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{{short description|American baseball player and manager (1885-1944)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dan Howley
|image=DanHowleyGoudeycard.jpg
|position=[[Catcher]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1885|10|16}}
|birth_place=[[Weymouth, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1944|3|10|1885|10|16}}
|death_place=Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 15
|debutyear= 1913 
|debutteam= Philadelphia Phillies 
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 23
|finalyear= 1913 
|finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies 
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.125
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=2
|stat4label=Managerial record
|stat4value=397–524
|stat5label=Winning %
|stat5value=.431
|teams=
'''As player'''
*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{baseball year|1913}})
'''As manager'''
*[[St. Louis Browns]] ({{baseball year|1927}}–{{baseball year|1929}})
*[[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{baseball year|1930}}–{{baseball year|1932}})
}}
'''Daniel Philip "Dapper Dan" Howley''' (October 16, 1885 – March 10, 1944) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] manager with the [[St. Louis Browns]] and the [[Cincinnati Reds]].  His first year as manager of the Browns saw his team lose 94 games and finish {{frac|50|1|2}} games behind the legendary [[1927 New York Yankees season|1927 New York Yankees]].  He stayed two more years in St. Louis, with his best year coming in {{Baseball year|1928}}, finishing in third place.  In 1929, he was hired by the Reds, but he averaged 95 losses in three years, leading to his dismissal.  He finished his career with a lifetime 397–524 record (.431 winning percentage).

He was a four-time manager of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]] of the [[International League]], leading the team in 1918, 1923–1926, 1933, and 1937, winning the league pennant in 1918 and 1926. Howley was inducted into the International League Hall of Fame.

Prior to his managing career, Howley was a major league catcher for part of the {{Baseball year|1913}} season for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].  He later served as a coach for the [[Detroit Tigers]] for three seasons, 1919 and 1921–22.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phowld101.htm |title=Dan Howley |website=Retrosheet |access-date=December 24, 2016}}</ref> Howley also acted as the first base umpire in a July 1922 game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07230DET1922.htm |title=Detroit Tigers 11, St. Louis Browns 6 |website=Retrosheet |date=July 23, 1922}}</ref>

Howley died of a heart attack in his birthplace of [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]] at age 58.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-03-11 |title='Howling Dan' Howley dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-howling-dan-howley/166024840/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |page=10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

==Managerial record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-
![[1927 St. Louis Browns season|SLB]]|| {{mlby|1927}}
||153||59||94||{{Winning percentage|59|94}}|| 7th in AL || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1928 St. Louis Browns season|SLB]]|| {{mlby|1928}}
||154||82||72||{{Winning percentage|82|72}}|| 3rd in AL || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1929 St. Louis Browns season|SLB]]|| {{mlby|1929}}
||154||79||73||{{Winning percentage|79|73}}|| 4th in AL || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|SLB total || 459 || 220 || 239 || {{Winning percentage|220|239}} || || 0 || 0 || – ||
|-
![[1930 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1930}}
||154||59||95||{{Winning percentage|59|95}}|| 7th in NL || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1931 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1931}}
||154||58||96||{{Winning percentage|58|96}}|| 8th in NL || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1932 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1932}}
||154||60||94||{{Winning percentage|60|94}}|| 8th in NL || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|CIN total || 462 || 177 || 285 || {{Winning percentage|177|285}} || || 0 || 0 || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total || 921 || 397 || 524 || {{Winning percentage|397|524}} || || 0 || 0 || – || 
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Baseballstats |br=h/howleda01 |brm=howley001dan |retro=Phowld101}}
* {{findagrave|49006436}}

{{St. Louis Browns managers}}
{{Cincinnati Reds managers}}
{{1947–1955 International League Hall of Fame inductees}}

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