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Frank Howard played 16 major-league seasons (1958-1973) as a OF (1,435), 1B (334). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 22 | LAN | 8 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .241 | .646 | 74 |
| 1959 | 23 | LAN | 9 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .143 | .598 | 62 |
| 1960 | 24 | LAN | 117 | 448 | 54 | 120 | 23 | 77 | 0 | 32 | 108 | .268 | .784 | 119 |
| 1961 | 25 | LAN | 92 | 267 | 36 | 79 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 21 | 50 | .296 | .864 | 133 |
| 1962 | 26 | LAN | 141 | 493 | 80 | 146 | 31 | 119 | 1 | 39 | 108 | .296 | .906 | 148 |
| 1963 | 27 | LAN | 123 | 417 | 58 | 114 | 28 | 64 | 1 | 33 | 116 | .273 | .848 | 150 |
| 1964 | 28 | LAN | 134 | 433 | 60 | 98 | 24 | 69 | 1 | 51 | 113 | .226 | .735 | 113 |
| 1965 | 29 | WS2 | 149 | 516 | 53 | 149 | 21 | 84 | 0 | 55 | 112 | .289 | .835 | 144 |
| 1966 | 30 | WS2 | 146 | 493 | 52 | 137 | 18 | 71 | 1 | 53 | 104 | .278 | .790 | 133 |
| 1967 | 31 | WS2 | 149 | 519 | 71 | 133 | 36 | 89 | 0 | 60 | 155 | .256 | .849 | 156 |
| 1968 | 32 | WS2 | 158 | 598 | 79 | 164 | 44 | 106 | 0 | 54 | 141 | .274 | .890 | 176 |
| 1969 | 33 | WS2 | 161 | 592 | 111 | 175 | 48 | 111 | 1 | 102 | 96 | .296 | .976 | 180 |
| 1970 | 34 | WS2 | 161 | 566 | 90 | 160 | 44 | 126 | 1 | 132 | 125 | .283 | .962 | 173 |
| 1971 | 35 | WS2 | 153 | 549 | 60 | 153 | 26 | 83 | 1 | 77 | 121 | .279 | .840 | 146 |
| 1972 | 36 | TEX|DET | 109 | 320 | 29 | 78 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 46 | 63 | .244 | .708 | 118 |
| 1973 | 37 | DET | 85 | 227 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .256 | .789 | 121 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | OF | 8 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | OF | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 115 | 112 | 177 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1960 | 1B | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1961 | OF | 65 | 61 | 79 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1B | 7 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1962 | OF | 131 | 127 | 187 | 19 | 6 | 4 |
| 1963 | OF | 111 | 107 | 190 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 122 | 121 | 183 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1965 | OF | 138 | 138 | 204 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 135 | 134 | 216 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1967 | OF | 141 | 140 | 210 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1B | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | OF | 107 | 105 | 160 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1B | 55 | 51 | 416 | 41 | 11 | 38 |
| 1969 | OF | 114 | 112 | 147 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1B | 70 | 47 | 455 | 31 | 10 | 38 |
| 1970 | OF | 120 | 118 | 172 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 1970 | 1B | 48 | 42 | 429 | 25 | 6 | 37 |
| 1971 | OF | 100 | 100 | 141 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1B | 68 | 48 | 414 | 58 | 4 | 40 |
| 1972 | 1B | 76 | 64 | 495 | 32 | 12 | 44 |
| 1972 | OF | 22 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Frank Howard won: Rookie of the Year 1960 (NL), TSN All-Star 1968 (AL), TSN All-Star 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1970 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1970, 1969, 1968, 1965, 1962, 1960.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 12 / 24 | 12 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 32 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 30 | 2 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 63 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 115 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 91 / 336 | 1 |
Frank Howard ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #68 | left fielders | 1969 | 180 OPS+ |
| #87 | left fielders | 1968 | 176 OPS+ |
| #95 | left fielders | 1970 | 173 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.