Ed Howard  
Catcher | Free Agents

Hitting
The book on Howard is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. He has a natural lift to his swing, which produces few groundballs. Even though you might not start him, he's not a bad guy to have on your bench for the tough left-handed reliever. You can expect Ed Howard to hit the ball to the opposite field... that's just the kind of hitter he is.

Baserunning & Defense
His defense is solid but unspectacular. His arm is accurate enough. Howard doesn't have great speed, though he reads righthanders' moves well enough to steal a few bases each season without getting caught very often.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
2003 FA C 48 49 71 46 44 59 52 49 52 24 0 Free Agent 70 81 . 260
2004 FA C 48 49 71 46 44 59 52 49 52 25 0 Free Agent 70 81 . 258
2005 FA C 48 49 71 46 44 59 52 49 52 25 0 Free Agent 70 81 . 258
2006 FA C 48 49 70 46 44 59 52 49 52 27 0 Free Agent 70 80 . 253
2007 FA C 48 49 70 46 44 59 52 49 52 28 0 Free Agent 70 80 . 251
2008 FA C 48 49 69 46 44 59 52 49 52 29 0 Free Agent 70 80 . 248
2009 FA C 48 49 69 46 44 59 52 49 52 30 0 Free Agent 70 81 . 246
2010 FA C 48 49 69 46 44 59 52 49 52 31 0 Free Agent 70 80 . 244
2011 FA C 48 49 68 46 44 59 52 49 52 32 0 Free Agent 70 81 . 241
2012 FA C 47 49 65 46 44 59 52 49 52 33 0 Free Agent 68 81 . 234
2013 FA C 47 49 61 46 44 59 52 49 52 34 0 Free Agent 69 81 . 228
2014 FA C 46 49 58 46 44 59 52 49 52 35 0 Free Agent 69 81 . 221
Ratings Delta     -1   -3             +1           -7
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.