Red Howard
Career 10–17 · 4.97 ERA · 88 SO · 170.1 IP · 56 G · 24 H · 1 HR · 16 RBI · .273 AVG
Seasons leading his league
1
0 best in baseball
1 league only
1
Top-5 finishes
1
Title seasons
1
Categories led
1940
Best season
Spanning 1940–1940, peaking at 1 titles in 1940.
Team records
#1 Birmingham Black Barons 1940 SV
#2 Birmingham Black Barons career SV
#4 Jacksonville Red Caps career W
#5 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers career W
#6 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers career SO
#6 Jacksonville Red Caps career IP
#7 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers 1938 W
#8 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers 1938 SO
#9 Jacksonville Red Caps career SO
#9 Jacksonville Red Caps 1938 W
All-Time Standing
Against every player since 1871Among league leaders
- 2,906th League titles 1
- 5,889th Top-5 finishes 1
Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.
Career leaderboards
No top-500 all-time placing
His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked
category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection
on the season titles alongside.
Where He Led
led all of MLB led his league| Category | Titles | Best | Streak | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saves | 1 | 1st | — | 1940 NAL 4 |
Pitching
led the league 5 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BBB | NAL | 3 | 2 | 7.23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 37.1 | 43 | 30 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 1.53 |
| 1938 | BCA +1 | NAL | 2 | 1 | 3.41 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 31.2 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1.39 |
| 1939 | CBR | NAL | 1 | 4 | 3.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1.33 |
| 1940 | BBB | NAL | 3 | 6 | 3.93 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 55.0 | 50 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 1.27 |
| 1946 | CAG | NAL | 1 | 4 | 8.06 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22.1 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2.10 |
| Career | — | — | 10 | 17 | 4.97 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 170.1 | 183 | 94 | 11 | 67 | 88 | 1.47 |
Batting
5 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BBB | NAL | 10 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .280 | .333 | .440 | .773 |
| 1938 | BCA +1 | NAL | 16 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 |
| 1939 | CBR +1 | NAL | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .385 | .467 | .462 | .928 |
| 1940 | BBB | NAL | 16 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .292 | .318 | .610 |
| 1946 | CAG | NAL | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .375 | .500 | .875 |
| Career | — | — | 56 | 88 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .273 | .347 | .375 | .722 |
Fielding
3 positions| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | FLD% | RF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BBB | NAL | P | 5 | 5 | 37.1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.000 | 1.80 |
| OF | 4 | 1 | 19.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .833 | 1.25 | |||
| 1938 | BCA | NAL | P | 9 | 5 | 31.2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 1.56 |
| OF | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 1939 | CBR | NAL | P | 5 | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.00 |
| OF | 2 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 1940 | BBB | NAL | P | 16 | 5 | 55.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .929 | 0.81 |
| 1946 | CAG | NAL | P | 7 | 5 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .667 | 0.29 |
| Career | — | — | P | 42 | 23 | 170.1 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 45 | .956 | 1.02 |
| — | — | OF | 8 | 3 | 48.1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .833 | 0.63 | |
| — | — | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 |