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Earl Averill
Howard Earl Averill (Rock or Earl of Snohomish)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 172 lb.

Debut April 16, 1929
Final Game April 25, 1941
Born May 21, 1902 in Snohomish, WA
Died August 16, 1983 in Everett, WA

Father of Earl Averill

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 27 CLE AL 151  597  110  198  43 13  18   96  13 13  63  53  .332  .398  .538  135  321  17           3    
 1930 28 CLE AL 139  534  102  181  33  8  19  119  10  7  56  48  .339  .404  .537  133  287  13           2    
 1931 29 CLE AL 155  627  140  209  36 10  32  143   9  9  68  38  .333  .404  .576  149  361   0           6     MVP-4
 1932 30 CLE AL 153  631  116  198  37 14  32  124   5  8  75  40  .314  .392  .569  138  359   0           6     MVP-4
 1933 31 CLE AL 151  599   83  180  39 16  11   92   3  1  54  29  .301  .363  .474  116  284   0           5     MVP-15,AS
 1934 32 CLE AL 154  598  128  187  48  6  31  113   5  3  99  44  .313  .414  .569  151  340   1           4     MVP-17,AS
 1935 33 CLE AL 140  563  109  162  34 13  19   79   8  4  70  58  .288  .368  .496  120  279   4           1     AS
 1936 34 CLE AL 152  614  136  232  39 15  28  126   3  3  65  35  .378  .438  .627  157  385   2           1     MVP-3,AS
 1937 35 CLE AL 156  609  121  182  33 11  21   92   5  4  88  65  .299  .387  .493  122  300   5           0     MVP-19,AS
 1938 36 CLE AL 134  482  101  159  27 15  14   93   5  2  81  48  .330  .429  .535  142  258   1           3     MVP-8,AS
 1939 37 TOT AL 111  364   66   96  28  6  11   65   4  3  49  42  .264  .353  .464  103  169  11           1   4
         CLE AL  24   55    8   15   8  0   1    7   0  1   6  12  .273  .344  .473  109   26   0           0   0
         DET AL  87  309   58   81  20  6  10   58   4  2  43  30  .262  .354  .463  102  143  11           1   4
 1940 38 DET AL  64  118   10   33   4  1   2   20   0  0   5  14  .280  .309  .381   72   45   1           0   3
 1941 39 BSN NL   8   17    2    2   0  0   0    2   0      1   4  .118  .211  .118   -4    2   0           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         6353      2019    128     1164     57     518  .318  .395  .534  133       55   0   0  33   7
               1668      1224      401    238       70    774                            3390
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        617  119  196  39 12  23  113   7  6  75  50  .318  .395  .534  133  329   5   0   0   3   1
 Career High    156  631  140  232  48 16  32  143  13 13  99  65  .378  .438  .627  157  385  17   0   0   6   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 27 CLE AL  680  429  123   7.7   116| .332  .297| .398  .364| .538  .429| .936  .793| 135  .689  30.8   2.9  50%
 1930 28 CLE AL  605  373  114   8.1   119| .339  .300| .404  .365| .537  .441| .941  .806| 133  .690  26.6   2.4  58%
 1931 29 CLE AL  701  427  141   8.8   113| .333  .294| .404  .362| .576  .420| .980  .782| 149  .745  43.5   4.1  50%
 1932 30 CLE AL  712  441  136   8.3   118| .314  .295| .392  .367| .569  .433| .961  .800| 138  .714  34.5   3.2  38%
 1933 31 CLE AL  658  420  102   6.5   110| .301  .287| .363  .359| .474  .413| .837  .772| 116  .641  12.1   1.2  75%
 1934 32 CLE AL  702  415  139   8.9   112| .313  .288| .414  .362| .569  .415| .983  .777| 151  .741  47.6   4.4  62%
 1935 33 CLE AL  638  409  102   6.7   113| .288  .290| .368  .363| .496  .419| .864  .782| 120  .627  14.7   1.4  66%
 1936 34 CLE AL  682  387  167  11.4   124| .378  .302| .438  .379| .627  .444|1.065  .823| 157  .791  53.6   4.7  50%
 1937 35 CLE AL  702  436  116   7.0   115| .299  .287| .387  .362| .493  .428| .880  .790| 122  .630  21.0   1.9  55%
