Saturday 8 October 2011

Ryan Howard.

Ryan James Howard is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicknamed "The Big Piece", Howard stands 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) and weighs 240 pounds (110 kg). He bats and throws left-handed.Through 2011, Howard was fourth among all active major leaguers in career slugging percentage (.560; behind Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and Ryan Braun), and ninth in career intentional walks. Howard hit .253 with 33 home runs and 116 RBIs. It was his sixth consecutive 30 home run and 100 RBI season, a Phillies franchise record. With 2 outs in the 9th inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series, Howard grounded out to 2nd base, injuring his Achilles tendon while running out of the batters box.

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