Ryan James Howard is a baseball player who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. Howard is six feet, four inches tall and 265 pounds. He bats and throws left-handed.
One of the game's most feared sluggers, Howard was the 2006 National League MVP and the fastest player to reach 100 home runs in Major League Baseball history. He also holds the records for most strikeouts in a single season, with 199 in 2007.