Frank Howard, the hulking slugger who won over a generation of Washington baseball fans with his towering home runs and genteel personality, has died at 87, the Nationals announced this afternoon.

The Washington Nationals join the Howard family in mourning the loss of Washington Senators great Frank Howard. Howard’s decades-long career as a player, coach and manager leaves an indelible legacy ...

Frank Howard, the behemoth slugger known for his playing days with the Washington Senators and Los Angeles Dodgers, died at age 87 Monday near his home in Virginia. Though he never played for a ...

Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963, has died. He was 87. A ...

Frank Howard played in the major leagues for 16 years. He spent seven of them with the Los Angeles Dodgers and seven more with the Washington Senators. He had some great teammates along the way — ...

One summer night in the 1960s, our family went to RFK Stadium to see Frank Howard. I could say we went to see the lousy Washington Senators. But who would believe me? You went to see Howard, who died ...

When Major League Baseball returned to Washington in 2005, the Nationals played their games at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. It had been 34 years since the city had a baseball team, but the ...

From 1975: Frank Howard, the “gentle giant” of baseball, was named the new manager of the Spokane Indians minor league team. This was a homecoming of sorts for Howard, who played with the Indians in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963, has died. He ...