Doc Howard

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Doc Howard

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| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = May 1873

| birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date|1904|8|14|mf=y}}

| death_place = East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1897

| debutteam = Cuban Giants

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| finalyear = 1899

| finalteam = Cuban X-Giants

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• Cuban Giants (1897)
• Cuban X-Giants (1898–1899)

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Charles Howard (May 1873 – August 14, 1904), nicknamed "Doc", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1890s.

A native of Pennsylvania, Howard played for the Cuban Giants in 1897 and the Cuban X-Giants the following two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=howar01doc&tab=bat |title=Doc Howard |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=howard000doc |title=Doc Howard |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}} He died in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1904 at age 31. Howard was shot and killed by a woman he had been attacking.{{Cite news |date=August 15, 1904 |title="Doc" Howard Killed |page=3 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99527392/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}