Frank Howard

1958–1973 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Washington Senators (1961-71)

1,895G

.273AVG

.352OBP

.499SLG

More career statistics

1,774H

382HR

1,119RBI

8SB

4Rare 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 · Plate appearances	7,353	7,352
Batting · Runs	864	865
Batting · Walks	782	781

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,895	7,353	6,488	864	1,774	245	35	382	1,119	782	1,460	8	9	33	43	3,235	.273	.352	.499	.851

Streaks

11longest hitting streak · 1960-07-05 to 1960-07-20

33longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	Three Intentional Walks	1970-09-02	1 in 1,129 games	box score ↗
64	Platinum Sombrero	1970-09-19	1 in 927 games	box score ↗
57	Triple Play	1973-09-20	1 in 498 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	945	3645	906	186	585	393	708	.281	.356	.507
Away	950	3707	868	196	534	388	752	.266	.339	.491

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	206	819	205	49	140	84	166	.283	.353	.532
May	332	1328	304	68	185	152	266	.261	.343	.482
June	333	1267	291	65	181	126	271	.259	.329	.481
July	335	1309	355	81	239	159	241	.314	.393	.578
August	362	1401	333	65	205	132	274	.265	.332	.473
September	313	1177	282	54	164	118	227	.269	.340	.474
October	14	51	4	0	5	10	15	.098	.275	.098

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
cleveland-guardians	146	578	137	34	83	94	116	.287	.400	.554
boston-red-sox	145	584	145	34	104	60	113	.279	.351	.529
baltimore-orioles	144	551	126	35	81	60	101	.258	.338	.518
new-york-yankees	136	515	124	19	73	51	93	.273	.340	.456
detroit-tigers	128	529	126	29	74	69	115	.276	.369	.501
california-angels	117	470	133	27	71	58	77	.326	.406	.564
chicago-white-sox	114	439	98	19	50	39	80	.247	.312	.434
minnesota-twins	113	464	124	22	64	53	87	.305	.381	.514

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1958	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	29	7	1	2	–	.241	–	–
1959	Los Angeles Dodgers	9	21	3	1	6	–	.143	–	–
1960	Los Angeles Dodgers	117	448	120	23	77	–	.268	–	–
1961	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	267	79	15	45	–	.296	–	–
1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	141	493	146	31	119	1	.296	–	–
1963	Los Angeles Dodgers	123	417	114	28	64	1	.273	–	–
1964	Los Angeles Dodgers	134	433	98	24	69	1	.226	–	–
1965	Washington Senators (1961-71)	149	516	149	21	84	–	.289	–	–
1966	Washington Senators (1961-71)	146	493	137	18	71	1	.278	–	–
1967	Washington Senators (1961-71)	149	519	133	36	89	–	.256	–	–
1968	Washington Senators (1961-71)	158	598	164	44	106	–	.274	–	–
1969	Washington Senators (1961-71)	161	592	175	48	111	1	.296	–	–
1970	Washington Senators (1961-71)	161	566	160	44	126	1	.283	–	–
1971	Washington Senators (1961-71)	153	549	153	26	83	1	.279	–	–
1972	Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers	109	320	78	10	38	1	.244	–	–
1973	Detroit Tigers	85	227	58	12	29	–	.256	–	–