Ryan Howard

Howard is the kind of slugger I find genuinely thrilling to study. What strikes me most is not just the raw power that made him the fastest in history to 100 and 200 home runs, but his loyalty to a single franchise across his entire career. In an era of constant movement, spending all those years with Philadelphia feels almost old-fashioned, and I respect it deeply. At 193 cm he was built to intimidate, yet the 2006 MVP campaign showed real craft behind the muscle. He represents a vanishing breed of pure long-ball threat, and I admire that immensely.

Name (English)

Ryan Howard

Name (Japanese)

ライアン・ハワード

Reading

らいあん・はわーど

Born

November 19, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Height

193 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Lafayette High School

University

Missouri State University

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Player of the Year
• 2006 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

• Official sitehttps://ryanhoward6.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ryanhoward_006/
• Xhttps://x.com/ryanhoward
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Howard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705213

Tags

• Missouri
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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