Mysticgames.com - Free Tarot Readings


More Celebrities              

Dick Howser
Biographical Information

Sex:M
Age:51
Birth Date:May 14, 1936
Astrology Sign:Taurus
Chinese Sign:Rat - Yin
Birth Name:
Birth Place:
Died Date:June 17, 1987
Website:

Occupation:Baseball Player

Search for more:     

 

DICK HOWSER
Dick Howser

Biography:Dick Howser (May 14, 1936 - June 17, 1987) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.

A native of Miami, Florida, Howser attended college at Florida State University, where he twice received honors as an All-America shortstop and set a school record with a batting average of .422 in 1956. Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics, he hit .280, stole 37 bases, scored 108 runs, and led American League shortstops in putouts and errors in his rookie season. For this, he was selected to the 1961 All-Star team and named The Sporting News rookie of the year.

His production declined in the following two years, and his only other season as a regular was with the Cleveland Indians in 1964. His major league career spanned eight seasons with three clubs: Kansas City, Cleveland, and the New York Yankees.

Howser was more successful as a manager, never finishing lower than second place during his seven-year managerial career. He made his debut in 1978, managing one game with the Yankees. In 1980 he became a full-time manager of the team, taking them to the AL Eastern Division championship with a 103-59 record but losing to the Kansas City Royals in the playoffs. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner fired him following the postseason.

Meanwhile, Kansas City, his postseason rival, hired him to manage the last 33 games of the strike-shortened 1981 season. Under Howser, the Royals finished second in 1982 and 1983. Prior to the 1984 season, their clubhouse ravaged by drug problems, started disassembling their team and starting over. Kansas City expected 1984 to be a rebuilding year, but Howser guided the young team to a division title. The Royals were defeated by the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series, three games to none.

The following year, Howser guided the Royals to their first and to date, only World Series title, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in seven game series which featured a controversial call by umpire Don Denkinger in Game 6. Howser guided the AL to a 3-2 victory, starting a 20-year stretch that has seen the junior circuit go 15-4-1 in the Mid-Summer Classic after going 2-21 from 1963 through 1985.

As manager of the defending AL champions, Howser managed the 1986 All-Star game at the Astrodome in Houston. Broadcasters noticed he was messing up signals when he changed pitchers, and Howser later admitted he felt sick before the game. It was the last game he would manage in the major leagues, as he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent surgery.

Howser attempted a comeback during spring training of 1987, but quickly found he was physically too weak and abandoned the attempt in late February, when Billy Gardner took over. Three months later, he died in St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of only 51, and was buried in Tallahassee, Florida.

On July 3, 1987, Howser's number 10 became the first number retired by the Kansas City Royals. Also in that year, the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce established the Dick Howser Trophy, college baseball's equivalent of college football's Heisman Trophy, in Howser's honor.

Florida State University's baseball team plays on Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, named in his honor, and he is honored with a bronze bust on the stadium grounds.


Chinese Horoscope for Dick Howser
Includes characteristics and Vices
Dick Howser's Chinese Horoscope
Chinese Year: January 24, 1936 - February 10, 1937
Birthday: May 14, 1936

The Rat is a Yin,
and is the First sign of the Chinese horoscope.

Characteristics:    
Appeal
Influence
Thrift
Sociability
Intellectual Skill
Charisma
Vices:
Nervousness
Verbosity
Acquisitiveness
Thirst for Power
Guile
Meddling


Personality and Character Cards:
Numerology is used to calculate tarot cards

Dick Howser's Personality Tarot Card Justice - Personality Card

Birthday: May 14, 1936

Balance, wisdom and a need for rational, logical solutions.

Dick Howser's Character Tarot Card The High Priestess - Character Card

Birthday: May 14, 1936

Wisdom, secrets to be revealed, and the development of intuition.


This year's Growth Tarot Card
Based on this year's birthday

Dick Howser's Growth Tarot Card The Hermit

Birthday: May 14, 2024

A time for soul searching and meditation; a need for patience and solitude.

 

 

 

Portions of famous people database was used with permission from Russell Grant from his book The Book of Birthdays Copyright © 1999, All rights reserved. Certain biographical material and photos licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, from WikipediaŽ, which is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

Links | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Notice 
Copyright © 1998-2007 Mysticgames.com. All rights reserved. Use of our website is subject to the Terms of Use.

Custom sterling silver jewelry