How to read this player page

The big number is this season's NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. Below that are his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Elston Howard 2026 Season · BOS

Career: .274/.321/.427, 168 HR, 1491 H in 1625 games.

Awards: AL MVP (1963).

NUT leaderboard · What is NUT?

Elston Howard Stats & Profile | Baseball NUT

Elston Howard

#32

C · BOS

Compare

BGood

+3.6Career NUT

+11.4 to Great

Career

.274AVG168HR775RBI1491H635R10SB

R/R · 6' 2", 200 lb · b. Feb 23, 1929 · St. Louis, MO · Signed Undrafted FA, 1955

Player Overview

Year by Year


1948	19	MON	—	20	84	80	16	20	5	3	1	13	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.425	.175	.711	.241
1955	26	NYY	+0.5	97	305	279	33	81	8	7	10	43	20	1	5	36	0	0	4	1	4	.290	.336	.477	.187	.813	.300
1956	27	NYY	-0.9	98	316	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	21	1	6	30	0	1	2	2	11	.262	.312	.362	.100	.674	.276
1957	28	NYY	-1.3	110	380	356	33	90	13	4	8	44	16	0	6	43	2	5	2	6	18	.253	.283	.379	.126	.662	.267
1958	29	NYY	+1.0	103	406	376	45	118	19	5	11	66	22	0	6	60	1	1	4	4	9	.314	.348	.479	.165	.827	.346
1959	30	NYY	+0.5	125	474	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	20	3	4	57	0	1	4	4	12	.273	.306	.476	.203	.782	.277
1960	31	NYY	-1.2	107	361	323	29	79	11	3	6	39	28	0	7	43	3	0	8	2	8	.245	.298	.353	.108	.651	.259
1961	32	NYY	+2.9	129	482	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	28	3	6	65	0	3	4	1	5	.348	.387	.549	.201	.936	.368
1962	33	NYY	+0.9	136	538	494	63	138	23	5	21	91	31	1	1	76	1	1	9	3	20	.279	.318	.474	.195	.792	.288
1963	34	NYY	+3.2	135	531	487	75	140	21	6	28	85	35	6	4	68	0	0	2	1	17	.287	.342	.528	.241	.870	.285
1964	35	NYY	+2.3	150	607	550	63	172	27	3	15	84	48	5	12	73	1	1	4	0	10	.313	.371	.455	.142	.826	.337
1965	36	NYY	-1.0	110	418	391	38	91	15	1	9	45	24	1	3	65	0	0	1	1	16	.233	.278	.345	.112	.623	.258
1966	37	NYY	-0.5	126	451	410	38	105	19	2	6	35	37	1	9	65	0	0	3	0	12	.256	.317	.356	.100	.673	.289
1967	38	NYY	-1.3	66	216	199	13	39	6	0	3	17	12	2	3	36	0	0	2	1	6	.196	.247	.271	.075	.518	.222
1967	38	BOS	-1.3	42	129	116	9	17	3	0	1	11	9	1	3	24	0	0	2	1	4	.147	.211	.198	.051	.409	.172
1967	38	TOT	-2.6	108	345	315	22	56	9	0	4	28	21	3	6	60	0	0	4	2	10	.178	.233	.244	.066	.477	.204
1968	39	BOS	-0.2	71	229	203	22	49	4	0	5	18	22	1	7	45	1	1	1	2	5	.241	.317	.335	.094	.652	.286
Career	—	15 yrs	+3.6	1625	5927	5443	635	1491	223	53	168	775	376	27	82	786	10	14	52	29	157	.274	.321	.427	.153	.748	.291

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Howard's career NUT of +3.6

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.2

5556575859606162636465666768

NUT by Season

+0.5

-0.9

-1.3

+1.0

+0.5

-1.2

+2.9

+0.9

+3.2

+2.3

-1.0

-0.5

-2.6

-0.2

Awards

1956World Series Championship

1957AL All-Star

1958AL All-Star · World Series Championship · Babe Ruth Award

1959AL All-Star

1960AL All-Star

1961AL All-Star · World Series Championship

1962AL All-Star · World Series Championship

1963AL MVP · AL All-Star · Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1964AL All-Star · Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1965AL All-Star

1984Uniform number retired

The week in MLB, ranked by NUT. Free, every Monday.

The week’s top performers by NUT and the games you missed.

Free · At most 1 email a week · Unsubscribe anytimeSee last week’s report→