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On April 23, Howard became the first player to hit a home run into Ashburn Alley at Citizens Bank Park. The blast traveled 496 feet and was hit off Sergio Mitre of the Florida Marlins. It was the first of two Howard would hit in the game, the first multi-home run game of his career.5 He also became the first player to hit a home run into the third deck of the park in right field when he connected off Mike Mussina on June 20, a 437-foot long-ball that was again his first of two home runs. To honor the home run, the Phillies painted a white H on the seat where the ball was caught. Howard collected seven RBI on the two home runs and a triple in the 97 loss, becoming the first Phillies batter to drive in seven runs since pitcher Robert Person on June 2, 2002.>

On September 3, Howard went 4-for-4 with three home runs and a single in an 87 win over the Atlanta Braves, to become the first Philadelphia Phillies batter and the 24th player in Major League history to hit 50 home runs in a season. Reaching 52 home runs in the game, Howard also broke Ralph Kiner’s 1947 record for home runs in a sophomore season, becoming just the second batter to hit 50 home runs in a second season. On September 5, Howard was named the NL Player of the Month for August. His 41 runs batted in were the most any player had in one month since Frank Howard had 41 in July 1962. With 14 home runs, he also set new franchise records for both statistics in the month of August. On September 22, Howard became the 8th player in history to hit 58 home runs in a season, belting a three-run round-tripper off Florida Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco. The same day, Howard was awarded the third annual Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player honor by the Philadelphia Baseball Writers Association of America6

On June 13, Howard hit two home runs and drove in five in a 202 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. This included the second of a first-inning set of back-to-back-to-back Philadelphia home runs. It was the seventh time that the Phillies had hit three consecutive home runs, the first since May 18, 2004 14, and the fourth occurrence by any team in the 2008 Major League Baseball season.151617 On June 16, Howard again hit two home runs and drove in four in an 82 win over the Boston Red Sox for his 15th career multi-homer game the four-day span between multi-homer games was the shortest of his career.18 In stark contrast, Howard went 0-for-4 the next night with four strike outs in a 30 loss for his tenth career golden sombrero.19 Howard drove in his 100th run of the 2008 season on August 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking his third consecutive season with at least 100 RBI.20

He finished the season with 146 RBI and a .251 batting average. Historically speaking, this was a statistical aberration, and is by far the lowest batting average ever for any season in major league history in which a player topped 130 runs batted in.21 His contributions again helped lead the Phillies to the division title and the post-season. Against Milwaukee in the first round he batted a mere .182 average and only batted in one run. Things picked up as he delivered with a .300 batting average against the Dodgers in the next round although he only delivered 2 RBIs and still remained in his home run drought in the post-season. However as the Phillies advanced to the World Series he finally started delivering significantly with 6 RBIs, .286 batting average, and 3 home runs which tied Donn Clendenon’s 1969 World Series record for most home runs in a five-game Series22 – two of which came in game 4 which also drove in 5 RBIs as the Phillies took a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Phillies eventually won the series in 5 games to bring the Phillies their first World Series championship since 1980, and Philadelphia their first major sports championship since 1983 he finished second in the voting for the 2008 NL MVP award, behind Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals.23

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2009 Season StatsSPLITSGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSAVGOBPSLGOPSSeason160616105172374451417518681.279.360.571.931Postseason4163630061401.375.389.563.951Career732268746575013611222640406878103.279.376.586.961Through October 12 – Current stats updated real-time, Career stats updated nightly.TransactionsRyan Howard has not been involved in any transactions this season.Awards• 2005: National League Rookie of the Year• 2006: National League Silver Slugger• 2006: National League Most Valuable Player• 2006: National League Hank Aaron AwardYear-By-Year SalaryContract YearSalaryContract YearSalary2006355,0002007900,000200810,000,000200915,000,000Salary data may not be available for every year.League Leaders – 2009• Ranks 3rd in NL in HR 45• Ranks 1st in NL in RBI 141• Ranks 5th in NL in R 105• Ranks 4th in NL in SLG .571• Ranks 9th in NL in OPS .931

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Ryan James Howard…Single one son, Darian Alexander 1/26/01…1998 graduate of Lafayette High School MO…Attended Southwest Missouri State University…Played American Legion ball…Won the following awards for his 2006 season accomplishments: Mike Schmidt MVP Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the BBWAA The Sporting News Player of the Year, as voted by MLB players, receiving 294 of the 516 votes cast David Ortiz was 2nd with 75 Albert Pujols was 3rd with 32, also named to TSN’s postseason NL All-Star team Hank Aaron Award by the fans, given to the best offensive player in the NL Players Choice Player of the Year Award and the NL Outstanding Player Award, as voted by MLB players Josh Gibson Legacy Award and Oscar Charleston MVP Award, as voted by the Negro League Hall of Fame and Museum…Named MVP of the 2006 Japan All-Star Series after hitting .558, 3 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 8 R in 4 games…2007 recipient of the John Wanamaker Athletic Award…Is a member of the Philadelphia Action Team, a national youth volunteer initiative administered by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America…Hobbies:Working out, baseball, going out.

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