Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1990
- College
- Ball State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1990
- College
- Ball State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,015
- AB
- 2,483
- R
- 297
- H
- 655
- HR
- 44
- RBI
- 264
- SB
- 66
- AVG
- .264
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | SD | 20 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| 1991 | SD | 106 | 281 | 30 | 70 | 4 | 22 | 10 | .249 |
| 1992 |  SD/CLE | 122 | 361 | 37 | 100 | 2 | 32 | 15 | .277 |
| 1993 |  CLE/CIN | 112 | 319 | 48 | 81 | 7 | 36 | 10 | .254 |
| 1994 | CIN | 83 | 178 | 24 | 47 | 5 | 24 | 4 | .264 |
| 1995 | CIN | 113 | 281 | 42 | 85 | 3 | 26 | 17 | .302 |
| 1996 | CIN | 121 | 360 | 50 | 98 | 6 | 42 | 6 | .272 |
| 1997 | HOU | 107 | 255 | 24 | 63 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .247 |
| 1998 | LAD | 47 | 76 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .184 |
| 1999 | STL | 98 | 195 | 16 | 57 | 6 | 28 | 1 | .292 |
| 2000 | STL | 86 | 133 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 1 | .211 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- AB
- 19
- R
- 0
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .158
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,696
- TB
- 954
- XBH
- 189
- HBP
- 11
- IBB
- 10
- GIDP
- 39
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | SD | 45 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD | 309 | 100 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | SD/CLE | 391 | 125 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE/CIN | 348 | 123 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | CIN | 192 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | CIN | 304 | 113 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | CIN | 386 | 155 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | HOU | 286 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | LAD | 79 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | STL | 215 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | STL | 141 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.4
- RC
- 292.8
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .120
- SECA
- .197
- BB/K
- 0.38
- AB/HR
- 56.4
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | SD | -0.2 | 3 | 2.3 | .045 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD | 1.6 | 30.6 | 3.7 | .107 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 70.3 | 0 |
| 1992 | SD/CLE | 0.9 | 38.6 | 3.6 | .069 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 180.5 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE/CIN | 0.4 | 35.1 | 3.7 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 45.6 | 0 |
| 1994 | CIN | -0.5 | 22.1 | 4.3 | .146 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 35.6 | 0 |
| 1995 | CIN | 0.4 | 40.2 | 5.2 | .100 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 93.7 | 0 |
| 1996 | CIN | -0.6 | 46.7 | 4.5 | .158 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 60 | 0 |
| 1997 | HOU | 0.4 | 29.8 | 4 | .106 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 85 | 0 |
| 1998 | LAD | -0.4 | 4.3 | 1.8 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | STL | 0.2 | 29.9 | 5.7 | .144 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 32.5 | 0 |
| 2000 | STL | -0.8 | 12.6 | 3.2 | .180 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 22.2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Thomas Howard's career stats?
Thomas Howard played 11 seasons for the Padres, the Reds, the Astros, the Dodgers and the Cardinals. He was a career .264 hitter with 655 hits, 44 home runs and 264 RBI. His best season was 1995: a .302 batting average, 3 home runs and 26 RBI.
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