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Howie Schultz
Howard Henry Schultz (Stretch or Steeple)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 200 lb.
School Hamline University

Debut August 16, 1943
Final Game September 8, 1948
Born July 3, 1922 in St. Paul, MN

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 20 BRO NL  45  182   20   49  12  0   1   34   3      6  24  .269  .300  .352   88   64   0           2   5
 1944 21 BRO NL 138  526   59  134  32  3  11   83   6     24  67  .255  .290  .390   92  205   4           2  17
 1945 22 BRO NL  39  142   18   34   8  2   1   19   2     10  14  .239  .294  .345   78   49   4           1   4
 1946 23 BRO NL  90  249   27   63  14  1   3   27   2     16  34  .253  .298  .353   84   88   7           0   4
 1947 24 TOT NL 116  404   30   90  19  1   6   35   0     21  70  .223  .263  .319   57  129   4           1  11
         BRO NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   1
         PHI NL 114  403   30   90  19  1   6   35   0     21  70  .223  .264  .320   57  129   4           1  10
 1948 25 TOT NL  42   85    9   13   0  0   2   10   2      5   9  .153  .200  .224   16   19   3           0   1
         PHI NL   6   13    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   2  .077  .143  .077  -39    1   0           0   0
         CIN NL  36   72    9   12   0  0   2    9   2      4   7  .167  .211  .250   26   18   3           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      470 1588  163  383  85  7  24  208  15  0  82 218  .241  .281  .349   75  554  22   0   0   6  42
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        547   56  132  29  2   8   72   5  0  28  75  .241  .281  .349   75  191   8   0   0   2  14
 Career High    138  526   59  134  32  3  11   83   6  0  24  70  .255  .298  .390   92  205   7   0   0   2  17
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 20 BRO NL  190  138   19   3.7    89| .269  .265| .300  .333| .352  .359| .652  .692|  88  .473  -3.2  -0.3     
 1944 21 BRO NL  556  413   59   3.8    92| .255  .266| .290  .332| .390  .373| .680  .706|  92  .459  -7.8  -0.8     
 1945 22 BRO NL  157  116   14   3.2    96| .239  .272| .294  .342| .345  .375| .639  .717|  78  .374  -4.6  -0.5     
 1946 23 BRO NL  272  197   26   3.5    93| .253  .264| .298  .339| .353  .369| .651  .708|  84  .439  -6.1  -0.6     
 1947 24 TOT NL  430  329   34   2.7   102| .223  .269| .263  .344| .319  .399| .582  .743|  57  .277 -25.9  -2.5     
         BRO NL    1    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .279| .000  .355| .000  .413| .000  .768|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         PHI NL  429  327   34   2.8   102| .223  .269| .264  .344| .320  .399| .584  .743|  57  .280 -25.6  -2.5     
 1948 25 TOT NL   93   76    4   1.4   100| .153  .265| .200  .339| .224  .393| .424  .732|  16  .108 -10.4  -1.1     
         PHI NL   14   12    0   0.0   100| .077  .266| .143  .340| .077  .394| .220  .735| -39  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
         CIN NL   79   64    4   1.7    99| .167  .265| .211  .339| .250  .393| .461  .732|  26  .141  -7.8  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1698 1269  156   3.3    95| .241  .267| .281  .338| .349  .379| .630  .716|  75  .382 -57.9  -5.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 20 BRO NL 1B 45 386 33 6 27 .986 .992 9.31 9.99 1944 21 BRO NL 1B 136 1091 85 14 90 .988 .990 8.65 7.35 1945 22 BRO NL 1B 38 334 32 6 35 .984 .990 9.63 9.74 1946 23 BRO NL 1B 87 576 58 7 65 .989 .991 7.29 9.28 1947 24 TOT NL 1B 115 987 67 7 92 .993 .991 9.17 8.77 BRO NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.20 PHI NL 1B 114 986 67 7 92 .993 .991 9.24 8.77 1948 25 TOT NL 1B 29 177 7 3 17 .984 .990 6.34 8.94 PHI NL 1B 3 21 2 0 3 1.000 .991 7.67 8.93 CIN NL 1B 26 156 5 3 14 .982 .990 6.19 8.94
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 20 BRO NL 1B 45 386 33 6 27 .986 .992 9.31 9.99 1944 21 BRO NL 1B 136 1091 85 14 90 .988 .990 8.65 7.35 1945 22 BRO NL 1B 38 334 32 6 35 .984 .990 9.63 9.74 1946 23 BRO NL 1B 87 576 58 7 65 .989 .991 7.29 9.28 1947 24 TOT NL 1B 115 987 67 7 92 .993 .991 9.17 8.77 BRO NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.20 PHI NL 1B 114 986 67 7 92 .993 .991 9.24 8.77 1948 25 TOT NL 1B 29 177 7 3 17 .984 .990 6.34 8.94 PHI NL 1B 3 21 2 0 3 1.000 .991 7.67 8.93 CIN NL 1B 26 156 5 3 14 .982 .990 6.19 8.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 450 3551 282 43 326 .989 .991 8.52 8.66 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 450 3551 282 43 326 .989 .991 8.52 8.66
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1944 NL-67-4
1947 NL-70-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 NL-17-6

Power/Speed Number
1944 NL-7.8-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 10, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 24, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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