C Sam 'Shag' Howard #1
Salt Lake City Stars (LAS) GWL
Age: 25 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
10/08/1975
BNN Index | GWL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C SAM 'SHAG' HOWARD #1 - AGE: 25 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
65 139 49 4 0 4 32 7 16 .353 .385 .468 0 0.8
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/17/1975 @ PHX Win, 5-2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1975 SD Loss, 8-12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/15/1975 SD Loss, 4-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/14/1975 SD Loss, 11-16 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1975 @ SJ Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/1975 @ SJ Loss, 1-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/11/1975 @ SJ Loss, 4-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/1975 HAW Win, 3-0 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0
09/04/1975 @ SAC Loss, 1-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/01/1975 POR Loss, 8-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/03/1950
Born in:Chicago, IL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1969, 24th Pick in Round 1
GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 65 139 49 4 0 4 32 15 7 16 .353 .385 .468 .853 .381 .115 122
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 24 150 1 1 0 0 2 1 65 8 0 0 0.0 26.0 7.54 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   42 15 2 0 2 15 5 2 6 1 1 1 .357 .391 .548 .939
Versus Right   97 34 2 0 2 17 10 5 10 0 1 0 .351 .382 .433 .815
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   12 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 .417 .417 .417 .833
May   21 8 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 .381 .381 .429 .810
June   31 12 0 0 1 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 .387 .424 .484 .908
July   23 8 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 .348 .375 .478 .853
August   29 11 0 0 2 12 5 2 3 1 0 1 .379 .424 .586 1.010
September   23 5 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .217 .280 .348 .628
Last Year   128 39 6 0 6 27 18 9 15 3 2 1 .305 .348 .492 .840
Career   267 88 10 0 10 59 33 16 31 4 4 2 .330 .367 .479 .846
Home   29 11 0 0 1 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 .379 .455 .483 .937
Road   110 38 4 0 3 26 8 3 12 1 2 1 .345 .365 .464 .829
Grass   139 49 4 0 4 32 15 7 16 1 2 1 .353 .385 .468 .853
Day   40 11 0 0 1 6 3 1 3 0 0 0 .275 .293 .350 .643
Night   99 38 4 0 3 26 12 6 13 1 2 1 .384 .421 .515 .936
As Starter   93 35 4 0 3 23 8 3 9 1 2 1 .376 .398 .516 .914
As Reliever / Substitution   46 14 0 0 1 9 7 4 7 0 0 0 .304 .360 .370 .730
Pinch Hitting   27 7 0 0 0 5 3 4 5 0 0 0 .259 .355 .259 .614
Close/Late   51 15 1 0 1 10 7 5 4 0 1 0 .294 .357 .373 .730
Inning 1-3   23 8 0 0 3 6 4 1 2 1 1 0 .348 .360 .739 1.099
Inning 4-6   40 18 2 0 0 10 3 1 6 0 0 1 .450 .476 .500 .976
Inning 7-9   65 20 2 0 0 11 7 4 8 0 1 0 .308 .348 .338 .686
Extra Innings   11 3 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .545 .879
0 Outs   39 13 0 0 0 3 6 3 4 1 2 1 .333 .386 .333 .720
1 Outs   47 13 1 0 1 7 4 3 7 0 0 0 .277 .320 .362 .682
2 Outs   53 23 3 0 3 22 5 1 5 0 0 0 .434 .444 .660 1.105
Scoring Position   55 23 3 0 2 29 4 3 8 1 2 0 .418 .441 .582 1.022
Bases Empty   59 16 1 0 1 1 9 4 3 0 0 0 .271 .317 .339 .656
Runner on 1st   25 10 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 .400 .423 .520 .943
Runner on 2nd   15 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 .333 .333 .467 .800
Runner on 3rd   7 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089
Runner on 1st & 2nd   18 6 0 0 1 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 7 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 .778 .800 .778 1.578
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   5 3 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 .600 .571 .800 1.371
Two Strikes   48 12 0 0 2 8 7 5 16 0 0 0 .250 .321 .375 .696
First Pitch   34 13 2 0 2 11 3 1 0 0 1 1 .382 .417 .618 1.034
Count 0-1   16 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .438 .438 .438 .875
Count 0-2   6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-0   17 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .412 .412 .529 .941
Count 1-1   14 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
Count 1-2   14 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-0   1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 2-1   5 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200
Count 2-2   18 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 .111 .111 .278 .389
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Full Count   10 4 0 0 1 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 .400 .600 .700 1.300
