John
Howard
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 19, 1982 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 21 WA GE   4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3
2004 22 WA GE   4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4
2005 23 WA GE $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 5
2006 24 WA GE $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 6
2007 25 WA GE $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
2008 26 WA GE $ 300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
2010 28 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
2011 29 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 8
2012 30 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
2013 31 DC FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
2014 32 KS GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8
2015 33 KS GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 7 8
2016 34 KS GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7
2017 35 KS GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 8 8 7 7
2018 36 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 21 AAA   15 15 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .412 .400 .812 2.4  
    AA   80 351 40 113 23 0 3 28 8 6 19 72 .322 .357 .413 .770 47.5  
2004 22 AAA   126 552 70 163 38 0 1 47 19 8 35 132 .295 .337 .370 .707 66.2  
2005 23 WA GE 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619 0.3 0.0
    AAA   132 541 76 156 27 0 7 43 22 7 47 76 .288 .345 .377 .722 71.3  
2006 24 WA GE 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   125 480 57 147 36 4 4 75 10 6 41 66 .306 .361 .423 .784 69.2  
2007 25 WA GE 33 71 17 22 6 0 0 6 4 2 10 8 .310 .395 .394 .789 10.6 2.4
    AAA   91 332 50 109 27 2 4 52 12 4 47 38 .328 .412 .458 .869 60.7  
2008 26 WA GE 103 179 27 43 7 0 0 15 8 0 12 25 .240 .299 .279 .578 15.0 1.5
2009 27 WA GE 128 422 45 107 25 2 4 37 21 7 28 51 .254 .308 .351 .658 45.0 7.0
2010 28 WA GE 113 257 27 52 5 0 4 23 12 4 25 22 .202 .277 .268 .545 21.8 1.5
2011 29 WA GE 150 585 55 125 24 6 9 41 25 6 32 43 .214 .256 .321 .577 50.6 7.1
2012 30 WA GE 127 453 54 139 29 1 9 53 24 8 48 41 .307 .375 .435 .810 74.8 20.8
2013 31 WA GE 99 397 51 109 18 5 6 41 28 7 26 38 .275 .322 .390 .713 52.9 13.1
  DC FF 55 210 25 45 8 0 1 11 15 3 17 25 .214 .278 .267 .545 18.0 2.2
  TOT   154 607 76 154 26 5 7 52 43 10 43 63 .254 .307 .348 .655 70.9 15.3
2014 32 KS GE 159 582 75 158 24 3 13 80 26 6 62 56 .271 .344 .390 .734 75.8 16.4
2015 33 KS GE 116 336 43 93 22 1 5 42 23 9 35 30 .277 .347 .393 .739 48.2 10.6
2016 34 KS GE 128 299 44 77 14 1 3 30 21 13 25 29 .258 .320 .341 .661 31.5 4.4
2017 35 KS GE 92 199 23 58 11 2 3 19 11 4 22 17 .291 .359 .412 .771 29.7 6.4
2018 36 KS GE 142 487 74 132 17 1 12 52 24 11 47 55 .271 .341 .384 .725 66.2 10.5
14 Years Sim 1452 4491 561 1161 211 22 69 451 243 81 390 444 .259 .321 .361 .683 540.0 104.1
5 Years AAA 489 1920 253 580 129 6 16 218 63 25 172 313 .302 .361 .401 .762 269.8  
1 Years AA 80 351 40 113 23 0 3 28 8 6 19 72 .322 .357 .413 .770 47.5  
6 Years Minors 569 2271 293 693 152 6 19 246 71 31 191 385 .305 .361 .402 .763 317.4  
162 Game Average 501 62 129 23 2 7 50 27 9 43 49 .259 .321 .361 .683 60.2  
Career Highs 159 607 76 158 29 6 13 80 43 13 62 63 .310 .395 .435 .810 75.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3267 405 837 150 17 46 322 171 54 262 339 .256 .315 .355 .670 373.2
vs LH   1224 156 324 61 5 23 129 72 27 128 105 .265 .338 .379 .717 161.2
Home 722 2158 278 562 101 8 41 235 117 49 183 220 .260 .322 .372 .694 260.5
Away 730 2333 283 599 110 14 28 216 126 32 207 224 .257 .320 .352 .672 273.9
RISP   919 0 250 42 7 14 350 0 0 97 86 .272 .334 .379 .713 119.9
Pinch Hitting   221 22 53 9 0 2 20 10 3 16 21 .240 .293 .308 .601 20.5
Close/Late   525 70 128 24 4 7 54 0 0 52 50 .244 .319 .345 .663 57.6
Mar/Apr 202 585 79 159 23 4 7 62 35 5 52 55 .272 .334 .361 .695 74.8
May 214 626 74 156 22 8 14 77 28 15 60 57 .249 .318 .377 .695 75.8
June 265 857 95 224 50 2 7 75 52 15 67 88 .261 .317 .349 .666 97.2
July 254 839 102 217 37 5 15 90 35 18 64 72 .259 .314 .368 .683 96.0
August 253 764 118 199 32 2 12 70 52 13 83 73 .260 .338 .355 .693 98.1
Sep/Oct 264 820 93 206 47 1 14 77 41 15 64 99 .251 .310 .362 .672 92.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2005 23 WA GE 3B 2 2 16.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
2006 24 WA GE 3B 3 2 12.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.84   0.1
