| #91 Elston Howard, Catcher, 34 yrs, Framingham Rug Rats Thursday, 11/1/2007
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 | Elston Howard 
 2/23/1973
 34
 USA,MO,St. Louis
 6"2
 200
 
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 4 / 6 (Popular)
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 | Big League Contract $ 2,560,000
 2010
 8 Year(s), 115 Days (1491 total Days)
 172 Day(s)
 9 Year(s)
 
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |  | Overall | 93 | 50 | 67 | 19 | 64 |  | Versus LHP | 100 | 53 | 70 | 20 | 66 |  | Versus RHP | 88 | 49 | 66 | 18 | 63 |  | Talent | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 |  | 
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 | Fielding Ratings C  : 7 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
 1B : 5 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.)
 Catcher Arm : 6
 Infield Arm : 2
 Outfield Arm : 2
 
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot |  |  |  | 9/11 | LEA | W 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 |  |  |  | 9/14 | @SPR | W 15-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #9 |  |  |  | 9/19 | GLE | W 5-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 |  |  |  | 9/20 | GLE | L 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #3 |  |  |  | 9/23 | @SAL | W 7-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | #3 |  |  |  | 9/25 | WLL | W 6-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | #3 |  |  |  | 9/27 | @GHO | L 3-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #3 |  |  |  | 9/30 | @CAL | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 |  |  |  | 10/2 | CAN | L 2-9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #3 |  |  |  | 10/3 | NEW | W 7-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 |  |  |  | 
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |  | Overall | 85 | 259 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 59 | .293 | .321 | .444 | .765 | .656 | .151 |  | Projected | 85 | 259 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 59 | .293 | .321 | .444 | .765 | .656 | .151 |  | 
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |  | Overall | 60 | 272 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 34.2 | 4.8 |  | 
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|  | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |  | vs. LHP | 192 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .297 | .318 | .464 | .782 |  | vs. RHP | 67 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .324 | .388 | .712 |  | Close/Late | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .310 | .286 | .596 |  | Scoring Position | 53 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .339 | .453 | .792 |  | Pinch Hitting | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .381 | .474 | .855 |  | 
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|  | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |  | Home | 41 | 134 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 29 | .321 | .348 | .463 | .810 |  | Road | 44 | 125 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 30 | .264 | .290 | .424 | .714 |  | March/April | 14 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .206 | .270 | .265 | .535 |  | May | 13 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .295 | .311 | .432 | .743 |  | June | 12 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .333 | .375 | .567 | .942 |  | July | 13 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .395 | .425 | .605 | 1.030 |  | August | 19 | 67 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | .284 | .300 | .388 | .688 |  | Sept/Oct | 14 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | .261 | .271 | .457 | .727 |  | 
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |  | 1955 | 97 | 279 | 81 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .338 | .477 | .814 | NYA |  | 1956 | 98 | 290 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .312 | .362 | .674 | NYA |  | 1957 | 110 | 356 | 90 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 5 | .253 | .285 | .379 | .664 | NYA |  | 1958 | 103 | 376 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 45 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 1 | .314 | .352 | .479 | .830 | NYA |  | 1959 | 125 | 443 | 121 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 59 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .305 | .476 | .781 | NYA |  | 1960 | 107 | 323 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | .245 | .305 | .353 | .658 | NYA |  | 2007 | 85 | 259 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .321 | .444 | .765 | FRA |  | Total | 725 | 2326 | 641 | 93 | 29 | 67 | 332 | 271 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 328 | 6 | 8 | .276 | .316 | .427 | .743 |  |  | 
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |  | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |  | 
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |  | Catcher | 62 | 60 | 348 | 39 | 0 | 392 | 5 | .987 | 544.0 | 6.49 | 5 | 127 | 27 | 21.3 |  | First Base | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.2 | 4.91 |  |  |  |  |  | Second Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 |  |  |  |  |  | 
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| Drafted in 11th round, 305th overall pick, by St. Louis in 2005... Drafted in 10th round, 293rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 2006...
 Drafted in 18th round, 514th overall pick, by Framingham in 2006...
 
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