Howie Krist
1937–1946 · bats L / throws R · St. Louis Cardinals
129G
.168AVG
.190OBP
.188SLG
More career statistics
25H
0HR
7RBI
0SB
37–11W–L
444.1IP
150K
3.32ERA
37GS
6SV
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 · Doubles | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 41 | 42 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 161 | 160 |
| Batting · RBI | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 4 | 3 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,863 | 1,859 |
| Pitching · p er | 164 | 163 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,333 | 1,334 |
| Pitching · p w | 158 | 159 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 161 | 149 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .168 | .190 | .188 | .378 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444.3 | 128 | 37 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 408 | 176 | 164 | 20 | 158 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 3.32 | 1.274 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1941-06-08 to 1941-06-19
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1943-05-16 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1943-05-22 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1941-05-25 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 27 | 6 |
| 1938 | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1941 | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 38 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .237 | 114 | 37 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 42 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 118 | 47 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 60 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .167 | 164 | 56 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 3 |