Frank Oliver Howard (born August 8, 1936), nicknamed "Hondo", "The Washington Monument" and "The Capitol Punisher", is an American former player,
coach
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and
manager
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in
Major League Baseball
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who played most of his career for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
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and
Washington Senators/
Texas Rangers franchises.
One of the most physically intimidating players in the sport, the Howard would typically tip the scales at between 275 and 290 pounds, according to former Senators/Rangers trainer Bill Zeigler. Howard was named the
National League
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's
Rookie of the Year in , and went on to twice lead the
American League
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in
home run
In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
s and
total bases
In baseball statistics, total bases is the number of bases a player gains with hits. It is a weighted sum with values of 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run. For example, three singles is three total bases, while ...
and in
slugging percentage
In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats, through the following formula, where ''AB'' is the number of at bats for a given player, ...
,
runs batted in
A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the bat ...
and
walks once each. His 382 career home runs were the eighth most by a right-handed hitter when he retired; his 237 home runs and totals of 48 home runs and 340 total bases in a Washington uniform are a record for any of that city's several franchises. Howard's Washington/Texas franchise records of 1,172 games, 4,120
at bat
In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during their turn at bat, but a batt ...
s, 246 home runs, 1,141
hits
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
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* ''...Hits'' (Phil Collins album), 1998
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, 701 RBI, 544
runs, 155
doubles, 2,074 total bases and a .503 slugging percentage have since been broken.
Career
Amateur career
Howard attended
South High School in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
, and
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
, where he played
college baseball
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and
college basketball
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for the
Ohio State Buckeyes
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. He was an
All-America
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n in both basketball and baseball. He averaged 20.1 points and 15.3 rebounds in 1957, and was drafted the following year by the
Philadelphia Warriors
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of the
National Basketball Association
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.
Los Angeles
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Howard instead signed with the
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...
organization, and won
''The Sporting News'' Minor League Player of the Year Award in 1959 after hitting 43 homers in the
Pacific Coast League
The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ...
. After a handful of appearances in 1958 and 1959 he succeeded former Brooklyn Dodger All-Star
Carl Furillo
Carl Anthony Furillo (March 8, 1922 – January 21, 1989), nicknamed "The Reading Rifle" and "Skoonj", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), spending his entire career with the Brooklyn / ...
as Los Angeles' right fielder in 1960. He was named the NL's Rookie of the Year after
batting Batting may refer to:
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.268 with 23
home run
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s and 77
runs batted in
A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the bat ...
(RBIs). His teammates gave him the nickname "
Hondo
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Canada
* Hondo, Alberta, an unincorporated community
United States
* Hondo, New Mexico, an unincorporated co ...
" after the character in a
John Wayne
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film.
Howard hit 98 home runs in the following four seasons, most prominently in a campaign in which he batted .296 with 31 home runs and finished among the NL's top five players in RBIs (119) and slugging (.560). He won the
NL Player of the Month award in July with a .381 average, 12 home runs, and an incredible 41 RBIs. As an outfielder starting 127 games (completing just 91), Howard was credited with 19 outfield assists (the league leader, Johnny Callison, starting 147 games had just five more). The season ended with the Dodgers and
San Francisco Giants
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tied for first place. In the three-game pennant playoff that followed Howard had only a single in 11 at-bats and
struck out
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three times against
Billy Pierce
Walter William Pierce (April 2, 1927 – July 31, 2015) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball between 1945 and 1964 who played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was the team's star pitcher in the decade from 19 ...
in the first game, including the final out; but he had a run and an RBI in the second contest, an 8–7 win. The Giants took the pennant in three games, but Howard ended up ninth in the
MLB Most Valuable Player award The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers' ...
voting.
In his production dropped off to a .273 average, 28 homers and 64 RBIs; but the Dodgers won the pennant, and his upper-deck solo home run off
Whitey Ford
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (October 21, 1928 – October 8, 2020), nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees ...
broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the
World Series
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, helping Los Angeles to a 2–1 win and a sweep of the
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...
. He again hit over 20 home runs in , and on June 4 his three-run home run in the seventh inning provided all the scoring in
Sandy Koufax
Sanford Koufax (; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. He has been hailed as one of t ...
's third
no-hitter
In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...
, a 3–0 defeat of the
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...
; Howard had also homered for the final run in Koufax's first no-hitter on June 30 two years earlier, a 5–0 win over the
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...
. But the team's 1962 move into pitcher-friendly
Dodger Stadium
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hurt power hitters, and speedier outfielders like spray-hitting
Willie Davis were seen as more in line with the club's future.
