Ed Howard (baseball)


Edward Howard IV is an American shortstop in Chicago Cubs organization. Howard was selected 16th overall by the Chicago Cubs in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.

Amateur career

Howard lives in Lynwood, Illinois and was a member of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team that made it to the 2014 Little League World Series final and earned a save closing out the US Bracket final. He attends Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois, where he is a shortstop on the baseball team and played basketball before giving up the sport to focus on baseball. He was named first team All-Chicago Catholic League as a sophomore after batting.380. As a junior, he batted.419 with three home runs, 12 doubles and 29 RBIs and was named first team All-CCL, first team All-Chicago Southland and first team Class 4A All-State. Howard played in the Under Armour All-American Game, the Perfect Game All-America Game and the inaugural MLB High School All-Star Game after his junior season. Howard entered his senior year as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft. Howard committed to play college baseball at Oklahoma as a high school sophomore and signed with the team early in his senior year.

Professional career

Howard was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 16th overall selection in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. Howard signed with the Cubs for a $3.7455MM bonus.