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Thomas Howard
#5 | Right Field | Pittsburgh Pirates | Roster

Career Notes

1996
A switch-hitter, batted exclusively from the left side due to a right wrist injury ... Started season on 15-day DL due to fracture of right wrist ... Hit .393 off the bench, including three home runs ... Collected two or more hits in six consecutive games from Aug. 12-17, hitting .607 during that span ... Signed by the Houston Astros as a free agent on Dec. 4.

1995
Posted an eight-game hitting streak July 1-9 (14x33, .424) ... Stole home on July 14 vs. Cubs (double steal with Barry Larkin) ... Reached a season high and tied a career high by collecting four hits (two singles, two doubles) Aug. 25 vs. the Pirates ... Led the club with thirteen pinch-hits (13x36, .361), the highest since Jeff Branson also collected thirteen in 1992.

1994
Started games in all three outfield positions (20 in left, seven in right, and five in center) ... Hit .377 (26-69) with a team-high 15 RBI's during spring training ... Recorded a .417 average in April going 10x24 ... Was second on the team in pinch hits (9).

1993
Traded from Cleveland to Cincinnati Aug. 20 as the player to be named later in the Aug. 17 Randy Milligan deal ... Batted .236 for Cleveland and .324 (11-34) with three homers and seven RBI in his first 10 games as a Red ... His three hits, including a three-run homer, at Philadelphia Aug. 28 helped Cincinnati to a 9-5 comeback victory ... Batted .340 (18-53) over his last 13 games ... Started 21 games in left field and 10 in center for the Reds ... Hit .313 (35-112) lefthanded and .138 (4-29).

1992
Hit safely in his first 10 starts for Cleveland, after being traded by San Diego April 14 ... Led Cleveland with 10 sacrifice bunts ... Established career highs in games, at-bats, hits, runs, doubles, RBI, and steals ... Had a career-high 12-game hitting streak July 31- Aug. 14, hitting .377 (20-53) ... Hit .500 (4-8) with the bases loaded and .306 (26-85) with runners in scoring position ... Batted in every position in the Cleveland order except number three and played all three outfield spots ... His first AL home run was timely, coming with two outs in the ninth inning off Minnesota's John Smiley July 22, tying the score 1-1.

1991
Opened the season with San Diego but played in only one game before being sent to Las Vegas (AAA) four days into the campaign ... Recalled May 10 and spent the rest of the year in the majors ... Was hitting .184 on June 2, but batted .367 (11-30) during a road trip in which he started all seven games, raising his average to a respectable .253 ... Hit his first major league homer June 15 off Chicago's Les Lancaster ... Had a career-high five RBI Sept. 16 against Houston.

1990
Made his major league debut July 3, singling off Bill Landrum of Pittsburgh for his first major league hit ... Hit .273 during his July 3-Aug. 1 major league stint.


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