He also had a great arm. I saw him throw a ball from the right field foul pole at Dodger stadium to make a play at the plate.
The ball landed 10-12 rows up on the lower level as he over shot the catcher.
That is a throw all right.
My dad took me to a Dodger game at the LA Coliseum. It wasn’t meant for baseball. There was a fifty foot or more netted fence in left field maybe less than 280 feet from home plate.
Howard hit a lined shot like a cannon ball that just cleared the third baseman’s head. He had froze. The ball rose barely three feet more to slam into the netting at the left field fence.
IIRC, he had a great arm until he ruined it. In one game, he was angry at himself for poor play. He then angrily threw himself against the dugout wall, thus injuring his throwing arm forever. As a result, he ended up getting moved from right field to left field.