David Howard (baseball)

David Howard
Shortstop/Second baseman
Born: February 26, 1967 (1967-02-26) (age 44) Sarasota, Florida
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 14, 1991 for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1999 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Batting average	.229
Home runs	11
Runs batted in	148
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1991–1997) St. Louis Cardinals (1998–1999)

David Wayne Howard (born February 26, 1967 in Sarasota, Florida), is field coordinator of minor league instruction for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball, and a former utility player in MLB who played from 1991 through 1999 for the Kansas City Royals (1991–97) and St. Louis Cardinals (1998–99). Listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) and 175 lb. (80 kg), he was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. His father, pitcher Bruce Howard, also played in the majors.

Howard was a solid utilityman, being able to play all infield and outfield positions, and also had the ability to serve as emergency pitcher. His most productive season came in 1996, when he posted career-numbers in games (143), runs (51), hits (92), extrabases (23) and RBI (48), while hitting a .243 batting average. In a nine-season career, Howard was a .229 hitter (362-for-1583) with 11 home runs and 148 RBI in 645 games, including 169 runs, 57 doubles, 14 triples, and 23 stolen bases.

In 2004, he joined the Red Sox as a minor league coach in the Boston farm system before becoming a scout. He moved into their front office at the close of the 2007 season, spending 2008-09 as special assistant to Boston general manager Theo Epstein.

See also

• List of second-generation Major League Baseball players

External links

• The Baseball Cube
• Baseball Reference
• Retrosheet

Persondata
Name	Howard, David
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	February 26, 1967
Place of birth	Sarasota, Florida
Date of death
Place of death