Howard Edward Storie (May 15, 1911 – July 27, 1968) was a professional baseball catcher. He was a reserve player for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1931 and 1932. Listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.
Howie Storie | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US | May 15, 1911|
Died: July 27, 1968 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US | (aged 57)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 7, 1931, for the Boston Red Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 5, 1932, for the Boston Red Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .200 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Biography
editStorie, nicknamed "Sponge",[1] had a minor league career spanning 1931 to 1935; he played in a total of 131 minor league games for several different teams in the Eastern United States.[2]
Storie's major league career consisted of 12 games with the Boston Red Sox; six in 1931 and another six in 1932.[3] He went 5-for-25 for a .200 batting average, with two runs scored and no RBIs.[3] Two of his major league hits came against Hall of Fame pitcher Herb Pennock on April 16, 1932.[4] Entering a game against the New York Yankees defensively in the fifth inning, Storie singled off of Pennock in the seventh inning and again in the ninth.[4]
After his baseball career, Storie operated a restaurant in Lenox, Massachusetts; he died in 1968, aged 57, in his hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Howie Storie Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ "Howie Storie Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "Howie Storie Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "New York Yankees 14, Boston Red Sox 4". Retrosheet. April 16, 1932. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Sox Player Howard Storie Dies at Age 77 (sic)". The Boston Globe. July 29, 1968. p. 21. Retrieved July 19, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
Further reading
edit- Nowlin, Bill. "Howie Storie". SABR. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet