	29
Batting · Home runs	168	172
Batting · Strikeouts	786	791
Batting · Plate appearances	5,927	6,144
Batting · Runs	635	660
Batting · RBI	775	819
Batting · Stolen bases	10	14
Batting · Triples	53	57
Batting · Walks	376	393

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,625	5,927	5,443	635	1,491	223	53	168	775	376	786	10	14	27	52	2,324	.274	.321	.427	.748

Streaks

16longest hitting streak · 1958-07-06 to 1958-07-23

21longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
68	Eight-RBI Game	1962-08-19	1 in 1,372 games	box score ↗
48	Hitless in Seven	1960-08-14	1 in 202 games	box score ↗
47	First-Inning Ejection	1962-06-16	1 in 187 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	865	2989	742	58	381	223	368	.274	.323	.411
Away	824	3155	813	114	438	170	423	.278	.312	.445

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	124	460	115	15	68	24	73	.271	.302	.445
May	291	1059	268	24	141	73	124	.280	.322	.411
June	329	1175	295	39	149	75	161	.272	.315	.441
July	329	1217	313	35	170	82	138	.282	.325	.437
August	344	1261	316	35	167	76	151	.272	.311	.437
September	262	941	240	24	119	59	140	.275	.318	.406
October	10	31	8	0	5	4	4	.296	.387	.370

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
chicago-white-sox	207	754	204	24	97	53	106	.297	.341	.467
baltimore-orioles	201	704	159	13	72	48	111	.246	.294	.367
cleveland-guardians	201	713	189	24	91	49	99	.288	.334	.460
detroit-tigers	200	700	168	20	87	35	92	.256	.290	.400
kansas-city-athletics	179	683	189	20	114	44	68	.304	.341	.477
boston-red-sox	175	657	164	18	85	43	106	.272	.315	.415
minnesota-twins	109	430	122	16	46	22	60	.304	.335	.476
washington-senators-1961-71	107	410	96	13	51	29	47	.255	.305	.416

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1948	Kansas City Monarchs	22	82	24	2	17	1	.293	–	–
1949	Kansas City Monarchs	62	196	60	3	41	3	.306	–	–
1955	New York Yankees	97	279	81	10	43	–	.290	–	–
1956	New York Yankees	98	289	76	5	34	–	.263	–	–
1957	New York Yankees	110	356	90	8	44	2	.253	–	–
1958	New York Yankees	103	376	118	11	66	1	.314	–	–
1959	New York Yankees	125	443	121	18	73	–	.273	–	–
1960	New York Yankees	107	323	79	6	39	3	.245	–	–
1961	New York Yankees	129	446	155	21	77	1	.348	–	–
1962	New York Yankees	136	494	138	21	91	1	.279	–	–
1963	New York Yankees	135	487	140	28	85	–	.287	–	–
1964	New York Yankees	150	550	172	15	83	1	.313	–	–
1965	New York Yankees	110	391	91	9	45	–	.233	–	–
1966	New York Yankees	126	410	105	6	35	–	.256	–	–
1967	Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees	108	315	56	4	28	–	.178	–	–
1968	Boston Red Sox	71	203	49	5	18	1	.241	–	–