Wilbur Howard stats

Last played for the Houston Astros, 1978

Age 77

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Wilbur Howard played 6 MLB seasons, 1973 to 1978.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
466
AB
1,068
R
149
H
267
HR
6
RBI
71
SB
60
AVG
.250

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
1973MIL163938010.205
1974HOU641111924254.216
1975HOU1213926211102132.283
1976HOU9419126421187.220
1977HOU87187224821311.257
1978HOU8414817341136.230

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
1,135
TB
344
XBH
54
HBP
6
IBB
6
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1973MIL42800100
1974HOU1163460000
1975HOU419143243300
1976HOU20156100100
1977HOU1996080100
1978HOU1584363000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.6
RC
102.0
RC/27
3.30
ISOP
.072
SECA
.147
BB/K
0.26
AB/HR
178.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1973MIL-0.21.31.1.0000.00.200
1974HOU-0.67.22.1.0900.10.355.50
1975HOU1.550.14.6.0820.20.300
1976HOU-0.512.92.2.0730.10.31910
1977HOU0.218.53.4.0640.10.293.50
1978HOU-1.012.12.8.0610.10.21480

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
77 yearsJan 8, 1949
Debut
1973

What were Wilbur Howard's career stats?

Wilbur Howard played 6 seasons for the Brewers and the Astros. He was a career .250 hitter with 267 hits, 6 home runs and 71 RBI. His best season was 1975: a .283 batting average, 0 home runs and 21 RBI.

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