Bill Howerton stats
Age 104
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- Age
- 104 yearsDec 12, 1921
Bill Howerton played 4 MLB seasons, 1949 to 1952.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 247
- AB
- 650
- R
- 95
- H
- 178
- HR
- 22
- RBI
- 106
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .274
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | STL | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| 1950 | STL | 110 | 313 | 50 | 88 | 10 | 59 | 0 | .281 |
| 1951 |  STL/PIT | 104 | 284 | 39 | 77 | 12 | 41 | 1 | .271 |
| 1952 |  PIT/SF | 24 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .225 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 747
- TB
- 307
- XBH
- 73
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | STL | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 364 | 154 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/PIT | 321 | 135 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT/SF | 49 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 3.0
- RC
- 116.3
- RC/27
- 6.60
- ISOP
- .198
- SECA
- .340
- BB/K
- 0.74
- AB/HR
- 29.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | STL | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.6 | .077 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 1.8 | 59.9 | 7.1 | .211 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 31.3 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/PIT | 1.1 | 49.2 | 6.4 | .204 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 23.7 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT/SF | 0.1 | 5.8 | 5 | .100 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 104 yearsDec 12, 1921
- Debut
- 1949
What were Bill Howerton's career stats?
Bill Howerton played 4 seasons for the Cardinals. He was a career .274 hitter with 178 hits, 22 home runs and 106 RBI. His best season was 1949: a .308 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.