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Duke Snider League
4-26-2078
Howard Certz Left Field
Retired (1960, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .237 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .655 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 524 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 10-11-1926
HR 51 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 2 years
(147 games)
RBI 281
SB 71
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt B  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B C+ (49.3%) CF A  (88.7%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A- (79.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1951 KC
88
322
42
88
5
2
13
57
32
 56 3 4
5
 2 7
.763
.341
.422
.149
.273
1952 KC
127
266
30
55
11
1
7
35
29
 58 1 3
4
 0 0
.619
.284
.335
.128
.207
1953 KC
104
124
13
31
0
1
4
17
11
 24 1 1
8
 0 2
.677
.314
.363
.113
.250
1954 KC
131
327
25
71
13
1
4
27
30
 61 1 3
19
 10 13
.582
.283
.300
.083
.217
1955 KC
82
224
29
58
12
1
3
24
26
 38 3 2
10
 14 10
.703
.341
.362
.103
.259
1956 KC
120
297
40
80
13
3
9
55
33
 49 3 4
14
 12 7
.768
.344
.424
.155
.269
1957 KC
81
203
27
52
9
0
5
29
21
 39 0 1
2
 2 2
.699
.324
.374
.118
.256
1958 KC
56
109
6
21
3
0
1
8
5
 15 2 4
0
 1 2
.481
.233
.248
.055
.193
1959 KC-NYN
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1960 NYN-BRO
107
341
34
68
4
3
5
29
29
 70 3 2
9
 3 1
.539
.267
.273
.073
.199
Total
897
2214
246
524
70
12
51
281
216
 410 17 24
71
 44 44
.655
.306
.348
.112
.237
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Howard Certz has retired from the Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush
1960-05-02The Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush have promoted Howard Certz to the major league team. The Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush have promoted Vin Davis to the major league team. The Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush have sent Charlie Libke to the minors. The Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush have sent John Eyre to the minors.
1960-04-11The Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush have acquired Howard Certz from the waiver wire. The Brooklyn Lords Of Flatbush have waived Tom Clemens.
1960-04-04The New York Spikes have waived Howard Certz.
1959-06-07The New York Spikes have designated Howard Certz for assignment.
1959-05-29The New York Spikes have promoted Howard Certz to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Jack Ripley to the minors.
1959-05-29The New York Spikes have acquired Howard Certz from the waiver wire. The New York Spikes have waived Steve Dunning.
1959-05-23The Kansas City Lastros have acquired Miah Miller from the waiver wire. The Kansas City Lastros have waived Howard Certz.
1959-04-05The Kansas City Lastros have designated Howard Certz for assignment.
1955-08-03The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Howard Certz to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Andre Frisk to the minors.
1955-06-13The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Rick Deckard to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Johnnie Fisky to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Ray Rhodes to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have sent John "Power Outage" Caster to the minors. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Howard Certz to the minors. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Tom Schultz to the minors.
1953-04-11The Kansas City Lastros have renamed Howard Wertz to Howard Certz.
1951-06-19The Kansas City Goofballs have promoted Howard Wertz to the major league team. The Kansas City Goofballs have sent Robert Aybar to the minors.
1951-04-01A trade has been completed between the Washington Gamblers and the Kansas City Goofballs. The Kansas City Goofballs receive Howard Wertz, Frank Baldwin from the Washington Gamblers in exchange fo.
1951-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Washington Gamblers. The Washington Gamblers receive Howard Wertz, Ed Niehaus from the New York Yankees in exchange fo.