Howard Easterling
Cincinnati Tigers 1937; Chicago American Giants 1938; Homestead Grays 1940–1943; Homestead Grays 1946
Percentile snapshot
1943 season — qualified batters
of 139 qualified 1943 batters (min 105 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 35 | 145 | 131 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .351 | .401 | .573 | .974 | 151.3 | 166.7 | .437 | 1.5 |
| 1938 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .800 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 348.0 | 416.4 | .796 | 0.2 |
| 1940 | 54 | 228 | 203 | 42 | 68 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .335 | .400 | .517 | .917 | 130.0 | 137.4 | .420 | 1.8 |
| 1941 | 55 | 232 | 208 | 49 | 62 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .298 | .360 | .476 | .836 | 125.9 | 132.7 | .381 | 1.6 |
| 1942 | 67 | 290 | 258 | 51 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .260 | .337 | .419 | .755 | 110.8 | 114.8 | .358 | 1.6 |
| 1943 | 64 | 273 | 250 | 47 | 87 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .348 | .394 | .484 | .878 | 125.8 | 134.0 | .413 | 1.9 |
| 1946 | 35 | 148 | 140 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .279 | .318 | .393 | .710 | 94.5 | 97.8 | .336 | 0.5 |
Career totals
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-07-20 | HOM @ CLB Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 1937-07-19 | MEM @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 1942-07-23 | HOM @ CLB Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 1941-08-28 | NYC @ HOM Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 1940-07-13 | HOM @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-05-09 | DTS @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-10 | DTS @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-10 | DTS @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-15 | CIN @ DTS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-05-22 | CIN @ KCM Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.