Howard's .226 batting average in 1964—combined with regularly high strikeout totals—led to his December trade to the
Washington Senators, an expansion franchise that replaced the original Senator team, which had relocated to Minnesota and become the
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...
. The seven-player deal included future All-Star pitcher
Claude Osteen to Los Angeles to further strengthen its already powerful starting rotation. In 2005 Howard recalled welcoming the trade despite going from a pennant contender to a weak expansion team, noting, "I was essentially a fourth outfielder in L.A., hitting 25 home runs a year in the biggest baseball park in America and doing it on 400 at-bats." He added, "What could I do if I get 550 at-bats? I had my best years here."
Washington
Shifted to left field in Washington, Howard was unquestionably the center of the offense, leading the team in homers and RBI in each of his seven seasons there. But under managers
Gil Hodges
Gilbert Ray Hodges (''né'' Hodge; April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his 18-year career for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. He was widely regarded as t ...
,
Jim Lemon
James Robert Lemon (March 23, 1928 – May 14, 2006) was an American right and left fielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A powerful, right-handed hitting and throwing outfielder, Lemon teamed with first baseman Roy Sievers and la ...
, and
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 ...
, the Senators were a woeful bunch, achieving only one winning season in that time. In 1967 he hit 36 homers, third in the AL behind
Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. (; June 29, 1936May 17, 2011), nicknamed "The Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. He was a prolific power hitter who spent most of hi ...
and
Carl Yastrzemski
Carl Michael Yastrzemski ( ; nicknamed "Yaz"; born August 22, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year Major League career with the Bost ...
, as he entered the peak years of his career. During an amazing one-week stretch in the spring of (May 12–18), Howard hammered 10 home runs in 20 at bats, with at least one in six consecutive games; his 10 home runs are also the most ever in one week. He would go on to hit 13 homers in 16 games, a mark that still stands, matched only by
Albert Belle
Albert Jojuan Belle (born August 25, 1966), known until 1990 as Joey Belle, is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1989 to 2000, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. Known for his fierce, competitive temperament ...
in . Howard finished the season leading the AL with 44 home runs, a .552 slugging percentage and 330 total bases, and was second to
Ken Harrelson
Kenneth Smith Harrelson (born September 4, 1941), nicknamed "The Hawk" due to his distinctive profile, is an American former professional baseball All-Star first baseman and outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 197 ...
with 106 RBI; he made his first of four consecutive
All-Star teams that year (notably, at the rather late-maturing age of 31 after winning Rookie-of-the-Year honors with the Dodgers at age 23 eight seasons before) and placed eighth in the MVP balloting, although the Senators finished in tenth (last) place with a 65–96 record. His hitting accomplishments in 1968 were all the more impressive, considering that pitching dominated that year; 1968 has often been referred to as the "Year of the Pitcher".
Howard wore #9 from the time he joined the Senators through 1968. When new owner Bob Short signed retired slugger Williams to manage the club, Howard happily surrendered #9 so the Hall of Famer could wear it once again; Howard donned #33 for the start of the 1969 season. Williams played a major role in teaching him to be more patient at the plate, asking the slugger, "Can you tell me how a guy can hit 44 home runs and only get 48 bases on balls?" He encouraged Howard to lay off the first
fastball
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he saw, and work pitchers deeper into the count, advice which resulted in Howard's walk totals nearly doubling and 45 fewer strikeouts the first year. A year later Howard added 32 more walks to lead the AL with a whopping 132.
Beginning in 1968 Howard appeared semi-regularly at
first base
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in order to limit the wear and tear of playing the outfield daily. Against the Orioles on April 13, 1969, he had an atypically poor performance at the plate, striking out six times in the course of a doubleheader, including four times against
Jim Palmer
James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1967, 1969–1984). Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the ...
in the first game. He vented his frustration by breaking a bat over his knee.
In 1969 Howard had career highs with 48 homers (one behind Killebrew's league lead), 111 runs (second in the AL to
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and Cali ...
), a .296 batting average and a .574 slugging mark. On Howard's broad shoulders, the Senators had their best year ever, 86–76, but still finished far behind the
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
in the Eastern Division. He again led the AL with 340 total bases, the most ever by a Washington player, and added 111 RBI; his fourth-place finish in the MVP vote was the highest of his career. In he led the AL both in home runs (44) and RBI (126); his 132 walks in that year also topped the league, and remain a franchise record. On September 2, he received three
intentional walks from flamethrowing southpaw
Sam McDowell
Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell (born September 21, 1942), is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a starting pitcher from 1961 to 1975, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. A six-time All-Star, ...
—two of them to lead off an inning. He came in fifth in the 1970 MVP race, and received one first-place vote.
Howard hit the last regular-season home run for the Senators in
RFK Stadium
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in his final at bat on September 30, 1971 off Yankees pitcher
Mike Kekich
Michael Dennis Kekich (born April 2, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners in parts of ni ...
. After waving to the cheering fans, Howard tossed his batting helmet into the stands, and after the game said "This is utopia for me."
Later years
The Senators moved to
Dallas/Fort Worth in , becoming the
Texas Rangers. Howard batted only .244 with 9 home runs in 95 games before his contract was sold to the
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
in August; he had just one home run in 33 games for division champion Detroit, and was ignominiously left off its postseason roster. His final big league season was , hitting .256 average and 12 home runs playing
DH. Unable to find a job in the majors in 1974, Howard signed to play in Japan's
Pacific League
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consis ...
for the
Taiheiyo Club Lions
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. In his first at bat there he swung mightily and hurt his back, and never played again.
In 16 Major League seasons Howard batted .273, had a .499 slugging percentage, hit 382 home runs, and drove in 1,119 RBI in 1,895
games
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played. His lifetime marks included 864 runs, 1,774 hits, 245 doubles, 35
triples, eight
stolen base
In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base to which they are not entitled and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The umpires determine whether the runner is safe or ...
s and a .352
on-base percentage
In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average (OBA), as it is rarely presented as a ...
; his 1,460 strikeouts, the product of a long swing, fence-busting power, and an enormous strike zone, were then the fifth highest total in major league history.
As manager and coach
Following his retirement as a player Howard coached for the
Milwaukee Brewers
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from 1977–80 before being named manager of the 1981
San Diego Padres
The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...
. The team finished in last place in both halves of that
strike
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Physical confrontation or removal
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*Airstrike, military strike by air forces on either a suspected ...
-marred season, and Howard was let go. Catching on as a coach with the Mets in 1982, he took over as manager for the last 116 games in after
George Bamberger
George Irvin Bamberger (August 1, 1923 – April 4, 2004) was an American professional baseball player, pitching coach and manager. In Major League Baseball, the right-handed pitcher appeared in ten games, nine in relief, for the 1951–52 New ...
resigned,
Bamberger quits as Mets manager; Howard names
/ref> but again finished in last place.
In all he posted a 93–133 career managerial record. Howard also coached again for the Brewers (1985–86), Mets (1994–96), Seattle Mariners
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(1987–88), Yankees (1989, 1991–93), and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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(1998–99). Since 2000 he has worked for the Yankees as a player development instructor.
Back in 1972 Howard had thought that before much time had passed another President would deliver the opening-day pitch in the capital; he was only off by over three decades. On April 14, 2005, baseball returned to Washington. Reflecting on its '71 departure he remarked, "I thought that within five years it would be back. Well, 34 years later, here we are." During pregame ceremonies before the Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. From 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadiu ...
–Arizona Diamondbacks
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game at RFK Stadium which featured players from both former Senators clubs, Howard walked out to left field and was greeted by a raucous ovation. At age 68, he joked, "I know I'm going to left field – if I can make it that far without having a coronary! I used to be able to sprint out there but I don't even know if I'll be able to jog. I told (former Senator Ed) Brinkman, 'For crissakes, call 911
911 or 9/11 may refer to:
Dates
* AD 911
* 911 BC
* September 11
** 9/11, the September 11 attacks of 2001
** 11 de Septiembre, Chilean coup d'état in 1973 that outed the democratically elected Salvador Allende
* November 9
Numbers
* 91 ...
if I have a blowout in left field.'"
Howard now helps raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
See also
* List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most home runs.
In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which the batter scores by circling all the bases and reaching home plate in one play, without the benefit ...
* List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
This is a list of Major League Baseball players who have compiled 1,000 runs batted in (RBIs). RBIs are usually accumulated when a batter in baseball enables a runner on base (including himself, in the case of a home run) to score as a result of ma ...
* List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
In baseball, a run batted in (RBI) is awarded to a Batting (baseball), batter for each Baserunning, runner who Run (baseball), scores as a result of the batter's action, including a Hit (baseball), hit, fielder's choice, sacrifice fly, bases loade ...
* List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit so far that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself plus any runners already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play. An automati ...
References
External links
Frank Howard
at Baseballbiography.com
The Baseball Page
"No Place Like Home"
''The Washington Post''
''USA Today''
:
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1936 births
Living people
All-American college men's basketball players
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American League RBI champions
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Ohio State Buckeyes baseball players
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Philadelphia Warriors draft picks
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