Behind in Count   36 13 0 0 0 4 6 0 7 0 0 0 .361 .361 .361 .722
Ahead in Count   27 11 2 0 0 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 .407 .414 .481 .895
Batting Leadoff   6 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .667 .952
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Batting 6th   9 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Batting 7th   88 32 4 0 3 22 7 3 11 1 1 1 .364 .387 .511 .898
Batting 8th   15 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .133 .235 .133 .369
Batting 9th   14 8 0 0 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 .571 .600 .571 1.171
Low Leverage   57 19 2 0 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 .333 .333 .421 .754
Medium Leverage   38 14 2 0 2 9 5 2 6 0 1 1 .368 .415 .579 .994
High Leverage   44 16 0 0 1 18 5 5 6 1 0 0 .364 .420 .432 .852
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Lafayette - R 18 48 188 67 7 1 2 18 35 39 0 1 36 1 3 .356 .465 .436 .901 135 147 2.1
1969 Salem - A 18 8 30 9 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 0 6 0 0 .300 .382 .500 .882 128 130 0.3
1970 Lafayette - R 19 40 146 37 9 0 1 18 15 31 0 2 16 2 0 .253 .380 .336 .716 94 104 0.8
1970 Salem - A 19 20 77 22 3 0 1 8 7 10 0 1 15 0 0 .286 .364 .364 .727 94 100 0.3
1970 Scranton - A 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 470 538 0.1
1971 Lafayette - R 20 42 145 54 12 1 1 24 24 41 2 1 19 1 3 .372 .513 .490 1.003 168 182 2.5
1971 Salem - A 20 23 85 26 1 0 1 4 11 20 0 0 15 0 0 .306 .438 .353 .791 111 118 0.6
1972 Lafayette - R 21 9 32 17 4 0 2 12 9 7 0 1 5 0 0 .531 .600 .844 1.444 282 295 1.1
1972 Salem - A 21 31 116 45 10 0 4 22 22 27 0 2 15 0 1 .388 .497 .578 1.074 184 194 2.2
1972 Scranton - A 21 24 86 26 2 0 2 13 9 15 0 2 15 0 0 .302 .398 .395 .793 127 138 0.7
1973 Scranton - A 22 54 155 40 7 0 2 22 12 28 1 1 26 0 0 .258 .373 .342 .715 100 109 1.1
1973 Shreveport - AA 22 57 153 42 9 0 2 14 20 13 0 2 23 0 0 .275 .327 .373 .700 83 84 0.3
1974 Shreveport - AA 23 43 155 57 10 0 2 32 15 14 0 3 14 0 1 .368 .413 .471 .884 132 138 1.4
1974 Salt Lake City - AAA 23 45 128 39 6 0 6 27 18 9 1 3 15 0 0 .305 .348 .492 .840 119 114 1.1
1975 Salt Lake City - AAA 24 65 139 49 4 0 4 32 15 7 1 1 16 0 0 .353 .385 .468 .853 117 122 0.8
Total GWL 110 267 88 10 0 10 59 33 16 2 4 31 0 0 .330 .367 .479 .846 118 118
Total MAL 79 242 67 9 0 4 35 21 43 1 3 41 0 0 .277 .384 .364 .748 111 121
Total COW 82 308 102 15 1 7 38 44 60 1 3 51 0 1 .331 .438 .455 .893 137 144
Total LSA 100 308 99 19 0 4 46 35 27 0 5 37 0 1 .321 .371 .422 .793 108 111
Total GSL 139 511 175 32 2 6 72 83 118 2 5 76 4 6 .342 .464 .448 .912 143 155
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Salem - A C 7 7 54 4 0 58 0 1.000 63.1 8.24 -0.1 .000 0 7 2 28.6
1969 Lafayette - R C 45 45 436 55 6 494 3 .994 395.1 11.18 -0.3 .987 4 54 25 46.3
1970 Salem - A C 19 19 163 16 2 181 2 .989 166.2 9.67 -0.9 .680 2 15 5 33.3
1970 Lafayette - R C 39 37 358 36 1 397 3 .992 328.1 10.80 -2.5 .621 7 47 20 42.6
1971 Salem - A C 23 22 204 13 1 219 2 .991 190.2 10.24 -0.7 1.000 2 19 5 26.3
1971 Lafayette - R C 38 38 358 34 2 395 3 .992 336.0 10.50 -0.4 1.441 7 44 21 47.7
1972 Scranton - A C 22 22 148 7 2 156 1 .994 198.0 7.05 -2.3 .221 0 13 2 15.4
1972 Salem - A C 30 30 251 19 0 273 3 .989 269.2 9.01 -0.1 1.295 0 22 4 18.2
1972 Lafayette - R C 8 8 72 11 1 83 0 1.000 72.0 10.38 +0.6 2.142 3 9 7 77.8
1973 Shreveport - AA C 38 35 241 22 3 266 3 .989 312.1 7.58 -1.1 .570 2 14 6 42.9
1973 Scranton - A C 39 39 307 23 0 330 0 1.000 337.0 8.81 -0.0 .906 2 17 8 47.1
1974 Salt Lake City - AAA C 31 30 162 16 1 178 0 1.000 268.0 5.98 +1.1 .970 2 9 7 77.8
1974 Shreveport - AA C 39 37 262 26 3 289 1 .997 328.1 7.89 +0.5 1.113 1 22 7 31.8
1975 Salt Lake City - AAA C 39 24 172 13 2 187 2 .989 245.0 6.80 -0.4 .702 1 11 4 36.4
TOTAL C 417 393 3188 295 24 3506 23 .993 3510.2 8.93 -6.6 .901 33 303 123 40.6
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft out of high school (Carbondale; Carbondale, PA) by the Los Angeles Stars. (Round 1, Pick 24, 24th overall pick).
09/04/1969 Goes 5-6 against the Albany Ambassadors, with 0 RBI and 3 R.
04/10/1970 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Los Angeles Stars development complex.
07/21/1970 Injured (neck spasms),day-to-day for one week.
03/21/1971 Detrimentally completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Los Angeles Stars development complex.
08/23/1971 Wins the GSL Player of the Week Award.
08/30/1971 Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
07/09/1972 Goes 5-5 against the Alexandria Acadians, with 2 2B, 3 RBI and 3 R.
07/31/1972 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
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