    1B 1 1 8.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.0
2007 25 WA GE 3B 17 14 121.0 7 23 2 4 .938 2.23   0.4
    2B 10 7 66.0 17 31 0 5 1.000 6.55   0.7
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
2008 26 WA GE 3B 40 24 249.0 12 60 7 6 .911 2.60   0.9
    2B 18 9 88.0 14 51 0 9 1.000 6.65   1.0
    1B 9 1 21.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 27 WA GE 3B 111 110 917.7 65 206 15 14 .948 2.66   2.6
    1B 7 5 36.0 33 4 0 3 1.000 9.25   0.1
    2B 10 2 33.0 6 7 1 1 .929 3.55   0.0
2010 28 WA GE 3B 50 49 384.0 34 101 7 6 .951 3.16   1.8
    1B 20 13 111.0 131 10 0 7 1.000 11.43   0.2
    2B 16 12 102.3 21 46 0 9 1.000 5.89   0.4
2011 29 WA GE 3B 147 147 1263.3 114 318 14 26 .969 3.08   3.4
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
2012 30 WA GE 3B 127 124 1065.7 103 270 26 24 .935 3.15   3.2
2013 31 WA GE 3B 97 94 827.0 69 209 18 17 .939 3.03   2.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DC FF 3B 54 52 443.4 37 112 10 9 .937 3.02   1.6
    2B 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 151 146 1270.4 106 321 28 26 .938 3.03   3.5
      2B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2014 32 KS GE 2B 150 147 1322.7 280 464 6 125 .992 5.06   7.9
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
2015 33 KS GE 2B 62 57 514.0 83 184 5 26 .982 4.68   1.1
    RF 16 16 139.0 38 1 1 1 .975 2.53   0.6
    LF 6 6 51.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 4 4 32.0 4 9 1 2 .929 3.66   0.2
    3B 4 4 31.0 3 8 1 1 .917 3.19   0.2
    1B 3 0 9.0 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
2016 34 KS GE 3B 33 30 269.0 16 78 7 7 .931 3.14   1.7
    1B 39 26 249.3 298 16 1 22 .997 11.33   0.4
    2B 12 10 86.0 16 42 1 9 .983 6.07   0.4
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2017 35 KS GE 2B 25 25 225.0 39 98 3 14 .979 5.48   0.0
    1B 31 7 121.7 143 4 1 4 .993 10.87   0.2
    3B 7 7 58.0 3 12 0 3 1.000 2.33   0.2
2018 36 KS GE 1B 131 112 1020.0 1104 90 11 113 .991 10.54   1.8
    3B 2 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 694 659 5662.7 467 1403 107 119 .946 2.97   17.9
  2B 306 269 2445.0 479 926 16 199 .989 5.17   11.6
  1B 244 165 1579.0 1749 125 13 151 .993 10.68   2.8
  RF 16 16 139.0 38 1 1 1 .975 2.53   0.6
  LF 8 6 53.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.85   0.0
  SS 6 4 37.7 4 10 1 2 .933 3.35   0.2
Career Totals   1274 1119 9917.0 2754 2465 138 472 .974 4.74   33.0
Career Highs   153 147 1325.3 1106 465 28 125 1.000 10.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 25 WA GE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 32 KS GE 7 28 3 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .321 .345 .429 .773
2015 33 KS GE 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
2016 34 KS GE 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 14 36 5 12 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .333 .351 .417 .768
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2012-8-.307
On-Base Pct
2012-9-.375
Games
2014-4-159
At-Bats
2011-8-585
Triples
2011-5-6
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Washington in 2003
Injured on 7/21/2004 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 9/24/2005, off Armand Banuelos (Uta)
Injured on 7/5/2006 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/25/2006 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/11/2006 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Injured on 4/24/2007 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/2/2007 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/4/2007 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/24/2009, off John Easterling (Col)
Injured on 5/10/2012 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2012, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/4/2012 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against California on 10/2/2012
Traded from Washington to D.C. on 7/31/2013 (Going to DC: 2B Paco Andujar, 3B John Howard, P Albert Cortina, P Reinald Bazan, SS Curtis Elser. Going to Was: RF Karl Immell)
Traded from D.C. to Kansas on 3/3/2014 (Going to Kan: 3B John Howard. Going to DC: C Burt Dykes)
Injured on 4/25/2015 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Texas on 6/7/2017
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/2017, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 8/3/2017 with a Broken Foot, out for 4-5 weeks