Howie Storie

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Howie Storie

|image=Howard_Edward_Storie.jpg

|image_size=

|caption=

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1911|5|15}}

|birth_place=Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1968|7|27|1911|5|15}}

|death_place=Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 7

|debutyear=1931

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 5

|finalyear=1932

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.200

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1931}}–{{mlby|1932}})

}}

Howard Edward Storie (May 15, 1911 – July 27, 1968) was a professional baseball catcher. He was a reserve player for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1931 and 1932. Listed at {{convert|5|ft|10|in}} and {{convert|175|lb|kg}}, he batted and threw right-handed.

Biography

Storie, nicknamed "Sponge",{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=storiho01 |title=Howie Storie Stats |website=Baseball Almanac |accessdate=July 19, 2020}} had a minor league career spanning 1931 to 1935; he played in a total of 131 minor league games for several different teams in the Eastern United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=storie001how |title=Howie Storie Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=July 19, 2020}}

Storie's major league career consisted of 12 games with the Boston Red Sox; six in 1931 and another six in 1932.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/storiho01.shtml |title=Howie Storie Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=July 19, 2020}} He went 5-for-25 for a .200 batting average, with two runs scored and no RBIs. Two of his major league hits came against Hall of Fame pitcher Herb Pennock on April 16, 1932. Entering a game against the New York Yankees defensively in the fifth inning, Storie singled off of Pennock in the seventh inning and again in the ninth.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B04160BOS1932.htm |title=New York Yankees 14, Boston Red Sox 4 |website=Retrosheet |date=April 16, 1932 |accessdate=July 19, 2020}}

After his baseball career, Storie operated a restaurant in Lenox, Massachusetts; he died in 1968, aged 57, in his hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55698525/ex-sox-player-howard-storie-dies-at-age/ |title=Ex-Sox Player Howard Storie Dies at Age 77 (sic) |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=21 |date=July 29, 1968 |accessdate=July 19, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}