 1938 36 CLE AL  567  326  110   8.9   116| .330  .288| .429  .366| .535  .429| .964  .795| 142  .722  33.4   3.0  71%
 1939 37 TOT AL  425  286   59   5.5   119| .264  .293| .353  .369| .464  .433| .817  .802| 103  .535   0.8   0.1  57%
         CLE AL   61   41    9   5.8   111| .273  .283| .344  .357| .473  .418| .817  .775| 109  .563   1.0   0.1   0%
         DET AL  364  245   50   5.4   120| .262  .295| .354  .371| .463  .436| .817  .807| 102  .530  -0.2   0.0  66%
 1940 38 DET AL  124   89   14   4.2   119| .280  .290| .309  .364| .381  .439| .690  .804|  72  .422  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 1941 39 BSN NL   19   15    0   0.0    90| .118  .260| .211  .329| .118  .366| .329  .696|  -4  .000  -2.3  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     7215 4453 1323   7.9   116| .318  .293| .395  .365| .534  .427| .929  .792| 133  .691 310.6  28.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 27 CLE AL OF 151 384 14 14 3 .966 .966 2.64 2.28 0 151 0 1930 28 CLE AL OF 134 345 11 19 5 .949 .965 2.66 2.16 0 132 2 1931 29 CLE AL OF 155 398 9 10 3 .976 .969 2.63 2.25 0 155 0 1932 30 CLE AL OF 153 412 12 16 3 .964 .967 2.77 2.28 0 153 0 1933 31 CLE AL OF 149 390 8 12 3 .971 .970 2.67 2.21 0 149 0 AS 1934 32 CLE AL OF 154 410 12 13 3 .970 .968 2.74 2.16 0 154 0 AS 1935 33 CLE AL OF 139 371 6 7 2 .982 .970 2.71 2.30 0 139 0 AS 1936 34 CLE AL OF 150 369 11 12 2 .969 .968 2.53 2.29 0 150 0 AS 1937 35 CLE AL OF 156 362 11 9 3 .976 .969 2.39 2.28 0 156 0 AS 1938 36 CLE AL OF 131 331 14 9 2 .975 .972 2.63 2.28 0 118 13 AS 1939 37 TOT AL OF 91 169 3 4 0 .977 .969 1.89 2.35 75 5 11 CLE AL OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.09 2.35 0 0 11 DET AL OF 80 157 3 4 0 .976 .969 2.00 2.35 75 5 0 1940 38 DET AL OF 22 23 2 1 0 .962 .969 1.14 2.32 7 11 5 1941 39 BSN NL OF 4 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 2.15 1 3 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 27 CLE AL OF 151 384 14 14 3 .966 .966 2.64 2.28 0 151 0 1930 28 CLE AL OF 134 345 11 19 5 .949 .965 2.66 2.16 0 132 2 1931 29 CLE AL OF 155 398 9 10 3 .976 .969 2.63 2.25 0 155 0 1932 30 CLE AL OF 153 412 12 16 3 .964 .967 2.77 2.28 0 153 0 1933 31 CLE AL OF 149 390 8 12 3 .971 .970 2.67 2.21 0 149 0 1934 32 CLE AL OF 154 410 12 13 3 .970 .968 2.74 2.16 0 154 0 1935 33 CLE AL OF 139 371 6 7 2 .982 .970 2.71 2.30 0 139 0 1936 34 CLE AL OF 150 369 11 12 2 .969 .968 2.53 2.29 0 150 0 1937 35 CLE AL OF 156 362 11 9 3 .976 .969 2.39 2.28 0 156 0 1938 36 CLE AL OF 131 331 14 9 2 .975 .972 2.63 2.28 0 118 13 1939 37 TOT AL OF 91 169 3 4 0 .977 .969 1.89 2.35 75 5 11 CLE AL OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.09 2.35 0 0 11 DET AL OF 80 157 3 4 0 .976 .969 2.00 2.35 75 5 0 1940 38 DET AL OF 22 23 2 1 0 .962 .969 1.14 2.32 7 11 5 1941 39 BSN NL OF 4 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 2.15 1 3 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1589 3969 115 126 29 .970 .968 2.57 2.26 83 1476 31 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1589 3969 115 126 29 .970 .968 2.57 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   CLE AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1934   CLE AL       4   1   2  1  1  0   3   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1936   CLE AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1937   CLE AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1938   CLE AL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/6      3  15   1   4  1  1  0   4   1   3   0  0   0   0   0  .267  .313  .467 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 *
1934 *
1935
1936 (CF)
1937 (CF)
1938 (CF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-AL-4-0.54
1932-AL-4-0.46
1933-AL-15-0.06
1934-AL-17-0.04
1936-AL-3-0.60
1937-AL-19-0.05
1938-AL-8-0.10
Car-106-1.85 shares

