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Originally Posted by Merkle923
I should note I posted two more Dexters tonight of 1967 Spring Training players who never reached the majors (Roger Brown of the Pirates and Dick Howard of the Mets) in the minor league thread.
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Dick Howard might not have made the major leagues, but his son Chris did. Also a catcher, Chris saw a bit of action in 3 seasons with the Seattle Mariners, grabbing his first cup of coffee in 1991 and his last in 1994. He started well enough, smacking a double in his first major league at bat, later coming in to score. But that would be his last major league hit for 3 years (he managed 5 of them in 1994). Overall, he got 32 at bats, finishing with a lifetime major league average of .188. Chris finished his pro career in the Mets organization in 1996. In 9 minor league seasons, he hit .250. Since 2006, he's been the head coach at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
These Mariner images of the younger Howard come from a 2015 feature on Chris in the
Penn College Magazine.