Bill Howerton Center Fielder Born: Lompoc, CA Bats: Left Birthday: Dec 12, 1921 Throws: Right Died at 79 in 2001 Height: 5-11 Debut: 9/11/1949 Weight: 185 Final Game: 6/29/1952 Nickname(s): Hopalong

Career Batting Record Year Age Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS 1952 30 NYG 11 15 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .222 .133 .355 1952 30 PIT 13 25 3 8 1 1 0 4 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .452 .440 .892 1951 29 PIT 80 219 29 60 12 2 11 37 26 0 44 1 0 1 0 9 .274 .351 .498 .849 1951 29 STL 24 65 10 17 4 1 1 4 10 0 12 0 1 0 0 2 .262 .360 .400 .760 1950 28 STL 110 313 50 88 20 8 10 59 47 0 60 0 0 4 0 3 .281 .375 .492 .867 1949 27 STL 9 13 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .693 Career 247 650 95 178 39 12 22 106 92 0 125 1 1 5 0 15 .274 .364 .472 .836 Career Fielding Record Year Age Team P G GS Inn A PO DP E Pct. RF A/G DP/G 1952 30 NYG RF 3 0 5 0 6 0 0 1.000 10.80 0.00 0.00 1952 30 PIT RF 5 0 8 0 9 0 1 .900 10.80 0.00 0.00 1952 30 PIT 3B 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 .333 16.20 1.00 0.00 1951 29 PIT CF 53 46 425 3 93 0 5 .950 2.14 0.06 0.00 1951 29 PIT 3B 4 0 6 5 2 0 1 .875 10.80 1.25 0.00 1951 29 STL RF 17 7 79 2 35 1 2 .949 4.41 0.12 0.06 1950 28 STL CF 94 90 816 2 183 0 6 .969 2.10 0.02 0.00 1949 27 STL CF 6 0 10 0 9 0 1 .900 9.00 0.00 0.00 Career 3B 5 0 8 6 2 0 3 .727 11.88 1.20 0.00 Career CF 153 136 1252 5 285 0 12 .960 2.17 0.03 0.00 Career RF 25 7 93 2 50 1 3 .945 5.32 0.08 0.04