Red Howard
1936–1946 · bats L / throws L · AST, ATN, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CV9, JAX, Memphis Red Sox, WEG
59G
.264AVG
.337OBP
.363SLG
More career statistics
24H
1HR
16RBI
2SB
10–18W–L
176.0IP
89K
5.01ERA
25GS
4SV
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 · Games | 59 | 62 |
| Batting · At bats | 91 | 69 |
| Batting · Hits | 24 | 16 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 107 | 82 |
| Batting · Runs | 12 | 9 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 11 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 1 |
| Pitching · Games | 44 | 49 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 798 | 571 |
| Pitching · p cg | 10 | 13 |
| Pitching · p er | 98 | 44 |
| Pitching · p gs | 25 | 29 |
| Pitching · p h | 193 | 179 |
| Pitching · p hr | 11 | 7 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 528 | 488 |
| Pitching · p k | 89 | 66 |
| Pitching · p r | 120 | 102 |
| Pitching · p w | 69 | 57 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 107 | 91 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | .264 | .337 | .363 | .700 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176.0 | 44 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 193 | 120 | 98 | 11 | 69 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 5.01 | 1.489 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1937-05-15 to 1937-05-16
5longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1946-05-07 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-05-31 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | WEG | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | – |
| 1937 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 8 | 20 | 5 | – | 5 | – | .250 | 23 | 16 |
| 1938 | ATN, JAX | 13 | 18 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .278 | 30 | 12 |
| 1939 | CV9, Memphis Red Sox | 9 | 7 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | .286 | 21 | 7 |
| 1940 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 18 | 16 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .188 | 49 | 22 |
| 1946 | CGChicago American Giants | 13 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 34 | 9 |