Batting Average
1931 AL-.333-6
1936 AL-.378-2
1938 AL-.330-9
Car-.318-58

On-base %
1931 AL-.404-9
1934 AL-.414-8
1936 AL-.438-4
1938 AL-.429-4
Car-.395-75

Slugging %
1929 AL-.538-10
1930 AL-.537-8
1931 AL-.576-4
1932 AL-.569-4
1933 AL-.474-10
1934 AL-.569-5
1935 AL-.496-10
1936 AL-.627-4
Car-.534-44

OPS
1930 AL-.941-10
1931 AL-.979-4
1932 AL-.961-5
1934 AL-.982-6
1935 AL-.863-10
1936 AL-1.065-3
1938 AL-.965-8
Car-.928-39

Games
1929 AL-151-9
1931 AL-155-2
1932 AL-153-5
1933 AL-151-9
1934 AL-154-1
1937 AL-156-2

At Bats
1929 AL-597-7
1931 AL-627-1
1932 AL-631-2
1933 AL-599-8
1934 AL-598-8
1937 AL-609-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1929 AL-680-7
1931 AL-701-4
1932 AL-712-2
1934 AL-702-4
1937 AL-702-6

Runs
1931 AL-140-3
1932 AL-116-9
1934 AL-128-3
1935 AL-109-8
1936 AL-136-5
1937 AL-121-7

Hits
1929 AL-198-9
1931 AL-209-2
1932 AL-198-5
1933 AL-180-10
1934 AL-187-10
1936 AL-232-1

Total Bases
1929 AL-321-7
1931 AL-361-3
1932 AL-359-4
1933 AL-284-6
1934 AL-340-5
1936 AL-385-3

Doubles
1929 AL-43-5
1933 AL-39-7
1934 AL-48-3

Triples
1929 AL-13-8
1932 AL-14-5
1933 AL-16-2
1935 AL-13-5
1936 AL-15-1
1937 AL-11-8
1938 AL-15-2
Car-128-84

Home Runs
1929 AL-18-6
1930 AL-19-9
1931 AL-32-3
1932 AL-32-5
1934 AL-31-5
1935 AL-19-8
1936 AL-28-5

RBI
1931 AL-143-3
1932 AL-124-5
1934 AL-113-7
1936 AL-126-7

Bases on Balls
1934 AL-99-5
1937 AL-88-8

Strikeouts
1929 AL-53-8
1935 AL-58-9
1937 AL-65-9

Singles
1931 AL-131-7
1936 AL-150-4

Adjusted OPS+
1931 AL-149-6
1932 AL-138-5
1934 AL-151-6
1936 AL-157-3
1938 AL-142-6

Runs Created
1929 AL-123-9
1931 AL-141-4
1932 AL-136-4
1933 AL-102-10
1934 AL-139-5
1935 AL-102-9
1936 AL-167-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1929 AL-31-10
1931 AL-44-5
1932 AL-34-4
1934 AL-48-5
1936 AL-54-2
1938 AL-33-5

Batting Wins
1929 AL-2.9-10
1931 AL-4.1-5
1932 AL-3.2-4
1934 AL-4.4-5
1936 AL-4.7-2
1938 AL-3.0-5

Extra-Base Hits
1929 AL-74-6
1931 AL-78-4
1932 AL-83-3
1933 AL-66-4
1934 AL-85-4
1935 AL-66-5
1936 AL-82-5

Times on Base
1929 AL-264-10
1931 AL-283-4
1932 AL-279-4
1934 AL-290-4
1936 AL-298-4
1937 AL-270-8

Offensive Win%
1930 AL-.690-10
1931 AL-.745-6
1932 AL-.714-5
1934 AL-.741-6
1936 AL-.791-2
1938 AL-.722-5
Car-.691-85

Hit By Pitch
1931 AL-6-3
1932 AL-6-1
1933 AL-5-2
1934 AL-4-3

Caught Stealing
1929 AL-13-3
1932 AL-8-10

Power/Speed Number
1929 AL-15.1-3
1930 AL-13.1-8
1931 AL-14.0-3
1935 AL-11.3-8

At Bats per Home Run
1930 AL-28.1-8
1931 AL-19.6-4
1932 AL-19.7-5
1934 AL-19.3-7
1935 AL-29.6-9
1936 AL-21.9-5

Outs
1929 AL-429-10
1932 AL-441-8
1937 AL-436-8

Oldest Player
1940 AL-38-5
1941 NL-39-6

       

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (331) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 145 (99) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 50.0 (74) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 128.5 (105) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1929 Season: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the San Francisco (PCL).

June 14, 1939: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Eisenstat and cash.

February 8, 1941: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 26, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

April 29, 1941: Released by the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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