Ryan Howard
Major league and franchise records

Ryan Howard

Section Title: Major league and franchise records
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Record	Total	Season(s)	Surpassing	Date

Home runs by a Phillies batter, single season	58	2006	Mike Schmidt, 48 (1980)	49th on August 31, 2006

Home runs in a sophomore season	58	2006	Ralph Kiner, 51 (1947)	52nd on September 3, 2006

Intentional walks to a Phillies batter	37	2006	Jim Thome, 26 (2004)	27th on September 13, 2006

Fewest games for 100 home runs	325	2004–2007	Ralph Kiner, 385 (1946–1948)	100th on June 27, 2007

Home runs in first 1,000 career at-bats	85	2004–2007	Cecil Fielder, 76 (1985–1990)	77th on September 24, 2007

Fewest games for 150 home runs	495	2004–2008	Eddie Mathews, 569 (1952–1955)	150th on July 2, 2008

Strikeouts by a Phillies batter	199	2008	tied himself (2007)	199th on September 27, 2008

Career grand slams by a Phillies batter	15	2004–2016	Mike Schmidt, 7 (1972–1989)	8th on May 30, 2009

Fewest games for 200 home runs	658	2004–2009	Ralph Kiner, 706 (1946–1950)	200th on July 16, 2009

At least one RBI in consecutive postseason games in the same year	7	2009	Iván Rodríguez (2003) Bernie Williams (1999) (6 all) Carlton Fisk (1975)	October 18, 2009

At least one RBI in consecutive postseason games	8	2009	tied, Lou Gehrig (1928 and 1932)	October 19, 2009

Most strikeouts in a World Series	13	2009	Willie Wilson, 12 (1980)	November 4, 2009

Fewest games for 250 home runs	855	2004–2010	Ralph Kiner, 871 (1946–1951)	250th on September 8, 2010

Most career home runs by a player whose last name begins with H	382	2004-2016	tied, Frank Howard	382nd on September 30, 2016

Most career Golden sombreros – games with at least four strikeouts	27	2006–2015	Reggie Jackson, 23	24th on May 29, 2014

Sentence(s)

It took Howard 658 games to reach 200 long-balls, beating out the previous Ralph Kiner (706 games).

final_sentence: It took Howard 658 games to reach 200 long-balls, beating out the previous Ralph Kiner (706 games).