Howie Goss
1962–1963 · bats R / throws R · Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates
222G
.216AVG
.273OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
113H
11HR
54RBI
9SB
2Rare 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 | 8 | 9 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | 570 | 522 | 56 | 113 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 164 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 174 | .216 | .273 | .333 | .606 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1963-05-24 to 1963-05-30
6longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1963-06-02 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1963-04-17 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 106 | 261 | 47 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 82 | .198 | .257 | .287 |
| Away | 116 | 309 | 66 | 8 | 34 | 20 | 82 | .232 | .278 | .372 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 90 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 24 | .264 | .289 | .368 |
| May | 46 | 142 | 30 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 40 | .229 | .289 | .450 |
| June | 38 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 34 | .195 | .267 | .305 |
| July | 38 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | .158 | .275 | .211 |
| August | 33 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .180 | .203 | .262 |
| September | 39 | 115 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 27 | .231 | .261 | .288 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | .213 | .284 | .295 |
| cincinnati-reds | 28 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | .233 | .288 | .267 |
| san-francisco-giants | 26 | 71 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 26 | .279 | .296 | .426 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 26 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 25 | .182 | .229 | .242 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 24 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 | .265 | .294 | .592 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 23 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .160 | .204 | .340 |
| new-york-mets | 22 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | .261 | .340 | .413 |
| milwaukee-braves | 21 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .175 | .243 | .190 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 89 | 111 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 5 | .243 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Houston Astros | 133 | 411 | 86 | 9 | 44 | 4 | .209 | – | – |