How Doug Howard's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Doug Howard posted a career Equivalent Average of .531, well below the league average of .748 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1972, posting .600, below the league average of .683 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .283, well below the league average of .730 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .591 in 1974 to .517 in 1975 and .538 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.

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Doug Howard Equivalent Average Per Season

Doug Howard's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Doug Howard Equivalent Average per season line chart

Doug Howard Equivalent Average by Team

Doug Howard's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Doug Howard career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Doug Howard Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Doug Howard's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Doug Howard Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Doug Howard Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Doug Howard's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Doug Howard Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Doug Howard Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Doug Howard's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Doug Howard Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table