MLB / Players

Art Howe

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb

BornDecember 15, 1946 · Pittsburgh, PA, USA

MLB debutJuly 10, 1974

Final gameApril 19, 1985

Seasons11 (1974–1985)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1974–1975; Houston Astros 1976–1982; St. Louis Cardinals 1984–1985

Percentile snapshot

1981 season — qualified batters

103

66.4

406

46.7

361

50.4

107

69.3

81.8

70.1

25.5

RBI

35.8

62.8

90.5

11.7

58.4

.296

75.9

OBP

.365

75.2

SLG

.404

56.9

OPS

.770

65.7

wRC+

124.8

71.5

OPS+

123.8

71.5

wOBA

.357

68.6

sWAR

2.7

71.5

of 138 qualified 1981 batters (min 341 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

10.5

87.4

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1974	29	84	74	10	18	4	1	1	5	9	13	0	0	.243	.321	.365	.686	98.8	95.9	.327	0.3
1975	63	162	146	13	25	9	0	1	10	15	15	1	0	.171	.248	.253	.502	34.2	41.5	.237	-0.7
1976	21	35	29	0	4	1	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	.138	.286	.172	.458	41.4	38.0	.234	-0.1
1977	125	463	413	44	109	23	7	8	58	41	60	0	1	.264	.336	.412	.748	107.6	108.2	.337	2.2
1978	119	461	420	46	123	33	3	7	55	34	41	2	3	.293	.343	.436	.779	125.5	125.1	.357	3.2
1979	118	398	355	32	88	15	2	6	33	36	37	3	1	.248	.316	.352	.668	86.9	88.0	.307	0.9
1980	110	364	321	34	91	12	5	10	46	34	29	1	0	.283	.350	.445	.795	128.1	129.6	.359	1.8
1981	103	406	361	43	107	22	4	3	36	41	23	1	3	.296	.365	.404	.770	124.8	123.8	.357	2.7
1982	110	414	365	29	87	15	1	5	38	41	45	2	0	.238	.315	.326	.641	79.1	86.2	.289	0.1
1984	89	161	139	17	30	5	0	2	12	18	18	0	2	.216	.300	.295	.595	72.1	70.7	.284	0.0
1985	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-125.8	-100.0	.000	-0.1

Career totals

891

2,951

2,626

268

682

139

RBI

293

275

287

.2597

OBP

.3291

SLG

.3793

OPS

.7084

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1979-04-27	HOU @ PIT Gameday	6	2	4	1	1	4	8
1980-09-03	HOU @ PIT Gameday	4	1	4	1	1	2	8
1977-06-07	HOU @ PHI Gameday	4	3	3	2	1	2	8
1977-05-25	HOU @ LAD Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	2	8
1978-07-20	HOU @ NYM Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	2	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.