Howie Schultz
1943–1948 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
470G
.241AVG
.281OBP
.349SLG
More career statistics
383H
24HR
208RBI
15SB
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 · Strikeouts | 218 | 219 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,698 | 1,699 |
| Batting · RBI | 208 | 209 |
| Batting · Walks | 82 | 83 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 | 1,698 | 1,588 | 163 | 383 | 85 | 7 | 24 | 208 | 82 | 218 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 554 | .241 | .281 | .349 | .630 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1944-08-30 to 1944-09-14
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1944-04-30 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1943-09-29 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1944-05-17 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 235 | 802 | 179 | 9 | 102 | 42 | 106 | .239 | .276 | .345 |
| Away | 235 | 897 | 204 | 15 | 107 | 41 | 113 | .243 | .273 | .352 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 14 | 52 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 5 | .396 | .423 | .688 |
| May | 65 | 243 | 54 | 5 | 32 | 10 | 29 | .234 | .263 | .355 |
| June | 106 | 400 | 85 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 53 | .230 | .273 | .309 |
| July | 89 | 271 | 46 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 31 | .181 | .210 | .264 |
| August | 90 | 320 | 77 | 6 | 39 | 19 | 39 | .259 | .300 | .387 |
| September | 100 | 391 | 96 | 3 | 57 | 16 | 58 | .261 | .286 | .359 |
| October | 6 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .273 | .524 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 75 | 245 | 49 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 39 | .207 | .224 | .270 |
| new-york-giants | 72 | 257 | 65 | 8 | 38 | 16 | 41 | .274 | .315 | .460 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 68 | 253 | 55 | 5 | 31 | 12 | 23 | .231 | .265 | .340 |
| chicago-cubs | 66 | 258 | 58 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 33 | .246 | .295 | .309 |
| boston-braves | 57 | 214 | 46 | 3 | 40 | 14 | 26 | .235 | .280 | .378 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 205 | 59 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 18 | .309 | .337 | .393 |
| cincinnati-reds | 52 | 186 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 25 | .224 | .242 | .339 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 23 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | .152 | .160 | .241 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 45 | 182 | 49 | 1 | 35 | 3 | .269 | – | – |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 138 | 526 | 134 | 11 | 83 | 6 | .255 | – | – |
| 1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 39 | 142 | 34 | 1 | 19 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 90 | 249 | 63 | 3 | 27 | 2 | .253 | – | – |
| 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies | 116 | 404 | 90 | 6 | 35 | – | .223 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies | 42 | 85 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | .153 | – | – |