Frank Howard career batting average
.273Career Regular Season
Frank Howard has a career batting average of .273 over 16 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .296 in 1961.
- Most recent: .256 in 1973.
Average of 16 regular seasons, 1958 through 1973. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1958 |  LAD | 8 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .267 | .379 | .646 |
| 1959 | LAD | 9 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | .217 | .381 | .598 |
| 1960 | LAD | 117 | 448 | 54 | 120 | 23 | 77 | 0 | .268 | .320 | .464 | .784 |
| 1961 | LAD | 92 | 267 | 36 | 79 | 15 | 45 | 0 | .296 | .347 | .517 | .864 |
| 1962 | LAD | 141 | 493 | 80 | 146 | 31 | 119 | 1 | .296 | .346 | .560 | .906 |
| 1963 | LAD | 123 | 417 | 58 | 114 | 28 | 64 | 1 | .273 | .330 | .518 | .848 |
| 1964 | LAD | 134 | 433 | 60 | 98 | 24 | 69 | 1 | .226 | .303 | .432 | .735 |
| 1965 |  TEX | 149 | 516 | 53 | 149 | 21 | 84 | 0 | .289 | .358 | .477 | .835 |
| 1966 | TEX | 146 | 493 | 52 | 137 | 18 | 71 | 1 | .278 | .348 | .442 | .790 |
| 1967 | TEX | 149 | 519 | 71 | 133 | 36 | 89 | 0 | .256 | .338 | .511 | .849 |
| 1968 | TEX | 158 | 598 | 79 | 164 | 44 | 106 | 0 | .274 | .338 | .552 | .890 |
| 1969 | TEX | 161 | 592 | 111 | 175 | 48 | 111 | 1 | .296 | .402 | .574 | .976 |
| 1970 | TEX | 161 | 566 | 90 | 160 | 44 | 126 | 1 | .283 | .416 | .546 | .962 |
| 1971 | TEX | 153 | 549 | 60 | 153 | 26 | 83 | 1 | .279 | .367 | .474 | .840 |
| 1972 |  TEX/DET | 109 | 320 | 29 | 78 | 10 | 38 | 1 | .244 | .340 | .369 | .708 |
| 1973 | DET | 85 | 227 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 29 | 0 | .256 | .327 | .463 | .789 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS