{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1943)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bruce Howard |position=Pitcher |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1943|3|23}} |birth_place=Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. |bats=Switch |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 4 |debutyear=1963 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 7 |finalyear=1968 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=26–31 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.18 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=349 |teams= * Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1963}}–{{mlby|1967}}) * Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1968}}) * Washington Senators ({{mlby|1968}}) }} '''Bruce Ernest Howard''' (born March 23, 1943) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators between 1963 and 1968. A native of Salisbury, Maryland, he attended Villanova University. His son, David Howard, also played in the major leagues.
He was traded along with Don Buford and Roger Nelson from the White Sox to the Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias on November 29, 1967.<ref>[https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=de_November1967 "Trade Shuffle Sends Aparicio To White Sox," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Thursday, November 30, 1967.] (Scroll down to page 14.) Retrieved April 17, 2020.</ref> He went 0–2 with a 3.77 earned run average (ERA) in 31 innings with the Orioles before being dealt to the Senators for Fred Valentine before the trade deadline on June 15, 1968.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19680617&id=Y8JGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=781,3640855 "Major League Teams Beat Clock with Last-Minute Trading Spurt," ''Schenectady'' (NY) ''Gazette'', Monday, June 17, 1968.] Retrieved February 17, 2023.</ref>
In a six-season career, Howard posted a 26–31 record with 349 strikeouts and a 3.18 ERA in 120 appearances, including seven complete games, four shutouts, one save, and {{frac|528|2|3}} innings of work.
==See also== *List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=h/howarbr01 |fangraphs= |brm=howard001bru}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phowab101.htm Retrosheet]
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