Elston Howard was an American baseball player born on February 23, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers to have played the game. Howard's baseball journey began in the Negro League where he played for the Kansas City Monarchs for two seasons. In 1950, he signed with the New York Yankees and was assigned to their minor league team in Binghamton. He made his Major League debut in 1955 and played as a backup catcher for the Yankees before becoming the starting catcher in 1960. More about Elston Howard
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In his career, Elston Howard played for 14 seasons, 13 of which were with the New York Yankees. During his time with the Yankees, he was a 10-time All-Star selection and won four Gold Glove awards. Howard became the first African-American player to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1963 when he helped the Yankees win the World Series. In his career, he played a total of 1,471 games with an impressive .274 batting average, 167 home runs, and 733 runs batted in.In total, we tracked 844 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Elston Howard (Elston Howard Single Signed Spalding Official Little League Baseball (JSA Auth)) was sold in February 2015 for $7000.00 while the cheapest item (Elston Howard #4 Sketch Card Limited 6/50 Edward Vela Signed) found a new owner for $1.99 in August 2022. The month with the most items sold (13) was March 2012 with an average selling price of $89.88 for an autographed item of Elston Howard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2020 with $1595.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.75 was September 2012. In average, an autographed item from Elston Howard is worth $79.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Elston Howard were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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1955 Yankees Signed Photograph Autograph PSA Authentic Elston Howard ES1263 | $87.49 | ||
1963 POST CEREAL ELSTON HOWARD AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE YANKEES CARD d.1980 | $15.50 | ||
1966 Topps Elston Howard Signed Baseball Card #405 PSA/DNA | $140.00 | ||
1967 Topps #25 Elston Howard Signed Autograph PSA/DNA Slabbed Yankees | $167.88 | ||
ELSTON HOWARD AUTO AUTOGRAPH INDEX CARD! | $79.99 | ||
Elston Howard Signed Index Card PSA/DNA Authentic AUTO YANKEES | $99.99 | ||
Elston Howard Yankees 1960 Topps #65 Signed PSA/DNA Signature Graded 9 | $199.00 | ||
Signed 1975 Topps MVP #201 Sandy Koufax, Elston Howard JSA COA | $145.00 | ||
YANKEES: Elston Howard (d.1980) Signed Autographed 3x5 Index Card with JSA Cert! | $74.95 | ||
YANKEES: Elston Howard (d.1980) Signed Autographed 3x5 Index Card with JSA Cert! | $74.95 |
Negro League baseball legend Elston Howard got his start in Muskegon (01/13/11): Howard played his first season of integrated professional baseball for the Muskegon Clippers in 1950 at Marsh Field.