George Elmer "Del" Howard (December 24, 1877 – December 24, 1956) was a

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player from 1905 to 1909. He would play for the

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, Boston Beaneaters/Doves, and

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. Howard appeared in 536 games and retired with six

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s, 193 RBI and a lifetime .263 batting average."Del Howard Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-31. He had a career-high 142 hits for Boston during the 1906 season. Howard then played for the Cubs in both the

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

and

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, winning two championships.

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