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Del Howard
Del Howard
	Outfielder / Infielder
	Born: December 24, 1877; Kenney, Illinois, U.S.
	Died: December 24, 1956 (aged 79); Seattle, Washington, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 15, 1905, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
	October 6, 1909, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average	.263
Home runs	6
Runs batted in	193
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Pittsburgh Pirates (1905); Boston Beaneaters / Doves (1906–1907); Chicago Cubs (1907–1909);
Career highlights and awards
	2× World Series champion (1907, 1908);

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George Elmer "Del" Howard (December 24, 1877 – December 24, 1956) was a Major League Baseball player from 1905 to 1909. He would play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters/Doves, and Chicago Cubs. Howard appeared in 536 games and retired with six home runs, 193 runs batted in and a lifetime .263 batting average.^[1]

He had a career-high 142 hits for Boston during the 1906 season. Howard then played for the Cubs in both the 1907 and 1908 World Series, winning two championships.

References

^ "Del Howard Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Del Howard at Find a Grave

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[1] "Del Howard Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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 {{Infobox baseball biography
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+|death_date={{death date and age|1956|12|24|1877|12|24}}
+|death_place=[[Seattle, Washington]], U.S.
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-|death_place=[[Seattle, Washington]]
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 |debutdate=April 15
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 |finalleague = MLB
 |finaldate=October 6
-|finalyear={{baseball year|1909}}
+|finalyear=1909
-|finalteam=[[Chicago Cubs]]
+|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
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+|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
 |stat1value=.263
 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s
 |stat2value=6
-|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
+|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
 |stat3value=193
 |teams=
-*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1905)
+* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|1905}})
-*[[Boston Beaneaters|Boston Beaneaters/Doves]] (1906–1907)
+* [[Boston Beaneaters|Boston Beaneaters / Doves]] ({{mlby|1906}}–{{mlby|1907}})
-*[[Chicago Cubs]] (1907–1909)
+* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1907}}–{{mlby|1909}})
 |highlights=
-*2x [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1907}}, {{wsy|1908}})
+* 2× [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1907}}, {{wsy|1908}})
 }}
-'''George Elmer "Del" Howard''' (December 24, 1877 in [[Kenney, Illinois]] – December 24, 1956 in [[Seattle, Washington]]) was a [[Major League Baseball]] player from 1905 to 1909. He would play for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Boston Beaneaters|Boston Beaneaters/Doves]], and [[Chicago Cubs]].  Howard appeared in 536 games and retired with six [[home run]]s and a lifetime .263 [[batting average]].<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarde01.shtml "Del Howard Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-31.</ref>
+'''George Elmer "Del" Howard''' (December 24, 1877 – December 24, 1956) was a [[Major League Baseball]] player from 1905 to 1909. He would play for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Boston Beaneaters|Boston Beaneaters/Doves]], and [[Chicago Cubs]].  Howard appeared in 536 games and retired with six [[home run]]s, 193 [[runs batted in]] and a lifetime .263 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]].<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarde01.shtml "Del Howard Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-31.</ref>
 He had a career-high 142 hits for Boston during the 1906 season. Howard then played for the Cubs in both the [[1907 World Series|1907]] and [[1908 World Series]], winning two championships.
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 ==External links==
 {{Baseballstats|br=h/howarde01|brm=howard001geo}}
+* {{Find a Grave}}
 {{1907 Chicago Cubs}}
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 [[Category:Boston Doves players]]
 [[Category:Chicago Cubs players]]
-[[Category:Baseball players from Illinois]]
+[[Category:Baseball players from DeWitt County, Illinois]]
 [[Category:People from DeWitt County, Illinois]]
-[[Category:Minor league baseball managers]]
 [[Category:Omaha Rangers players]]
 [[Category:Omaha Rourkes players]]

v t e Chicago Cubs 1907 World Series champions
Mordecai Brown Frank Chance Blaine Durbin Johnny Evers Chick Fraser Solly Hofman Del Howard Johnny Kling Carl Lundgren Pat Moran Orval Overall Jack Pfiester Ed Reulbach Frank Schulte Jimmy Sheckard Jimmy Slagle Harry Steinfeldt Joe Tinker Tom Walsh Heinie Zimmerman
Manager Frank Chance
Regular season

v t e Chicago Cubs 1908 World Series champions
Mordecai Brown Frank Chance Johnny Evers Chick Fraser Solly Hofman Del Howard Johnny Kling Carl Lundgren Orval Overall Jack Pfiester Ed Reulbach Frank Schulte Jimmy Sheckard Harry Steinfeldt Joe Tinker Heinie Zimmerman
Manager Frank Chance
Regular season